Kingshot: [TSL]TheShadowlands, Kingdom #1213​

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12/29/2025 - 01/04/2026: xth place Bronze III tier

Group Summary:​​​​​​​

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Players by tier:

Lane leaders: RandomGuy, kitty sanura1, Lady Kisa Sanura

Medalists: Leomistic, Thor79, UNM nu, lazarus1, KID BENGALA, Lord Dingleberry, ZippyBanana, Nealo, Naois

Officers: Ming Dynasty, Luciifer, MasterG, Lord Alex, evol, Kairo, Haumdaucha, Cheteen, Vitoschenko, coolidge​

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Max power team: 19814

Min power team: 7487

Mid power team: 14910

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Alliance Championship: 12/31/2025 match 1

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Result: Won 2-1: 12/20 us, 7/20 opponent, 7/20 us. 21 defeated (21 total).

Notes: GLD 1219, as this is our first match, there is A LOT of randomness. BUT, assuming we get a "fair" power opponent (an alliance similar to our 1.3 billion power), I'm going to prepare as follows.

Our main goal is to win two out of three lanes, so keep that in mind. To do that:

We can do a 3-lane balance approach. This would work against either an alliance that we simply outpower (maybe they don't have the 60 players we do) or if they go strong:moderate:weak (toss up at worst). We are in trouble if they go strong balance:strong balance:completely weak

We can do a strong balance:strong balance:completely weak approach. This essentially counters the 3-lane balance approach. I would recommend weak in left lane, but that's a completely random theory, that alliances tend to start with a weak right lane, but there is no proof to that.

We can do a moderate:strong:weak approach. This works on the theory that alliances fill up their strongest players in the middle, moderate in left lane, and weakest in right lane. This gives us the best chance to win all three flags, but also exposes us to losing all three flags if they use a similar strategy and simply outpower us.

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Without coming up with a ridiculous number of options, I'll post these to an alliance poll (higher number = higher strength / power):

1) 2:2:2 (strength: opponent 2 weak lanes; weakness: opponent 2 strong lanes)

2) 1:2.5:2.5 (strength: opponent strong left lane; weakness: opponent eeks out left, one of other lanes)

3) 2.5:1:2.5 (strength: opponent strong middle lane; weakness: opponent eeks out middle, one of other lanes)

4) 2.5:2.5:1 (strength: opponent strong right lane; weakness: opponent eeks out right, one of other lanes)

5) 1:2:3 (strength: opponent strong left lane; opponent wins left and middle lanes)

6) 1:3:2 (strength: opponent strong left lane; opponent wins left and right lanes)

7) 2:1:3 (strength: opponent strong middle lane; opponent wins left and middle lanes)

8) 2:3:1 (strength: opponent strong right lane; opponent wins left and right lanes)

9) 3:2:1 (strength: opponent strong right lane; opponent wins middle and right lanes)

10) 3:1:2 (strength: opponent strong middle lane; opponent wins middle and right lanes)

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After getting our opponent: Yes, similar alliance (1.3 billion power, 97 members, slightly newer kingdom). They also say things like have fun, so VERY similar alliance.

To keep other alliance from stealing information from this page, remaining discussion will remain in game alliance chat, see that for additional information.

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Result: To keep things secret, we overwhelmingly voted option 3 (2.5:1:2.5) with a slight edge to our right lane in strength. As expected, we gave up the middle lane (sorry Lady Kisa Sanura, but thanks for being Mr. Spock), and we absolutely dominated the left and right lanes. Well deserved first match 1 win after we had been 0-3 after our change in management. Lots of positive momentum going into Match 2!

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Alliance Championship: 12/31/2025 match 2

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Result: Won 2-1: 20/20 us, 1/20 us, 1/16 opponent. 25 defeated (46 total).

Notes: POL 1209, won their first match 2:1 using 10:11:11. Here is the information we have from them:

Left lane (they lost):

400 560 620 712 723 894 907 1000 1010 1310

Middle lane (they won):

224 693 782 816 822 864 904 (final 4 unknown)

Right lane (they won):

370 451 619 716 814 890 (final 5 unknown)

From Lady Kisa Sanura:

They only have four that even come close to our top 6 (power players)

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I am not going to post our strategy here for security, so see chat for details.

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Info kept secret until after match:

I'm suggesting the following to counteract their players, ASSUMING they make zero changes to Match 2 (I will try to create buffers to counteract possible changes they make, too).

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Left lane (9396 power):

kkadzee farma 26 & S a m m y 26 LOSE to 400

Zeki 179 & lord177095681 191 LOSE to 560

Eze1305 229 & Momma Tremor 235 LOSE to 620

Lordpercival 256 & captainlord 337 LOSE to 712

Vik 396 & kkadzee 397 LOSE to 723

Juanpa 465 & lord178455250 473 LOSE to 894

lord179044974 485 & thcland 492 LOSE to 907

Jerem 501 & happysasa 517 LOSE to 1000

lazarus1 1031 beats 1010, LOSE to 1310

UNM nu 1039 LOSE to 1310

Thor79 1052 & Leomistic 1069 buffer to win lane

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Middle lane (16470 power):

224 693 782 816 822 864 904 (final 4 unknown, let's assume 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300)​

Jimir 616 beats 244, LOSE to 693

Fred369 618 LOSE to 693

X Lord Helmchen 649 & Neo 656 LOSE to 782

Zalew85 656 & Vinc' 691 LOSE to 816

Napoleon 06 699 & Mahmut003 706 LOSE to 822

MonCambrils 770 & princess froggy 788 LOSE to 864

SHi83AA 803 & yockeezy 812 LOSE to 904

Ozzie 825 & Fenris 835 LOSE to 1000

LOrDKack3747 839 & Lord Dingleberry 968 LOSE to 1100

KID BENGALA 978 & Lady Kisa Sanura 1111 LOSE to 1200

kitty sanura1 1163 & RandomGuy 1287 LOSE TO 1300

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Right lane (16345 power):

370 451 619 716 814 890 (final 5 unknown, let's assume 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400)

Ursu 530 beats 370, LOSE to 451

한이이 567 beats 451, LOSE to 619

Elkhunter 588 LOSE to 619

ahmad 597 & ABD abd 628 LOSE to 716

zekOL 757 beats 716, LOSE to 814

wins 821 beats 814, LOSE to 890

coolidge 855 LOSE to 890

Vitoschenko 886 & Cheteen 888 LOSE to 1000

Haumdaucha 889 & Kairo 898 LOSE to 1100

evol 905 & Lord Alex 913 LOSE to 1200

MasterG 913 & Luciifer 922 LOSE to 1300

Ming Dynasty 927 & Naois 945 LOSE to 1400

Buffers (2): Nealo 953, ZippyBanana 963

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Result: Well, they completely changed their formation from 10:11:11 to 0:16:16. UNM nu thought POL would possibly change to 1:2:3 or 3:2:1, but even with them changing to 0:3:3, TSL simply had too many players for POL to deal with and UNM nu kept middle and right lanes balanced in anticipation of any changes from POL to win match. Not the 3 lanes UNM nu wanted, but a 2-1 win thanks to an amazing effort by the middle lane. Congrats all!

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Alliance Championship: 01/01/2025 match 3

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Result: DEE 1-2: 10/20 opponent, 9/20 us, 5/20 opponent. 25 defeated (71 total).

Notes: [DEE]zNutz 1219, I like the following info from Lady Kisa Sanura: DEE had four power players but none that should overpower our top 5 like POL did. For reference, I mistook what Kisa said with our last opponent and that top four power statement. POL had an insane power player, 2077 power, the most I've seen. We still won that lane thanks to good strategy.

But back to DEE and strategy: First match they went 20:4:4. Second match 20:20:20 winning all three lanes. So CLEARLY they weren't prepared match 1 but super prepared match 2.

Match 1, their highest power was: 953:1203:853. Their match 2 composition is as follows:

Left Lane:

816 831 839 846 846 855 876 882 890 892 914 917 935 953 979 (last 5 players unknown)

Middle Lane:

816 823 835 839 846 853 868 881 884 890 894 914 920 (last 7 players unknown)

Right Lane:

659 663 673 693 700 and that's it

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Going back to match 1 for more info on players not in match 2:

942 from left lane; 708, 750, 1203 middle lane; 605, 776 right lane.

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This is a really tough one to prepare for based on limited information on their players in event (21 unknown players), massive changes with our opponent match 1 to 2, and so many variables / unknowns. But let's try something.

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If we try to list their 60 players, weak to strong, knowing J Rez, power 1203, and the strongest player in their alliance, has already been identified, let's play with this:

Weak 20 (power 15426):

605 659 663 673 693 700 708 750 776 816 816 823 831 835 839 839 846 846 853 855

Mid 20 (power 18431):

868 876 881 882 884 890 890 892 894 914 914 917 920 935 942 953 979 1000 1000 1000

Strong 20 (power 20203):

19 1000s, 1203

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Our stats:

Max power team: 19814

Min power team: 7487

Mid power team: 14910

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Guessing (and overestimating) the power of our opponent, we still have a real chance to win this based on the following: If they set up Weak:Mid:Strong and we set up Mid:Strong:Weak, we are looking at the following power matchups: 14910 TSL v 15426 DEE, which is definitely winnable based on all the other variables. 19814 TSL v 18431 DEE, a win for us. We are giving up the 7487 TSL v 20203 DEE lane. So going 2-1 is obviously doable, not to mention the limited info on their actual players.

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UNM nu is going to do a poll giving TSL a chance to decide where to put the strong lane, mid lane, and weak lane. UNM nu is guessing a 1:3:2 formation is best, but with so many variables, a vote is probably the best way to go here. A win gives us the group, while a loss doesn't eliminate us at all, so I'm going to look at this as a bonus match with only positive outcomes regardless of what actually happens.

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UNM was able to come up with a lane power configuration of 7487:18827:15897. This would counter their power configuration of 20203:18431:15426. Of course this is all theoretical, but any feedback is welcome to try to win this Match 3.

Result: We lost the left lane as expected and won the middle as expected, but got dominated in the right lane. They STARTED their left lane with a 816 power player, so we played this lane perfectly with all of our weaker players. They moved their weak lane to face our strong middle lane, so that was unfortunate. Their right lane was just tough, starting with a 816 player. Players like kitty sanura1 were able to win their matches with strength, but DEE just overwhelmed us in this lane. If we had swapped our middle and right lanes we might have had a chance, but this was a very tough alliance to play.

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Alliance Championship: 01/01/2025 match 4

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Result: Won 3-0: 3/20 us, 4/20 us, 14/20 us. 41 defeated (112 total).

Notes: wtf WanttoFight 1216, the only team with zero points, so we REALLY need to win this match to set up a pivotal match 5 in the group, as there is a four-way tie for first right now. Match 1 & 2: 15:20:5. Match 3: 19:20:5. Therefore, some substitutes from match 2 entered the starting lineup for match 3. Here are their players from Match 3:

Left lane (11800):

77 168 189 241 269 309 356 424 749 765 821 847 847 858 872 942 948 949 1169

Middle lane (11242):

55 73 132 326 391 392 444 517 545 575 581 603 618 749 750 768 790 826 865 1242

Right lane:

63 470 536 602 732

It does look like all they did is shift players from their middle lane to their left lane, with no other changes. Based on this, I recommend the following:

Right lane: our 20 weakest players to overwhelm their right lane with only 5 players.

Left & middle lane: Balanced, kitty sanura to take on their 1169, RandomGuy to take on their 1242

Result: Absolutely convincing victory 3-0 as expected. Onto the last match with us entering in 2nd place, congrats all! We ended up fairly balanced with the right lane mod power to get more defeated, ending up with 41 defeats out of a possible 44 opponents, that's very strong all!

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​​Alliance Championship: 01/02/2025 match 5

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Result: Won 3-0: 6/20 us, 4/20 us, 7/20 us. 26 defeated (138 total).

Notes: uNO killersAcademy 1207, 10:16:11 all four matches. Lane configuration from match 2:

Left lane:

64 359 428 490 542 561 660 684 723 755

Middle lane:

149 360 412 490 502 746 784 792 799 810 815 840 855 896 967 1016

Right lane:

360 429 506 575 638 713 749 763 780 869 950

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UNM nu suggests the following strategy to take all three flags:​

Left lane:

kkadzee farma 26 loses to 64

Zeki 179 beats 64

lord177095681 191 loses 359

Vik 396 beats 359

kkadzee 397 loses 428

Juanpa 465 beats 428

lord178455250 473 loses 490

happysasa 517 beats 490

Ursu 530 loses 542

한이이 567 beats 542

Elkhunter 588 beats 561

ahmad 597 loses 660

Vinc' 691 beats 660

Napoleon 06 699 beats 684

Mahmut003 706 loses 723

zekOL 757 beats 723

MonCambrils 770 beats 755

princess froggy 788, SHi83AA 803, yockeezy 812 buffer

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Right lane:

S a m m y 26 loses 360

lord179044974 485 beats 360

thcland 492 beats 429

Jerem 501 loses 506

Jimir 616 beats 506

Fred369 618 beats 575

ABD abd 628 loses 638

Zalew85 656 beats 638

wins 821 beats 713

Ozzie 825 beats 749

Fenris 835 beats 763

LOrDKack3747 839 beats 780

coolidge 855 loses 869

Vitoschenko 886 beats 869

Cheteen 888 loses 950

ZippyBanana 963 beats 950

Lord Dingleberry 968, KID BENGALA 978, lazarus1 1031, UNM nu 1039 buffer

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Middle lane:

Eze1305 229 beats 149

Momma Tremor 235 loses 360

Lordpercival 256 loses 360

captainlord 337 loses 412

X Lord Helmchen 649 beats 412

Neo 656 beats 490

Haumdaucha 889 beats 502

Kairo 898 beats 746

evol 905 beats 784

Lord Alex 913 beats 792

MasterG 913 beats 799

Luciifer 922 beats 810

Ming Dynasty 927 beats 815

Naois 945 beats 840

Nealo 953 beats 855

Thor79 1052 beats 896

Leomistic 1069 beats 967

Lady Kisa Sanura 1111 beats 1016

kitty sanura1 1163, RandomGuy 1287 buffer

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Result: We won handily as expected, got 1st place in group for first time, killer event all!!!