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[ShogunCroCop]

Wow, I missed a lot.

 

I am trying to set myself on a path to be more active in the next season. I really thought working from home would give me easier access to playing games when I wanted, but it turns out that hasn't been the case. And summer is the busiest time of year for us, because with what we do focusing around the school year, we tend to get a lot more done in the summer when nobody is hitting the site. 

 

So I would like to stay in for next season, if I am allowed. I have a slew of new games to wreck my completion % and for me to try and plat. I can't make any promises, but I'll try harder. Still, I am surprised I got one win, and also surprised that I was not last in Bronze League.

 

Congrats to the CWC members,  both who were eliminated and who remain.

[Jesaya815]

Only like half an hour left and I have no chance to catch Kent anymore, so it's time to crown the new champion

 

Congratulations @Kent for winning the CWC! That was such an amazing performance. You were much better prepared, you had a plan, the right strategy, and the will to succeed. The win was more than well deserved. I tip my hat to you, sir

[Kent10201]

35 minutes ago, Jesaya815 said:

Congratulations @Kent for winning the CWC! That was such an amazing performance. You were much better prepared, you had a plan, the right strategy, and the will to succeed. The win was more than well deserved. I tip my hat to you, sir

Thank you!  I couldn't have done it without @jem and @Mesopithecus. I can't take credit for that plan because 80% of it was all their idea and I was receiving moral support from them hourly. I just played the games and barely got any sleep.  

 

You had quite a season yourself. It's due to you getting scores of 585 last fixture and 323 in the final round of the CWC last season that pushed me to get the score I did. So I also tip my hat to you, sir. 

 

After a devastating loss in the final minutes of my first CWC and the curse of losing by 5 points in my most important fixtures every single season, I decided to hold nothing back. I ended up earning 8 plats and a total of 126 trophies in 24 hours. So I believe I broke a couple of records today. I'm the first silver league member to win the CWC since season 5, I earned the most points in a single round of the CWC after the time rule (Sound Shapes too I believe but not sure on this one) was implemented and if what @Lucas has told me is correct I am also the final winner of the THL. (Until someone eventually revives it) 

 

I'm incredibly proud of not only but everyone else in the CWC (@shadowhood1111 @MrUnknown625 @Jesaya815) and the rest of the competitors this season has done. It's been a great season! 

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by Kent

[jemmie]

56 minutes ago, Kent said:

Thank you!  I couldn't have done it without @jem and @Mesopithecus. I can't take credit for that plan because 80% of it was all their idea and I was receiving moral support from them hourly. I just played the games and barely got any sleep.  

Thanks for the shout out, but I did absolutely nothing besides check in every few hours. This victory was yours, so congrats. That was a mighty impressive win!

[Mesopithecus]

1 hour ago, Kent said:

Thank you!  I couldn't have done it without @jem and @Mesopithecus. I can't take credit for that plan because 80% of it was all their idea and I was receiving moral support from them hourly. I just played the games and barely got any sleep.  

 

 

As Jem said already, the victory was all yours, I was just cheering you on and giving you some motivational nudges now and then.

 

You did an awesome job and you should be proud of your performance   

 

 

[Fire]

So the curse of losing by 5 points has finally been broken Congrats @Kent for winning the league, well deserved!

[Kent10201]

Thanks for the congrats everyone. 

 

Hey mod team, can we maybe get the scores posted for the final round? I know it's hard to believe I actually won a competition so you're probably quadruple checking the scores, but I did. 

[Lucas]

Of course, scores had to be recounted a million times because we couldn't possibly believe that @Kent would ever win a competition . Just kidding of course because, yes, Kent did win the final round of this season's CWC. Big congratulations to Kent for finally winning the Trophy Hunters League and for such an impressive score in the final round!

These are the results of the 3rd CWC round:

 

Jesaya815 (141) v (446) Kent10201

 

All stats have been updated accordingly in the OP and in the CWC spreadsheet.

 

And that concludes the 23rd season of the Trophy Hunters League. Normally I'd thank everyone and end of with something like ''see you next season'' but I won't be doing that today. That's because with this post I want to announce that the Trophy Hunters League will be put to a stop for a long time. Over the last few seasons it's been obvious that the interest in the league has dropped to an all-time low. A lot of people have lost their interest in the league, don't even look at the thread anymore, don't even know that they're in the league anymore or have no idea that it's even going on. The thread has pretty much been completely dead and there have been moments where not more than 2 people even noticed that scores or new fixtures hadn't been posted on time. Of course there have been some people who've been putting up good scores and have been looking forward to the score announcements for the last few seasons as well but that's just a very small amount. There aren't any new people who are interested in participating in such a league at the moment either. I've been trying so hard to get a full league for the last few seasons with no real success, resulting in adding people to the league only for the sake of filling spots. Leagues aren't thriving anymore on PSNP. It's sad, but it is the truth.

 

That's why I have decided that I won't be running any more seasons for a long period of time. I am not doing this because I want to (because believe me, I don't want to) but because it's just not worth the big effort it takes to keep everything up to date and enjoyable for the handful of people that are actually still interested in this league. Maybe the Trophy Hunters League will make its return in a while but only time will tell. At this moment, there's just not enough interest and activity around this league or any other trophy hunting competitions on PSNP.

 

I hope everyone understands my decision here. I won't close the thread so feel free to share your thought or share some of the best moments you've had in the league.

 

Lastly, I want to thank everyone who was involved in the league for all this time. From the admins in this league's earlier seasons, to the people who made this thread reach 16,557 posts, to the participants. Thank you all very much for making the Trophy Hunters League one of the most (if not the most ) legendary things on PSNP. Thanks (did I say that already?).

[Terra]

Sad to see this go but I understand where this is coming from. I’ve only been in a few seasons but I’ve loved it. I will eagerly await a comeback season when the increased interest is there

[theshywaterguy]

Sorry to hear this but when it gets going again just let me know, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the break won’t be too long. Thank you to everyone who kept the league going! 

[Wavergray]

Sad to see it go, but it has been dying for a while.  

[ShogunCroCop]

For me, I think the novelty of it has worn off. Back when this first started in 2014, it was really the only trophy hunting competition going at the time. There may have been others, but there weren't many, and this revolutionized the competitions section on this site.

 

As the site grew, many other competitions started, and they have evolved in some way over time. Whether it is a yearly backlog challenge with different monthly themes, or theme based tourneys (like Halloween or Christmas based competitions), there were fresh new comps everywhere one looked. Not to dog this comp at all, since it is the OG of them all, and my personal favorite, but beyond some points scoring changes, and how wins were decided, there really wasn't much evolution to this comp.

 

Maybe a rebranding would revive the interest. Keep it as the Trophy Hunters League, but evolve into something fresh.

 

Also, life changes a lot in 4 years. When I first joined this league in 2014, I was living alone with lots of time on my hands. Since that time, I moved in with my girlfriend, married her, have switched jobs numerous times, bought a house, etc. Life has just changed so much that for me, the kind of time I could put into this tourney 4 years ago just isn't there, and without the comp evolving, its easy to get left behind. I'm sure life has changed so much for so many others too, that they can't participate at the same rate they used to.

 

I think the decision to end it for now is a good one. But hopefully when it comes back, it will be fresh and new, and rise from the ashes like the phoenix. And if it comes back, I will be first in line to join.

 

Goodbye, OG. 

Edited August 16, 2018 by ShogunCroCop

[Zach]

Thanks @Wdjat Prinny Doods @HcG Clawz and @Lucas for some of the best trophy hunting memories. And yes, to everyone who was in the league, too. That would just be a lot of tagging lol. Lots of great memories here and I'm sad to see it go, but I'm just as guilty in the lose of interest. Like @ShogunCroCop mentioned, life has changed a lot in the last 4yrs for me too. My girlfriend and I moved in with each other as well. Also, we actually moved to a different state together to pursue careers and possibly go back to school. With all that being said, I really love the Trophy Hunter's league, as it kept me very interested in trophy hunting over the years. Here's to many more years trophy hunting. ✊

[Omar]

I was right there at the start when my bday buddy @Precision-Playyy started this whole thing. Over the course of the 22 seasons I have been a part of (skipped one due to a very busy schedule) I have had a major blast and, at times, it pushed me towards more efficient trophy hunting but, for the most part, I was in for the banter, the scoring fun and just being part of something cool. I never took competition as seriously as others but I cherish every single season we've had (I was on this thread during my off season too lol)

 

On S23, I have barely scored and both Nintendo and Prime Day are to blame. My family got me, all at once, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Bayonetta 1 and 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Octopath Traveler and I am not even close to done with them, so the summer of Switch is going to transition into a Fall of Switch. In other words, my S24 performance would have been disastrous  

 

I will keep an eye on future events like this because they're lots of fun! Happy trophy hunting everybody and see you around the forums!  

[Dragon-Archon]

A bit late, but congrats @Kent. It's sad that THL is stopping, I've enjoyed it a lot since joining during season 2, but yeah it's been dying for a while. There were a lot of fun moments and I've met great people here.

[ShogunCroCop]

Would there be interest in this being brought back?

 

I wold definitely be able to run it, as I now have a ton of time on my hands. Life has settled down for me finally.

 

There are definitely some ideas I have about maybe how to infuse some freshness into this, but before I share my ideas, I first want to see what the interest level would be, and I want to hear from those interested, what ideas they may have to maybe make this a phenomenal reboot. Since reboots are all the rage with movies right now, I am willing to bet there will be interest.

 

For now, with it being November 1, and with the holidays coming, this reboot will not happen until January, if enough interest is expressed in rebooting this.

Let me know if you're interested, and whether you like the current format, or want to change it, and what changes you think would help make it better.

[freddie1989]

21 minutes ago, ShogunCroCop said:

Would there be interest in this being brought back?

 

I wold definitely be able to run it, as I now have a ton of time on my hands. Life has settled down for me finally.

 

There are definitely some ideas I have about maybe how to infuse some freshness into this, but before I share my ideas, I first want to see what the interest level would be, and I want to hear from those interested, what ideas they may have to maybe make this a phenomenal reboot. Since reboots are all the rage with movies right now, I am willing to bet there will be interest.

 

For now, with it being November 1, and with the holidays coming, this reboot will not happen until January, if enough interest is expressed in rebooting this.

Let me know if you're interested, and whether you like the current format, or want to change it, and what changes you think would help make it better.

 

Awesome to see this thread even pop up on the site now as I used to enjoy this. I would be up for taking part in it if enough were keen. I highly doubt I could keep up with the big guns these days (not that I could lol) but I will have a crack.

 

Always thought the format was really good, I guess the only thing would be the amount of super easy, super quick plats available these days. I think there would have to be a good set of rules in place.

[ShogunCroCop]

9 hours ago, freddie1989 said:

 

Awesome to see this thread even pop up on the site now as I used to enjoy this. I would be up for taking part in it if enough were keen. I highly doubt I could keep up with the big guns these days (not that I could lol) but I will have a crack.

 

Always thought the format was really good, I guess the only thing would be the amount of super easy, super quick plats available these days. I think there would have to be a good set of rules in place.

 

I have some ideas on how to address the super quick. super easy plats. I want to see what feedback comes over the next month or so, but my idea won't curb the use of super quick plats totally, but it will incentivize not getting them as often as possible.

[XShadowYakuzaX]

I'd be up for it. Not as hardcore as before, but some motivation to get through a backlog.

[GTA_Darren]

I am definitely interested to participate. My suggestion is if there are not enough people, we can do it as a big tournament instead divide into 4 different leagues.

[VASORAT13]

I am interested in a revival to.

 

[hibpshman]

I would be interested, depending on the format. 

[GarciaFever]

Wow i've completely forgotten about this thread that I thought i was discontinued a few years ago.

 

Seeing as I have seen a lot of Inkmasters (TV show), I was thinking of maybe incorporating a challenge during each round along with the other stuff that is featured in the League. Then, at the end of each period, have outside help on voting which person deserves to win said period.

[MidnightDragon]

I'd entertain the possibility.

[Psy-Tychist]

I'm always up for a return of the league.

 

Reminds me, I need to finish collating all the old records together...