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The ClanWars is an ongoing battle between
CyberStike Clans for control of Syren. Clans
battle one another by challenging enemy clans to
combat, by doing so, they may increase or decrease
their clan's "fame".
A new clan begins with a rating of 1000 fame. Fame
is much like a handicapping system which penalizes
powerful clans for playing weaker clans and awards
weak clans for playing powerful clans.
Fame uses a simple formula to determine if a clan
gets a penalty or a bonus when they play another
clan. In simple terms, take the enemy clan's fame,
subtract your clan's fame and divide by two,
the resulting number is the bonus or penalty.
Positive numbers are bonuses, negative numbers are
penalties. The bonus or penalty is added into the
ending score of the match.
Example: You are thinking of challenging the
PowerMonger Clan to a match. Their Fame is 1007,
your clan's fame is 1011.
| Enemy
Clans fame |
1007 |
| Minus |
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| Your
Clans fame |
1011 |
| Equals |
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4 |
| Divide
by 2 |
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| Equals
your clans bonus or penalty |
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2 |
This means your
clan will be penalized 2 fame points for playing
the PowerMongers. Your clan will gain fame if it
wins by 3 or more points. It will lose fame if it
wins by 2 or less points.
Fame is important to clans because it is used for
tournament seeding and determining participation
in the ClanWars Tournament.
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ClanWars
Tournament
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The ClanWars Tournament will be held once every 4
months. The top 16 clans (based on their fame),
that meet the Tournament requirements, will be
allowed to enter the tournament.
Using a structured schedule, this tournament will
pit each clan against all other tournament clans.
Each round will bring about a new opponent for
every clan until the clans have all played one
another. The two clans with the most victories
will battle for the ClanWars championship. The
entire tournament should take about 10 weeks.
The ClanWars Tournament will be played much like a
normal tournament and the tournament rules will
apply with a few exceptions.
- Clans that drop out of the ClanWars
Tournament will not be allowed to enter the
next ClanWars Tournament. A clan is considered
to have dropped out if it fails to play two
consecutive matches.
- Matches will take place on specific maps
each round.
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| Q: |
Why
do you use fame to determine who gets to enter the
ClanWars? Its not fair! |
| A: |
Fame
is used for several reasons, it helps generate
some excitement for normal challenge matches, it
helps weed out clans who do not play challenge
matches and it limits the number of clans in the
ClanWars Tournament to a manageable level. |
| Q: |
I
still dont like fame, why does my clan have to be
penalized for playing weak clans? Its not fair! |
| A: |
A
clan that has much higher fame than another clan,
and thus ranked higher, SHOULD be able to beat the
lower ranked clan easily. If this is not the case,
then the higher ranked clan was over rated and
adjusted for being so. If you think of fame as
combination of a skill rating and of actual fame
you will see its reason for being. An example
would be a boxing match between two boxers. If one
boxer is highly ranked and thus famous, and his
opponent is not highly ranked or famous, the
highly ranked boxer is expected to win and win
easily. If the highly ranked boxer wins, but has a
difficult time defeating the low ranked boxer, the
highly ranked boxer will be viewed less favorably
while the lower ranked boxer may gain respect.
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| Q: |
Why
do you only allow 16 clans into the ClanWars
Tournament? Its not fair! |
| A: |
As
the number of players and clans grow, the number
of quality clans will also grow. As this number of
quality clans grow, we will increase the number of
clans that may enter the ClanWars Tournament.
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| Q: |
How
can I turn my clan into a "quality"
clan? |
| A: |
First
you must decide if you want to even form a clan.
Being an effective Clan Leader is more work than
most players think. Maintaining a clan, making
decisions, making and accepting challenges, making
sure your clan plays tournament matches on time,
determining who plays etc, are all functions of a
clans leader.
Most players simply form a clan and then
try to get other players to join them, these clans
hardly ever succeed. Its best to create clans with
players you have known for at least a few months,
players you think you will be able to count on
when your clan has difficult times. Try to avoid
players who jump from clan to clan and are just
trying to get onto a winning clan.
Attempt to keep up to date with your clan
members, use e-mail to discuss clan topics. Set up
scrimmages against fellow clan members, so you can
determine your clans strengths and weaknesses
before the enemy does ;) Dont be afraid to
challenge other clans who's fame is similar to
yours (+ or - 5 points)
The best clans are built with hard work,
determination and organization. |
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