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Chivalry Teamwork and Tournaments
January 19, 2013 in Crack News
FREE Weekend Update: We’ve put up a server for visitors to our site for this weekend: the password is “chopchop”, filter for “crackclan” — we hope you enjoy the game and come back to visit us again!
For whatever reason, some of us just can’t put down this game, and perhaps fortuitously-so given the blast that we’ve had with it over the past few days. Though we’d all been enthralled by the visceral action that the game offers I’d been just dying to try a few things, one of them being a Crack Cup Chivalry Tournament to try to flesh out the concept: initial seeding in free-for-all and then single-elimination brackets that wrap the whole thing up in best-of-3/5/7′s. We held it in EU+NA friendly times with some of us waking in the morning and others going pre-dinner to chop each others heads off and we crowned cc//Fr3nch as our champion who walked away with an additional title in his Steam collection — thanks tons for the support @Rage @Smithy @Fr3nch @DT @Justice @Skullhead @Berry !
..but it doesn’t end there! Last night being such a chilly one presented the opportunity to sit down with some of the lads and stay inside to see if we could put together a little effort in to assembling Phalanx formations without really being too rude to others — ‘lo and behold not only were we able to pull it off but we were honoured by the players on the server (LTS #04 I think) who joined in on the fun and either supported the formations or coordinated to break them apart. Probably one of the top 10 coolest moments I’ve witnessed in spontaneous online gaming — I’ve assembled a rough collage to share just a bit of what it’s like to use teamwork in chivalry making formations (and rumour has it some video exists too!)
Last but not least, we’ve met some really cool folks as a result and the feeling is that we may actually have a go at something more formal: our tournament received some server help from the gentlemen at Dark Age Gaming who also just wrapped up their first season of hosting a league! To that end I’m surprised and excited to announce that we’re holding open recruitment toward the formation of a Chivalry squad that’s interested in meeting a couple times a week to get on some scrimmages and matches – hit those about and joining pages if you’re thinking about it. Thanks so much to the awesome people we’ve met so far from the Chivalry community, I know I’m looking forward to more!
Berry said on January 19, 2013
Thats not a phalanx, thats just a shield wall. You are lucky your enemies did not have any heavy cavalry.
Trust me, i play total war on normal, i know this shit.
dox said on January 19, 2013
We tried many formations, the screenshots do not represent everything that we did. What was effective against the shield wall, however, was the burning pots; they forced us to scatter and adopt interim tactics before reforming. Fun fun fun!
redfireant3 said on January 19, 2013
looks awesome taking charge of the pub server! good work!
Admirable said on January 19, 2013
Haha! I love it
Justice said on January 19, 2013
best time i’ve had in chivalry yet, that was awesome
skullhead said on January 19, 2013
Tourney was fun, sorry I missed the pubbing. I’ve been practicing and looking forward to more carnage!
Fr3nch / Etiyen said on January 19, 2013
Great Fun ! Need more people for the next and it will be perfect
Pockets said on January 19, 2013
That was a great time last night, can’t wait to see what comes of it.
Shaddowmaster said on January 19, 2013
LOVE the shield wall… wish I had been there for it
In other words, if I am online next time, make sure to invite me. Or just poke on me to join you anyways
The Honeypot said on January 23, 2013
Haha I was on that server (Marijuana Kills) that was a blast. I wish I was on your vent, I wanted to try to have a vanguard sprint from behind the wall, then have it break and have the vanguard jump through the line to do his sprint attack. The other huge benefit of the shield wall is letting MAA get in closer to the enemy without getting raped by arrows/vanguards.
Anyway hope to be able to join your team or play with you guys in the future. I didn’t add any of your steam ids while we were playing though, that’s why I registered on the site.