UPLOAD YOUR FULL GAME FILMS AND CLIPS - TAG THEM NGA

First things first - we will soon be launching the NGA YouTube Channel where you can view selected clips of amazing feats as well as any full game videos we can get our hands on from official NGA matches.  Please upload your full game films (or clips if you prefer) to your fileshare, tag them NGA, then send SquirrelBurrito a message and we'll put them live as soon as we can.

100% UNOFFICIAL AWARDS

So we will eventually be handing out some official player awards which will be based off of all-time NGA career stats (eg: Played 100 NGA Games, Detonated 100 Bombs, etc.) - nothing like Achievables don't worry :).  But for the time being I thought it would be kind of funny to hand out these 100% Unofficial Awards for Week 1:

For the Lag Spike (1) and Rage Quit (2) divisions we bestow the title of Twins - each of these divisions had a 9-0 match and another heavily weighted match...  Way to Fail shut out Omega Swarm and went 6-3 over Orderly Chaos.  OGDEN RAPTORS shut out Top Hats and Monocles while Clutch Betrayal went 7-2 over Top Hats.  Each of these divisions also had two rescheduled matches.

For the Red Bar (3) division I see little choice but to grant you the title of Stoned.  All four teams here rescheduled...

Then over in the Teleport (4) division we're going to give you guys the Synchronization award, both games played here were 8-1 - Vibrating Ron Di's over the New York Pineapples and The Fatal Four over Monocles and Top hats.  Also two rescheduled matches here.

Next in the Connection Whore (5) division, we're going to entitle you to the Try Some award - some of you tried to play - most of you didn't :).  Only one match was played here, The Thundercats over Stiffy Gigglesticks 7-2.  I'm sure you guys will get a second game in next week, maybe then you'll get the Try Some More award!

Finally in the Black Screen (6) division from way over across the great Atlantic... we're going to give you the most coveted award this week - the Punctuality award.  All of you played your games within the 3-hour schedule window - amazing, and thank you guys!  Guess this is no surprise from a place where a clock tower is a tourist trap, consuming caffeine has a schedule, and people still carry pocket watches though :).

STANDINGS - TOP TEAMS AND PLAYERS

As we have said before, playoff selection will be from two separate groups of 6 (we haven't decided which group will be chosen first yet however) - the top 6 teams from the entire league as a whole, and the top team from each division.  This means it's possible for an entire division to end up in playoffs, but at least one team will always be getting in :).  Team Selection will be made first by Win Rate %, then Bombs Planted if there's a tie, and a final tie-breaker of KD.  There will be a similar but not yet tweaked formula used for selection for our All Star Games which will take place after the season completes... That's another story though.

Currently the top six teams are Way to Fail, Team Impact, OGDEN RAPTORS, Vibrating Ron Di's, The Fatal Four and Clutch Betrayal.  Click here for the full list.

As I said the top players aren't properly ranked yet, but you can click here if you want to see a list that's sort-of-accurate.

TEAM MANAGEMENT AND STATS, PLAYER COMMENTS

Along with this giant league update, as of today there are expanded stats including Player Career Stats as well as some basic Team Management features for Team Owners - you can now change your team name in an event, you can change your Parent Team name (the name for your team's All-Time NGA stats, which will be available soon), as well as manage your roster.  Team Owners can also grant their Captains the power to make roster changes as well.

Along with the updated stats we have a new feature where you can leave comments to or about players on their player profile page - we're hoping this will help some newcomers earn some cred (or just the opposite for some) amongst the community from people who've played with them and want to give them a thumbs up or thumbs down, or just comment on their play style.

PRIZES AND DONATIONS

I also wanted to update you all on how things look as far as prizes for the end of the season - at the moment we have a total of $54 from donations and ad revenue - this is reserved for prizes and will be enough for the standard 800 MS points per player on the championship team.  If we happen to get more donations or ad revenue, the prizes may get better, or we may decide to offer smaller prizes to the 2nd place team.

Also, the website's free hosting ends in 20 days - after that point it will cost about $40/month to operate - we're not begging, but asking nicely, if anybody can afford even a few dollars, please click the PayPal Donate button at the bottom of the page.  If anybody does choose to donate, please make sure when doing so to leave us a message and indicate if it should be used for Prizes or for Website Costs.

GRIFBALL ART GALLERY: UPLOAD AND TAG YOUR SCREENSHOTS TOO

Also, please upload any cool screenshots and tag them NGA as well, we'll use some for our homepage slider image, but we also want to create a Grifball Art Gallery here on our website - we will launch this over the next few weeks.  Even if your screenshot isn't a masterpiece, upload it to your fileshare, tag it NGA, and send SquirrelBurrito a message and we'll post them here soon.

The NGA has a YouTube channel ready to go and waiting for your complete game films and clips. Please upload your uncut league games to your fileshare, tag them NGA, and feel free to send me a heads-up by sending a message to me (SquirrelBurrito) on XBL. Similarly, if you did something awesome, or even interestingly mediocre, clip it, tag it NGA, and when we get enough clips, I will make us some videos. Hope to see you (and your film) soon!