Whoops -- guess I'm too late to let you know I'm still around, just hadn't logged on in a while. Sorry about that, good luck with the rest of the tourney!

Swifte replaces Aussie02 in Game A.
subprime replaces Gilligan in Game A.
overlander replaces slownumbers in Game A.
theheadholes replaces ...

And ... the Arena Bowl has come to a conclusion! V.J. and the Philadelphia Soul defeated chidone and the Portland Thunder, by a game count of 2 - 1! V.J. definitely took the long road to the championship, coming from the 1st Wild Card spot in the American Conf.

Congratulations to V.J., and thanks ...

Well -- we've made it to the championship matchup! chidone is leading the Portland Thunder from the National Conference against V.J. and the Philadelphia Soul from the American Conference. The National Conf won the Pro Bowl week and home field advantage in the Arena Bowl, so the 3 games will take ...

Well -- we're now down to four! The Conference Championships are underway:

National has Spokane (rmjw10) traveling to Portland (chidone) for a 3-game series

American has Philadelphia (V.J.) traveling to New Orleans (Mojo2222) for their 3-game matchup

Spokane and Philadelphia have both come a long ...

After a hard fought 20-round battle, the Philadelphia Soul have emerged with a 2-1 victory over the Jacksonville Sharks in the Amer WC ... well played both of you! That nuke matchup was really a grind-it-out kind of game there at the end with troop counts low on both sides of the skirmish.

Amer ...

Standings sheet updated -- we have a close final deciding game in the Amer WC between PHI & JAX ... a nuke matchup that has reduced the map down to 4 total troops between the two of them!

In the National brackets -- Spokane came through the WC round, and then went on a hot streak in the Semis ...

looks like the wildcard is a one game playoff. you sent us three games.

I suggested that modification for all playoff matchups right around the time of the Pro Bowl ...
https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=213015&start=25#p4751444

I had a few weigh in with positive feedback ...

Time to get the playoffs under way! Here are the playoff seeds -- I'll get round 1 games out tonight!

National:
#1 - Portland Thunder (chidone)
#2 - Arizona Rattlers (DJ1985)
#3 - San Jose Sabercats (molespe)
#4 - Spokane Shock (rmjw10)

American:
#1 - New Orleans VooDoo (Mojo2222)
#2 - Tampa Bay ...

Here we go ... time to round out the regular season!

Two divisions have yet to be decided ... National Pacific will go to SJ or POR, SJ holds the head-to-head tiebreaker, so the only way POR gets the title is if LA defeats SJ. POR does have a wild card spot locked in, so will be around for the ...

We've got one long-running game in week 19 ... once that finishes and we know where everyone stands, I'll release week 20 ... I'll keep an eye on the outstanding game though and may change that approach as needed if it runs too long.

Here we are in Week 19 with two games remaining for all teams! And, there's still a lot to be settled in the playoff picture ...

⋅ Arizona (DJ1985) has won the National West but still may need to win out in order to secure home field advantage in the playoffs.
⋅ San Jose ...

Sounds good to me -- thanks!

With a victory in the random neutral field tiebreaker in WWII Poland ... the National Conference emerged from Pro Bowl week with a 3-2 record over the American Conference. Congratulations!

I've updated the standings spreadsheet, and just sent out invitations for Week 16 games -- good luck down the ...

Update on the Pro Bowl:

American and National have (in all likelihood) split the series 2-2, so we'll turn to a neutral field tiebreaker to decide the week's results.

National won their home game @ NO, and a road game @ SJ
American won a road game @ JAX, and are all but done wrapping up their home ...

PRO BOWL WEEK UPDATE!!

If the season ended today, the playoffs would be:
National WC: SPO @ POR
National Div: [SPO/POR] @ ARI
National Conf: [SPO/POR/ARI] @ SJ

American WC: CLE @ PHI
American Div: [CLE/PHI] @ JAX
American Conf: [CLE/PHI/JAX] @ NO

We still have plenty of close races though ...

Looks like one more game to complete ... then I'll update the standings so we can get the Pro Bowl week rolling!

Wow -- there are still a lot of fates to be decided with 6 weeks / games remaining for most teams, as we stand just one regular season week away from Pro Bowl week. (I didn't get any negative feedback on my proposed changes to the Pro Bowl format, so I think we'll go forward with those. https://www ...

We're only a few league weeks out from the Pro Bowl ... I'd like to recommend the following. Rather than me subjectively choosing one of the home maps of a division leader based on a bid process, I'd like to instead structure it like this:

* Each conference is still represented by the dubs team ...

Week 8 games released!

Home teams have had it good for the start of the season, going 27 - 12 ... definitely a home field advantage so far!

Close races going on in the National West and National Pacific ...
The American South is really close as all teams are only separated by 1/2 game
American ...

3 games finishing up now ... will be sending out week 8 in the next day or two!

Week 7 game invites just sent out!

Waiting on 1 wk5 game to complete, and we're halfway done with wk6 games -- then I'll release week 7! I anticipate that should be in the next few days ...

I'm taking over the reins of Cleveland for got tonkaed, unless and until a reserve comes forward and wants to join the tourney fray ...

Remaining week 5 & all week 6 games sent out -- hopefully this gets us rolling again!

jbed has requested one of the open slots and will slide in as the LA Kiss. I'm still open to another player taking the Spokane Shock, which I may cover for now, and/or carry one or two reserve players as well.