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WTC25 ROUND 3 TEAM SCORES AND STANDINGS

The current team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

This thread will be updated every couple of days and the Round 4 matches confirmed here on or before 8th November.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

16:00 UCT 25th October
13 of 64 games reported.
. The match between the top two has four games completed and both teams have added 10 points. Halfway through the match all that separates the teams is 11 additional points of damage in favour of The Armchair Heroes. In tournament terms The Heroes remain two wins behind Furor who hold on to top spot.
No games declared in match 2 but Desperta, with two big wins, jump from eighth to fourth, splitting the competitors in Match 2, just one point ahead of Zhu Que and 2 points behind The Champians.
Desperta's leap forward also cost L'épée a tournament place though L'épée increased points winning the first game in their match with Comites.
L'épée manage to to stay just ahead of Ursa who have posted two wins in their own match and have, currently, halved the distance from L'épée moving up to seventh.
The Wargaming Club's civil war is currently advantage The Wargaming Club 2 who have two wins and 10 points to The Wargaming Club 1's one win and 6 points. Also early advantage goes to Lupi Belli in the match with Legio Cincinnata.

WTC25 ROUND 3 TEAM SCORES AND STANDINGS

The current team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

This thread will be updated every couple of days and the Round 4 matches confirmed here on or before 8th November.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

16:00 UCT 28th October
29 of 64 games reported.
. The Wargaming Club civil war is the first match to finish and having been behind after the first games The Wargaming Club 1 finish with five wins to their opponents three.
At the top Furor Gallico post bonus wins to make it four wins to three wins in Furor’s favour. Their seven point advantage, at round start, had been narrowed but is now increased to ten. It will come down again if the Armchair Heroes win the last game in their match.
Zhu Que jump back into third place with two wins in their match against the Champians and open up a seven point advantage over their opponents. The Champians stay just two points ahead of Desperta. All three teams have six games to declare. Just another handful of points away from these three are L’epee and Ursa Major with six and four games to finish.
Lupi Belli have moved up again and with four games to declare are just two good wins away from challenging for a place.
Worth bearing in mind it is only six good wins, thirty-six points, between Desperta and bottom of the standings.
It is all going to change again.

WTC25 ROUND 3 TEAM SCORES AND STANDINGS

The current team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

This thread will be updated every couple of days and the Round 4 matches confirmed here on or before 8th November.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

15:30 UCT 31st October
46 of 64 games reported.
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At the top Furor Gallico lost the last game in match 1 to The Armchair Heroes. So, this very tight match finished at four wins apiece but with the points just in The Armchair Heroes favour at 21-18. That means Furor stay top but with a thin 4 point lead not the 7 points they started the round with.
Zhu Que having, very, temporarily lost third place got it back once more with three wins to The Charming Champians two. Three games left to finish means either team could move to level with Furor by registering big bonus wins in all three of the last games. That seems unlikely in this match.
Meanwhile L’epee and Comites, Desprta and Laser Kiwi, and Ursa vs The Knights are all even matches. The teams remain difficult to separate, continuing to exchange victories and defeats. They have now been joined in the congested middle by Lupi Belli. Just 13 points between them all means every one of these teams remains very possible top three finishers for Round 4 or Round 5.
The first two results from match 6 between Boudica's and Trans Atlantic are advantage Boudica's. Boudica's could, mathematically, reach the top three with four big wins out of the six remaining games but will Trans Atlantic let this happen. Will one finuish the round near the top or both in an even more crowded centre?

WTC25 ROUND 3 TEAM SCORES AND STANDINGS

The current team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

This thread will be updated every couple of days and the Round 4 matches confirmed here on or before 8th November.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

12:00 UCT 3rd November
54 of 64 games reported.
Four and a half days to end of round
. Matches 1, 7 and 8 are completed.
At the top of the table Furor sit just 4 points ahead of The Armchair Heroes. They cannot be overtaken and cannot play each other again. So round 4 all depends on the ranking below them. The Charming Champians are again ahead of Zhu Que - but is this once again temporary?
Either of these teams can be overtaken by any one of the four teams, barely separated, below them; L'épée, Boudica's, Desperta or The Kiwis. Any of the three teams below them The Knights, Ursa and Comites can squeeze into this group.
Just four and a half days to decide.

WTC25 ROUND 3 TEAM SCORES AND STANDINGS

The current team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

This thread will be updated every couple of days and the Round 4 matches confirmed here on or before 8th November.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

23:00 UCT 5th November
60 of 64 games reported.
Two days to end of round
. Only Matches 3 and 5, with one game each to report and Match 6 with two games to report are yet to finish. are completed.
Furor remain top followed by Armchair Heroes and then, a back in third, Zhu Que secured by their last three wins.
The team new to fourth place are L'épée currently above The Champians on points difference. A win in their last would move L'épée closer to third place but they cannot overtake Zhu Que by end of round.
L'épée, The Charming Champians and Desperta are all waiting for end of round position to be confirmed, Boudica's could overtake all of them depending on last two results.
The final order of The Knights, Ursa and Comites also awaits confirmation. There is an outside chance the Knights or Ursa could move above the Kiwis.
The last possible change is a similar, small, possibility Trans Atlantic move above The Wargaming Club 2.

Deadline for reporting last games is two days from this post - 24:00 UCT on 7th November.

ROUND 3 - ROUND 3 STANDINGS

The final team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

These are the standings with one game to declare or adjudicate for Round 3.
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

Round 3 Standings16:00 UCT 7th November
63 of 64 games reported.
Round finishes at 24:00 UCT 7th November
. .
One game remains to complete but cannot affect the Round 4 match-ups which are listed below.
Round 3 has been remarkably close with six of the eight matches finishing 5-3 or 4-4 on games won meaning only bonus points are making the difference. The most scored this round was Lupi Belli's 29.

It also means that though Furor added a net 18 points, their worst round so far, only seven teams moved closer by outscoring them. So Furor see their lead remain but whittled from 7 points to 4 by the close match with Armchair Heroes.
Furor will play Match 1 again, but as Furor can meet neither Armchairs or Zhu Que again they will play L'épée Rouillée in an all French Match 1. L'épée are currently above The Charming Champians, on loss points difference, but may yet move closer to Zhu Que if the last game is their win. They cannot overtake Zhu Que so Match 1 cannot change.
Match 2 will be The Armchair Heroes against their nearest challengers; Zhu Que a mere five points behind them.
It is also only five points separating The Champians and Desperta who will now contest Match 3.
The next match, match 4 is Boudica's who compete with Laser Kiwi.
Match 5 is a double shift as Ursa have already played The Knights and Comites they will have to meet Round 3's top scorers. So Match 5 is Ursa vs Lupi Belli.
That leaves Match 6 as The Knights against Comites. If the last Round 3 game to declare is a win for Comites they will move ahead of the The Knights and enter Match 6 with the advantage. They cannot possibly overtake Ursa with just one result so this match cannot change.
Match 7 is another double shift. The Wargame Club 1 have already played The Wargame Club 2 coming out with the bragging rights in a 5-3 (26-16) win. however having The Wargame Club 1 meet Trans Atlantic would leave a replay between The Wargame Club 2 and Legio Cincinnata.
That means Match 7 is The Wargame Club 1 vs Legio Cincinnata and Match 8 is The Wargaming Club 2 vs Trans Atlantic


The Round 4 match ups are

1. Furor Gallico vs L'épée Rouillée du Destin*
   The Armchair Heroes vs Zhu Que
   The Charming Champians vs Desperta Ferro
   Boudica's Bastards vs Laser Kiwi
   Ursa Major vs Lupi Belli**
   The Knights Who Say 'Ni' vs Comites
   The Wargaming Club 1 vs vs Legio Cincinnata**
   The Wargaming Club 2 vs Trans Atlantic*

*Matches with rules for avoiding replay applied ** Matches with double shift to avoid replays

IMPORTANT
As Round 4 Matches are decided the Round 4 Challenges Thread will be opened by 12:00 UCT tomorrow 8th November.
Games may be set up and started early.
However, the slow play rules will not start for Round 3 until the Round 3 official start time of 00:00 UCT 9th November.

This thread will be updated once more with the result or adjudication of the last game.

ROUND 3 - FINAL STANDINGS

The final team standings using the team scores from results in the results thread viewtopic.php?t=118544 are published here.

Team scores are calculated as set out in the rules here viewtopic.php?t=118188

These are the final standings for the end of Round 3
Note all Points, Loss, Damage and Difference scores are now cumulative across all rounds.
However "played" is games reported (from 8 total) in the current round only.

Round 3 Final Standings 23:00 UCT 7th November
64 of 64 games reported.
Round is complete with no adjudications
. .
The final game resulted in a marginal win for L'épée Rouillée du Destin which moves them within 3 points of third placed Zhu Que and just 12 points off the lead.
The point for Comites means they enter their game with The Knights just 1 point behind their opponents.

The Round 4 match ups are as in the previous post

1. Furor Gallico vs L'épée Rouillée du Destin
   The Armchair Heroes vs Zhu Que
   The Charming Champians vs Desperta Ferro
   Boudica's Bastards vs Laser Kiwi
   Ursa Major vs Lupi Belli
   The Knights Who Say 'Ni' vs Comites
   The Wargaming Club 1 vs Trans Atlantic
   The Wargaming Club 2 vs Legio Cincinnata

IMPORTANT
The Round 4 Challenges Thread will be opened by 12:00 UCT tomorrow 8th November.
Games may be set up and started early.
However, the slow play rules will not start for Round 3 until the Round 3 official start time of 00:00 UCT 9th November.