Maxim I

I really admire the way you did the green stuff in this build!

I, Lord Maximilian Damaximus, Duke of Stedor, Prince of Garvey, Governor of La Sombra, Prince-in-law of Eslandola, President of MAESTRO, hereby confirm my allegiance to the glorious nation of Eslandola. I will keep serving the citizens of my beloved nation and will keep acting in the interest of a better Eslandola. As son-in-law of King Fernando Augusto, I will defend the Crown and watch over its existence. As president of MAESTRO, I will keep expanding the Eslandolan trade influence in the new world. As Prince of Garvey, I will keep investing in our alliance with Garvey. I will also strive to secure our relations with Prio, a good friend of MAESTRO since our help in their war for Independency. I hereby will sum you up some of the characters that can cross your path someday... My beloved wife, Princess Margot of Eslandola, daughter of King Fernando Augusto. She lives together with me at our Royal Palace in Trador. She is very active in the social life of Trador and one of the driving forces behind the many events in Trador. One of the most popular princesses of Eslandola. Jan Zwartbaard, MAESTRO explorer, diplomat and treasure hunter. Some would call him a spy as well as he is famous for being on the right spot on the right time. One of the most loyal people I ever met. It was Jan Zwartbaard who discovered the raided village of Lakor and who managed to make friends with the Azclaxcans. His brother, Bart Zwartbaard, is the captain of the "Prince of Stedor" General Samu "the Whitedragon", MAESTRO General in the Prio Seas. One of the heroes during our war with Mardier and during the Prio Wars. His tactical choices are genius. General Reinart Whisximus, MAESTRO General in the Sea of Storms. Made fame as Mercenary Officer during the many Oleon-Corrington wars and is a hero in Terraversa for his role in their rebellion. Now he is stationed in Elysabethtown in the more peacefull Sea of Thieves. Admiral Adrian Bostoximus, commander of "the Margot", the first ship of the line in New Terra. Mostly busy with pirate hunting in the Old World, but rumours say he finally received orders to sail "the Margot" to the Sea of Storms. I can't confirm nor deny this information. Wears an Ancient helmet to cover the back of his head as he was once almost fatally wounded there, but he miraculously survived. Commodore Matt Lenoir, commander of the "Purple Reign". Given command of the small Xebec "Purple Rain", he managed to transfer wares at a pace and quantity many traders only could dream off. Due his proven commandship, he received the title of Commodore of the Anti Blockade Squad. He commanded the biggest fleet of warships ever sailed in New Terra, with no less than 16 warships. Being betrayed by the Sea Rats who took over a part of his fleet while sleeping, he saw most of his vessels being destroyed by them. His flagship, the "Purple Reign" being one of them. Still he managed to sink the "Queen Annetta's Revenge", the most notorious pirate vessel at that point in history and recapture one of the lost vessels. His role in the "Battle of the 5 fleets" made him legendary allover the known world. Sir Yohannes Ethiximus, mayor of Trador. As mayor of Trador, he managed to make Trador the first Large Town in the Prio Seas and it will only be a matter of weeks before Trador reaches City status!

Where is MAESTRO COR? :) (I thought it was a chartered trade company?) And there is also the WTC minichallenge going on :) I still think MAESTRO ESL showed their commitment to Corrington more than enough through ERA 1 :p Can't we get a relationship status for ourself? :D

What a wonderfull day it was! The visitors have been treated with some exciting matches! The teams who survived the Quarter Finals and may prepare themself for the Semi Finals on Wednesday 13 september 617 are known, and these will be the matches tomorrow! HMS Royal Oak Team (COR) - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet (ESL) Onondaga Leather Ball Team (NAT) - Buffed Shirtless Athletes (SR) Good luck to them all!

Welcome back to the wonderfull city of Trador where the quarter finals of the New Terra Soccer Cup are about to start! These are todays participants: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MshSXFI2MP-oMPyN66NGwZQOUBK5mdjc9o99-EA60YA/edit?usp=sharing Tue 12th sept: 1/4 final 12h: 1st half - 1st quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 1 - 1 The two royal teams started the game scoring! Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 0 - 0 And again, the Onondaga started their game confusing their opponent with constantly passing the ball! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 1 Great goal from the Prancing Pontelli Platfeet! WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 Arrr said the keeper after seeing the ball ending in his goal... 12h05: 1st half - 2nd quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 1 - 0 (2 - 1) Excellent combining of the Oak Team resulting in a beautifull goal! Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 1 - 0 (1 - 0) And they scored! The passing Onondaga already scored in the first 30 minutes of the game, giving them a huge advantage! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 0 (0 - 1) WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 1 - 0 (0 - 1) After a studied free kick, the Corries are not behind anymore! 12h10: 1st half - 3rd quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 0 - 1 (2 - 2) The Engineers scored a free kick from their own field! What a perfect curve the ball had! Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 1 - 1 (2 - 1) One of the Trador players managed to cleverly steal the ball and scored! For a moment the Onondaga were confused, but after a succesfull counter, the match is even again! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 1 (0 - 2) Excellent score after the first half for the Pontelli players! Will the tea during the break inspire the Terraversa Rebels for a come back? WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 1 - 0 (2 - 1) The game completely collapsed in advantage of the WETEC Team! 12h15: 2nd half - 1st quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 0 - 0 (2 - 2) Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 0 - 1 (2 - 2) Trador had the honour to start the second half and they knew exactly this was one of the few chances they would have to score! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 1 (0 - 3) Everyone agrees the game is already played after another simple goal of the Prancing Pontelli Platfeet! WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 (2 - 2) A comeback for the Sea Rats! The WETEC keeper was still searching the right spot to watch over his goal when the Sea Rats scored! 12h20: 2nd half - 2nd quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 1 - 0 ( 3 - 2) The Corries are leading again! Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 0 - 0 (2 - 2) Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 1 (0 - 4) Yup, it really is over and out for the Terraversa Rebels! WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 0 (2 - 2) 12h25: 2nd half - last quarter HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 0 - 0 (3 - 2) The HMS Royal Oak Team defended their goal as if it was the last ship they had. With succes! Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 1 - 0 (3 - 2) In the very last minute, the Onondaga scored the necessary goal to advance to the next round! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 1 - 0 (1 - 4) A goal for honour and glory, nothing more, nothing less. WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 0 (2 - 2) on to the extra time for this match! 12h30: Extra Time - First quarter WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 (2 - 3) Maybe not the most sacred action of the Sea Rats, but still very effective! The Corries have to score the next quarter! 12h35: Extra Time - last quarter WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 0 (2 - 3) The Athletes ended the game with the minimum numbers of players possible as they tackled every striker of the WETEC. Not the most beautifull game ever seen, but the Sea Rats are going to the semi-finals! End result: HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 3 - 2 A very thrilling game! But the Royal Garvey Engineers didn't found a gap in the solid "let's barricade our goal"-tactic of the Corries. Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment 3 - 2 Once again the Onondaga dazzled their opponents with their perfect and quick passing! The home team of the event is beaten! They congratulated the natives and started celebrating with them! Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 1 - 4 A very logic result as the Terraversa Rebels were nowhere to be seen the whole match! The bagpipes of the Pontelli Fanclub made the match a true party! WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 2 - 3 The Buffed Shirtless Athletes are not the most skilled players, but it is their dedication that make them go to the semi finals! For once, the Corries lost their cool and became frustrated by the fouls made by the Sea Rats.

I'll try to write sth the next days :) Prio has no flag yet right?

Some more missing information: - factions: Prio & Terraversa - wars: Prio Indepedency war (616)

The teams that are playing the Quarter Finals are known! This is the schedule for Tuesday 12th of September: HMS Royal Oak Team (COR) - Royal Garvey Engineers (GAR) Onondaga Leather Ball Team (NAT) - Trador Regiment (ESL) Terraversa Rebels (TER) - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet (ESL) WETEC Team (COR) - Buffed Shirtless Athletes (SR) See you on Tuesday! Enjoy the facilities Trador offers in the meantime ! Don't forget to drink our famous apple cider!

Play-offs The gameplay of the play-offs will be a test for the finals. Once again here are 2 halfs. But now every half is divided over 3 quarters. In every quarter, a team can score up to 1 goal. If after 90 minutes, both teams scored the same amount of goals, there will be 2 more quarters. If it still is a tie, then the penalties will start where a team can score between 0 and 5 goals. 12h: first 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 1 - 1 Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 1 - 1 12h05: second 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 0 (1 - 1) Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 0 - 0 (1 - 1) 12h10: third 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 0 (1 - 1) Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 0 - 0 (1 - 1) 12h15: second half, first 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 1 - 0 (2 - 1) Goal!!! MAESTRO scored after a smart combination. Can the Buffed shirtless athletes come back? Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 1 - 0 (2 - 1) Penalty for the Royal Garvey Engineers after one of the natives threw his hat to the Garvey player. After some studywork, the Garvey striker scored the penalty! 12h20: second half, second 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 1 - 1 (3 - 2) Both teams scored this quarter! After MAESTRO scoring the 3-1, the Sea Rats made a legendary goal. Can the Sea Rats get a tie in the next quarter? Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 0 - 0 (2 - 1) Everything will depend on the last quarter for the Tenotclaxcan Hunters! 12h25: second half, last 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 (3 - 3) We got extra time! With their back against the wall, a Sea Rat was so desperate he kicked the ball from the other half of the field. The MAESTRO goalie was not prepared for this shot and saw the ball flying in his goal. What a game! Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 0 - 1 (2 - 2) After some misunderstanding between the Garvey Engineers (they were discussing gravity or something fancy like that), the natives walked with the ball and easily scored. Extra time is the result! 12h30: extra time, first 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 (3 - 4) With new hope, the Buffed Shirtless Athletes are dominating the game! Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 1 - 0 (3 - 2) Ending the discussion, the Engineers are scoring again! 12h35: extra time, last 15 minutes MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes 0 - 1 (3 - 5) The MAESTRO Soldiers are eliminated! They were nowhere to be seen in the extra time, resulting in a great victory for the Sea Rats. Some people are comparing the match with the "Battle of the 5 Fleets". Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters 0 - 0 (3 - 2) This must be the most boring ending of a match! The natives, not common with the term "extra time" are more focused on their hats than the ball, while the Engineers started another discussion about acceleration. The Royal Garvey Engineers are going to the quarter finals!

Great you like it :) To be honnest, today was really thrilling for me writing the matchday! As I update the topic after every "diceroll" (aka random numbers by google) it was very exciting to see how the matches developped.

For the matches: see previous post Ranking after the 3rd matchday the number between brackets is the goal saldo Group 1 HMS Royal Oak Team | COR | @Ayrlego | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (+3) Buffed Shirtless Athletes | SR | @dr_spock | 3 points | 1 W 1 L 1 D | (+1) MAESTRO Soldiers | ESL | @Maxim I | 3 points | 1 W 1 L 1 D | (+1) Eltina Squad | OL | @Bodi | 2 points | 1 W 2 L | (-5) HMS Royal Oak qualified for the 1/4 finals Eltina Squad ended their tournament in style. The Buffed Shirtless Athletes and the MAESTRO Soldiers drawed against eachother and are playing play-offs! Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team | NAT | @SilentWolf | 6 points | 3 W | (+7) Prancing Pontelli Platfeet | ESL | @Captain Braunsfeld | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (+4) Prio Guards | PRIO | @Maxim I | 1 point | 1 D 2 L | (-4) WTC Marines | COR | @Mesabi | 1 point | 1 D 2 L | (-7) The Onondaga Leather Ball Team & The Prancing Pontelli Platfeet are qualified for the 1/4 finals! The Prio Guards and WTC Marines are leaving the tournament, both with 1 point. Group 3 Terraversa Rebels | TER | @Faladrin | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (+3) Trador Regiment | ESL | @Maxim I | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (-4) Team O | OL | @blackdeathgr | 3 points | 1 W 1 D 1 L | (+4) Uniformed Sea Rats | SR | @MKJoshA | 1 point | 1 D 2 L | (-3) Terraversa Rebels and Trador Regiment are qualified for the 1/4 finals Against all odds, being leader of the ranking after the second matchday, the tournament ends here for Team O! For the Uniformed Sea Rats, the tournament ends as well. Group 4 WETEC Team | COR | @SilentWolf | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (+5) Tenotclaxcan Hunters | NAT | @Faladrin | 4 points | 2 W 1 L | (-3) Royal Garvey Engineers | GAR | @Maxim I | 2 points | 1 W 2 L | (-3) Weelond Regiment | ESL | @Capt Wolf | 2 points | 1 W 2 L | (+1) WETEC Team qualified for the 1/4 finals! The Weelond Regiment started the tournament as a hurricane. Unluckily, the odds turned and their tournament ended with the groupsfase Tenotclaxcan Hunters & Royal Garvey Engineers are playing Play-offs tomorrow to determine what team will go to the next round! --- Aftermath after the third matchday: What a surprise for Team O and the Weelond Regiment. Both teams were a bacon for their nation in the beginning of the tournament, but they failed to make the dreams come true. Especially Oleon will have a day of national mourning as both their teams are not qualified for the 1/4 finals. What a disater for the so pride Oleanders! The strongest team so far is without any doubt the Onondaga Leather Ball Team! They won all their matches and their way of playing gives their opponent the shivers! The following days, the citizens of Trador will celebrate their qualifications as if they already won the tournament. Critics may even say the Trador Regiment is the weakest team qualifying for the next round as they tend to collect more goals than they can score! Tomorrow are the play-offs. the MAESTRO Soldiers are facing the Buffed Shirtless Athletes while the Tenotclaxcan Hunters are going to hunt goals against the Royal Garvey Engineers. The play-offs will be played with the same game play as the finals will be played!

Thu 7th sept: 3rd matchday (groupsfase) Games can be viewed here Group 1 - 1st half - 12h Buffed Shirtless Athletes - MAESTRO Soldiers 3 - 3 A game about life or death. The suspense is killing the supporters! 3 - 3 at the break, the second half will be decisive! Eltina Squad - HMS Royal Oak Team 3 - 3 Nothing at stakes anymore for both teams. Eltina Squad is giving their best to show the world they are a good team. Group 2 - 1st half - 12h05 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - WTC Marines 2 - 1 The WTC Marines are lowering their own chances for the next round. They should have known already that once the Onondaga have the ball, it is very difficult to interfere. Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - Prio Guards 5 - 5 Another game that is bad for people with heart diseases. 5 - 5! Group 3 - 1st half - 12h10 Team O - Trador Regiment 2 - 0 The Trador Regiment is playing with fear of being kicked out, resulting in bad passes and already 2 goals behind. Hopefully, the supporters can support their team to turn the tide! Uniformed Sea Rats - Terraversa Rebels 0 - 2 For the Sea Rats it is a game about life and death as well. Hopefully there will be no mutiny if they lose! Group 4 - 1st half - 12h15 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Royal Garvey Engineers 2 - 1 The keeper of the natives has his favourite hat back, making it very difficult to score for the engineers. Weelond Regiment - WETEC Team 4 - 5 The Weelond players are playing excellent, but so does the WETEC. Everything can still happen the second half! Break Group 1 - 2nd half - 12h20 Buffed Shirtless Athletes - MAESTRO Soldiers 4 - 4 Result: 7 - 7 What a suspense! For every goal the one team makes, the other team scores within 2 minutes! Both teams will face eachother in play-offs Eltina Squad - HMS Royal Oak Team 3 - 0 Result: 6 - 3 The Eltina Squad ends the tournament in beauty! Group 2 - 2nd half - 12h25 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - WTC Marines 2 - 0 Result: 4 - 1 Once again, the Onondaga Leather Ball Team shows the world they are masters in passing! The WTC Marines became frustrated and started tackling, resulting in some red cards. Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - Prio Guards 2 - 0 Result: 7 - 5 No wonder for the Prio Guards! After a quick goal in the second half, the PPP closed their goal. The Prancing Pontelli Platfeet will move on to the next round! Group 3 - 2nd half - 12h30 Team O - Trador Regiment 0 - 3 Result: 2 - 3 A miracle! The citizens of Trador are getting crazy, filled with joy! The players are thanking the crowd as it is with their help they managed to come back! Trador to the next round! Uniformed Sea Rats - Terraversa Rebels 0 - 0 Result: 0 - 2 And to make it even more painfull for Team O, the Terraversa Rebels won their game against the Uniformed Sea Rats. The worst scenario possible for the Oleanders! The game itself became quite boring with the Terraversa Rebels constantly passing the ball or shooting the ball in the crowd. A very ugly tactic, yet very effective... Group 4 - 2nd half - 12h35 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Royal Garvey Engineers 2 - 3 Result: 4 - 4 A Garvey Engineer threw some mud to the hat of the keeper, resulting in the keeper needing to chance his hat. The Tenotclaxcan were outraged by this action, but too bad for them, it was nowhere forbidden in the rules. The Royal Engineers, being able to score now, managed to get a tie, resulting in play-offs! Weelond Regiment - WETEC Team 3 - 4 Result: 7 - 9 What a drama for the record breaking Weelond Regiment. They started the tournament as the big hope for Eslandola, but now they are the only Eslandolan team that is not going to the play-offs or the 1/4 final! The game was a pleasure for the eye and the best team won. The Weelond players congratulated the WETEC Team for going to the next round. If there was a prize for Fairplay, Weelond would have won it!

For the matches: see previous post Ranking after the 2nd matchday the number between brackets is the goal saldo Group 1 HMS Royal Oak Team | COR | 4 points | 2 W | (+6) Buffed Shirtless Athletes | SR | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+1) MAESTRO Soldiers | ESL | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+1) Eltina Squad | OL | 0 points | 2 L | (-8) HMS Royal Oak team is already sure of the next round (1/4) However Eltina Squad has nothing left then to play for honour next match... The Buffed Shirtless Athletes and the MAESTRO Soldiers are facing eachother next match. The winner will get a ticket for the next round. If it would be a draw, then the teams will have to play play-offs! Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team | NAT | 4 points | 2 W | (+4) Prancing Pontelli Platfeet | ESL | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+2) Prio Guards | PRIO | 1 point | 1 D 1 L | (-2) WTC Marines | COR | 1 point | 1 D | (-4) The Onondaga Leather Ball Team is already sure of the next round (1/4) Prancing Pontelli Platfeet and Prio Guards are facing eachother next match. In case of a draw or victory for the former team, the PPP are going to the next round. If the Prio Guards win, the result of the other match will be determining The WTC Marines have a small chance of going to the other round. They need to hope the Prio Guards win their game and the difference in goals is at least 2 goals less than the difference between the WTC and Onondaga! Group 3 Team O | OL | 3 points | 1 W 1 D | (+5) Terraversa Rebels | TER | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+1) Trador Regiment | ESL | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (-5) Uniformed Sea Rats | SR | 1 point | 1 D 1 L | (-1) Everything is still possible here! next matches: Team O versus Trador Regiment Uniformed Sea Rats versus Terraversa Rebels Group 4 Weelond Regiment | ESL | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+3) WETEC Team | COR | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (+3) Tenotclaxcan Hunters | NAT | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (-3) Royal Garvey Engineers | GAR | 2 points | 1 W 1 L | (-3) All teams have the same amount of points. The next matchday will be very interesting! --- Aftermath after the second matchday: The HMS Royal Oak Team continues playing very strongly! Together with the Onondaga Leather Ball Team they are already placed for the next round! The Eslandolan teams made up for the desastrous start yesterday! Only the Weelond Regiment had to accept the superiority of the Royal Garvey Engineers. Team O has good papers for going to the next round. It has to play against the Trador Regiment however, who is playing a home game! Team Eltina on the other hand is already sure of not qualifying for the next round. Group 4 promises to be very exciting for the last groupsfase! All teams have the same amount of points! Tomorrow is a recovery day, Thursday is next matchday!

Tue 5th sept: 2nd matchday (groupsfase) Games can be viewed here Group 1 - 1st half - 12h Buffed Shirtless Athletes - HMS Royal Oak Team 4 - 5 Another excellent start of the Royal Oak Team, once again scoring 5 goals in one half. Hopefully they won't lose their focus in the second half as the difference is only 1 goal! Eltina Squad - MAESTRO Soldiers 2 - 4 A very exciting first half. After the offday of both teams yesterday, they are showing what they are capable of! Group 2 - 1st half - 12h05 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prio Guards 2 - 0 The Onondaga keep confusing their opponent with their excellent passing skills. Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - WTC Marines 4 - 2 Being freed of their yesterday demons, the Pontelli Platfeet can finally play the game like they excercised for. Group 3 - 1st half - 12h10 Team O - Terraversa Rebels 5 - 2 The Terraversa Rebels celebrated too much yesterday after their gloryfull victory over Trador, resulting in a very bad first half. Uniformed Sea Rats - Trador Regiment 5 - 2 Replacing the defenders did not help. Trador has a huge problem... Group 4 - 1st half - 12h15 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - WETEC Team 2 - 0 The WETEC players are complaining about the headgear of the Tenotclaxcan Hunters. The hat of the keeper is so big that it is getting very difficult to score. What a wonderfull tactic of the natives! Weelond Regiment - Royal Garvey Engineers 5 - 4 The Weelond Regiment keep showing their superiority. 3 times 5 goals in a row! On a sidenote, after some more studying, it looks like the Engineers are finally managing to place the ball where they want. To be continued! break Group 1 - 2nd half - 12h20 Buffed Shirtless Athletes - HMS Royal Oak Team 1 - 5 Result: 5 - 10 What a game! The Royal Oak Team saw the Athletes scoring first in the second half, bringing the 5-5 on the board. Shaken awake, they monopolisied the ball and scored 5 goals! Decisive victory for the corries! Eltina Squad - MAESTRO Soldiers 0 - 0 Result: 2 - 4 The first points for MAESTRO! The second half was so boring, even the players felt asleep, still the citizens of Trador will celebrate the first MAESTRO victory tonight. Let's forget the other MAESTRO team (Trador Regiment) being a pain for the eye... Group 2 - 2nd half - 12h25 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prio Guards 3 - 3 Result: 5 - 3 The Prio Guards found the solution to intercept the passes of the Onondaga. Still the ships was already sunk. Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - WTC Marines 2 - 0 Result: 6 - 2 Same as the first half, a very decent game of the Prancing Pontelli Platfeet! Group 3 - 2nd half - 12h30 Team O - Terraversa Rebels 3 - 1 Result: 8 - 3 A very weak prestation of the Terraversa Rebels! Or did Team O get some divine help? First victory for Oleon anyway! Uniformed Sea Rats - Trador Regiment 1 - 5 Result: 6 - 7 What a comeback of the Trador Regiment! The victory of the MAESTRO Soldiers inspired them to bring some of the best soccer seen in ages. It was very exciting in the end though, with the Uniformed Sea Rats making the 6-7 with only 5 minutes to go. Luckily for Trador Regiment, tomorrow is a recovery day as the party tonight will be legendary! Group 4 - 2nd half - 12h35 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - WETEC Team 4 - 3 Result: 6 - 3 Too bad for the Tenotclaxcan Hunters, their keeper felt on the ground, making his hat dirty. As they are afraid of wearing a dirty hat, he had to chance it, giving the WETEC team the opportunity to score again. But even without the contested hat, the natives were too strong for the Corries. Weelond Regiment - Royal Garvey Engineers 0 - 4 Result: 5 - 8 Not only managed they to place the ball where they want, the Garvey keeper found the missing link to predict the curves of the incoming shots! No-one imagined a loss for the Weelond Regiment!

The SOIC Indiaman: Gotheborg The headrails will be redone after a tip of Legostone :)

For the matches: see previous post Ranking after the 1st matchday the number between brackets is the goal saldo Group 1 Buffed Shirtless Athletes - SR - 2 points - 1 W - (+6) HMS Royal Oak Team - COR - 2 points - 1 W - (+1) MAESTRO Soldiers - ESL - 0 points - 1 L - (-1) Eltina Squad - OL - 0 points - 1 L - (-6) Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - NAT - 2 points - 1 W - (+2) Prio Guards - PRIO - 1 point - 1 D - (0) WTC Marines - COR - 1 point - 1 D - (0) Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - ESL - 0 points - 1 L - (-2) Group 3 Terraversa Rebels - TER - 2 points - 1 W - (+6) Team O - OL - 1 point - 1 D - (0) Uniformed Sea Rats - SR - 1 point - 1 D - (0) Trador Regiment - ESL - 0 points - 1 L - (-6) Group 4 Weelond Regiment - ESL - 2 points - 1 W - (+6) WETEC Team - COR - 2 points - 1 W - (+6) Tenotclaxcan Hunters - NAT - 0 points - 1 L - (-6) Royal Garvey Engineers - GAR - 0 points - 1 L - (-6) --- Aftermath after the first matchday: The Corrington & Sea Rat teams started excellent! Their result could even have been better if they did not start drinking during the break. On the other side of the medal, the Eslandola and Oleon teams still need some work. Luckily for Eslandola, the Weelond Regiment managed to score the legendary number of 10 goals during 1 game! It was a very interesting first day! See you tomorrow for matchday 2!

Results of the 1st matchday Games can be viewed here 12h (Central European time/Paris/Bxl): Group 1 First Half Buffed Shirtless Athletes - Eltina Squad 2 - 0 The Eltina Squad is a bit dazzled by the Shirtless Athletes HMS Royal Oak Team - MAESTRO Soldiers 5 - 1 Looks like the MAESTRO Soldiers are still sleeping... 12h05: Group 2 First Half Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 0 - 0 The Onondaga are focused on passing the ball as they think the team that can pass the ball the most wins the game. The Pontelli Platfeet are running after the ball like crazy. A lot of work for both coaches in the break! Prio Guards - WTC Marines 2 - 5 Another Corrington team that manages to score 5 goals in the first half! 12h10: Group 3 First Half Team O - Uniformed Sea Rats 3 - 5 Even when the Sea Rats are clothed, Oleon has trouble with them... Terraversa Rebels - Trador Regiment 5 - 2 The troops of Lord Maximilian Damaximus are really missing their start, another game where the opponent has already scored 5 goals! 12h15: Group 4 First Half Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Weelond Regiment 1 - 5 It turns out that playing on the beach is not the same as on a grass field WETEC Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 4 - 2 The Engineers are starting to get frustrated as the curve of their passes doesn't match their predictions... - 12h20: Group 1 Second Half Buffed Shirtless Athletes - Eltina Squad 4 - 0 Result: 6 - 0 How is it possible? After the break, the Buffed Shirtless Athletes were even more buffed! The Eltina players ran away every time an opponent started a duel! Great victory for the Sea Rats! HMS Royal Oak Team - MAESTRO Soldiers 0 - 3 Result: 5 - 4 The Corries thought the victory was theirs and started drinking during the break. The MAESTRO Soldiers made a come-back in the second half, only to lose with one goal difference in the end! 12h25: Group 2 Second Half Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet 3 - 1 Result: 3 - 1 After hearing that it is not the number of passes that counts, the Onondaga started running towards the goal while passing. The Pontellie Platfeet still had trouble catching those natives! Prio Guards - WTC Marines 4 - 1 Result: 6 - 6 Another Corrie team who celebrated too early! The Prio Guards played very aggressivly in the second half, resulting in a draw! 12h30: Group 3 Second Half Team O - Uniformed Sea Rats 2 - 0 Result: 5 - 5 After some much needed prayers, Team O managed to come back and get a draw. Terraversa Rebels - Trador Regiment 3 - 0 Result: 8 - 2 The hosting team is not being spared of getting a blamage. The Trador defenders were distracted by their girlfriends next to the field. Lord Maximilian Damaximus fired the defenders. Hopefully the next game will be better! 12h35: Group 4 Second Half Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Weelond Regiment 3 - 5 Result: 4 - 10 Being forced to make up for the desastrous results of the other Eslandolan Teams, the Weelond Regiment continued making goals. The first team that managed to score 10 goals in one game! WETEC Team - Royal Garvey Engineers 5 - 1 Result: 9 - 3 Same as the first half, the Engineers were more focused on discussing the possible curves of their shots and passes instead of actually playing.

Schedule: Mon 4th sept: 1st matchday (groupsfase) Group 1: Buffed Shirtless Athletes - Eltina Squad HMS Royal Oak Team - MAESTRO Soldiers Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet Prio Guards - WTC Marines Group 3 Team O - Uniformed Sea Rats Terraversa Rebels - Trador Regiment Group 4 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Weelond Regiment WETEC Team - Royal Garvey Engineers Tue 5th sept: 2nd matchday (groupsfase) Group 1: Buffed Shirtless Athletes - HMS Royal Oak Team Eltina Squad - MAESTRO Soldiers Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Prio Guards Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - WTC Marines Group 3 Team O - Terraversa Rebels Uniformed Sea Rats - Trador Regiment Group 4 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - WETEC Team Weelond Regiment - Royal Garvey Engineers Wed 6th sept: recovery day Thu 7th sept: 3rd matchday (groupsfase) Group 1: Buffed Shirtless Athletes - MAESTRO Soldiers Eltina Squad - HMS Royal Oak Team Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team - WTC Marines Prancing Pontelli Platfeet - Prio Guards Group 3 Team O - Trador Regiment Uniformed Sea Rats - Terraversa Rebels Group 4 Tenotclaxcan Hunters - Royal Garvey Engineers Weelond Regiment - WETEC Team Fri 8th sept: Play - off day (groupsfase, if there are 2 teams with the same amount of points) Group 1: MAESTRO Soldiers - Buffed Shirtless Athletes Group 4: Royal Garvey Engineers - Tenotclaxcan Hunters Saturday, Sunday & Monday: recovery days (then I'll marry Margot in real life :p ) Tue 12th sept: 1/4 final HMS Royal Oak Team - Royal Garvey Engineers Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Trador Regiment Terraversa Rebels - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet WETEC Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes Wed 13th sept: 1/2 final HMS Royal Oak Team - Prancing Pontelli Platfeet Onondaga Leather Ball Team - Buffed Shirtless Athletes Thu 14th sept: final

Games can be viewed here Gameplay: As can be seen in the Google spreadsheet, a game has 2 parts (first half and second half). In every half a game, a team can score 0-5 goals. Those number of goals will be determined with a random number, generated by google spreadsheet. The random number will pop up when I switch the "0" to a "1" (next to "1st half" and "second half"). Ofcourse, every move you make in Google Spreadsheets makes the numbers change. So the moment a "0" changes to "1", I copy the results and paste them. Then I select "paste values". Those pasted values are the original random numbers generated by google. Everyone who is interested can see this proces being made by going to the spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MshSXFI2MP-oMPyN66NGwZQOUBK5mdjc9o99-EA60YA/edit?usp=sharing) Note: be sure to go the right group page :p After the first and second half are done, the result will appear under the match. The team who scored the most, wins the match. His value of "won games" will gets a +1, the losing team will see the +1 added by his lost games. The difference with real life soccer is that a won game only counts as 2 points instead of 3

Hear ye, hear ye! Participating teams Group 1 Buffed Shirtless Athletes (SR - Dr_Spock - NTSC - small commerce) Eltina Squad (OL - Bodi - Training Day - small art & culture) HMS Royal Oak Team (COR - Ayrlego - Beer Garden - small artisan) MAESTRO Soldiers (ESL - Maxim I - medium artisan build - see pictures above) Group 2 Onondaga Leather Ball Team (Onondaga - Silentwolf - Onondaga - small residence) Prancing Pontelli Platfeet (ESL - Captain Braunsfeld - TPPP - small art & culture) Prio Guards (Prio - Visiting Casa De Flores - large plantation) WTC Marines (COR - Mesabi - Invasion - small commerce) Group 3 Team O (OL - Blackdeathgr - Fun at the Park - small art & culture) Uniformed Sea Rats (SR - MKJoshA - Raiding Uniforms - small artisan) Terraversa Rebels (Terraversa - Faladrin - Training - Large Commerce) Trador Regiment (ESL - Maxim I - medium artisan build - see pictures above) Group 4 Tenotclaxcan Hunters (Tenotclaxcan - Faladrin - Training - Large Commerce) Weelond Regiment (ESL - Capt Wolf - About pineapples - small artisan) WETEC Team (COR - SilentWolf - School - small education) Royal Garvey Engineers (Garvey - Visiting Casa De Flores - large plantation) --- In exactly 2 hours, the first matches will be played!

Yes! So we got Shirtless Sea Rats and Uniformed Sea Rats participating :D

Very cool entry Ayrlego! Small yet packed full with nice building techniques (like the amazing floor). HMS Royal Oak Team is registered :)

Haha hope they don't play barefeet :p Great job with the walls! the Weelond Regiment has been registerend :)

Haha a very interesting team! The furniture is indeed very great! I love your blankets and canopy! Onondaga team is registerend :)

Superbe entry Faladrin! It definitely fits in Trador :) I really like how you did the fortification of the quay, a famous feature of the Trador Quays! :) The Tenotclaxcan Rebels & Terraversa Rebels are registerend :) The build itself is licenced as Large Commerce under MAESTRO :)