Historical Boardgames sponsored BATTLE OF THE AGES Tournament

[pug6000]

@Hepps01:

As a suggestion…. Perhaps for future rounds instead of making the opponent selection completely random based on the preceding rounds outcome…there should be some allowance for player experience. If players have a wealth of experience on a specific game perhaps it would make sense to only pair them with opponents who also have played the game before.  From first hand experience playing some one who is already experienced on a map was pretty funny (sad) and I’m not sure either of us enjoyed or were richer for the experience.

I have a different opinion.
First I have a “newbie” opponent, who gives me much more contra than nearly all other players on that map.
Second there are 5 different maps. Everyone knows one or 2 maps better than his opponent. And when you are new to the first you may be expert in map 3. Who shall we pair you with in that round? It’s Swiss system.

[Veqryn]

@pug6000:

First I have a “newbie” opponent, who gives me much more contra than nearly all other players on that map.

This is one of the most awesome things to have happen in this tournament. 
U-505, with no prior experience on napoleonic empires, is really giving Pug (probably the reigning champion at the map, if there was such a thing) a fight, and its not even close to over at round 9.
Probably my favorite game to watch.

Other exciting developments include my new-found liking of NWO.  >:)

[lalapalooza]

Just an update:

Noll was an early concession to me on Napoleonic Empires.

Ajmdemen defeated me after only a few rounds at NWO. He played perfectly and I wasn’t able to brush away the cobwebs in NWO fast enough.

Awaiting round 3!

[DeadTom]

Hi,

Gargantua hasn’t posted a turn in several weeks, and has said in another thread (the XDAP game) that he won’t be able to play for several more weeks. What should we do about this?

[Veqryn]

@DeadTom:

Gargantua hasn’t posted a turn in several weeks, and has said in another thread (the XDAP game) that he won’t be able to play for several more weeks. What should we do about this?

You have a couple options:

1. You could request that this game be declared over.  In that case, after your request, I will private message Garg with a final warning the he needs to start playing again.  If he doesn’t post within 3 days (or tell us when his next post will be, but within a week), then the game is over and you are declared the winner.  Garg can still participate in round 2 of course.

or

2. You can keep pestering Garg to post, and meanwhile enjoy your round 2 game.  (this is part of the reason there are 2 rounds going on at same time, so that if one game is slow, you can always play the other one while waiting)

or

3. You can ask Garg if he would like to let someone else play for him for a couple turns or rounds until he gets back.  If you take this route, you assume the risk that he will pick a player who is better than you.

unlike other games, like global, there isn’t that much to calculate in Napoleonic empires.  there is no air, and the ships only move 2, and the ground only 1 or 2, so nothing too crazy can happen.  with no team members to consult, these turns should be moving pretty fast, and be pretty easy to do.

[DeadTom]

Option 3 sounds good. At least then I’ll be playing. Unfortunately, both my round 1 and round 2 games are going slow at the moment. BTW, when does round 1 officially end? or will it just keep going until all the games are called one way or the other?

[Veqryn]

@DeadTom:

Option 3 sounds good. At least then I’ll be playing. Unfortunately, both my round 1 and round 2 games are going slow at the moment. BTW, when does round 1 officially end? or will it just keep going until all the games are called one way or the other?

well, all the games are past round 4 so far i think (or done)

most games have a winner around round 6-9

so it can’t take much longer

i guess i would declare a cutoff point a few weeks out, after i see that all NWO (round 2) games have started and are at least in round 2 of the game
(after the cutoff point, a judge can decide who wins [or request extra rounds be played if it is really tight])

so far, not all NWO games have been started yet
(i will send some pm’s to push people this weekend)

[moilami]

This is awesome tournament. I am having so big fun in Napoleonic Empires, and can hardly wait to play the WW I map  :mrgreen:

[Panther]

P@nther surrendered in BotA round 2 (NWO). pug6000 has won the war!

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28724.msg1028452#msg1028452

[Gargantua]

I officially apologize.

I cannot continue in this tournament.  Dead Tom and Alex Great advance with a WIN.

There just has not been an option for me to commit lately. My entire life is consumed by work atm.

[Veqryn]

@Gargantua:

I officially apologize.

I cannot continue in this tournament.  Dead Tom and Alex Great advance with a WIN.

There just has not been an option for me to commit lately. My entire life is consumed by work atm.

Sorry to hear that.

Dead Tom advances with a win. 
However since your game with Alex never started I’m going to try to pair him with another person who’s opponent never showed up for round 2.

Hope you come back garg.

[lexgreat]

The game with me did start, Garg made one move, I made 2

[Gargantua]

Did I actually post?

I totally forgot…

Let me look at it.

[Guest]

i realy want to keep playing. i have been waiting a long time for my second round

[Ajmdemen]

Any estimate on when we expect rnd 3 to start?

[Veqryn]

A status update on Round 1 games.  They should all be finished very soon.

The following people have either dropped out, or not been heard from since the tournament began:
Randmacts
KBG
Dimax
invictus
ErnieBommel
Gargantua
Noll
Eskander

And we have a new player joining us: moilami

Because some players have dropped, I prefer to move matchups around rather than give passes.  The point of the tourney is to try the maps, after all.
This means the brackets have moved around a bit.

BLACK = finished already
RED = has not started or contacted each other
BLUE = has contacted each other or started a thread, but not started the game yet.  Or is potentially Stalled.
GREEN = are currently playing

CURRENT ROUND 1 Matchups (Napoleonic Empires)

Nothing to see here
vs
WINNER: Gekkepop (coalition)
(round 8 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28447.0

DRAW: Eskander
vs
DRAW: ice
(round 3 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28635.0

WINNER: P@nther (coalition)
vs
Most Holy
(round 7 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28449.0

WINNER: Veqryn (Carolingians)
vs
kabloom
(round 10 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28444.0

AmorphousCube
vs
alexgreat
(round 13) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28532.0

Odonis
vs
WINNER: soulfein (coalition)
(round 3 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28697.0

Make_It_Round
vs
moilami
(round 8 ) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28713.0

Ajmdemen
vs
Funcioneta
(round 8 ) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28452.0

wirkey
vs
Narushima
(round 6) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28550.0

U-505
vs
pug6000
(round 16) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28556.0

WINNER: DeadTom (carolingians)
vs
Gargantua
(round 5) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28448.0

Noll
vs
WINNER: lalapalooza (carolingians)
(round 1 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28496.0

Wassmuss
vs
WINNER: Admetus (carolingians)
(round 18 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28506.0

WINNER: Hepps01 (coalition)
vs
SantaClaus2
(round 9 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28651.0

seththenewb
vs
WINNER: Bacala (coalition)
(round 6 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28514.0

[Veqryn]

FYI to everyone who is still playing a Round 1 game.

I will be calling all Round 1 games in 3 weeks. 
This means I’ll take a look at the save and decide who is winning based on that.

If a game is till reasonably close with no clear winner, then I will give a 1 week extension.

Round 3 games will begin after all Round 1 games have ended.  That means Round 3 will start probably in 2-4 weeks (so like Nov 23 or so).

[Veqryn]

Status update on Round 2 games (NEW WORLD ORDER)

WINNER: ice (axis)
vs
Wassmuss
(round 11 finished) (please post the savegame guys!)

WINNER: Ajmdemen (axis)
vs
lalapalooza
(round 5 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28723.0

WINNER: soulfein (axis)
vs
Gekkepop
(round 4 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28738.0

P@nther
vs
WINNER: pug6000 (allies)
(round 3 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28724.0

Admetus
vs
wirkey
(round 3) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28761.0

Hepps01
vs
WINNER: Bacala
(please post the savegame guys!)

Noll (dropping)
vs
kabloom (will give a new opponent)

Make_It_Round
vs
U-505
(round 1) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28837.0

AmorphousCube
vs
SantaClaus2
(round 5) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28827.0

moilami
vs
Odonis
(round 3) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28787.0

Most Holy
vs
WINNER: Nothing to see here (axis)
(round 7 finished) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28771.0

alexgreat (will get a new opponent)
vs
Gargantua (dropping)

Eskander (dropping)
vs
DeadTom (will get a new opponent)

Funcioneta
vs
Narushima
(round 3) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28780.0

Veqryn
vs
seththenewb
(round 5) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28732.0

[Noll]

I dropped because of Low Luck.
I love tripleA custom maps but I can’t stand LL.

GG with hte tournament Veq!

[Veqryn]

@Noll:

I dropped because of Low Luck.
I love tripleA custom maps but I can’t stand LL.

GG with hte tournament Veq!

Lalapalooza said in his thread that he would be willing to continue the game in Dice.

I think Kabloom (your rnd 2 opponent) would be willing to play with Dice if you asked him.

Please let me know if you want to continue playing.  It is certainly not too late to start your game with Kabloom.