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Congratulations to Poolboy, winner of Season 33. Having thrice finished second and countless top 20 appearances, this marks their first time topping the rankings. Finishing in 2nd is EtaN, perennial winner and reigning FPL champion with partner Dranistian. And in 3rd taking Bronze is klaualles, ending their 2 season winning streak but retaining a spot on the podium.


While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 30 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well!

Season 33 trivia:

• Balls had both the longest and shortest matches of the season (and for the same reason)
  
• Shockenaugh came into their own with the expansion friendly map pool
  
• Missiles also made a comeback as a result of all the available real estate
  
• The evolution of core swings has continued unabated, some of which even work

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1. Poolboy
   
2. EtaN
   
3. klaualles
   
4. Not Poolboy
   
5. [WTF] Domy
   
6. Hallrassy
   
7. Nainibrok
   
8. 9tr
   
9. Nils
   
10. margarinedog
    
11. budderdo
    
12. I am myself
    
13. greatwo
    
14. brainboomxs
    
15. salty snekko
    
16. Julian
    
17. Snipper Sniffer
    
18. Cloud
    
19. ニャミ•キメラ
    
20. BaumstaenderTTV

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Season 34 is already underway and will run through March 31st. This season's map pool consists of the following battlefields:

• Balls
  
• Elephants
  
• Hillfort
  
• Pillars
  
• Split
  
• Vanilla

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If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord [discord.gg] server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps/mods, and receive advance notice of upcoming events.

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Cheers,
EWG

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Are you ready for Season 5 of the Forts Pro League? Now with massively increased prizes! Everyone can sign up for the FPL group stage and registration opens on February 8th! Register your team on Challengermode[challengermode.com] and Discord[discord.gg] following the instructions below.

Teams will be seeded into groups of 8 where they will face each other in a round robin format, with one match being played per week. Teams may schedule their match at any time during the week, but if they have not played by Sunday at 8pm utc that given week they must contact a league official on Discord and make themselves available to play their match at this time. Any team not present will forfeit that match. At the end of this stage, the teams with the most points in each group will qualify for the playoffs, where the ultimate winners will be decided.

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When is it going to happen?

Signups for the FPL begin on February 8th and end on March 8th at 8pm utc. Opening day is March 15th at 8pm utc. The playoffs (tentatively scheduled for May 10th 8pm utc) will be held once the round robin stage has concluded.
If you want to participate, make sure you are free on May 10th as well as the two weekends afterwards.

How to participate?

Everyone is eligible to sign up for the group stage of the FPL!

First, see the Forts Pro League Official Rules [docs.google.com]

Then form your team of two and meet the following requirements. Player names must be clearly readable and match on Discord, Steam and Challengermode. The maximum length is 16 characters for teams. Players are expected to use this name when playing all of their matches. Offensive player or team names and profile images will result in disqualification from the league. Players currently under ranked or multiplayer bans are also ineligible to compete.

Team tags must be 3 characters or less.

Team logos should be 128x128 pixels. Offensive images will result in disqualification.

How to join the Forts Pro League:

• Make sure you have created your team on Challengermode[challengermode.com];
  
• Message @42scientist or @taichuz on the Forts Official Discord[discord.gg] with your Team name, composition, team tag and logo. Also include the Discord and Steam ID's of you and your teammate.;
  
• You will then receive an invitation for your team to join the League event;
  
• Accept the invitation on Challengermode[challengermode.com];
  
• You are now officially registered in the Forts Pro League!

Sample entry with Team and LogoWhat are the prizes for Pro League?

• 1st place: $500
  
  
• 2nd place: $250
  
  
• 3rd place: $100

Prizes will be split equally between team members and distributed as a Steam gift card.

• FPL Season 5[www.challengermode.com] at Challengermode
  
  
• The Official Forts Discord[discord.gg]

For more information on rules and match scheduling please read the Forts Pro League Official Rules [docs.google.com]

Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed


Project Incursus

Salzwerk[twitch.tv]

Communauté Forts FR (Gusteagle & Pile Rouillée)[www.twitch.tv]

Cheers,
EWG