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All across the Free Worlds League, factories have been leveled, capitals are on fire, and thousands of mechs lay shattered across 53 different worlds. 34 competing mercenary and pirate units fighting for and against the four remaining great houses of the FWL, battled it out for just over six months; culminating into yet again, one of the greatest Community Warfare events the MWO universe has ever seen.
This campaign once again set the record in MWO for the largest number of recorded matches between North American units, weighing in at 189 best of 5 series' for a total of 691 games played. I know that this is a new league record for Mech Warrior Online, and a testament to the love that the community holds for the world of Battletech as this season crushed the previous records held by MCW Season 2. With an estimated 6,530 recorded mech kills, and over 1,100,609 damage dealt, all units currently fighting in The Free Worlds League have been battered to the point of breaking, yet they all remain standing, preparing for the imminent Clan Invasion.
I am proud to say that the MCW caters to units ranging from the best in the world to units just starting out in the competitive scene, and will continue to do so in coming versions. It is also the premier restriction based campaign, forcing units to adapt to all sorts of different environments and "meta's", constantly changing the face of war in MWO.
I want to thank all 34 units for participating in this 3rd season of the MCW. You guys were awesome! It was your dedication and love of Battletech that made this season what it was. Seriously, you guys do your hobby proud in the manner in which you conduct yourselves. No other league maintains the levels of sportsmanship that you see in the MCW, and I hope to continue this trend into the future.
I also want to thank my 3 fanatical assistants in the creation and maintenance of this campaign. I couldn't have done it without you guys! FunkyLilElf is the master behind the awesome Interactive Map. Queenblade managed the impressive stat tracking machine, as well as the unit stats for all the different units and the campaign as a whole. And finally, Vercinix helped me rewrite the massive rulebook and manage the campaign in general.
Lastly, I want to say that this season was a treat to run, as the levels of sportsmanship and camaraderie made this the best iteration of MCW to date! This league keeps getting bigger and better, with more and more teams signing up to do battle in the Free Worlds League. I am proud to be a part of community as awesome as this, and hope to continue to be one of the guys helping to develop the end-game content for MWO for some time to come.
I look forward to seeing you all in Season 4!
Antonius Rex
The Swords of Kentares
Marik Civil War Coordinator
Check out the website for more info on the upcoming MCW Season 4: The Clan Invasion
http://marikcivilwar.enjin.com
Also, you can check out the awesome interactive map as it stands at war's end here:
http://marikcivilwar.../interactivemap
All of the ISN newsfeed posts and match write-ups for Season 2 can be found here:
http://marikcivilwar...com/isnnewsfeed
And finally, all of the stats for Season 3 can be found here (Remember the tabs at the bottom):
https://docs.google....drive_web#gid=0
Final Scores:
A note on the final scores:
There are a number of ways to judge who won the civil war, and which units performed well.
First, the faction that wins the civil war, is the faction with the most victory points at the end. Each planet on the map is worth 1 VP, while Faction capitals and the FWL's capital Atreus are worth 2 and 3 VP's respectively.
In terms of individual units, units were awarded 10 points per game won in each series they played, plus a myriad of bonus points. Remember, units often played against teams within their tier, or against higher tiers, so depending on the faction, some units took the brunt of the "hard" matches, allowing other members of their faction to achieve victory.
Below, all 34 units are ranked according to points scored, both as a whole, and amongst their appropriate tier.
Winning Faction: The Marik Commonwealth
Steel Jaguar, QQ Mercs, 1st Skye Jaegers, 10th Skye Rangers, GK: Wolves of the North Star, and The Phoenix Dominion all led their faction to victory and are awarded the title "Heroes of the Free Worlds League, Season 3"
Faction Rankings:
#1 The Marik Commonwealth (Red) - 20 Victory Points
#2 The Duchy of Oriente (Blue) - 15 Victory Points
#3 The Stewart Commonwealth (Purple) - 12 Victory Points
#4 The Principality of Regulus (Yellow) - 11 Victory Points
Top Individual Mercenary Unit:
#1 510pts - Steel Jaguar
#2 445pts - Blackthornes
#3 440pts - 228th IBR
Tier One Champions: Steel Jaguar
Tier Two Champions: SiG
Tier Three Champions: Blackstar Alliance
Tier Four Champions: Blackthornes
Tier Five Champions: Serephim
Pirate Champions: Cameron's Highlanders
Defenders of Atreus: No One
This season, no unit ever successfully defended Atreus. Though many died trying.
Best Sportsmanship: Clan Star Adder and Blackstar Alliance
We had set aside 30/20/10 bonus points for the top 3 best sports. Clan Star Adder and Blackstar Alliance won with 3 votes a piece, with a three way tie for second split between Night Watch, Steel Jaguar, and QQ Ragequit. The points spread is as follows (25 pts for 1st, 5 pts each for 3rd. I rounded up):
25 Clan Star Adder
25 Blackstar Alliance
5 Night Watch
5 QQ Mercs
5 Steel Jaguar
MCW Seasonal Growth:
Season # Season 2 - Season 3
Series Length: 4 Months - 6 Months
Units: 14 - 34
# of Series: 75 - 189
# of Games: 271 - 691
Mechs Destroyed: 3,892 - 6,530
Estimated Damage Dealt over Season 3: 1,100,609 Total Damage
Top Individual Player: Greyfoxx is awarded the top player of MCW Season 3! This was achieved by having the best MCW score from Turns 1-3 according to Queenblade's stats.
hit up Antonius Rex for your prize. It is a code to redeem a set of Alienware cockpit items!
Highest Damage Dealt - Psu, from The Swords of Kentares with 1224 dmg dealt in a Banshee 3E
I haven't actually gone through all of the screen shots from all 691 games, so if anyone has a better dmg score than this, hit me up, and I will update this to include a top 5
I want to thank filetitan, grrzoot, Coburn, LegoPirate, Iridin, and Anonymous (whoever you are) for their donations towards the website's upkeep. Appreciate it guys!
Final Unit Scores: For more in depth scores, check out the stat page here - https://docs.google....drive_web#gid=0
There are tabs at the bottom to go through turn by turn. The final stats were tabulated on the final tab titled, Worksheet. If there were any mistakes that are noticed, please let me know and I will update the scoreboard.
# Overall Score Unit
1 510 Steel Jaguar
2 485 Blackthornes
3 440 228th IBR
4 425 Black Star Alliance
5 395 SiG
6 375 Swords of Kentares
7 330 Clan Star Adder
8 325 Golden Foxes
9 300 1st Skye Jaegers
10 270 Apocalypse Lancers
11 245 Night Watch
12 235 10th Skye Rangers
13 175 Golden Keshik
13 175 Seraphim
15 150 Balls of Steel
16 145 QQ Mercs
17 135 BSK Wardens
18 125 Cameron's Highlanders
18 125 Smoke Adders
20 85 Phoenix Dominion
21 65 Aces Wild
22 60 Canadian Exp Force
22 60 Clan Diamond Shark
24 40 GK: Wolves of NS
25 35 cReddit
26 30 Praetorian Legion
27 15 The Remnant
28 10 Red Corsairs
28 10 House Jurai
28 10 Blazing Aces
31 5 Clan Wolf Delta Galaxy
32 0 Kell Hounds
32 0 MGA
32 0 Aeos
Tier Rankings:
Tier 1:
#1 Steel Jaguar
#2 228th IBR
#3 The Swords of Kentares
#4 Golden Keshik
Tier 2:
#1 SiG
#2 Balls of Steel
#3 QQ Mercs
#4 BSK Wardens
Tier 3:
#1 Blackstar Alliance
#2 Clan Star Adder
#3 1st Skye Jaegers
#4 Nigh Watch
tier 4:
#1 Blackthornes
#2 Golden Foxes
#3 Apocalypse Lancers
#4 10th Skye Rangers
#5 GK: Wolves of the North Star
Tier 5:
#1 Serephim
#2 Smoke Adders
#3 Phoenix Dominion
#4 Aces Wild
Pirates:
#1 Cameron's Highlanders
#2 Canadian Expeditionary Force
#3 Clan Diamond Shark
#4 Praetorian Legion
#5 Red Corsairs
#6 Clan Wolf Delta Galaxy
#7 Kell Hounds
#8 Marik Gunfighter Alliance
#9 Aeos
Edited by Antonius Rex, 22 July 2014 - 01:49 PM.
