TWDT Season 20 Playoff Schedule

[zidane]

Overall standings:

1. Terrorist 31-11
2. Power 24-18
3. Giants 21-21
4. Stray 20-22 (tiebreaker on wins)
5. Treyway 20-22
6. Spider 19-23
7. Pure Luck 18-24
8. Fried Liver Attack 15-27

Congrats to Terrorist, Power, Giants, Stray, Treyway, and Spider on making it to the playoffs. The quarter-finals and semi-finals will both be played on April 5th, and the finals are currently scheduled to be played on April 12th. The quarter finals will be played between Giants, Stray, Treyway, and Spider. Terrorist and Power have an automatic bye into the semi-finals. As Treyway and Spider finished 5th and 6th respectively, they will enter the best of three quarter finals down 0-1. The third and fourth overall seed cannot play against each other in the quarter finals, as both need to start the game up 1-0.

Division standings (Playoff teams only)

TWDT-D

1. Treyway 10-4
2. Terrorist 8-6
3. Spider 8-6
4. Stray 6-8
5. Giants 6-8
6. Power 5-9

TWDT-J

1. Terrorist 10-4
2. Giants 9-5
3. Stray 9-5
4. Power 7-7
5. Spider 5-9
6. Treyway 2-12

TWDT-B

1. Terrorist 13-1
2. Power 12-2
3. Treyway 8-6
4. Spider 6-8
5. Giants 6-8
6. Stray 5-9

QUARTER-FINAL AND SEMI-FINAL (APRIL 5th, 2020) PLAYOFF GAME TIMES. Please make sure you talk to your players to let them know that the games are being played early (especially teams in quarters). There will be no delays to wait for players to arrive, the only way a game will be pushed back is if matches run later than originally estimated below. Captains of Giants, Stray, Treyway, and Spider please make sure you read this thoroughly and try to contact your players to let them know of the changes.

TWDT-D Quarter-Finals - 1:00PM EST

TWDT-J Quarter-Finals - 1:45PM EST

TWDT-D Semi-Finals - 2:30 PM EST

TWDT-J Semi-Finals - 3:30 PM EST

TWDT-B Quarter-Finals - 4:30 PM EST

TWDT-B Semi-Finals - 5:15 PM EST

QUARTER-FINALS DT-D

QF 1: Stray vs. Spider. Stray starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Spider has defeated Stray 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

QF 2: Giants vs. Treyway. Giants starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Treyway has defeated Giants 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

QUARTER-FINALS DT-J

QF 1: Giants vs. Treyway. Giants starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Giants has defeated Treyway 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

QF 2: Stray vs. Spider. Stray starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Stray has defeated Spider 2-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

QUARTER-FINALS DT-B

QF 1: Giants vs. Spider. Giants starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Spider has defeated Giants 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

QF 2: Stray vs. Treyway. Stray starts up 1-0 in a best of three.

Treyway has defeated Stray 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals matchups to be decided once quarter-finals have been played. Please note that the semi-finals are expected to start at the above times, with DT-D, DT-J, and DT-B semi finals expected to start at 2:30 PM EST, 3:30 PM EST, and 5:15 PM EST, respectively. The semi-finals will then be reseeded based on per league seeds, with the highest seed facing off against the lowest seed. There are no advantages in the semi-finals, it is a best of three with all teams starting at 0-0.

SEMI-FINALS DT-D

SF 1: Treyway vs. Power. Best of three starting at 0-0.

Treyway has defeated Power 2-1 and advances to the finals.

SF 2: Terrorist vs. Spider. Best of three starting at 0-0.

Spider has defeated Terrorist 2-1 and advances to the finals.

SEMI-FINALS DT-J

SF 1: Terrorist vs. Power. Best of three starting at 0-0.

SF 2: Giants vs. Stray. Best of three starting at 0-0.

SEMI-FINALS DT-B

TBD

FINALS DT-D

TBD

FINALS DT-J

TBD

FINALS DT-B

TBD


If anyone has questions about this, let me know here or in game. Once again captains, please make sure you are aware of the game times and try to reach out to your team to let them know of the changes.

GL to all teams

[Lock]

Why are teams still starting up 1-0? Literally no one likes the way it was done last season.

[zidane]

i mean of course the teams starting down 0-1 don't like it lol... anything else einstein?

[afghan]

That’s the way it’s been written the entire season and nobody said anything about it. Just looks like a hell of a long day for three leaguers lol.

[zidane]

it's meant to reward the teams that finished in top half of the bracket, 6/8 teams making playoffs is pretty generous. it's obviously a bit shitty when 4th and 5th are tied on wins but stray went 5-1 against Treyway

[ixt]

the original bottom two teams before FA start the playoffs both up a game. call that a turnaround haha

[Zeebu]

i would suggest straight up removing the division standings since they arent being used for anything. whats it matter that treyway went 10-4 in wb if theyre still starting down a game in wb anyway?

[zidane]

Zeebu it determines who they play in quarters and also who they would play in semis if they advance

[ogron]

i would suggest straight up removing the division standings since they arent being used for anything. whats it matter that treyway went 10-4 in wb if theyre still starting down a game in wb anyway?

it matters because if they make the semi-finals in TWDT-D, they are the top seed and play the lowest seed in their matchup.

[zidane]

Bump - reminder that DT playoffs start this Sunday at 1pm EST for Giants/Stray/Treyway/Spider. Terrorist and Power's first games start at 2:30PM EST

[MHz]

Is there a reason why we're squeezing qfs and sfs into one weekend?

If I recall correctly, last time this was to avoid christmas holidays.

If Terrorist & Power are worried about getting cold during a bye, they could schedule a friendly between themselves.

5th and 6th face playing 4, perhaps 5, games per league in order to qualify, which is a bit much.

[Gkyde1234]

Sorry captain but you must start at a disadvantage because you made playoffs.

[Rab]

Website link for schedule currently goes to this thread, but it aint where the schedule is, so here's some transparency:

Main Season schedule:
March 2020 - https://forums.trenchwars.com/forum/...twdt-season-20

Playoff schedules are in other threads:
5th April 2020 - Quarters/Semis Week 1 - https://forums.trenchwars.com/forum/...ayoff-schedule
12th April 2020 - Quarters/Semis Week 2 - https://forums.trenchwars.com/forum/...ayoff-schedule
19th April 2020 - Expected Finals