With his fourth victory of this season, junkerzam secured his first FML title yesterday. It was an impressive match on his chosen map Market Square, coming back against ZsSuperCumulo, trunkz and qwest and finishing it with confidence and mass crits.
A well deserved slot in the Hall of Fame! Junker is the second FML winner from Sweden, after Target in 2006 and the third without a main race after F-L-Y in 2007 and Rain in 2012.
Thank you everyone for participating! It was a fun season with multiple legendary (7 hp necropolis) and close matches. See you in TBR and season 31!
The teams for Team Battle Royale 4 are drafted and players are assigned to their team channels. We wish you all a great month with a lot of fun matches.
Draft live (Nov 25 at 16 EST | 22 CET) on twitch.tv/ffamastersleague
Sign up Deadline: Nov 23 at 23:00 CET Draft Date: Nov 25 Start Date: Nov 27 End Date: Dec 29
Here are some answers to frequently asked TBR questions
Who will be the captains?
The captains of Team Battle Royale 4 are going to be Aarnikratti, Eshan, DV, TomToast and SuperCumulo. We couldn't accept everyone as captain and based our decision on recent reliability and if there were any other events, positive or negative. Thanks to everyone for volunteering.
Will every player get drafted?
Yes. Also, we will immediately assign players to their respective Discord team channels during the draft. TBR is a great opportunity for people getting to know each other and collaborate, even if they weren't close before.
In what order will the captains draft?
During our FML meet up in Prague on Nov 23, attendants will find a way to randomly define the order. It'll be a "snake draft" as usual (pick 1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1-...).
Will matches in TBR4 be played anonymously?
Yes. As in previous TBRs, admins will provide smurf lists to all teams. Players will need to create these smurfs and join their matches. We have to live with the ping being visible in the match lobby. If Blizzard rolls out Reforged before Dec 29 and shuts down current Battle.net immediately, admins will decide how to proceed in that regard.
How many matches will there be?
Throughout TBR, there will be around 40 matches in total (each match is skipped by one of the five teams). Teams will get a bonus for each of their players that played at least four matches.
How do we accommodate different time zones / continents?
This is a tricky one, especially since we seem to have fewer players from the American continents this time. We do want to maintain a repetitive schedule, so people memorize the play times, but also accommodate different time zones. As last TBR, one weekday match per week will be played at 17:59 EST | 23:59 CET for that reason.
How about players that are FFA beginners still?
TBR is great to experience FFA and team spirit without having 10k hours of experience in this mode. We appeal to teams to encourage and assist all their players, no matter how well they play. In general, we only accept players to TBR that have played some inhouse matches before or are known to admins.
What if players abandon their teams or players sign up after the draft?
We had some unfortunate debates in previous seasons, where players signed up after the draft and teams argued over who may get that player. To avoid this, there will be a "72 hour rule" in TBR4. If a player leaves a team or signs up subsequently, we wait 72 hours (for potential other sign ups or exits) and randomly assign the new joiners to teams with available slots.
How will the score structure look like?
Same as last season, victories in FFAs with one player per team will get rewarded with 10 points and if there are two players per team (team FFA and preteam mode) 15 points.
How do we deal with no show?
It's up to the captains to ensure that players show up on time. If admins are in a good mood, they may send reminders in the respective team channel, if not, they may immediately sub that team 10 minutes after the scheduled time. It is more important than ever to start on time, as we publish streaming times on warcraft3.info and elsewhere.
Let's have a great time and make this the amazing event it has been for so many of us before
Update: Schedule and team logos are published here. Not much time left to sign up. Go do it!
With Season 30 coming to an end in the course of November, we don't want to lose time and start the sign up phase for Team Battle Royale 4 right away. Long have we waited since Ravenclaw took the title in TBR 3. For those who are new to the community, TBR is an event that will last for about a month and usually brings plenty of fun and drama. Captains (probably four this time) draft their teams and seat players for scheduled matches, including regular FFA and other FFA modes.
Sign up Deadline: Nov 23 at 23:00 CET Draft Date: Nov 25 Start Date: Nov 27 End Date: Dec 29
As in the past, the event is supposed to be played with anonymous smurf accounts (provided by admins). Due to visible ping in the game lobby, it's not that anonymous anymore unfortunately. Furthermore, we may need to transition to non-anonymous FFA if Reforged gets released in the course of TBR4. Therefore, some of the details and below modes need to be finalized still.
Modes: (to be finalized)
4-way Normal
4-way Random Hero
4-way Adaption Hero
4-way No Chat
4-way Hero Snipe Fest (most hero kills win the match after timer is up)
8-way Preteam (starts as normal 8-way but with two players from each team)
12-way Preteam (starts as normal 12-way but with three players from each team)
2x2x2x2 Team FFA
3x3x3x3 Team FFA
If you want to sign up for TBR4, please post the following into this thread by Nov 22:
Name: Country: Race(s): Captain Volunteer: yes/no Why should a captain draft you?
As you may have seen, the Reforged beta started to get released today. It is accessible via the Blizzard Launcher/App, like all the other Blizzard games. Please feel free to post your BattleTag here and/or add me (HighTac#2469) to your friend list in the launcher. I will invite you to the FFA Masters Group and we'll all be connected in the game right when it hits the fan :)
The second episode of Wand of Whispers not FFA-related this time, but hopefully still interesting for some of you. My guest is Bill Roper, former Vice President of Blizzard North, game designer and voice of peons, grunts and footmen.
What a race to the playoffs that was in round four. We do have three deserved finalists who were amongst the most dominant players this season. Congratulations for making it this far.
Finalists
84 p. junkerzam (map choice) 82 p. ZsSuperCumulo 78 p. trunkz
We will find the fourth finalist in a semi-final (to be played asap, if possible next weekend). Four players had 68 points after round four. Very unfortunate for Joggel, that he was the only one of them with just one victory. The tie breaker decided against him.
Semi-final
74 p. qwest (map choice by Oct 29) 68 p. Lil Tic 68 p. Gradient 68 p. Vyvanne
What a round that was! ToX' necropolis remaining alive on 7 hp in match 19 instantly became one of my all time favorite moments in Warcraft III. Now it's time for the last regular round before we'll get to semi-final and the subsequent grand final. Several players do have a chance to grab themselves one of the playoff slots still. I hope for some exciting matches and few suicides on some of the most classic FFA matches or the few pretty uncommon ones.
Round 4 will be played until October 27. Go post your predictions!
M22
Peanut Jaod betoon Sub
Map Pool: Twilight Ruins non-LV, Silverpine Forest, Phantom Grove FML
M23
Eshan supremo rbr.Godfather b100death
Map Pool: Twilight Ruins non-LV, Monsoon non-LV, Phantom Grove FML
M24
junkerzam JIexa_b ZsSuperCumulo Sub
Map Pool: Deadlock LV, Twilight Ruins non-LV, Phantom Grove FML
M25
Vyvanne aarnikratti Lil Tic Gradient
Map Pool: Deadlock LV, Fountain of Manip, Springwater Harbour
M26
WeAkUD fetta_ook Airenikus ehrmantraut
Map Pool: Market Square, Fountain of Manip, Springwater Harbour
M27
mrSweets Joggel FML|Mog Life
Map Pool: Monsoon non-LV, Fountain of Manip, Dalaran
M28
trunkz noexxx qwest Slythe
Map Pool: Market Square, Fountain of Manip, Dalaran
I successfully recorded the first episode of "Wand of Whispers", an FFA podcast, with my guest Dovekie. To give you some background info, it was initially planned to be a general Warcraft III Podcast. I prepared a lot and had ordered plenty of equipment already, when it turned out that another podcast would launch last Sunday. For that reason, I changed it into a purely FFA-related live show. I like that more anyway and it's way easier to handle setup-wise. This episode can be seen as a pilot. Future ones will have a more specific topic and potentially two guests with contrary opinions about it. Kudos to Alien who came up with the name and whom we outscheduled for episode one and thanks to Dovekie for being a great guest.
Please feel free to post feedback in here and let me know if you are interested to become a guest!
The second round is over and while Vyvanne, Junker and Noexxx are shredding through their enemies, nothing has been decided yet. The map pools for in the upcoming round are very diverse and interesting, before we will finish the regular season with a very traditional set of maps in round 4.
Round 3 will be played until October 13. Go post your predictions!
M15
ZsSuperCumulo betoon qwest Joggel
Map Pool: Monsoon non-LV, Vile Reef, Twisted Meadows FML
For those who missed it in Discord, several community members are going to meet in Prague from November 22 until 24, 2019. It'll start quite casually on Friday, before we'll get into serious FFA action on Saturday. We'll rent the entire location below for ten hours that day.
If you are interested to join us, please shoot Shave or me a message via Discord.
After a very calm summer, we decided to go for another FML Season. It's time for number thirty, our anniversary. We don't have to tell any outsider that it's really only season 29, as season 9 was skipped back in 2011.
Reforged has the potential to bring a bright future or great disappointment. FFA will be alive as long as we want it to be alive. So it's up to us to seek our own joy in events like this and make it attractive for others. Therefore, I summon all of you rats and roaches to sign up for this season and keep matches fun and below the three hour mark
If you want to take part in season 30, please post your name, country and race into this thread by Aug 31
Structure
Round 1 (Sep 1 – Sep 15): Random matchmaking
Round 2 (Sep 16 – Sep 29): Random matchmaking, but the top 4 players of the rankings can't meet the bottom 4
Round 3 (Sep 30 – Oct 13): Random matchmaking, but the top 4 players of the rankings can't meet the bottom 4
Round 4 (Oct 14 – Oct 27): Random matchmaking, but the top 4 players of the rankings can't meet the bottom 4
Playoffs: Semi-final between rank 4-7. Final between rank 1-3 + semi-final winner
Points
Update: We will go for the usual point structure (20/12/12/10), but the player with top score gets +4 points and the one with second score +2 points.
Maps
In order to avoid five hour matches, admins decided to exclude Hurricane Isle, Gold Rush and Sanctuary non-LV from the map pools for this season. Admins will provide three potential maps for each match (in the scheduling thread). Each player can vote for one of these maps and whatever map gets most votes will be played.
If there is a tie, where two maps get two votes, whatever map had two votes first will be played. If all four players have posted their votes within the first 24 hours after the scheduling thread was created, admins will flip a coin to decide which of the two maps gets played.
Scheduling
Each player has to help scheduling his match, by posting his availability (at least 3 dates) in the forum within 48 hours after the respective scheduling thread was created. If he does not, he loses scheduling rights. The 48 hours do not only apply for initial posts, but also for all subsequent scheduling thread discussions (e.g. if three players agree on a time and the fourth player fails to respond within 48 hours, he also loses his scheduling rights). Whatever was discussed in other communication channels (e.g. Discord) needs to be logged in the thread as well, in order to be valid from an official standpoint.
Participants (28)
rbr.Godfather Betoon Airenikus Vyvanne Gradient
Jaod Lil Tic FAiL.Life supremo SuperCumulo
aarnikratti Joggel Fetta_ook ep123 mrSweets
Trunkz Eshan qwest GEASS Junkerzam
Noexxx DV rubluelfov / b100death Slythe QQs
Rain Peanut Jiexa
Wait List
Mog Dinamo
InSaNe. (needs to complete trial matches by Aug 31) Lefuza (needs to complete trial matches by Aug 31)
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junkerzam secured his first FML title yesterday. It was an impressive match on his chosen map Market Square, coming back against 
ZsSuperCumulo, 
trunkz and
qwest and finishing it with confidence and mass crits.
Aarnikratti, 
Eshan, 
TomToast and 
fetta_ook
