Help Me Learn... 2011 World Cup [W=ZaBeast]

[Dukasaur]

Game 12 sent.

[Dukasaur]

Still waiting for Wombat4 to post his settings for Game 13.

[ZaBeast]

Any update on this? Also you'll need to find a replacement for DJENRE's last game, he's gone awol

[Dukasaur]

Any update on this? Also you'll need to find a replacement for DJENRE's last game, he's gone awol

Sorry, this fell through the cracks. I'll get on it Saturday.

[Dukasaur]

trench, escalating, chained, fog

[Dukasaur]

trench, escalating, chained, fog

Game 14 sent. Sorry for the delay.

[Sirius Kase]

Any update on this? Also you'll need to find a replacement for DJENRE's last game, he's gone awol

I can sub. I understand it's just one game. Too bad about DJENRE. I hope he's okay.

[Dukasaur]

Any update on this? Also you'll need to find a replacement for DJENRE's last game, he's gone awol

I can sub. I understand it's just one game. Too bad about DJENRE. I hope he's okay.

Thanks Sirius. Benga volunteered just 90 minutes earlier.
(From my wall)

i can be a sub for that 1 game

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by benga
on Aug 29th, '18, 00:51

Thanks to both of you. Game 15 will be launched in a day or two.

[Dukasaur]

Game 15 sent.

[Dukasaur]

settings:

flat rate, chain reinforcement, sequential, auto deploy, standard

Clay

[Mad777]

what is the status here?

[Dukasaur]

what is the status here?

I will send out the last regular game tonight, then there will be Finals.

I'm sorry to keep whining, but real life has been really, really hectic lately.

Got a long weekend coming with no commitments, so if by the will of God I am allowed one weekend at home without some new crisis either at work or at home, I should get caught up on all four of my tournaments this weekend.

Maybe even work on the list of outstanding Great War battles...

[Dukasaur]

Game 16 sent. Once again many apologies for the delay.

[Dukasaur]

Finals: Once all the regular games are done, the top four players will advance to the Finals. The top will be decided by:

1. Total wins
2. Wins as Teacher
3. Solo wins (where you manage to pull out a win even though your partner has been killed)
4. Fastest wins (sum of rounds of all games where you won.)
5. Precedence (first to sign up.)

The top four players will play six games (every combination of four players possible) and for each pair of games I will ask the partners to jointly choose the settings.

First of all, for the record, I won 7 of my 16 games. Slightly less than half, but still respectable. Thank you all for the learning experience!
Total wins
hjelp 3
ZaBeast 3
TDJ-D 2
jfm10 2
Stollmike 2
TX AG 90 2
Mad777 2
Captn B 2
benga 1
riskllama 1
rockfist 1
elonpuckhog 1
wendall2000 1
DJENRE 1
aalii 1
fairman and wombat, no wins.
(hjelp and ZaBeast qualify for the Finals by virtue of having 3 wins. The other players with 2 wins will be sorted by the second criterion, wins as Teacher)

Wins as Teacher
TDJ-D 1
jfm10 1
Stollmike 1
TX AG 90 0
Mad777 0
Captn B 0

Solo wins
~~ none ~~

Fastest wins
Stollmike 17
jfm10 18
TDJ-D 24

Based on criterion 4, therefore, Stollmike and jfm10 will be going to the Finals. TDJ-D was close but no cigar...

Players going to the finals, therefore, are hjelp, ZaBeast, jfm10, and Stollmike.

Last but not least, Epiphany points:
DJENRE - full point
TX AG 90 - half point
rockfist - half point
hjelp - full point
Captn B - full point
Stollmike - half point
Mad777 - half point

[stollmike]

Cool.

The only settings I won't play are Freestyle, and anything less than 24 hours / turn. Other than that, bring it.

[jfm10]

I have been learning alot with these games...Thank You everyone.
sunny flatrate chained i find best for learning

[ZaBeast]

Preferred settings would be trench and no spoils but open to pretty much anything except nukes, zombie and no forts

[hjelp]

Still the same map?

Settings I would like to play are fog, chained and no spoils.

[Dukasaur]

Sorry for the long delay. The Grand Finale Starts Now!

[Dukasaur]

Players in the final, with their announced settings:

Stollmike: "The only settings I won't play are Freestyle, and anything less than 24 hours / turn. Other than that, bring it." (that simplifies it)
jfm10: "sunny flatrate chained i find best for learning"
ZaBeast: "Preferred settings would be trench and no spoils but open to pretty much anything except nukes, zombie and no forts"
hjelp: "Settings I would like to play are fog, chained and no spoils."

Game 1:

Stollmike and jfm10 vs ZaBeast and hjelf
Stollmike and jfm get sunny flat rate chained
Game 18756308
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Game 2:

hjelf and ZaBeast vs jfm10 and stollmike
hjelp and ZaBeast agree on No spoils. ZaBeast says said trench, didn't mention sun or fog. hjelp says fog, didn't mention trench or no trench. I imagine that both will be okay with fog and trench.
Game 18756310
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Game 3:

hjelp and Stollmike vs jfm10 and ZaBeast
hjelp gets fog, chained, and no spoils. (so boring. ) Stollmike is fine with it.
Game 18756315
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Game 4:

ZaBeast and jfm10 vs Stollmike and hjelf
Zabeast would prefer trench and no spoils, but jfm would like sunny and flat rate. I think we can accomodate both with sunny flat rate trench.
Game 18756317
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Game 5:

jfm10 and hjelp vs Stollmike and ZaBeast
Will flip it from game 4 and go foggy flat rate NO trench, for similar reasons.
Game 18756325
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Game 6:

ZaBeast and Stollmike vs hjelp and jfm10
ZaBeast gets his wish for trench and no spoils and stollmike goes along. Just to switch it up, since neither has a forting preference, I'll make this one Parachute.
Game 18756329
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[Dukasaur]

Games have been created and invitations sent. Good luck in the Finals, everyone!

[hjelp]

Not mentioned Trench, I thought that meant not Trench

But it's fine, good luck all

[Mad777]

Is this one complete? No update since January

[Dukasaur]

ZaBeast has won all 6 games in the Finals and is unquestionably the winner!

CONGRATULATIONS ZABEAST!!!




Thank you all for playing! I learned a great deal in this tournament.

I'm really, really sorry about taking so long to wrap this up.

For years I loved to run tournaments. Really, really loved it. And then I lost interest, but I kept doing it out of a sense of duty. And then something snapped in me, and I just couldn't face another tournament. I'm really sorry. You all deserve better.

I know talk is cheap, and the world is full of empty apologies. I wanted to give some substance to this one, so all four Finalists have gotten a year of Premium on me, and not from my Department bank, but from my own personal money. I hope you guys accept this as my way of showing that my apology is sincere.

Congratulations to the four Finalists: ZaBeast, Stollmike, jfm10, and hjelp!

The non-finalists gets diddly squat but I hope you enjoyed the tournament and learned something along the way!

[jfm10]

Thank you very much Duk and congrats Zabeast for being the best.