Only premium players may take part in this tournament. My apologies, freemium members
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Unite your community with your promising ideals, campaign for regional supremacy, and seek the Presidential office! Taunt your power throughout the land! Work to amend the Constitution on behalf of the betterment of the country! Do what it takes to keep your foot in the door in the politics of America! But above all, never lose faith in the system and in the American people and you will surely secure your spot in the books as the leading statesmen of the 21st century!
The 21st Century Clash of the Statesmen tournament will test the abilities of 32 aspiring statesmen in the first half of the 21st century. To play, simply click on the rectangular "Post Reply" button and write "I'm in", and write the name of the map you choose to play on in the Unite the Neighborhood phase: either NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, or Charleston map.
I highly suggest at least skimming over the Rules before joining: most of the important details will be bolded, highlighted, underlined, italicized, etc. You do not want to be snookered for not knowing the rules...
Note that the settings in this tournament can be changed (as discussed later in the Rules). However, until settings are changed, all tournament games will be played with the following settings: Standard Game Type (MAY NOT BE CHANGED THROUGH POLICY) Automatic Initial Troops Sequential Play Order (MAY NOT BE CHANGED THROUGH POLICY) Escalating Spoils Chained Reinforcements No fog of war Casual Round Length (MAY NOT BE CHANGED THROUGH POLICY)
As a statesman, you will have a 40 year career; there will be 10 rounds. Each round lasts 4 years. Each round has Regional elections, followed by a Presidential election. The rules are divided into 2 major sections: Round 1 and All Other Rounds.
Note that this tournament is designed more as a strategy/board game. No players will be completely eliminated in the tournament (Secret Service is at full force; no assassinations shall take place), and it is entirely possible that you may win the most number of games yet not win the tournament.
Round 1: 2012
Regional Elections Play shall proceed in the following order.
Unite the Neighborhood I
Essentially, this is the base level in which players establish local control of politics.
The 32 players have chosen 1 of 4 maps (as mentioned earlier): NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, or Charleston. They are thus divided into 4 pockets of 8 players. Throughout the entire tournament, players may NOT switch what map they play on during this stage. So, choose wisely!
The 8 players that selected the same map will be divided randomly into 2 games of 4 players each. Settings may vary based on Policy (as mentioned later in the Rules). The winner of each game advances to the next phase. No players are eliminated.
Regional Supremacy (Governor Elections)
Two distinguished adversaries have emerged from the cities, inching toward the Presidential election.
The 2 players advancing from the previous phase battle in a series of 3 games on their respective regional map*.
*If the players played on NYC in the Unite the Neighborhood I phase, the games shall take place on the USA New England map. *If the players played on Chicago in the Unite the Neighborhood I phase, the games shall take place on the USA Great Lakes map. *If the players played on San Francisco in the Unite the Neighborhood I phase, the games shall take place on the USA West map. *If the players played on Charleston in the Unite the Neighborhood I phase, the games shall take place on the USA Southeast map.
The first player to win 2 games becomes the Regional Governor (yes, I know, not exactly like American politics, but there are no individual state maps). The Regional Governor must not play in the next round's Unite the Neighborhood stage (giving him an advantage in the next round). In the next round, the Regional Governor then directly begins at the Regional Debate phase (discussed later). The loser simply plays again in the next round, in the Unite the Neighborhood phase.
At this point, after the Regional Supremacy phase and before the Presidential Elections phase, the President has a chance to amend the Constitution. See the tab "Amending the Constitution" further down the page.
Presidential Elections Play shall proceed in the following order.
The four governors have secured control of their regions and now have their eye on the great prize: the Oval Office.
In Round 1, the four governors will play in a 4-player game on the USA map.
In all rounds after 1, in which there is a President from the previous round, the four governors and the President will play in a 5-player game on the USA map. Settings may vary based on Policy (as mentioned later in the Rules).
The winner is inaugurated as the President of the United States. If the President from the previous round loses, he simply returns to the Unite the Neighborhood phase, and must restart, playing on his base map (NYC, Chicago, etc., whatever map he chose). In the next round, the winner of the game (the President) begins directly at the Presidential Election, giving him a distinct advantage.
In the round that takes place after the President wins the election (thus at the end of his term), the President has a chance for the President to amend the Constitution. This is the key method of earning points.
Then, the President will simultaneously play the 4 Regional Governors other than himself each in a 1v1 game on the Senate map, just before the Presidential election. The President must win 3 out of the 4 games (thus, 3/4 of the states approve the ratification of the Amendment).
If the President wins 3 out of the 4 games, the amendment is ratified.
Since the tournament ends immediately after the Presidential election in Round 10, the player who wins the Presidential Election in Round 10 will NOT take part in any Amendment games, as there would be no Round 11 governors to play against.
All Other Rounds: 2016, 2020, etc.
Regional Elections
Unite the Neighborhood II
Essentially, this is the base level in which players establish local control of politics.
This stage is similar to the Unite the Neighborhood stage of Round 1, except there are 7 players, not 8 players (i.e. 1 player has become the Governor).
The 7 players that selected the same map at the start of the tournament will be divided randomly into 2 Standard games: 1 game will have 3 players, and the other will have 4 players. Settings may vary based on Policy (as mentioned later in the Rules).
The winner of each game advances to the next phase. No players are eliminated.
Regional Supremacy II (Governor Elections)
Two distinguished adversaries have emerged from the cities, inching toward the Presidential election. The winner has a chance to debate with the current Regional Governor.
The 2 players advancing from the previous phase battle in a series of 3 games on their respective regional map*.
*If the players played on NYC in the Unite the Neighborhood II phase, the games shall take place on the USA New England map. *If the players played on Chicago in the Unite the Neighborhood II phase, the games shall take place on the USA Great Lakes map. *If the players played on San Francisco in the Unite the Neighborhood II phase, the games shall take place on the USA West map. *If the players played on Charleston in the Unite the Neighborhood II phase, the games shall take place on the USA Southeast map.
The first player to win 2 games shall face the Regional Governor of the previous round in a Debate. The loser of this stage simply plays again in the Unite the Neighborhood II phase in the next round of play.
Regional Debate
A war of words is now waged. The voters are focused on what you have to say, so don't slip up...
The winner of the previous phase now plays the Regional Governor that was elected in the previous round.
There shall be a series of 3 games played on both players' respective maps from the Regional Supremacy phases.
*If the players played on NYC in the Unite the Neighborhood I or II phase, the games shall take place on the USA New England map. *If the players played on Chicago in the Unite the Neighborhood I or II phase, the games shall take place on the USA Great Lakes map. *If the players played on San Francisco in the Unite the Neighborhood I or II phase, the games shall take place on the USA West map. *If the players played on Charleston in the Unite the Neighborhood I or II phase, the games shall take place on the USA Southeast map.
The first player to win 2 games shall become the Regional Governor. The loser simply plays again in the Unite the Neighborhood I phase in the next round of play. *If a player that wins this phase has no Regional Governor to face because the Governor became the President in the previous Round, then the player simply becomes the Regional Governor (there is no debate).
At this point, after the Regional Supremacy phase and before the Presidential Elections phase, the President has a chance to amend the Constitution. See the tab "Amending the Constitution" further up the page.
Presidential Elections Follows the exact same system as is used in Round 1.
As a method of displaying power, when you become President, you may enact 1 policy.
"Policy", in this case, refers to changing the settings of games. After each round, the President may enact Policy (change settings).
When Policy is to be changed, the tournament organizer will message the President and ask if he would like to change any settings. As indicated in the Initial Settings tab earlier, all games MUST have the Sequential turn order (i.e. NO freestyle), be Standard games (no assassin, terminator, etc.) and must be casual games (No speed games). Therefore, the President may change the deployment of Initial Troops, the type of Spoils, the type of Reinforcements, and whether or not there is Fog of War.
The President is not required to change policy: if they like the settings and want to keep the "status quo", then that is fine (the President does not gain points for changing Policy). Any policy changes (setting changes) apply to ALL tournament games until the policy is changed again.
Example: Thomas, as President, decides he is not satisfied playing with Flat Rate spoils. So, he changes the spoils from Flat Rate to Nuclear. Now, all tournament games (Unite the Neighborhood, Regional Supremacy, Regional Debate, Amendment Games, Presidential Election) will have Nuclear spoils until changed through Policy in a later round.
The following system will be applied to all players throughout the entire tournament.
Securing a Regional Governor position: +1 point
Securing the President position: +2 points
Ratifying an Amendment: +4 points
*Points are accumulated per turn, so if you are President for 3 rounds, you earn 6 points.
Example: Abraham wins the Presidential Election, earning him 2 points. Abraham, in the next round, succeeds in ratifying an amendment that increases the voters' age to 21. Thus, he earns another 4 points. Abraham's total points earned in this round is 6 points.
The player that has the most points at the end of the tournament (after all 10 rounds) is proclaimed the champion and most skilled statesmen!
In the event that two players have the same number of points at the end of the tournament (after all 10 rounds), those players will take part in a series of five 1v1 games. One game will be played on USA. The remaining four games will be played on the maps corresponding to each player's region (NYC/USA New England, Chicago/USA Great Lakes, San Francisco/USA West, or Charleston/USA Southeast). The settings in all games will be those settings in place during Round 10. The player who wins the most games in the aforementioned series of five games is proclaimed winner of the tournament.
In the event that more than two players have the same number of points at the end of the tournament (after all 10 rounds), those players will take part in a Standard game on USA. The settings in the game will be those settings in place during Round 10. The player who wins the aforementioned Standard game is proclaimed winner of the tournament.
The player that has the most points at the end of the tournament is proclaimed the champion and most skilled statesman!
Note that term limits/restrictions will not apply in this tournament; therefore, players may become Governors and Presidents as often as they would like, and as many times consecutively as they can.
Thank you for skimming/reading the rules! If you have any questions, feel free to ask! If you see I have made a flaw in the rules or if you feel some aspect of the rules is unfair, feel free to let me know! I am looking forward to fighting against you, I will be very committed to making this the best tournament it can be. Have a great day!
-James
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madman7 vs. ? (NYC governor)--[game][/game] madman7 vs. ? (Chicago governor)--[game][/game] madman7 vs. ? (Charleston governor)--[game][/game] madman7 vs. ? (San Francisco governor)--[game][/game]
knubbel vs. Seamus76 (San Francisco governor)--Game 9601960 knubbel vs. Dragontrader (Charleston governor)--Game 9628177 knubbel vs. Bonobo (Chicago governor)--Game 9650579 knubbel vs. karelpietertje--Game 9676064
Round 3: 2020
Bonobo is President though no setting change is made. Settings from Round 2 remain in place.
Bonobo vs. karelpietertje (NYC Governor)--Game 10068193 Bonobo vs. uk massive (Chicago Governor)--Game 9945631 Bonobo vs. Seamus76 (San Francisco Governor)--Game 9945632 Bonobo vs. dgefen (Charleston Governor)--Game 10068192
uk massive vs. karelpietertje (NYC governor)--* uk massive vs. bernooch (Chicago governor)--Game 10348755 uk massive vs. WorldCup4James (San Francisco governor)--Game 10348756 uk massive vs. dgefen (Charleston governor)--*
*Neither of these two games are necessary, as both games 10348755 and 10348756 finished, with uk massive having lost both (and he must win at least 3 games to get the +4 bonus). No point playing extraneous matches that will only slow down the pace of the competition.
WorldCup4James vs. co-co (San Francisco governor)--Game 10720931 WorldCup4James vs. Namliam (Charleston governor)--Game 10755354 WorldCup4James vs. Bonobo (Chicago governor)--Game 10720932 WorldCup4James vs. karelpietertje (NYC governor)--Game 10755355
Bonobo vs. Xtremejeep88 (NYC governor)--Game 11094994 Bonobo vs. Dukasaur(Chicago governor)--Game 11094995 Bonobo vs. co-co (San Francisco governor)--Game 11094996 Bonobo vs. Steelfoot (Charleston governor)--Game 11094997
Round 7: 2036
Steelfoot is President. He does not change any setting. Settings from Round 6 remain in place.
Steelfoot vs. Xtremejeep88 (NYC governor)--Game 11464358 Steelfoot vs. Dukasaur (Chicago governor)--Game 11464360 Steelfoot vs. co-co (San Francisco governor)--Game 11464361 Steelfoot vs. Maverick0711 (Charleston governor)--Game 11464362
Round 8: 2040
Dukasaur is President. He does not change any setting. Settings from Round 7 remain in place.
Dukasaur vs. madman7 (NYC governor)--Game 11824770 Dukasaur vs. thechuck51 (Chicago governor)--Game 11824771 Dukasaur vs. co-co (San Francisco governor)--Game 11824772 Dukasaur vs. Maverick0711 (Charleston governor)--Game 11824773
Round 9: 2044
co-co is President. He does not change any setting. Settings from Round 8 remain in place.
co-co vs. madman7 (NYC governor)--Game 12134715 co-co vs. bernooch (Chicago governor)--Game 12134717 co-co vs. DoomYoshi (San Francisco governor)--Game 12134719 co-co vs. Jessamine (Charleston governor)--Game 12134720
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This looks awesome. Confusing as hell, but awesome (I'll never understand US Politics). In please with San Francisco
Important Tournament Notice
The data for ALL of my tournaments has potentially been lost. I am working to recover it but as I am away on business all of this week, there will be some delay. Sincere apologies.
James, Hi !!You mentioned this in a recent game & im well glad I looked it up... Kudos on the creative thinking & what already sounds like a fascinating tournament!!
Dragontrader wrote:James, Hi !!You mentioned this in a recent game & im well glad I looked it up... Kudos on the creative thinking & what already sounds like a fascinating tournament!!
In plse with good 'ol Charleston, lets dance!
Thanks for remembering and joining! I know it may be confusing, but I'll be glad to answer any questions whatsoever.
Hello statesmen We've had a sudden influx of statesmen, and we're over halfway to filling up the tournament. I wanted to bring to your attention that Fuzzy316 suggested a new scoring system:
Have a thought on the point system vote that you have... what about 1 for govenor, 2 for Prez, and 4 for amendments?
You may review and change your vote if you prefer his system. Any feedback from players would be great as this is a new idea and I am always contemplating to try and find the best system.
Thanks for joining everyone. The poll is at the top for you to review all scoring system possibilities.
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