Warband Winter Cup
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After a short break for the Nations Cup, Polish host Aharo created the Warband Winter Cup. Drawing inspiration from the Battle of Bucharest LAN event it had a limited roster size of ten players per side and a reduced match size of six versus six. These changes mark the last big innovation the competitive scene saw in terms of tournament formats, and also make the Warband Winter Cup the only tournament to be counted as major with a match size of less than eight versus eight. But not only the format saw some change, but also the field of competititors. Whilst French side Unity took a break from competitive play altogether, WSC2 top contenders GR disbanded with most of their players on to form Dopey. Joining them as favourites were Polish led outfit Mikstura and Frontline Tactics. Heavy hitters Aequalitas and a stregthened Knights of Malta completed the extended group of favourites. Placed into eight seeded groups of three teams each, the tournament saw no big upsets during the group stage as all favourites managed to come out on top comfortably. In the quarter finals, however, underdogs Knights of Malta had joined tournament favourites Dopey on the edge of losing thanks to brilliant performances by their rangers Habrak and XerXes. Eventually Dopey managed to keep it together though, winning the match on the third map. Due to the format of the tournament with the semi finals and the final being played on the same day, the community got to witness an acition packed evening the next weekend. The semi finalists had to play a combined total of ten sets on the closed map before the eventual winners Dopey and Frontline Tactics would take over. The finals would see both teams go over the full distance of three maps, until Dopey narrowly edged out Frontline Tactics in the last round of the tournament. The changed format sparked a debate within the community regarding match size and roster limits. Especially the teams with a more casual approach felt left behind and saw themselves unable to reliably gather enough players to participate. |
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