ok so we're finally at Sunday night in Europe and from what I saw nobody else showed thus I guess that it's time to move on with this and kick off the tournament with the aforementioned teams that had joined. finally today ILM/ASS reported that unfortunately that potential mix up nemesis team didn't happen (understandable as even the name would have implied) and I did not hear from Moskva (I mean, in original form) nor Immortal (both had struggled in the past so it was no surprise). great news, then basically without further re-do this is (the whole thing) what we have:
Double Trouble VS OFP Clan (Friday 26 of December of 2026 18:30 CET [UTC+01])
Double Trouble VS Team One (Saturday 27 of December of 2025 21:30 CET [UTC+01])
Team One VS OFP Clan (Sunday 28 of December of 2025 18:30 CET [UTC+01])
Week 2
OFP Clan VS Team One (Friday 2 of January of 2026 18:30 CET [UTC+01])
Team One VS Double Trouble (Saturday 3 of January of 2026 21:30 CET [UTC+01])
OFP Clan VS Double Trouble (Sunday 4 of January of 2026 18:30 CET [UTC+01])
so basically that's it, with just three teams I finally simply copied whole format from the last champions league that unfortunately could not be disputed and I think that should settle this. that's just six games, straight up four rounders with possibility to tie (ties will be broken along the tournament or just by sub scores) so no bullshit, to be played in full during the holidays (approx) that looks ideal to me for this. so as usual review that and if anything just let me know. I'll start now then to contact each team leader to leave the first round of matches set within the next days so those involved please stay in touch and do not unceremoniously delay this. other than ofp also reported than one of their guys KOVSKY most likely won't be able to be available but all the same given there's no replacement it makes no sense to cut it from the list and additionally I also noted srl as potential tto player that had been discussed just in case since they were just seven noted. and I think that's all for now so please everybody have fun and good luck.
ok everyone (of significance) involved notified now about this so just waiting to hear back from that. finally please remember that the picks will carry on between legs for the direct match ups meaning that the maps that are picked this week can not be picked the next for the same match up. I hope that's also clear, it's four rounders so there's no tie-breaks either, no bullshit.
obviously, I just copied&pasted that from the previous tournament and failed to update it (that part). Clearly the second games will be the week after in January 2026, matter of fact, April 2025 doesn't even exist anymore. Ok, I'll just correct that now, thanks for pointing out.
ofp just confirmed now for those initial 26 and 28 of December of 2025 18:30 CET (UTC+01) dates against DT and TTO as away team respectively then now just waiting to hear from those whether they can meet such dates along with their initial three map picks for this within the next few days. as said, the game plan is to complete the whole six matches during the holidays, just as initially planned and implicitly agreed under normal circumstances, then please do not unceremoniously delay it like forever. for the rest, I forgot to mention but given it's finally just a mini-league of three there will be no super star game afterwards as initially noted as with that amount of participants basically all matches will be like super star so it would really make no sense to later organize a further game since it would really be no different. I'll leave though a spot open for a follow up game after this in case something happen to spawn (i.e. some other team end up showing up at some point in the tournament, a potential normal community game instead etc).
obviously, I just copied&pasted that from the previous tournament and failed to update it (that part). Clearly the second games will be the week after in January 2026, matter of fact, April 2025 doesn't even exist anymore. Ok, I'll just correct that now, thanks for pointing out.