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FML Season 31 | Winner
 After three months and an intense final on Frozen Marshlands, we crown    Shave as the king of Season 31. Congratulations! I'm afraid your trolling might become even more annoying now.  You deserve the title and I hope you finally realize that a new computer could be worth it to follow your digital dreams with a bit less FPS pain.Thanks everyone for participating and making this an easy and fun season for all of us. Not much drama, plenty of scheduling effort and action-packed games. I hope we will see many active players on w3champions and there are further events in the making (smaller cups and potentially something in relation with the ladder). The next longer event will most likely not start before August, since I need a bit of a break.  I hope you enjoyed the season and feel free to post some feedback in here or via pm. GG! May 20, 2020, 04:09:54 pm |
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Team Battle Royale 5 | Sign up by July 12!
 Hi girls, As turbulent as June began for FFA, as quickly it calmed down. Ladder activity might return, but maybe it's not the worst thing to leave some of the drama behind. W3C is a great thing, but even the best ladder can't replace our FML family events. It's time for Team Battle Royale again. Yay! This is the thread to sign up and here are some of the details. Since many of you don't seem to read stuff anyway, I try to keep it short and simple
If you want to participate, please post your name, nationality, race that you will play during TBR and why the captains shall draft you. Sign up deadline is probably going to be July 12. Players   Leluaami  Reinforcement Ena Headintheclouds zTsoso Gradient Aarnikratti Neytpoh rulaZ Ponty Cumulo DeNNiS  qwest Mog Red7z7 Seeker uniqfazer ToX SyDe Mr.Sparkle Hein Xsavion Jaod fetta_ook Sheik iNSUPERABLE M00se Godfather MrLight 5te1n Wiz jOeybadaSs rzni Vyvanne Voxius Still Junkerzam TGW Tommy only_luck 1nfinity QQs BigTobi
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2020 Review
I wanted to take some time to take a look back at this turbulent year 2020 from an FFA perspective. Reforged and W3Champions Many of us saw the disaster coming well before the actual release, when Blizzard dropped their Reforged beta around October 2019. Still, there was some hope that what we played on the PTR would not resemble the release version. As we know now, it did. In retrospect, I’m still quite certain that Warcraft 3 wouldn’t be more alive today without Reforged. Sure, we would have preferred a better game and positive buzz, but it is what it is. The FML community was always able to adapt and survive in their niche. Maybe it was naive of me to think that this niche could blend flawlessly into the broader Warcraft 3 environment. When Pad first created W3Champions I realized that this would be our only chance to ever implement a maintained FFA ladder again. While mostly before my time, so many players embraced FFArena as the gold standard of FFA ladder history. On one hand, the hype around a custom W3Champions ladder was great for Warcraft 3 as a whole, but on the other, FFA not really a priority for the development team at the time. Around the mid of May, Pad decided to ask by poll again what W3Champions features people would be most interested in. And while FFA sneakily found its way into the poll, I was doubtful if it could make it to the top of the rankings. The following days were proof of the dedication of the FML community and I was very proud that we pulled this through and raised 800 €. And not even a month later, we had what we wanted. After 1vs1 and 2vs2, FFA became the third available mode on W3champions and much more players than I anticipated were willing to give it a try. Sure, FFA is not for everyone and probably never has been. I was pleased to see the attention for our beloved game mode, but also disappointed how quickly some people made their judgement. What wouldn’t have been an issue a decade ago, was now amplified significantly via Twitch, Reddit and Twitter. Of course, it is much more difficult to take wins on the highest solo level than winning an FFA match with whatever players. But that doesn’t mean every skillful Warcraft 3 player grasps FFA at first glance. Ironically, ToD was referencing the Dunning-Kruger effect on his stream back then, in the context of backseat gaming. I guess we can conclude that FFA does not work for people without a certain level of frustration tolerance to cope with teaming and manip. Also, if you stream for many viewers without a delay, you summon sad stream-sniping creatures that show up and try to ruin your game. On the flipside, I was disappointed how short-sighted many FML community members behaved in ladder games and on the W3Champions Discord server. Sure, it’s very annoying if new players pretend to know it all and spread bullshit about FFA, but we all started at some point. Who should serve as an ambassador for FFA if not us? To this very day, community members try to get each other banned on a ladder that is already dead. I’m sure that it could have survived longer without being sabotaged from our very own people. I guess we just can’t have nice things. Events and Outlook In some ways, the FML year 2020 was a full success. Unlike with some of the seasons before, I had a lot of fun with FML Season 31. Interesting players, exciting games and a much greater reach. In total, our semi-finals and the final got more than 50k views on the Back2warcraft YouTube channel. For a brief moment in time, it felt as if FFA had arrived in the Warcraft 3 mainstream. Not sure if that was ever someone’s goal, but it felt good to see that many more people could appreciate FFA as we do. While we only had one FML season, there was a smooth Team Battle Royale 5 this summer, the Quarantine Cup, Ugri’s FFA Challenge, a map contest and we are ending the year with the Team Battle Deluxe. As I learned early in my three years of admining FML, there is no perfect way to run this league. Sometimes there are unsolvable dilemmas, but even if the decision is obvious, endless discussions are always mandatory. I guess that’s predictable of a bunch of players that is willing to play 3- or 4- or even 5-hour matches. It might be annoying, but I never expected to be appreciated or liked for what I do, as long as I felt the necessary respect to run this thing. I still do from most people, but my joy of FFA games has declined. Maybe it’s just a phase, maybe it’s not. In my eyes, the quality of games always depended on three player-dependent factors. The skill, the level of “tryhardness” and the willingness to invest gold and play aggressively. No one wants to watch or participate in games were all players are only sitting and chatting for two hours. Sure, it’s an easy way to win games, even for good players, if they pretend to be broke with a 20k gold bank. Maybe it’s just a general lack of skill that prevents it from being punished more often. Either way, I wish there were fewer useless chat battles in games, especially from players that are capable to win without them. When I started to play FFA, manip was my best bet to take a win here and there. But I was fortunate to play and watch FFA with enough skilled players to realize that less chat means more fun for everyone. And in a small scene like this, everyone can influence the way FFA is played and perceived. The same applies to the community in general. There has always been some sort of toxicity and trolling in FFA, but it is almost all there is in our Discord chat nowadays. Not sure if that is a welcoming or interesting environment for anyone but the handful of active chatters. As long as it is no hate speech or racist stuff, I won’t spend my spare time any longer to moderate it. What will 2021 bring? I don’t know. While I still love FFA, there are private reasons that may prevent me from being overly active, at least in the first half of the year. Time will show who steps up or how active the inhouse scene is going to be during that period of time. I want to thank all of you that participated and supported FML in 2020. Have a good transition to 2021 and good luck, have fun! December 27, 2020, 02:13:45 pm |
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FML Season 32 | Sign up!
 Dear community, It's time for FML Season 32. You can sign up from now on, until April 10 in this thread. The first of four rounds is going to take place from April 12 to May 2. The season will have an oldschool structure without fancy gimmicks. While I will assist mostly in setting up the season, our new admin NoMercy is going to play a key role in managing the event. We will be looking into implementing the zoom trigger into further map files, but no promises. We hope for numerous sign ups. As usual, admins reserve the right to reject players that lack FFA experience, reliability or manners. Cheers, HighTac Signed up (27) Voxius qwest Leluaami Punpun Aarnikratti 5te1n Tukimkim SeeKer Enjoi D2sTRUCT8 Gradient Nightwing MoonAndino Fetta_ook Trunkz Neytpoh M00se rulaZ supremo ostone Junkerzam iOwnedU Shave Sheik SyDe Peanut Airenikus
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FML Season 32 | Round 1
Thanks to all of you who signed up for Season 32. Round 1 of four is ready to go. Please schedule your matches and vote for your preferred map. Deadline for round 1 matches to be played is April 25, but maybe postponed. A few further remarks:
Round 1 Matches Match 1 SeeKer Fetta_ook Leluaami D2sTRUCT8Match 2 rulaZ Aarnikratti Punpun ostoneMatch 3 supremo Sheik Shave 5te1nMatch 4 Enjoi SyDe Nightwing VoxiusMatch 5 qwest Airenikus M00se MoonAndinoMatch 6 Junkerzam Neytpoh Tukimkim GradientMatch 7 Trunkz Peanut iOwnedU VyvanneGL HF! April 11, 2021, 05:24:04 am |
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Re: S32 M6
Map will be Fountain of Manip Go this Thursday April 15 at 15 EST | 21 CET? April 13, 2021, 06:10:29 pm |
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Re: S32 M5
Okay, go April 17 at 16 EST | 22 CET then
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FML Season 33 | Go!
 Hey Guys, Not gonna lie, it has been a relaxing year without FML. But since I'm getting tired of Legion TD, I guess I need some FFA to observe. Therefore, it's time for FML Season 33 and it'll launch on April 1st. You can sign up by posting your name into this thread until March 31. We'll accept any non-smurfing players that are known to the community or manage to win an inhouse game. As it is a pain in the ass to manage scheduling and results via this website, I came up with a plan to manage scheduling via separate Discord channels and match result posting via a Google Form. I think it'll work much better for all of us. With this season being run mostly by me, I kindly ask you to respect my decisions and don't be stupid! I don't have the desire to moderate a freaking Discord kindergarten, but if I see something I don't like, I will not hesitate to ban you. This includes heavy insults, racism and posting real life pics of other people. I spent a lot of time in other communities and not a single one was as lax in terms of rules as this one. Same applies to ingame decisions. In the past, I was willing to discuss and explain everything. It did not prevent people from accusing me of being biased one way or the other. So be prepared for me not responding to your Discord text walls. It's self protection. I hope for countless sign ups. GL HF! March 19, 2022, 02:52:05 pm |
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FML Season 33 | The Winner is...
Congratulations to @qwest for finally winning a long-deserved FML trophy. With four wins in five matches, he's the first (full-time) undead player that takes the title since Tyrant did in 2015. His macro and tactical genious seemed unmatched this season and the final map pick proved to be clever. Thanks to all the participants and the admin team. After my hiatus, I really enjoyed to see some high-level FFA again and I was positively surprised by the absence of drama. Using Discord for orga and scheduling may have led to a bit more confusion every now and then, but it cut the effort for admins in half, in my opinion. Definitely something we'll do again. A bit prematurely, I stated some weeks ago that I'd be willing to run a Team Battle Royale this summer. With us approaching the middle of July, I'm not so sure anymore. While I enjoy many things about TBR, it's also way more challenging from an admin perspective. Furthermore, we got some additional hurdles (not all map files with zoom trigger, Blizzard deactivated shared accounts, etc. etc.). As I'm not the only admin, I don't want to rule it out entirely, but my real life obligations prevent me from playing a key role in it. Another FML Season that starts in Q3 seems more realistic. Last but not least, I don't want to leave unmentioned how much worse the FML Discord Chat has become in my eyes. I stated before that I don't enjoy it and I'm not willing to moderate it anymore. Still, in order for FML to be somewhat welcoming to fun people and new players, I kindly ask you to scale back sexism and toxicity. Cheers, HighTac July 10, 2022, 07:25:11 am |
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Team Battle Royale 6 | Winner!
Congratulations to Team Ravenclaw for winning TBR 6. With their impeccable performance yesterday, Ravenclaw achieved a 66% win rate, not only in tie breakers, but also in TBRs overall. Titles of TBR 1, 3, 5 and 6 all held by the famous Hogwarts house. I repeat myself, but thanks to all of you who participated, captained, streamed and hosted. TBR used to require so much effort and nerves that it was hard to fully enjoy the matches. TBR 6 was different and after a few too many freewins early on, we witnessed many close endings in the second half of the season. I'll be on parental hiatus for some time now, but will keep you up-to-date. Really happy to see how the love for FFA brings people together, even in 2022 October 16, 2022, 03:15:09 am |
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