HulkUnited - Full Smash Ahead (S7 top 25, 20/20)

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Fantastic result, we ended up top 50 for a second season in a row!

Season 5 results:
Alliance ranking: 39th with 164560 points

Individual Scores:
bighair - 14038
westwood1085 - 11319
S0rc3r3d - 10636
Tydobbs - 10250
loki480 - 9603
KPxPower - 9401
nyark - 8764
Andriy - 8403
Lykkerindom - 8126
Philly99 - 8021
Sikgimp - 7834
TheDutchRudder - 7810
claudia-shan - 7653
BigCheese - 7552
L.O.D - 7519
Koffee - 6317
Redfyre - 6059
iLime - 5836
ugetnocookie - 4775
beto22 - 4664

The Season 5 PVP events were:
Too Many Secrets (Nick Fury) - #35
Army of One (Punisher) - #37
Blind Justice (Daredevil) - #28
Balance of Power (level playing field) - #52
Trial by Combat (She-Hulk) - #54
Doctor's Orders (Dr Doom) - #38
Real McCoy (Beast) - I can't find the screenshots on my phone, can anybody help?
Fly Fight Win (Captain Marvel) - #54
God of Lies (Loki) - #39
Top Gun (Falcon) - #35

Pretty even, just three events where we almost stayed top 50. Let's do even better in Season 6!

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Man that balance of power killed me this season along with the few annoying PVE that came afterwards, just lost all motivation to climb high after that. I think i spent around 2k HP for BoP and ended up 2nd or 3rd, UGH! Gonna take the next few days slow, I'll bounce back once the season starts.

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Event: Children of the Atom. Rewards: Colossus.
Alliance ranking: 26th with 17017 points

Individual Scores:
S0rc3r3d - 1377
bighair - 1300
KPxPower - 1072
Tydobbs - 1064
Kikujiro - 1040
loki480 - 991
nyark - 911
Philly99 - 871
westwood1085 - 869
Redfyre - 817
Andriy - 809
Sikgimp - 809
claudia-shan - 767
BigCheese - 744
beto22 - 713
Lykkerindom - 692
TheDutchRudder - 641
L.O.D - 617
iLime - 595
ugetnocookie - 318

A record breaking event - it was the first time a whooping 5 of us got over 1000 points each

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Event: Real Steel. Rewards: Hulk.
Alliance ranking: 34th with 15507 points

Individual Scores:
westwood1085 - 1324
S0rc3r3d - 1211
Tydobbs - 1172
bighair - 1119
loki480 - 920
Philly99 - 823
KPxPower - 818
Andriy - 794
iLime - 788
Sikgimp - 715
BigCheese - 690
nyark - 689
Redfyre - 685
L.O.D - 628
Kikujiro - 621
TheDutchRudder - 616
beto22 - 600
Lykkerindom - 536
ugetnocookie - 408
claudia-shan - 350

Loads of statistical anomalies in this one, like Claudia being last (o_O) and four of us going over 1100 (yay!) and us not getting top 25 despite a good score (meh - Hulk covers weren't given out since at least three months, I think...)

NoCookie, your output has dropped visibly in the past couple weeks. Is anything the matter?

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Event: Smash Hit. Rewards: IM40.
Alliance ranking: 27th with 14941 points

Individual Scores:
Emu - 1305
bighair - 1097
S0rc3r3d - 960
westwood1085 - 952
KPxPower - 895
loki480 - 813
Philly99 - 775
Sikgimp - 755
Redfyre - 745
Andriy - 731
L.O.D - 718
claudia-shan - 710
Kikujiro - 703
Tydobbs - 690
TheDutchRudder - 606
Lykkerindom - 605
beto22 - 603
BigCheese - 555
iLime - 393
ugetnocookie - 330

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After consulting with the other commanders, we decided to start reinforcing the event quota from now on.
To keep it fair, the formula we chose is:
- Ideally, everybody should score 650+ each event. That might not be possible due to real life events.
- That's why I'll keep count of the total score over the last three events.
- If, with two hours to go before the end of any event, your total score over the last three events is significantly under 650 x 3 = 1950, you'll get kicked and a temp will be hired to ensure the alliance won't suffer.
- "Significantly" means scores between 1800-1950 will be tolerated, but anything below 1800 is a direct kick.

After each event, I'll update the score totals at the end of the event results post, and I'll also post the list via in-game chat.

For now, the score totals for the last three events are:


The scores required from everybody in the current event are marked in yellow:
[negative scores means those members already filled their share, god bless them ]


As you can see, a few of us will need to try harder this event to make up for previous low scores.
The worse off is NoCookie who needs a whopping 1200 points - I started a PM dialogue with him to see whether he's burned out or it's just a temporary slump.
Other "endangered teammates" are:
- Claudia (due to that freak 350 points result the last event) - needs to score 890 points to get 650x3 = 1950 overall, or at least 790 points to get 1850 points
- Lykke - needs to score 809 points to be even or 709 points to stay safe
- iLime, Beto, DutchRudder and BigCheese all need to go 700+ points to be even or score the quota (650 points) to stay safe.

Apologies for policing, but I think if everyone pulls his/her weight the alliance will definitely benefit. I probably won't actually kick anyone during this first event (Heavy Metal) but I'll start doing it for sure from the next event forward.
Let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Sorc

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UPDATE: NoCookie has a major family issue (his dad died, and he had to suddenly take over the family business) which prevents him from spending too much time with the game, hence the drop in scoring. He'll try to score a decent amount (800+) the incoming events, but even if he doesn't, it shouldn't matter for now.
I think we should all try to play just a tiny bit more to help him and keep him with us. He's been one of our main drivers in Seasons 1-4, and this is definitely what alliances are for - to help each of us in times of need.

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There was no consensus with other commanders, some people don't play the game 24*7 or invest money in the game. I rather just play for fun, rather than I must score more points. Most of should have plenty of covers to keep us going and to be really competitive in any event

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There was no consensus with other commanders, some people don't play the game 24*7 or invest money in the game. I rather just play for fun, rather than I must score more points. Most of should have plenty of covers to keep us going and to be really competitive in any event

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I'm just striving for consistency here, trying to make a point that dropping too much behind the average is bad for all.
650 points means around 26 victories, that's between 100 and 140 minutes of play spread across 2.5 days.
It's true that the last few hours are more important and climbing during the last 20 minutes allows any decent roster to reach even 750-800 points without shielding (by skipping and carefully selecting fat targets) but I don't think anyone needs to play all day. I don't, I just play when I have a break - during the commute, the lunch break, while queuing in line, etc.

Also, did we ever truly reinforced the 600-650 quota so far? I don't remember kicking anyone during the last two seasons just for missing one event. Still, consistent underperforming is to be discouraged, and this is the main idea behind the system.

Philly999

NoCookie, im sorry to hear that! wish you all the best in the comming weeks, months and years.... my dad died when i was 20 and that was a damn hard time. So my thoughts are with you and your Family!!!!

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I will try to score better, sorry if I have not been pulling my share. It was my understanding that the quota was 600, so I made sure I got that each event and then would spent time in PvE or SHIELD Sim; the most recent Heroes/Villains consumed a lot of my time as I was tyring to get the Psylock, and the ISO 8 a few weeks before as I wanted the Patch covers. I'm not complaining as I of course want to help us score better, I just don't think there was ever a clear announcement that we were making a push to top 50 as opposed to top 100 and that the minimum quota had gone up. With that being said, I have been thinking that I need to start scoring better to help the team more and improve my roster, time just hasn't been on my side. What you have done Sorc is great and requirements are clear. Hulk Smash!

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swingking03 wrote:

I will try to score better, sorry if I have not been pulling my share. It was my understanding that the quota was 600, so I made sure I got that each event and then would spent time in PvE or SHIELD Sim; the most recent Heroes/Villains consumed a lot of my time as I was tyring to get the Psylock, and the ISO 8 a few weeks before as I wanted the Patch covers. I'm not complaining as I of course want to help us score better, I just don't think there was ever a clear announcement that we were making a push to top 50 as opposed to top 100 and that the minimum quota had gone up. With that being said, I have been thinking that I need to start scoring better to help the team more and improve my roster, time just hasn't been on my side. What you have done Sorc is great and requirements are clear. Hulk Smash!

Hey, no worries. It's just that we're so close to consistently top 25 (and the extra ISO does help...) so making a small extra effort should definitely pay up.
And yes, this is the first "official" announcement on scoring 650 (I wrote about it at the end of Season 4 though), but it's not just about that - it's more about trying to avoid having 3 or more teammates to support every single event. Take a look at our results - with a couple exceptions, we always had at least 3 people under (or waaaay under ) the 600 points.
In short, if everybody pulls the 650, all the extra points of our top scorers will simply go towards us going top 50 / top 25. If not, those points will ensure we stay top 50.

(later edit) I don't think we can go top 10 anytime soon, so don't worry, the quota won't move up again

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ugetnocookie, my condolences man, I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through.

As for what Sorc said, I think a bit of gentle nudging is nice. While the quota is at 650, I think the whole idea is to just get chronic under-performers to pick it up a bit as we are so close at the cusp of consistent top 25/50 with just a bit more points from each of us.

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First of all, noookie, my deepest condolences. I can't begin to imagine what you're going through and I hope the little game we share helps you in whatever little way to feel a little bit better. Hope things look up for you soon.

Now, for the quota thing: I'm all for being consistent, and all for, if 650 is what we agree to shoot for, that's what we should shoot for. Having said that, it is completely inane that the 3 events count events done BEFORE the announcement. While I'm usually well over 650, the very lst event before the announcment,w as one where real life crept in and I had under 600. And, since this started to be counted retroactively, even though I'm shielded until the end of the event with more points than the average shown on the table, even though I have exactly zero need for any psylocke covers, as soon as it ends, I'll need A LOT more points in the next one, because I'll "lose" a 690 event but keep the low one.

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Punisher 150
Black Widow 145
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BigCheese wrote:

Having said that, it is completely inane that the 3 events count events done BEFORE the announcement. While I'm usually well over 650, the very lst event before the announcment,w as one where real life crept in and I had under 600. And, since this started to be counted retroactively, even though I'm shielded until the end of the event with more points than the average shown on the table, even though I have exactly zero need for any psylocke covers, as soon as it ends, I'll need A LOT more points in the next one, because I'll "lose" a 690 event but keep the low one.

Like the British say, "keep calm and read the small print"
The quotas didn't actually change - the bare minimum is still 600 per event (1800/3), although reaching top 25 means we should try and get 650 regularly. Also, like I said, the total score quota won't be reinforced that badly, at least not immediately. The goal of this system is to discourage underperforming in multiple consecutive events, not to force people play way more than they can.
Re: losing a big scoring event - your high score is taken into account for the two consecutive events that follow, you're definitely not going to need a lot more points immediately.

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Event: Fatal Attraction. Rewards: Psylocke.
Alliance ranking: 39th with 15416 points

Individual Scores:
bighair - 1241
Tydobbs - 1036
S0rc3r3d - 938
loki480 - 912
westwood1085 - 844
Philly99 - 813
TheDutchRudder - 812
ugetnocookie - 779
nyark - 767
claudia-shan - 754
KPxPower - 721
BigCheese - 719
Andriy - 712
Lykkerindom - 665
beto22 - 663
Sikgimp - 659
Redfyre - 658
Shobi6669 - 604
L.O.D - 601
iLime - 518

Shobi joined us as a temp until the end of the current PVE event, he's a PVE specialist and should hopefully help us stay top 100 and get that Doc Ock cover. Of course, for that to happen, the rest of us should try and grind PVE a bit, too

Score totals for the last three events:


Scores required in the current event:


The bottom three are the only ones below the curve:
- Shobi has just arrived, and the deal with him was that his PVP scores won't matter as long as he helps us in PVE
- NoCookie scored almost 800 points in this event, great!
- iLime is still seriously under quota and I'm not sure why. iLime, let us know if you're busy or anything.

That's it on the administrative side of things.

At the moment, we're #34th in Season 6, awesome position so early in the season
Let's keep smashing!!!

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Bumped for recruiting purposes. I'll add the event results later today.

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Ultra busy lately, bumped the thread for recruiting purposes. Apologies, but it looks like I won't be able to keep posting the results during the next couple weeks (business trip...)