History of Nuclear War V [Winner=Junior Bee]

[Dukasaur]

History of Nuclear War V

Wrap-up post is HERE.


Original post:
Recently, when trying to fill History of Nuclear War IV, I sent out a mailing and got about 20 responses for about four open spaces.

(History of Nuclear War IV is the fourth of four tournaments in a series which explores the history of nuclear war. This tournament will focus on current and future possibilities, now that the Cold War no longer dominates the political scene.)

So, I've decided to run this as an identical twin to IV, identical that is except that there is reserved seating for the 15 people who signed up for IV and didn't get a spot.
Eligibility: To play in this tournament, you must be premium, have a turns-taken record of 98% or better, at least 100 completed games, and be at least a PFC on sign-up.
If you are on the reserved list of 15, you must still post to confirm your spot, but I will hold it open for you at least until we get to 40 names in total.

Procedure: In each tourney in this series, the first nine phases will consist of multiplayer Standard games. In each of these phases, only the first player eliminated from each game is eliminated from the tournament. All others will continue to the next phase. As soon as all games in a phase have had one player eliminated, I will begin the next phase with the survivors. Winning these games will not influence the course of the tournament; only that first elimination is significant.
In the Final phase, all remaining players will play simultaneously in nine multiplayer Terminator games. These games will be completed and winning them will count, as will the number of kills.

Settings: All games will be Casual and Automatic, with Chained reinforcements, and No Trench. Maps will vary widely from phase to phase. Needless to say, spoils in all games will be nuclear.
Unlike the first three tournaments, in this one ALL games will be Foggy.

[spoiler=Phase 1]The most popular scenario for the outbreak of the next nuclear war starts with the Middle East. Whether you consider the extreme strategic importance of Middle Eastern Oil, the maelstrom of religious and ethnic hatreds that have consumed the region for thousands of years, or just its unfortunate positioning as the lynchpin that connects Europe, Asia, and Africa, it's easy to understand why so many Doomsday predictions feature the Middle East.
Phase 1
40 players in 5 groups will play 8-player games on the Middle East map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 2]On the other hand, WWIII could erupt in Central Asia. India and Pakistan have been facing each other with nukes for decades now. Unresolved conflicts swirl everywhere around them.
Phase 2
35 players in 5 groups will play 7-player games on the Rail Asia (Beta) map. If for whatever reason there are problems with the map and it is withdrawn, we will use the Indian Empire map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 3]Some people think the newest superpower, China, could trigger WWIII as it grows in dominance and begins to throw its weight around. In the words of Robert J. Ringer, "I suspect China will get a mouthful of plutonium when it tries to gobble up Taiwan."
Phase 3
30 players in 5 groups will play 6-player games on the Far East map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 4]In the 1950s and 60s it was often theorized that the extreme heat released by a nuclear war would melt the poles and make the whole world brutally hot.
Phase 4
25 players in 5 groups will play 5-player games on the Extreme Global Warming map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 5]Today, almost nobody supports the idea that nuclear war would lead to global warming. On the contrary, most scientists believe that smoke and soot blown into the upper atmosphere would lead to a phase of extreme cooling referred to as Nuclear Winter. If life continued at all, it might continue under conditions resembling Antarctica.
Phase 5
20 players in 4 groups will play 5-player games on the Antarctica map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 6]Whichever way it happens, nuclear war is no longer something only the combatants need to think about. It is a sword that hangs over every nation on the planet.
Phase 6
16 players in 2 groups will play 8-player games on the World 2.1 map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 7]Maybe our first nuclear war will encompass our Moon. Science fiction writers have often examined this idea from many angles.
Phase 7
14 players in 2 groups will play 7-player games on the Lunar War map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 8]Maybe, as we learn to colonize the asteroids and the outer planets, war will begin "out there".
Phase 8
12 players in 2 groups will play 6-player games on the Solar System map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 9]We may even face nuclear war when we finally begin interstellar flights.
Phase 9
10 players in 2 groups will play 5-player games on the Space map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.[/spoiler]
The finals will be different from the first nine phases.
[spoiler= Phase 10 - Finals - The nuclear cataclysm]Phase 10: The nuclear cataclysm
In the final round, the eight remaining players will face off simultaneously on all nine maps used in the tournament thus far. These games will be Terminator, and players will score 1 point for each kill and two extra points for winning a game. The player who scores the most points in the Cataclysm phase will win the tournament.[/spoiler]

For more information on this series, visit the History of Nuclear War Series InfoCentre

[Dukasaur]

This is my 36th!
[spoiler=My list of tournaments thus far]My FIRST tournament: Dukasaur's Knucklehead Tournament
My SECOND tournament (and still my personal favourite): Intensities in Ten Cities!
My THIRD tournament: DK's 3-3-3
My FOURTH tournament: DK's CC Scrabble
My FIFTH tournament: A Fifth of Dukasaur
My SIXTH tournament: DK's koontz-style tourney
My SEVENTH tournament: Jules Verne Contest(new thread) (rescued from its original creator [player]DJENRE[/player])
My EIGHTH tournament: LOTTERY V (rescued from its original creator [player]DJENRE[/player])
My NINTH tournament: History of Nuclear War I
My TENTH tournament: DK's Friendship Festival
My ELEVENTH tournament: DK's koontz-style II
My TWELFTH tournament: History 101 (rescued from [player]Blinkadyblink[/player])
My THIRTEENTH tournament: My First Tourney (rescued from [player]Sword Master[/player]: it was HIS first tourney, not mine, lol)
My FOURTEENTH tournament: Guojia Anquan Bu TPA2 (my first TPA!)
My FIFTEENTH tournament: History of Nuclear War II
My SIXTEENTH tournament: Dukasaur's First Anniversary
My SEVENTEENTH tournament: DK's Christmas Quads
My EIGHTEENTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 I - No Spoils
My NINETEENTH tournament:1v1 Conqueror of the Americas (rescued from [player]eagleblade[/player])
My TWENTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 II - Flat Rate
My TWENTY-FIRST tournament: History of Nuclear War III
My TWENTY-SECOND tournament: WKRP in Cincinnati
Cancelled: DK's Easter Quads
My TWENTY-THIRD tournament: Whom or What Version 1
My TWENTY-FOURTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 III - Nuclear
My TWENTY-FIFTH tournament: The Clan League Vase (the first not run under the Tournaments area of the site.)
My TWENTY-SIXTH tournament: Assassination by Fours [TPA2] (rescued from [player]MrGlassB[/player])
My TWENTY-SEVENTH tournament: Jim's Tourney Series #8: Fighting the Fog (rescued from [player]jimfinn[/player])
My TWENTY-EIGHTH tournament: Friendship Festival Special Edition [TPA2]
My TWENTY-NINTH tournament: Slacker Time 1
My THIRTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 IV - Escalating
My THIRTY-FIRST tournament: In and Out: The Assasin - The Orient{sic} (rescued from [player]Eternal Shadow[/player])
My THIRTY-SECOND tournament: In the Trenches: 8 Thoughts (rescued from [player]Campin_Killer[/player])
My THIRTY-THIRD tournament: wm's 1st CC Tennis Open (rescued from [player]wesleymilo[/player])
My THIRTY-FOURTH tournament: History of Nuclear War IV
My THIRTY-FIFTH tournament: Salient Assassinations in History [TPA3]
My THIRTY-SIXTH tournament: History of Nuclear War V
My THIRTY-SEVENTH tournament: History of Nuclear War VI
(History of Nuclear War Series Information Centre)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=players]reserved seats: (confirmed have smiles) (12)
rjhankey
mickunited333 did not confirm
WolfMist did not confirm
Sandman175
chidone
DoomYoshi
thehippo8 did not confirm
Faro
Vaicius
ScootChina
Lufsen75
TX AG 90
abygorb
ESQuire
fuzzy316

New Seats:
SaMeJoHn
blonderic
Keefie
Fakyras
magneto_acolyte
crazy4catnip
sparkyball
General Bax
Junior Bee
andypl0nd0n
10
windy81
Madstuthe1st
HotShot53
Prosthodoc
Silly Knig-it
whydelilah
buttersbaby
aalii
Leverpuller
musteriuz
20
morleyjoe
Marshallbobby
sparkyball
Jessamine
Risk_Averse
Ratrin
spartacus65
Shai

reserves
Genoke
general cod
cowboyz
uckuki[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 1 games]There were 40 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 11959054
abygorb
Sandman175
sparkyball
Prosthodoc
HotShot53
Faro
Silly Knig-it
spartacus65

Game 11959069
TX AG 90
Junior Bee
Shai
Lufsen75
aalii
whydelilah
Madstuthe1st
Jessamine

Game 11959052
chidone
General Bax
ScootChina
sparkyball
Fakyras
rjhankey
buttersbaby
fuzzy316

Game 11959051
blonderic
andypl0nd0n
windy81
Keefie
musteriuz
ESQuire
magneto_acolyte
morleyjoe

Game 11959050
Risk_Averse
DoomYoshi
Marshallbobby
Leverpuller
Ratrin
SaMeJoHn
crazy4catnip
Vaicius

Timestamp: 2012-11-19 11:35:10 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 2 games]There were 35 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 12100398
sparkyball
Fakyras
fuzzy316
Jessamine
whydelilah
Sandman175
ScootChina

Game 12100397
abygorb
TX AG 90
Madstuthe1st
windy81
musteriuz
Ratrin
crazy4catnip

Game 12100396
Keefie
Junior Bee
Risk_Averse
Silly Knig-it
Faro
andypl0nd0n
SaMeJoHn

Game 12100395
magneto_acolyte
rjhankey
Prosthodoc
buttersbaby
morleyjoe
chidone
Leverpuller

Game 12100393
Marshallbobby
spartacus65
blonderic
Shai
Vaicius
Lufsen75
HotShot53

Timestamp: 2012-12-20 03:01:08 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 3 games]There were 30 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 12354815
Vaicius
Sandman175
fuzzy316
ScootChina
morleyjoe
Prosthodoc

Game 12354816
rjhankey
Silly Knig-it
blonderic
Risk_Averse
Keefie
Shai

Game 12354817
magneto_acolyte
buttersbaby
musteriuz
Ratrin
windy81
Madstuthe1st

Game 12354818
HotShot53
Marshallbobby
Fakyras
abygorb
SaMeJoHn
Leverpuller

Game 12354820
sparkyball
Jessamine
crazy4catnip
Junior Bee
Lufsen75
andypl0nd0n

Timestamp: 2013-02-12 20:19:34 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase 4 games]There were 25 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 12568629
Madstuthe1st
Leverpuller
abygorb
ScootChina
Ratrin

Game 12568628
Keefie
Silly Knig-it
sparkyball
rjhankey
andypl0nd0n

Game 12568627
Junior Bee
Lufsen75
Shai
Sandman175
SaMeJoHn

Game 12568626
crazy4catnip
fuzzy316
magneto_acolyte
buttersbaby
blonderic

Game 12568625
Marshallbobby
Fakyras
Vaicius
windy81
morleyjoe

Timestamp: 2013-03-31 01:11:48 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 5 games]There were 20 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 12780573
blonderic
Vaicius
crazy4catnip
Marshallbobby
SaMeJoHn

Game 12780572
Silly Knig-it
Madstuthe1st
sparkyball
windy81
abygorb

Game 12780571
fuzzy316
Sandman175
Leverpuller
rjhankey
Shai

Game 12780570
andypl0nd0n
Junior Bee
morleyjoe
Ratrin
buttersbaby

Timestamp: 2013-05-21 21:27:26 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 6 games]There were 16 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 12904157
morleyjoe
fuzzy316
Junior Bee
Vaicius
rjhankey
Madstuthe1st
windy81
SaMeJoHn

Game 12904156
Leverpuller
Ratrin
andypl0nd0n
abygorb
Sandman175
blonderic
Silly Knig-it
Marshallbobby

Timestamp: 2013-06-24 00:52:51 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 7 games]There were 14 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 13034047
Marshallbobby
blonderic
Silly Knig-it
fuzzy316
abygorb
windy81
Ratrin

Game 13034046
morleyjoe
Vaicius
Madstuthe1st
Sandman175
crazy4catnip
Junior Bee
Leverpuller

Timestamp: 2013-07-28 04:05:43 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 8 games]There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 13135083
Silly Knig-it
Ratrin
crazy4catnip
Madstuthe1st
Junior Bee
blonderic

Game 13135082
Marshallbobby
Leverpuller
fuzzy316
Sandman175
morleyjoe
abygorb

Timestamp: 2013-08-23 23:19:13 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=phase 9 games]There were 10 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 13339844
abygorb
blonderic
Ratrin
crazy4catnip
morleyjoe

Game 13339843
fuzzy316
Silly Knig-it
Junior Bee
Sandman175
Marshallbobby

Timestamp: 2013-09-13 16:20:20 UTC[/spoiler]

[spoiler=finals games]link to view Finals games

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Ratrin
Silly Knig-it
crazy4catnip
abygorb
Junior Bee
fuzzy316
morleyjoe
Marshallbobby

Timestamp: 2013-10-13 04:11:16 UTC[/spoiler]

[SaMejoHn]

why not

[blonderic]

in please

[Keefie]

In please

[Fakyras]

In pls

[abygorb]

in please

[TX AG 90]

Hi Duk,

You know I'm in.

Thanks,

TX AG 90

[DoomYoshi]

sure.

[ESQuire]

In, please... if not already.

[Faro]

in please thanks for reserving the
spot

[magneto_acolyte]

I'll play

[crazy4catnip]

In please!

[sandman175]

Confirming I'm in.

[Lufsen75]

I claim my reserved spot. Thanks Dukasaur.

[sparkyball]

in please

[Fuzzy316]

ill join

[rjhankey]

Claiming my reserved spot -- thanks!

[ScootChina]

in please

[General Bax]

in pls

[chidone]

IN PLZ!!!!!

[Junior Bee]

in please

[andypl0nd0n]

Count me in please

[windy81]

in pls

[Madstuthe1st]

In Please