Welcome to Penguin Puzzlers, a column dedicated to enquiring about the knowledge of community members. In this edition, we are testing the community’s knowledge of the recent Legends Cup XV tournament.

Legends Cup XV marked the 15th instalment of the legendary Legends Cup tournament. Being started 14 years ago on 30 June 2011 the tournament has seen 15 instalments all the way up to 2025. Just like most tournaments, it allows armies to show their power and skills. This instalment had the slightly controversial mechanic of the wheel, where the quarter-finals and semi-finals had pairings decided by random chance. Additionally, one could gamble upon the outcome of battles (using fictional currency; unfortunately, Club Penguin Armies does not have a gaming license, nor could we get one due to literally operating off a children’s game). With that exposition out of the way, let us take a look at the tournament itself.

Qualifiers

July 19

Void Troops versus Fire Vikings

First of the Baccarat Conference and the tournament as a whole is VT versus Fire Vikings. The battle was not close at all. Already in room 1 it was 13-4 with clean forms and good activity; they actively roasted FV’s discoordination and AFKs. Rooms 2 and 3 did not play out any differently. VT won this battle 3-0.

Water Vikings versus Scarlet Republic

Next up is WV versus SR. Another one-sided battle with sizes 61-7. Both armies struggled with AFKs, and SR had particularly bad forms compared to WV. Rooms 2 and 3 went similarly. In Room 3, WV went into an A form and then a double V form (That is an upside-down V and a normal V at the same time). 3-0 win for WV.

July 20

Help Force versus Special Weapons and Tactics

In a completely one-sided battle, HF destroyed SWAT with sizes of 30-5. Not really much to say due to the judging guidelines at the time pretty much automatically handing the victory to the bigger army in the case of such a huge size difference.

Doritos of Club Penguin versus Shadow Legionnaires

The Shadow Legionnaires no-showed, and thus, DCP was awarded an automatic 3-0 victory.

Elite Guardians of Club Penguin versus Templars of Club Penguin

EGCP no-showed. TCP victory.

Quarter-finals

July 26

Templars of Club Penguin versus Water Vikings

Room 1 already was in WV’s favour, with WV outnumbering the templars 63-51, with more creative and unique formations. Meanwhile, TCP were still as statues in horrible forms. Room 2 went about the same with a size difference of 20. And Room 3 showed slightly better formations and movement on the part of the Templars.

Army of Club Penguin versus Help Force

This battle was very close. Room 1 was 25-28 favouring HF in sizes. However, both sides struggled with AFKs and forms with a final result of a tie. Room 2 was a similar story; HF managed to gain slightly neater forms, and HF had a bigger size, and the two armies took turns covering each other. Room 3 had HF having way more imaginative forms like Us and Zs, whilst ACP had extended Hes and Triangles; this won HF room 3 and the battle.

July 27

Aliens of Club Penguin versus Void Troops

In Room 1, the Aliens dominated; they executed well with a significant size advantage (57-27 in favour of Aliens); of note VT’s formations were particularly bad and gappy on the right side. Room 2 was a similar story with sizes 57-23. Room 3 had improvement for the aliens, sizes 59-21. The aliens won this battle

Doritos of Club Penguin versus Rebel Penguin Federation

Since DCP shut down, this was an automatic win for RPF. Not counted as a 3-0 in question 10.

Semifinals

August 2

Rebel Penguin Federation versus Water Vikings

The semifinals went off with a bang as WV reached a max of 88 and RPF reached a max of 80.

WV entered room 1 first and made a star; RPF followed second and made a circle. The problem being the lockouts meant that each army dropped to around 50. RPF were seen as having better completion and coverage; however, at some point both armies covered each other equally; RPF won the first room.

In room 2 RPF entered first with both armies perfectly cancelling each other out, where RPF had an advantage. WV had an advantage, and where WV had an advantage, RPF had a different advantage, and thus the room is a tie.

Room 3 had WV dominating, with cleaner and more creative forms; RPF struggled with coverage for most of the room; all in all, this left the whole battle a tie; overtime was to happen.

In the overtime room, sizes were 73-39 with RPF covering well and WV struggling to defend. This allowed RPF to win the overtime room and secure the victory!

August 3

Aliens of Club Penguin versus Help Force

The last battle of the weekend was between Aliens and HF. HF entered first, sizes 60-47 in favour of Aliens, as both armies took their time getting into forms. Both armies did well, and thus Room 1 was a tie. Room 2 started, and Aliens improved, taking a formation that easily took the chatbar; despite HF getting into forms faster, the Aliens managed to grab the W. In Room 3, HF instantly brought up the pace, using forms that hid their relatively small size; this allowed them to win the room and start overtime. HF entered Overtime first; however, they had significantly slowed, and their small size was starting to show. Aliens instantly took this opportunity and won Overtime and thus the battle.

Grand Finals

August 9

Aliens of Club Penguin versus Rebel Penguin Federation

We’re here; this is the end – one battle to decide it all. And in the left corner, with a Top Ten score of 72,71 we have Aliens of Club Penguin! And in the right corner, with a Top Ten score of 77,80, the highest of any army, we have Rebel Penguin Federation!

RPF entered first and got into a triangle; Aliens followed second and made a +. Sizes were 65-48 in favour of RPF as Aliens moved first. RPF got into a Z as Aliens struggled with their form, eventually forming a triangle. RPF victory.

Room 2 had RPF enter first. Despite the Aliens having a size advantage of 69-43, RPF was able to appear bigger. RPF moved into an X, and Aliens into an anchor. RPF defended well as they went into an A form that resisted the Alien attack. Overall, the room was a tie.

Room 3 RPF once again entered first. Sizes 70-43 in their favour as Aliens got into an underlined + as RPF surrounded the room. First form switch had RPF moving into an underlined + and Aliens. RPF moved into a Z as Aliens moved into an X, causing RPF to move into a U due to the coverage. With a 2-0-1 result, RPF won this battle and thus the tournament.

Club Penguin Armies reached out to a few community members to test their knowledge of March Madness X. Feel free to follow along and try to answer the questions yourself, see how you would have done if interviewed.

1. What does XV translate to in Hindu-Arabic numerals?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: 15
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Fifteen (pandra)
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: 15

Correct Answer: 15

2. How many armies participated in the tournament?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: 13
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: 12
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: 12

Correct Answer: 13

3. Which army was the defending champion entering Legends Cup XV?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: HF
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Helpforce
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: help force

Correct Answer: Help Force

4. Who were the Grand Finals between?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: RPF Aliens
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Aliens and rpf
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: rpf and aliens

Correct Answer: Aliens versus RPF

5. On what date were the Grand Finals held?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: 9 August
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: 9th aug 2025
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: august 9th

Correct Answer: 09/08/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)

6. Who lost the Grand Finals?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: Aliens
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Aliens
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: aliens

Correct Answer: Aliens of Club Penguin

7. What did ACP max in their quarter finals match against Help Force as reported on their website?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: 45
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: 42-43
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: 31

Correct Answer: 42

8. What was the result of the Semifinals match between Water Vikings and Rebel Penguin Federation? Bonus point for saying which rooms were won by who.

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: I will say RPF, Tie, WV, RPF
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Rpf won, R1 wv, R2 rpf, r3 tie, and OT rpf
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: rpf room 1, tie room 2, wv room 3, rpf room ot, rpf won

Correct Answer: RPF victory. R1: RPF, R2: Tie, R3: WV, OT: RPF

9. Who made the graphics for the tournament?

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: MasterDS mainly (Edu did some too + Dino assisted)
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: Master DS*
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: Dino

Correct Answer: Dino, MasterDS, and Edu

10. How many 3-0 victories occurred across the tournament and where (qualifiers, quarter finals, etc) did most happen?
Bonus point for guessing %age that majority has. I.e what round had the most 3-0s and what percentage did that round have of the total        3-0s? Only counting 3-0 determinations, so not DCP.

Jojo Teri, CPA Chief Executive Producer: There must have been around 5 3-0s. definitely the Qualifiers. I will say 80% of it.
BestPenguin, Aliens leader: 5
Pingo, Water Vikings Staff in Training: 3, qualifiers, 60%

Correct Answer: 3 and they all happened in the Jackpot Conference of the Qualifiers

Conclusion: 

The points have been tallied. for numerical questions, whoever got the closest gets the point (in case of a tie, all tied participants get the point) and in multi-part questions, each part is worth a point. Nobody got a perfect score of 17; however, Jojo Teri won with 13 points.

3⁄3 of the participants could translate the Roman numerals XV to Hindu-Arabic numerals
3⁄3 of the participants could identify the number of LCXV participants
3⁄3 of the participants could name the defending champion
3⁄3 of the participants knew who the Grand Finals were between
3⁄3 Remembered the date of the grand finals
3⁄3 of the participants could avoid our trick question and answer who lost the Grand Finals
1⁄3 of the participants could say ACP’s max
2⁄3 of the participants could fully name the correct score for the WV versus RPF battle
1⁄3 of the participants could fully name the graphic designers involved
Pingo got the most right about the number of 3-0 scores, where the happened, and what %age happened there

Overall, the participants managed to get a cumulative score of 32⁄51, or an accuracy rate of about 62,74509804%

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In summary; we have gotten a lot of wonderful data on the knowledge of army leaders. Impressively enough the accuracy managed to go above, not only 50%, but 60%. What do you think about RPF winning? What do you think about the wheel? How do you think you would do on this questionaire?

 

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