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Congratulations & Thank Yous
Congratulations & Thank Yous
As tradition commands, let us start wrapping up the tournament by congratulating our winners.
Congratulations to our deserved champions Unity. You are without a doubt one of the most impactful teams in the history of the game, it seems only right that you win the last major tournament in Warband after coming so close several times. After a rough start, your will and dedication carried you to a brilliant victory in one of the hardest fought finals in the history of the scene.
Congratulations and commiserations to Frontline Tactics. You continued your excellent run in Warbands tournaments and proved to be one step ahead of most of your competitors. Even though you fell short in the end by a razer thin margin, you should be proud of your incredibly strong performances throughout the season.
And finally congratulations to Knights of Malta. Like in the last years you have once again put forward one of the strongest and most balanced teams. Thanks to your solid performances and strong teamplay throughout the tournament you managed to confirm your success from the previous season, earning you a well deserved Bronze medal.
Congratulations also to Fallen Pride, Assyrian Empire and Invictus Legion as well as Men of Borr, Kobetourage and Conquerors who finished in the top three positions in Divisions B and C respectively.
Congratulations and commiserations to Frontline Tactics. You continued your excellent run in Warbands tournaments and proved to be one step ahead of most of your competitors. Even though you fell short in the end by a razer thin margin, you should be proud of your incredibly strong performances throughout the season.
And finally congratulations to Knights of Malta. Like in the last years you have once again put forward one of the strongest and most balanced teams. Thanks to your solid performances and strong teamplay throughout the tournament you managed to confirm your success from the previous season, earning you a well deserved Bronze medal.
Congratulations also to Fallen Pride, Assyrian Empire and Invictus Legion as well as Men of Borr, Kobetourage and Conquerors who finished in the top three positions in Divisions B and C respectively.
Now, please allow me thank a couple of people who have helped make this tournament possible.
First of all, I'd like to thank the admin team for hosting the tournament with me. It was a pleasant surprise when Dyktator rejoined our team for the final season of the Warband Native League, after we had run the Nations Cup 2016 together. Thank you for your sound ideas throughout and especially for taking care of the price raffle. About Deacon there is not much that hasn't been said before at some point. After you had saved the first season of the tournament, your work over many years made the Warband Native League the most succesful tournament format in the history of the game. Your experience and council were helpful as always, thank you. Bullez, even before you joined our team you had already made a name for yourself as an administrator by hosting several successful tournaments. You immediately proved yourself to be an important asset to the team, thanks for the excellent communication and your hard work throughout the tournament! And finally, thank you to Aeronwen who deserves a special shoutout. The amount of work and effort you have put in for our community, not only this season but over the course of many years, cannot be overstated. You have an incredible work ethic and never shy away from standing up for your opinion. Our discussions were usually hard fought but always honest and constructive. Thanks for the countless hours you have dedicated to competitive Warband!
Next up, thank you to all our referees. The time you invested in overseeing matches meant players could focus on playing and enjoying the game, whilst at the same time making the lifes of the administrators a lot easier. Thank you to Achaner, Kane, Kiano, MidZ and Pilgrim. A special thanks to Tardet, Rome and Wardo who refereed more than 10 matches each!
Thank you also to our servers sponors bullez and Cheshire Cats Clan. I am repeating myself when I say that without your kind donations tournaments such as the WNL wouldn't have been possible. In particular I want to thank bullez again for his hands-on attitude when the German servers came under DDoS attacks. You ensured the tournament could go on without massive delays.
Furthermore, thank you to everyone who provided us with livestreams and recordings. Throughout all seasons of the WNL you have been our outlet to those who hadn't heard about competitive Warband before. I'm sure our scene would have been a lot smaller if you hadn't been around. Thanks to everyone at BladeCast_TV and Warband_Battlestream, thanks to Apollo, Elwaen, Fietta, huN, The_Cardboard_Box as well as their co-casters Aeronwen, Airelhach, Ciiges, Cow, Gibby, Kane, Pepper, Pilgrim, Samu and SirAlecks. Thank you also to Airelhach, Apollo, Azorekt, Fietta, Gibby, Korift and Sigmar who shared their PoV recordings with us.
Next up, there are a few more individuals that need to be thanked also. Thank you to Matt for spreading the word about the tournament on Mercenaries. Thanks a lot to jon01, who not only presented us the Top 5 Plays of the Week, but also wrote up content for social media. Thank you also to Roudrac for our new tournament branding and the player awards, your artwork is beautiful as always. Many thanks to both yami_pirate and Harman, who once again provided us with further insight into player performances thanks to their statistics. Thank you to Tardet who ran the Betting Corner and put out quality content week in and week out! Thanks a lot to Oliveran for his work on the module and the admin-by-ID-system, both were absolutely vital parts of the tournament infrastructure. Thank you also to Wüstenkrieger, who developed an admin tool for us at the start of the tournament, you are on the right path to masively reducing manual work for future administrations. Thanks to TaleWorlds for advertising the tournament on their social media and for providing us with the prizes.
Many thanks to everyone who posted suggestions and feedback. Whilst we couldn't please everyone, it was always important to hear from as many people as possible so that we could develope and improve the tournament even further. Thank you to every team, every single player that participated. I hope you all had a good last run in Warband!
Last but certainly not least, I want to take this opportunity to say thanks to someone who unfortunately left the community years ago. For some reason I can't think of, I never posted in his farewell thread. Captain Lust, nobody would've still been here if you hadn't led the way all those years back. The ENL set the standard for all tournaments to come, you paved the way for streaming in the way we know it today, you took a massive step in your personal life when you moved to Ankara to become our community manager, and you were the man behind the first LAN in the history of competitive Mount & Blade. Thank you so much for everything you have done for the scene, I wish you all the best for your future.
Let me end on a personal note. Today, at the end of Warband, we can look back on a decade of competitive play. In March 2010, nobody could have foreseen what a successful course the game and our community went on to take. Already 70,000 hours before the official release of Bannerlord, or roughly eight years ago, people started writing about the death of Warband that was soon to come. It turns out that only 14 hours before the official release of Bannerlord, the last Grand Final in Warband went into its first round. It makes me incredibly happy and proud that Warband has made it all the way from start to finish. Together, we have written ten years of history and created memories that many of us will think off fondly in the years to come. It was my honor to have played with each and everyone of you.
Next up, thank you to all our referees. The time you invested in overseeing matches meant players could focus on playing and enjoying the game, whilst at the same time making the lifes of the administrators a lot easier. Thank you to Achaner, Kane, Kiano, MidZ and Pilgrim. A special thanks to Tardet, Rome and Wardo who refereed more than 10 matches each!
Thank you also to our servers sponors bullez and Cheshire Cats Clan. I am repeating myself when I say that without your kind donations tournaments such as the WNL wouldn't have been possible. In particular I want to thank bullez again for his hands-on attitude when the German servers came under DDoS attacks. You ensured the tournament could go on without massive delays.
Furthermore, thank you to everyone who provided us with livestreams and recordings. Throughout all seasons of the WNL you have been our outlet to those who hadn't heard about competitive Warband before. I'm sure our scene would have been a lot smaller if you hadn't been around. Thanks to everyone at BladeCast_TV and Warband_Battlestream, thanks to Apollo, Elwaen, Fietta, huN, The_Cardboard_Box as well as their co-casters Aeronwen, Airelhach, Ciiges, Cow, Gibby, Kane, Pepper, Pilgrim, Samu and SirAlecks. Thank you also to Airelhach, Apollo, Azorekt, Fietta, Gibby, Korift and Sigmar who shared their PoV recordings with us.
Next up, there are a few more individuals that need to be thanked also. Thank you to Matt for spreading the word about the tournament on Mercenaries. Thanks a lot to jon01, who not only presented us the Top 5 Plays of the Week, but also wrote up content for social media. Thank you also to Roudrac for our new tournament branding and the player awards, your artwork is beautiful as always. Many thanks to both yami_pirate and Harman, who once again provided us with further insight into player performances thanks to their statistics. Thank you to Tardet who ran the Betting Corner and put out quality content week in and week out! Thanks a lot to Oliveran for his work on the module and the admin-by-ID-system, both were absolutely vital parts of the tournament infrastructure. Thank you also to Wüstenkrieger, who developed an admin tool for us at the start of the tournament, you are on the right path to masively reducing manual work for future administrations. Thanks to TaleWorlds for advertising the tournament on their social media and for providing us with the prizes.
Many thanks to everyone who posted suggestions and feedback. Whilst we couldn't please everyone, it was always important to hear from as many people as possible so that we could develope and improve the tournament even further. Thank you to every team, every single player that participated. I hope you all had a good last run in Warband!
Last but certainly not least, I want to take this opportunity to say thanks to someone who unfortunately left the community years ago. For some reason I can't think of, I never posted in his farewell thread. Captain Lust, nobody would've still been here if you hadn't led the way all those years back. The ENL set the standard for all tournaments to come, you paved the way for streaming in the way we know it today, you took a massive step in your personal life when you moved to Ankara to become our community manager, and you were the man behind the first LAN in the history of competitive Mount & Blade. Thank you so much for everything you have done for the scene, I wish you all the best for your future.
Let me end on a personal note. Today, at the end of Warband, we can look back on a decade of competitive play. In March 2010, nobody could have foreseen what a successful course the game and our community went on to take. Already 70,000 hours before the official release of Bannerlord, or roughly eight years ago, people started writing about the death of Warband that was soon to come. It turns out that only 14 hours before the official release of Bannerlord, the last Grand Final in Warband went into its first round. It makes me incredibly happy and proud that Warband has made it all the way from start to finish. Together, we have written ten years of history and created memories that many of us will think off fondly in the years to come. It was my honor to have played with each and everyone of you.
All the best and stay healthy
Scar
