StarFire Elite already confirmed they'd be returning. Feel free to sign up here. If all goes well and hallu can work his database magic we could be looking into maybe running 1 round of pre-season after Easter and jump right into S39 on the 10th or so.

But for that to happen we need quick sign ups and none of the usual "new squad, nevermind, wait it's a new squad but with a different name, nah nevermind" stuff
And we'd be going into the new season with the old formula.

Outlaws won both the title and regular season for 38 and Three also finished #1 in the ever important leaguestats with a massive margin of 6 points. Llamas won yet another AML title. They sounded super thriller about it.

Returning 5:
SFE
Llamas
Outlaws
BIA
The Dark

Not Returning 1:
Pure

Both are up now, may take a bit for round 2 to resolve to 1440. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ

Will kick off this Sunday at 3pm for both match-ups:
PRO: Outlaws vs. The Dark -- 1306231
AML: Llamas vs. Cosmic Rift -- 1306232

both are best of 3 series with at least this one game. Game 2 can be arranged or will be played next weekend along with the decider if necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ

I believe 'murica goes forward one hour today or tomorrow or before the games anyway, these will eventually be on bots buuuut

Llamas advanced to the AML finals 2-0 over SFE. The Dark advanced to the Pro finals 2-0 over EG.

3pm:
Outlaws (1) vs. B.I.A. -- 1306189
Pure (1) vs. Cosmic Rift -- 1306190

4pm:
game 3 of both if necessary.

caught the end of ot for TD and the second match. BIA vs Outlaws entire match posted. TD vs EG 2nd match up also.

Outlaws take home the regular season win with 14-2 and +93 K/D.
Outlaws have until this Friday to pick their opponent for the BO3 semis. The default pick lands on The Dark, as they are #4. The other option is BIA.

Llamas finished 5th and thus have to pick between SFE and Pure (who would be DQd by no-shows, but that'd just be a bye round for sure). The default here is SFE.

Everyone plays at 3. The squads who want to play at 4, will also play at 4. Otherwise the will play at 3 and 4 if necessary next weekend. This sucks for grunster, but oh well.

For anyone interested in the stats aspect, go oogle at the statistics now. Playoffs will ruin the integrity slightly as people will have access to a different number of games. I'll save some of the stats but parsing that later was always an issue.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ thanks for no likes :p round 16 are both up

3pm:

OUTLAWS vs. B.I.A. -- 1306020
Llamas vs. Pure -- 1306021

4pm:
Cosmic Rift vs. StarFire Elite -- 1306022
Evil Geniuses vs. The Dark -- 1306023

Outlaws and EG are duking it out for #1. In case of a tied record the winner would be Evil Geniuses by a nine kill margin.
Meanwhile if The Dark loses or no-shows and Llamas win, Llamas make pro while TD is either AML or disqualified (which at this point would still land them in the playoffs, cause it does not matter)
The rest of the squads don't have much at stake here. Maybe some league stats and bragging rights.

Playoffs will start right away, all matches BO3.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ 1440p