https://yadi.sk/d/kLrioQja3aSMjq
Hack vs Desolate

i think we can all agree clan league should never be hosted with this game mode again

Fire who ever came up with this format. Cl was always good and den this

I like the format, the only thing that I would change is allow only the active official clans to play.

all those five clans would have an amazing league for sure.
format would be already better without the unnecessary second round.

Better than have ~500 random clans around the community.

its just bullshit because almost every group has some random clan thats not even active and its impossible to finish your games

I like the idea of a group stage in principle. It's a good way to sort out seeding. But it should not have been applied to Clan League. Moreso,the way in which this was presented was poorly executed. You're facing two clans in your group...twice against each, mind you. And in most cases, these four matches were done simultaneously. It's particularly disastrous to organize (and log) these matches, and even more confusing and difficult if you are paired with clans that are either not fully active (which isn't necessarily a problem, but some clans have died out as this event started) or are not the most proficient in English, Russian, or Portuguese (the main demographic of TB).

We're almost in September and there isn't a main bracket yet. This event has been unnecessarily extended. In these past two weeks, two rounds could have been completed via the traditional route. Fair seeding was a larger emphasis this year, and that's fine, but when the event is coordinated later than usual during a time when activity takes a drop...the quick 'random' assortment of clans in years past would have been more greatly appreciated by those with time constraints.

This group stage process has been unorganized, inefficient, and extremely tedious on both the clans' end and I'm sure for the organizers who will need to sort through a ridiculous amount of logs as a result.

The ES can experiment all they want on their own originally drawn-up event props(or in the case of this gen of ES, purely recycling popular events) but don't adjust a format that has been effective and proven. Usually people look at the changes and diversification of prizes and mods. And play the rounds that they need to play in an orderly fashion. You're making us all take an additional step here.

When Erth created ES, there was an emphasis on creative thinking to make events the community would enjoy. With fewer responsibilities in moderation, events would be the focal point of the ES. Standards for recruitment have dropped since then, and the disorganized event coordination has shown in the past few years. Half of the the ES roster would not meet the qualifications to be a trial GM because they don't have the autonomy. ES is just a glorified Wapow Event Team now.

i did something out of morbid curiosity and because i have hardon on spreadsheets

it seems there was on average one war(both rounds) per group, Groups E and I had to ruin it but H saved the day.
I wasn't that far off with the 5 active clans if we take ducks' results from activity thread,
in any case this sheet has no meaning, take it as you will i just wanted to see how many wars were actually played because looking through this thread is a pain.
As for the format, i like the idea but my opinion is close to Gentleman's, you took complex format and made it even more convoluted, i assume most people just lost interest along the way, one clan decided dying was the better way out.

This format would have been fine with enough thinking and planning put into it. It just feels like ES team tried to make something different, then they realised that they were late to present the event so it was extremely rushed and hardly discussed.

It looks like ES team is just getting bigger, but the quality of event planning is somehow getting worse.