Clyde Monthly Gods Unchained Tournament: Rounds, Pools & Advancement

A tournament every month

The Clyde Tournament is a recurring Games With Clyde community event for Gods Unchained (GU). Every month follows four weekly rounds, like clockwork, through the first four full Monday-through-Sunday weeks of the monthly cycle. The live tournament page publishes the exact UTC dates. Play ordinary eligible GU games: there is no separate signup, arranged match time or requirement to face another player in your pool. Pools compare the players’ captured performance over the same week.

The four rounds and their pools

November 2026 alone expands to 52 players in four pools of 13 so more of the community can participate. The top three eligible players per pool still advance; all later rounds remain unchanged. December returns to the standard 28-player field. Normally, Round 1 begins with 28 qualified players drawn into four pools of seven: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. Each pool has its own standings. The top three eligible players in each pool advance, leaving 12 players for Round 2. Rather than a random draw, Round 2 ranks all 12 advancers by their final Round 1 qualifying win percentage. The highest goes to Pool A, second to Pool B, third to A, fourth to B, alternating until each pool has six. Ties use the published standings tiebreakers: more qualifying games, then more wins, then lowest GUID. The top two eligible players from each Round 2 pool advance to the final four.

After Round 2 closes, Clyde freezes both pools in write-once JSON and selects the top two eligible players from each. All four are seeded 1–4 by frozen Round 2 win percentage; ties use total WINS, then lowest GUID. Round 3 pairs global seed #1 with #4 and #2 with #3. Each pairing is a full week of statistical competition using ordinary qualifying GU games, not a scheduled Direct match. The eligible winner of each semifinal advances. In Round 4, the two Round 3 winners compete for first and second place in the Championship pool, while the two other semifinalists compete for third and fourth in the Third Place pool. In October, this same-pool unlimited head-to-head exception applies only in Week 4; beginning November 2026 it applies permanently to both the Week 3 Semi-Finals and Week 4 Finals. All other opponents retain the two-game limit in every phase. GWC archives the final four and gives permanent player-page awards to first, second and third place.

Which tournament games count, and why?

Tournament participants must be rank 11 or 12 when the game is played. Each round requires 35 qualifying games by the end of the week. The cumulative activity minimum rises by five each UTC day: 5 on Monday, 10 Tuesday, 15 Wednesday, 20 Thursday, 25 Friday, 30 Saturday and 35 Sunday. Weeks 1 and 2 always limit games against a particular opponent GUID to the first two qualifying matches. October 2026 Week 3 also retains that restriction; its Week 4 alone exempts games versus the other player in the same locked Championship or Third Place pool. Beginning November 2026, this exemption permanently applies to both Semi-Finals (Week 3) and Finals (Week 4), but ONLY against the other opponent in your own locked pool. All other opponents remain capped at two. Direct (mode 6), Casual (mode 110) and League DC (mode 213) games do not count toward tournament wins, losses, activity or opponent caps in ANY round. The live page and score audit publish the full eligibility rules for the active cycle.

Standings use qualifying win percentage. Players below the activity minimum appear beneath eligible players. Equal qualifying win percentages are resolved by total qualifying games, then total qualifying wins, then the lowest GUID. The activity requirement makes a tiny unbeaten sample insufficient to advance, and the opponent cap limits repeated matches against one player. A fresh weekly round gives advancing players a new comparison window.

How players enter the monthly field

Tournament entry is handled by the separate Clyde Tournament Qualifier system. Reserved qualification sources claim some seats and the open qualifier leaderboard fills the remaining seats. A GUID can occupy only one tournament seat, so a player who earns more than one reserved qualification does not consume multiple places. The dedicated qualifier guide explains the monthly window, eligible games, scoring, reserved-seat math, Current Cut, Planning Cut and player audit.