9th Clan Tournament

Clash of the Clans
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After the rule-changing in the previous Tournament, SoD decided to do the tough decision of cancelling the 9th Clan Tournament or 7th Annual Tournment to work on other issues and a possible new Event. However, the cancelling only applies to CotC 2020 and Brynjolf brings awareness that CoTC may return in the future.

“	This has been a difficult decision, but after reviewing the feedback submitted during the past years, we have decided to take this time to improve and resolve them. This is not forever, CoTC may return in the future. As always, your feedback, suggestions, and ideas are welcomed. Thank you for your understanding.	”
— Brynjolf

We were Ready

Clash of the Clans is one of the most awaited Events of School of Dragons, aside from the irregularities and controversies surrounding it, the majority of the community genuinely loves the Tournament and the excitement to see who will rule the year's CotC is always a magical event. However, not everyone shares the same emotions regarding Clash of the Clans as seen in the previous Tournaments, with some hoping the Event would either be greatly improved or downright cancelled forever as the Tournament is now just "full of controversies". On February 26th, 2020, Brynjolf announced that CoTC 2020 was cancelled to further work on other issues and stated a new possible Event was coming up.

Confusion rose regarding the if and when they will fix the tournament and if it actually will come back some day. It resulted in the community dividing in three different perspectives.

The majority was glad to hear about the Tournament being cancelled in favor of fixing glitches and the Event itself after years of constant complaining about its unfairness and glitchiness. In spite of some opposing opinions, they believed the developers were going to indeed fix the issues, with some bringing proof of previous actions of the developers listening to suggestions and fixing glitches and problems, stating that no one is forbiding anyone from creating their own Tournament, and expressing disappointment on the more extreme reactions.

While some believed that the developers weren't going to fix anything, they overall agreed some folks of the majority that the timing wasn't the best.

There were more players supporting the developers in their decision to fix the Tournament, than players complaining about its suspension. One user noticed as the majority of the opponents all belonged to a single clan. They found very disgusting that the Tournament was cancelled "at the last minute", labeling all the eagerness and preparation for the Event as useless and ruined. They also stated the team had an entire year to apply the changes and the announcement of a possible new Event contradicts their own words. They doubt and don't believe that the developers will fix anything or even follow their own words, as well as express how the Tournament is important, with some going as far as to say "if you have never pariticpated in any of CoTC Tournament, you have no right to speak".

The thread started dying down around March 1st, 2020 and on May 12th, 2020, Thawfest Event was released with the Update 3.8.0.