Guys, I’m thinking about resigning as league moderator and scoreboard operator. I don’t want to leave you in the middle of a year so intend to finish this year out and set up playoffs and everything, but maybe somebody should come alongside me and learn some of the ropes, or maybe you guys have an idea of another direction to take all this.

Contributing to this decision is that I did have my first manic and depressive episodes this year since 2005 (still pretty depressed - trying to get the right meds) but I wanted to get out anyway, since I haven’t found the time to play any league games myself.

I intend to help make a smooth transition if someone else is eager to moderate and score games (maybe a team) - I’d been doing everything with no partner for years now (Although having a partner can mean more work if they have differing ideas than you)

Please think about it - sorry - I guess this day had to come sooner or later. Thanks for understanding

Gamer

@simon33 said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

I don’t understand why you liked both my post and Adam514’s contrary post.

I appreciate your statement.

The way I view likes - I don’t have to agree with a post to like it. I will like/heart posts when I’m glad they posted rather than staying silent. Or when I think the poster communicated something well/effectively. Et cetera

As for default game, I think it has to be the version that’s available to the world outside this site (out of the box version, basically) - we have very few players who refuse to play “balanced mod”, although of course it does happen, and I think it’s the way it should be… Makes more sense to force someone to play the “public” version than to force someone to play a mod, even if 95% of players only play that mod on this forum. It’s not welcoming to potential newcomers if they have to learn a different version of the game than they’ve been playing.

Crockett has videos of 1 hour interviews with
(chronological order)

AndrewAAGamer
AndrewAAGamer interview

ArthurBomberHarris
ArthurBomberHarris interview

Gamerman01
Gamerman01 interview

The Good Captain
The GOOD Captain interview

JDOW
JDOW interview

Oztea
Oztea interview

The Captain (NOT The Good Captain)
The Captain interview

Gargantua is interviewed 15 minutes by dtroy
Gargantua interview

Game reviews

OOB CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 ArthurBomberHarris v Farmboy (+41)
Video commentary by Crockett36 and ArthurBomberHarris senior,

Rounds 1-8
ArthurBomberHarris v farmboy 2023 OOB championship

Game thread and save file here

OOB AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy (+60)
Video commentary by Crockett 36 and Gamerman01

Round 1-3
AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy rounds 1-3

Round 4-5
AndrewAA Gamer v Farmboy rounds 4-5

Game thread and save file here

BM Adam514 v Gamerman01 (+22)
Video commentary of 2023 Semi-final game by Crockett36, Adam514, and Gamerman01
Game thread and save file here

Rounds 1-4
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 1-4

Rounds 5-8
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 5-8

Rounds 9-14 (end)
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 9-14

OOB UHD Tech Oysteilo (+40) v Gamerman01
A “crazy” “fun” game agreed to, radically different Triple A map, quickly becomes serious
2024 regular league game
Video commentary by Crockett36 and Gamerman01

Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 1-2
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 3-4
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 5-6
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 7-9
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 1-6 w Oysteilo
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 7-12 w Oysteilo
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 13-16 w Oysteilo

Game is ongoing, G13
For the game thread and save file,
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 UHD thread

Balanced Mod introduction, explanation, review
and some highlights of @Adam514 /Gamer semi-final discussed, partly to demonstrate Balanced Mod features

BM introduction video

At the risk of turning people off because of my self-promotion,

You may want to know,

@Adam514 !
Does a game review with Crockett36 and myself
On the recently completed BM playoff semi-final game

Go to the stickied thread - “video interviews of league players by Crockett36”

We are amassing quite a collection of fun interviews on the opening post of that thread. Don’t miss out!

HOLY COW

All 2021 playoffs wrapped up - not bad! considering there were four brackets of 8

Also etched in the league history for ever, but a recap:

BALANCED MOD CHAMP

Axis-Dominion

BALANCED MOD 2ND CHAMP - crowned today :crown: :crown:

Oysteilo

PATH TO VICTORY CHAMP

Ghostglider

2ND EDITION RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX

AndrewAAGamer

ALL DEFINITELY worthy champions! Another round of applause
:clap: :clap: :clap:

It’s not hard in Excel, so I graph the TUV from round to round in my games. Then I look back at who won or lost and the graph shows TUV is HIGHLY indicative of who will win.

If 2 people look at this, I will be happy.

Third and final installment of a joint game review starring @Adam514 @crockett36 and me
This was the semi-finals of the BM tournament for the 2023 season.

Link added above

We need to petition @farmboy and @Adam514 to do the same with the recently completed championship game, assuming @crockett36 wants to keep spending his time this way!

It’s pretty special to hear from great players around the world, insights into A&A and their own game as well as their reactions to others. It’s the next level!

Congratulations to @Ghostglider !!

Your 2023 League Season Path To Victory Champion!! 🙌

The only one standing at the end.

Congratulations to @Daaras as runner-up. 🙌

Both are entered in the league history of championship winners and 2nd place finishers, and deserve all due awe, honor and recognition ✨✨✨

If you want to learn, to observe brilliance, or both, then you should review the game in Triple A

Ghostglider is so much on his game, he is about 110 points ahead of the next active Path to Victory player.

Path To Victory popularity has taken hold, believe it or not,
We have 79 finished games in little over 10 months of 2024 to 52 for all of 2023. You read that right.

Now get back to shooting each other with dice!

Mainah, at first that sounds very exciting and fun, but thinking about it a bit, there’s a big problem with that. If there’s money on games, there’s an incentive for people to try and help a player in the tournament to make better decisions, and also an incentive to try and sabotage a player (maybe by giving suggestions to make poor decisions disguised as clever ones).

Would mess with the integrity of the games, so as league moderator I’d have to say no.

@The_Good_Captain said in Classic Martin (X+8) vs Ragnell804 (L):

@Martin @gamerman01 @Ragnell804 @VictoryFirst

Ragnell managed to get an email out to me asking if he could have photos of the board state sent to him. He would like to play but does not have conventional email access. He will not be available for an indeterminate amount of time but does not want to quit the tournament.

Oh, sure, that will work
you found a way to play, so game on!

Be still, my beating heart!

Now the OOB 2nd round is set, and, that’s right,

#1 - #4 all advance

#1 through #4 advance to round 2 of the balanced mod 4 championship playoff!

All 4 are huge names here in the long established league of A&A.org.

525 BM games experience collectively.
You read that right.

There’s never been a better time to watch 4 MASTERS play each other. This is one of the reasons we have long term rankings and 3 level playoffs in the league. To make these kinds of matchups, simultaneously, with a championship game to follow. There can only be one, for 2025

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 submarine moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 battleship and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Japan to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Manchuria to China
        1 fighter moved from French Indo China to China
        1 bomber moved from Japan to China
        1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Soviet Far East
              Japanese take Soviet Far East from Russians
        1 armour moved from Kwangtung to China
        3 infantry moved from French Indo China to China
        1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to China

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in China
            Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 4 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 4 infantry in China, round 2 : 3/8 hits, 2.83 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in China, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China
                1 fighter owned by the Americans and 2 infantry owned by the Americans lost in China
            Japanese win, taking China from Americans with 1 armour, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
            Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
            Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter and 2 infantry
        Battle in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 transport in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 carrier and 1 fighter in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
            Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 fighter moved from Hawaii Sea Zone to Wake Island
        1 infantry moved from Manchuria to China
        1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to French Indo China
        2 fighters moved from China to Kwangtung
        1 transport moved from Philippines Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Kwangtung Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Kwangtung Sea Zone to Kwangtung
        1 bomber moved from China to Kwangtung

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 aaGun and 1 infantry placed in Japan
        2 transports placed in Japan Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 29 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.50
Japanese regular : -0.17

Savegame

OK, I see it’s my turn
Tomorrow night at earliest

Sink the submarine, thanks
I’m glad you found the rule :)

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from Finland Norway to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to East Canada Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Germany to East Canada Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from West Spain Sea Zone to West Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from South Europe to Central Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 battleship, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Central Mediteranean Sea Zone to West Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from West Mediteranean Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Algeria to French West Africa
              Germans take French West Africa from British
        1 infantry moved from Libya to French Equatorial Africa
              Germans take French Equatorial Africa from British
        1 fighter moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Germany to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from East Europe to North Sea Zone
        1 submarine and 1 transport moved from Baltic Sea Zone to North Sea Zone

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in East Canada Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber and 1 fighter
            British defend with 1 transport
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 fighter in East Canada Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 transport in East Canada Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 transport owned by the British lost in East Canada Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for British: 1 transport
        Battle in West Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            British defend with 1 battleship
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 transport in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 battleship owned by the British lost in West Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 submarine and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship
        Battle in Gibraltar
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from North Sea Zone: 1 submarine and 1 transport
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from North Sea Zone: 1 battleship and 1 transport
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from North Sea Zone: 1 submarine and 1 transport
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Battle in North Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 4 fighters

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from East Canada Sea Zone to West Europe
        1 fighter moved from North Sea Zone to West Europe
        3 fighters moved from North Sea Zone to East Europe
        1 aaGun, 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from South Europe to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Algeria to French Equatorial Africa
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Libya to French Equatorial Africa
        2 armour moved from West Europe to East Europe
        2 armour and 4 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe
        2 armour and 3 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        1 bomber moved from East Canada Sea Zone to West Europe

    Place Units - Germans
        10 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 34 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.83
British regular : -0.83

Savegame

Allied defense, 2 transports, 1 submarine, 1 battleship

[dice 2d6<=1]
[dice 1d6<=2]
[dice 1d6<=4]

4 fighters [dice 4d6<=3]

Column rolling North Sea, will roll sub attack by itself

[dice 1d6<=2]