:D Great! Hope you guys enjoy the season! Feel free to show up to some matches and spectate! I'll do my best to get Waaagh! TV up for as many matches as possible also.
There should be a lot of players online for hosting. Usually lots of players show up to spectate the matches and we can employ them to help. This match might be harder to find a good host for all, but we have some good hosts we can try.
I think I'm gonna win this tournament because Worpex is going to rig the matchups after giving me the hardest round 1.
You know it! <3
I think you all know me, but few actually know my history, so this is a good idea!
I founded FML in 2006 with my friend FrozenPrince after we both got kicked off of the admin team of another league known as TFL. With FML, I just wanted to do something new and fresh. Something which no one had ever done before. I settled on FFA because it was an unexplored territory as far as tournaments go, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. haha.
The FFA scene happened to be huge at the time (a little bit elitist too). There were two rival clans - Lone and FF4 which had the majority of the good players and a 'set of ffa rules' which I had no idea existed. Was a tough first season, as a lot of the top players were reluctant to give FML a try from the start. Soon enough, we were able to prove that we mean business and molded the league into what it is today. I ran FML as the head admin until Season 6! I came back to run the 'King of FFA' Tournament, and then Season 10 now as well. :D
My Favorite players are Target and PencilWarrior. They always made great games and could overcome even the most insane odds.
My problem with streaming, is that, unlike in a solo game in wc3 or sc2, there can be some downtime. Enough downtime to minimize the game and watch the steam for a bit - or - have it on a separate monitor and watch.
In the past, we used Waaagh! TV for streaming since it uses the warcraft 3 game to stream and you can't have both the game and it up at once. It seemed to work fine.
Now, I'd be perfectly fine if someone did start up a TV channel and broadcasted replays of games and maybe some commentary on replays. I'm still not sure about live streaming though... if someone has a good idea to overcome the issue, I would love to hear it.
Renaud is the huge favorite in this one. Perhaps we'll see an upset by LioonZodiac, but I doubt it. If TheThroneIsMine(Brain) is still in top shape, i think he could prove to be a threat too but I don't think hes played much recently. I'm not familiar with Tyler, so I can't comment on him.
y.z. is still trying to get back into shape, but I still think he can take this one. Nowandhere has a huge chance to upset though. I've been watching his progress recently and he has really turned into an exceptional player. His micro is still a bit weak, but his strategy is on the money. If he plays it right, he might pull through. I'm not familiar with the other two in this group.
M3: 3wD.SimO Humans7ar Lovetrance Spirituus
Maga has been struggling in the practice games, but hes still maga. If he doesn't win this, it'll be a huge upset.
M4: AlPacinoReturns paterique VK5FRAF AgalordWNF
Paterique and Elessar are likely out of practice. Al has been played A LOT recently and has been impressive. Hes a bit obnoxious to play against, but it works for him!
M5: darkermirror LLVLLAJiN Beljone aQ.Gammel
This game can go either way between Majin and Darkermirror. I think Darkermirror will take it though as hes been playing more recently than Majin has.
This group is a bit stacked. I'm unfamiliar with Virtue, so hes the dark horse in this match. His name implies that hes a solo player, so its likely that he'll rush someone out and make this an early three way. Not sure who will win after that, could be Steppin, Darkness or Ugri.
M7: DasElend SeksiReturns PLZLEAVEDUCK Ocky
Like Maga, DasE has been struggling recently against the newer FFA players, but hes still DasE. A bit more practice, and he'll be back on the same level he was before. I'm thinking Duck will rush someone out in this game though. We'll have to see.
M8: htrt Red7z7 DkH.Starshaped FFS_DI.FM
Interesting cast of players in this one. One rusty vet, an upcoming player, a solo player and a player i'm not familiar with! Red has been improving recently and i've seen him pick up a lot of ideas from others. He's definitely one to watch for future seasons, but I think he still has some work to do until he starts winning a lot. Starshaped has the micro to pull a win here I think, but I don't know about the strategy. HTRT has this one in my opinion, even if he hasn't played for awhile, he can still wreck this place up!
Noooooooo idea. All rusty players. Rebuke might pull through here, I think hes been pretty active. If Sparkle and Messiah were in top shape, they would be my favorites... but 'll go with Rebuke for now.
Was seeding done at all? Would've been fun to see :)
Sorta, but not really. The top people in the ground are the people i've seen play a lot recently and are really good. 2nd/3rd are people who either have seen recently but not much or know are good from previous FML seasons. 4th is the guy who I haven't ever seen play before. The only exception being Pinballmap... not sure why hes on the bottom, but w/e thats how it worked out.
Season 10 is now underway! I want to thank everyone for applying and starting this season out great! I also want to apologize for the amount of website issues that we've had to undergo in the last week. I'm doing my best to make sure everything is working and that nothing happens again.
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Now, before we chomp into the first round, I do want to mention one thing: Season 11.
Will we have one? That is completely and totally up to the spectators and players of FML! I want to see people showing up for matches, actively participating in the community and on this website, watching replays and making this season one of the greatest spectator events in FML and WC3 history.
Furthermore, I want players to do their best to keep everything civil and to act mature about their matches. I know games can get heated at times and tensions rise (happens to all of us) but I would like to see all players keep their anger inside the games and not carrying it over into the forums or in the Garena channel. If you have a dispute, handle it with the player or an admin.
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Next, here are a few of our favorite answers from the BM question!
-Solve this situation: A level 10 BM with boots of speed, an Invul potion, full mana and a death mask enter your base. You have 2 level 5 heroes at your disposal and 2 units. Using any race, how do you kill it? -
Quote from: AlPacinoReturns
Easy - you manip everyone else to hit the orc. Or you block your base once he enters and kill it with hex stomp + infernal item + doom guard item with cripple and stomp. GG
Quote from: htrt
1 blood mage 1 paladin 1 gyro 1 sorc use banish and mana syphon to empty his mana pool slow him cage that thing in your 12 pocket towers ( in inventory of 2 heroes) and run, run for your life as you can
Quote from: SteppinRazor
Hmmm, heroes would be DL/DK and units would be two meatwagons. I would keep using sleep on and meanwhile send my meatwagons to kill his base lol
Quote from: Sprituus
Troll Shadow Hunter ( 5lvl) - skills Hex lvl 3rd, healing Wave - lvl 2 + Drow Ranger ( lvl 2 ) Stop cast + life drain. Units : 2 x Taurens So i would try to keep BM on Hex, after hex on stop cast and so on .. so Mask of death would be not so powerfull, healing wave giving me an extra time, taurens with stomp have quite good dps, so BM is quite easy to kill in second hex.
Quote from: Mr.Sparkle
your BM question is easy he doesnt have an orb so he cant fight air so pal mk and 2 gryphs. bolt clap heal away pal heals mk and my arcain towers nuke his mana after i bolt. or use tc sh and hexa stomp him to death with two taurons and there bash ability ud dk dl sleep when needed and ciol swarm his ass with 2 frosties bc no orb ne dh kotg entagle mana burn repeat while 2 chims fire
Quote from: Ugrilainen
I buy 6 pot of mana, I get two statues giving mana to my dreadlord, I sleep him forever and we die together in front of our computers.
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Thanks again everyone, and good luck in round 1! These matches are randomly generated, following rounds will have matches based on score.
ROUND 1 Map: Twilight Ruins :TwilightRuins2: Deadline: August 14th
Hello again! As many of you know, the old website is back up and working again. However, so far the majority of people have told me that we should stick with this new website, so that is exactly what we'll be doing. I'll continue to make this site better as time goes on and improve its functionality.
With that said, we need an update on the application process! We'll be running the league as a Swiss-Style tournament. This means, the people with higher scores will play against people with higher scores and vice versa. However, no one will play against another player twice. What this means for us, is we can accept a large amount of players into the league.
We used Round Robin in the past and that required a set number of players and everyone playing against each other once. With Swiss-Style, we can accept any number of players as long as it is a multiple of 4 and each player only plays against those of a similar skill level and not everyone. It will be a 4 round tournament, with the top 2 finishers auto-qualifying for the grand finals. Places 3-11 will be competing in the semi-finals for a spot in the grand finals. Top seeds in all play-off matches will receive map choice.
Now, here is the application list. This is not a list of those accepted into the league. If you do not see yourself below, you either just recently submitted your application or we did not receive it... Renaud Red7z7 y.zenchenko SeksiReturns (aka: SurroundKing) Beljone 3wD.SimO (aka: Magadansky) VK5FRAF (aka: Elessar) NowandHere SteppinRazor ugrilainen Spirituus LLVLLAJiN (aka: Majin) AlPacinoReturns PLZLEAVEDUCK LionZodiaC (aka: MadZoO) bRain.Man_FML paterique htrt darkermirror FFS_DI.FM n00dles (aka: pr4ct1c3) DarKNeSSCaLLsMe DasElend practicemage :Kazekstan: Steve_Stifler Pinballmap Lovetrance Kajetan :International: Flame[skynet] LaG.TT.Virtue AgalordWNF aQ.Gammel Kruppe UnholydreadlorD Ocky Humans7ar DarkMessiah MightyMurrock Slythe rebuke[skynet] DkH.Starshaped
Current Number: 41 (If you're afraid of not being accepted for whatever reason, the above is the magic number. Do your best to keep that number a multiple of 4 and everyone gets accepted!)
Last day for applications will be Sunday the 31st. The league will begin on the following day!
Lastly, I'll be away on vacation for the rest of the week. Renaud will keep this list updated and answer any questions that you may have!
does this mean you have the old applications or does everyone still have to reapply?
Still have to re-apply. I don't know whose still interested since there was a week of downtime. Besides, while other people are able to access the old site, I'm still unable to do so. @.@
So, in a unforeseen turn of events, my webhost decided to finally email me back and fix my website. This email came a week after I originally emailed them. Three days too late, if I had known they would actually get back to me I wouldn't have made this site. Anyway, the old website, wcolympics.com/fml, is up and running again.
With that said, we now have two websites. Which one would you prefer? I do want to remind everyone that the issues with the old site would remain. Logging-in would still link you to masters-league.com and I still wont be able to access the admin panel. This new website has no technical issues, but its not as fancy looking.
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