[TPA7] Struggles in the Snow II [Winners below]

[samwilson323]

Thanks Duk, and SK )

[Dukasaur]

The_Samurai missed first set of invites in Phase 3. Re-sent.

[Silly Knig-it]

All Round 4 games issued

[Shoe555]

Hello Silly,
Would you please resend invitations to Bantam for the following games. I will notify him that games are waiting for him. Round 4

Game 20823390 Game 20823393 Game 20823394

Thank you.

[Dukasaur]

aaronvollrath has replaced CaronlyKluster, who is on CC hiatus.

Team 10 pays the 5-point penalty for a substitution.

[Dukasaur]

Speaking of points, there are still two active games in Round 2 and still one active game in Round 1!

Will only score a Round once ALL games in it are finished.

[Silly Knig-it]

Teams:

1. Tin Trumpet
shoop76
enormastitz
Das Schloss, default settings


2/21 Snow Bunnies
itake
dshedd
elddir
Transsib 1914, No Spoils, Fog, Trench, Adjacent


3 TX AG 90
william tennant
Dukasaur
NW Passage trench


4 grt
General Cod
Ukey
Das Schloss, default settings


5 4 U 2 NV
cheffed
The_Samurai
Antarctica, default settings


6 *Pixar*
Happyfeet
Heads or tails
Das Schloss, escalating


7 DrJusticles
bsleavitt
leeroy jenkins
Transsib 1914, default


8 gorehound
Paul Tabinor
Coors1
Eastern Front, parachute


9 groovysmurf
Caymanmew
misteryforall
Antarctica, escalating


10 aaronvollrath
dwilhelmi
Tiberius Maximus
Canada


11 JesseColinScott
Hansei
TheFanny
Nordic Countries -- ? spoils, fog, trench


12 samwilson323
hudson_guyver
ahdavo1991
Arctic - Fog, Flat Rate, Chained


13 .SCuD.
Extreme Ways
Swimmerdude99
WWII Ardennes, fog, no spoils, trench, chained
starting in Round 6: fog, no spoils, trench, parachute


14 celliottii
Lord Arioch
DP757
Soviet Union


15 Lancelot du Lac
Unai
Donelladan
Transsib 1914 - Chained - Trench - Fog- no spoils


16 AlexV
volrazz
l asticot
Map: WWII Ardennes, fog, no spoils, trench, parachute


17 Bantam
Frank Martel
Shoe555
Map: NW Passage, Fog, Chained, and No Spoils


18 Parked
srmaster
General So
Arctic, Flat, Unlimited, Trench, Fog


19 Team Name: Three Tracks in The Snow
Silly Knig-it
jseal
tamaynet
WWII Ardennes fog, trench, flat, para


20 remo18
General Marshall
11mi15
Nordic Countries - Trench, Fog, NS, Unlimited


All games will be Sequential, Automatic deployment, 24-hour turns, and a 50-round limit. When you choose your optional map, you may choose Fog or No Fog, Trench or No Trench, and any Spoils and Reinforcement options. The default if you don't choose will be No Spoils, Chained, Foggy, non-Trench.

[Silly Knig-it]

All Round 5 games are out 04/18/21 0640 CCT

[Dukasaur]

Looks like we have a resignation.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Struggles in the Snow
Date: Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:17 pm
From: Parked
To: Silly Knig-it

Hi there,

If it's ok, we would like to withdraw from the tournament.

Sorry for the lack of comms.

Let me know if this is ok.

Thanks

[Dukasaur]

Quite a few missed invites.

gorehound from Team 8, 3 invites missed
Caymanmew from Team 9, 3 invites missed
TX AG 90 from Team 3, 3 invites missed
william tennant, also from Team 3, only missed 1 invite out of 3.
Tiberius Maximus from Team 10, missed 3 invites.

All of the above have been re-sent.

In addition, Team 18 has resigned in its entirely. We are currently looking for a reserve team. If we don't find one in a few days we will activate the dropout scoring rules.

[Dukasaur]

Hey Duk! My team and I didn't realize that WWII Ardenes drops 12 territs, and for that reason the games have been very unfun. Is it possible to swap our map to NW Passage? I see the limit isn't reached there, we would love that one with same settings (or parachute if possible).

We are just getting kinda tired of first turn always winning the game (for either side).

If not, no worries, thanks for organizing!

God Bless,
Preston

Team 13 changes map to NW Passage starting in Round 6.

[Donelladan]

Can we wait a bit before sending next turn ? Currently still got one game from round 2, all round 3, round 4 and round 5 games active.
If we could wait that round 3 finishes before sending round 6 that'd be nice.
Not sure what is the planning but I felt round 3 to 5 were sent pretty close to each other.

[Heads or tails]

Where are the standings at?

[Dukasaur]

Some updates:

1. Where are the standings at?

   The standings are at https://challonge.com/3bbybd1z/standings.
   
   NOTE: I only score a round when ALL games in that round are finished. Thus, the standings right now only reflect Round 1 and Round 2. Rounds 3-5 still have active games.
   
   After two rounds three teams are tied for 1st place, with 21 points each: Three Tracks in the Snow (silly, js, and tam), T4 (grt, Codfish, and Ukey), and T15 (Lancelot, Unai, and Donelladan). Don't despair if you are not in the top 3 -- there is plenty more action to come and tons of opportunities to make up lost ground!

2. Can we wait a bit before sending next turn ? Currently still got one game from round 2, all round 3, round 4 and round 5 games active.
   If we could wait that round 3 finishes before sending round 6 that'd be nice.
   Not sure what is the planning but I felt round 3 to 5 were sent pretty close to each other.

   I would like to address this in some detail.
   
   The original intent was to send out a round approximately two weeks apart, with a lower limit of 10 days apart and an upper limit of 30 days apart.
   
   First round went out January 6th.
   Second round went out February 24th. (50 days after the first, completely blowing away the 30-day limit I had originally set for myself.)
   Third round went out March 24th (28 days after round 2)
   Round 4 went out April 6th (13 days after round 3)
   Round 5 went out Aprili 18h (12 days after round 4)
   
   So, yes, Rounds 4 and 5 came out fairly close together. This was intentional. Silly Knig-it came on board to help save the schedule because I was floundering, and I asked him to send the next two rounds fairly close together to help make up for lost time. Really, it's fairly close to the "every two weeks" schedule that was the original goal.
   
   Right now we are 21 days after round 5 went out, so I think we should have the next round ASAP. I don't think waiting for all games to finish in round 3 is a good idea -- that would probably push us to a monthly schedule, which is just too far apart. If, however, there are a significant number of people who are finding the game load excessive, we could switch to "every three weeks" as the target instead of "every two weeks."
   
   Either way, round 6 is due to launch imminently. I'll leave it up for discussion whether (moving forward) most players would like to stick with the "2 weeks" target or adjust to a "3 weeks" target.
   
   Some other announcements:
3. Team 18 (Parked, srmaster, General So) resigned en masse at the end of round 4. I have put out some feelers for a replacement team, but after three weeks have not had anyone step up. Thus, we go to the Special Scoring Rules.

   here's some special rules to cover resignations and disappearances.

   • If a team resigns or is removed after the fifth round, any round for which games have begun will be scored as normal. Any team scheduled to play them thereafter will score the average of what teams playing against them scored in the rounds before they resigned. Example: A team has scored 12, 4, 3, and 9 in the first four rounds. In round 5 it resigns after games have begun. The scores for the first five rounds will stand. Teams scheduled to play them starting with round 6 will be credited 6 points each. The round 5 score will stand, but will not be included in the average, because it is possible that by now they are falling apart, missing turns, etc., and to include that in the average would artificially inflate it.

   I had envisioned that special scoring rules would only kick in after round 5, and we would use reserves until then. As it turns out, however, we have no reserves, so we will start the special scoring rules in round 5 instead of after round 5. Small tweak.
4. My team-mate for many years, TX AG 90 has left CC. Consequently, willedtowin1 will be stepping up to replace him. We will be charged the 5-point penalty for a replacement. This will not show up in the standings until Round 6 is scored.
   
   There was one previous replacement in this tournament: aaronvollrath replaced CaronylKluster on Team 10. This will be charged to them when scoring Round 4.

[willedtowin1]

Theres a new Sherriff in Town


I’m your Huckleberry

[Dukasaur]

Theres a new Sherriff in Town


I’m your Huckleberry

[Silly Knig-it]

Round 6 issued May 11 0215 CCT
Team 1 gets a bye with special scoring rules applied, Team 18 having defaulted

[Dukasaur]

Bsleavitt missed his invites. Re-sent.

[Dukasaur]

Bsleavitt missed his invites. Re-sent.

Accepted re-invites. All games this round have now started.

[Dukasaur]

Only 1 active game in Round 3 now.

[Dukasaur]

Round 7:



12 samwilson323
hudson_guyver
ahdavo1991
Arctic - Fog, Flat Rate, Chained
VS
9 groovysmurf
Caymanmew
misteryforall
Antarctica, escalating



7 DrJusticles
bsleavitt
leeroy jenkins
Transsib 1914, default
VS
Nobody (defunct Team 18)



1. Tin Trumpet
shoop76
enormastitz
Das Schloss, default settings
VS
11 JesseColinScott
Hansei
TheFanny
Nordic Countries -- ? spoils, fog, trench



10 aaronvollrath
dwilhelmi
Tiberius Maximus
Canada
VS
16 AlexV
volrazz
l asticot
Map: WWII Ardennes, fog, no spoils, trench, parachute



19 Team Name: Three Tracks in The Snow
Silly Knig-it
jseal
tamaynet
WWII Ardennes fog, trench, flat, para
VS
13 .SCuD.
Extreme Ways
Swimmerdude99
WWII Ardennes, fog, no spoils, trench, chained
starting in Round 6: fog, no spoils, trench, parachute



4 grt
General Cod
Ukey
Das Schloss, default settings
VS
14 celliottii
Lord Arioch
DP757
Soviet Union



3 Willedtowin1
william tennant
Dukasaur
NW Passage trench
VS
2/21 Snow Bunnies
itake
dshedd
elddir
Transsib 1914, No Spoils, Fog, Trench, Adjacent



8 gorehound
Paul Tabinor
Coors1
Eastern Front, parachute
VS
6 *Pixar*
Happyfeet
Heads or tails
Das Schloss, escalating



5 4 U 2 NV
cheffed
The_Samurai
Antarctica, default settings
VS
15 Lancelot du Lac
Unai
Donelladan
Transsib 1914 - Chained - Trench - Fog- no spoils



20 remo18
General Marshall
11mi15
Nordic Countries - Trench, Fog, NS, Unlimited
VS
17 Bantam
Frank Martel
Shoe555
Map: NW Passage, Fog, Chained, and No Spoils


All games will be Sequential, Automatic deployment, 24-hour turns, and a 50-round limit. When you choose your optional map, you may choose Fog or No Fog, Trench or No Trench, and any Spoils and Reinforcement options. The default if you don't choose will be No Spoils, Chained, Foggy, non-Trench.[/quote]

[Dukasaur]

Updates:

Tonight I scored Round 4, Round 5, and most of Round 3 (there is still one ongoing game in Round 3 which will affect the score for 2 teams.)

Thus all scores are in to the end of Round 5 except one game.

From Round 5 on, everyone scheduled to face the defunct Team 18 scores 9 points.

Quite a few games are ongoing in Round 6. Round 7 should be going out soon.


Just a reminder....

The standings are at https://challonge.com/3bbybd1z/standings.

[Silly Knig-it]

All Round 7 games issued 0600 Jun 23 CCT

Corrected team 13 home game issued 1500 Jun 23 CCT

[Dukasaur]

For some inexplicable reason, three players from two different teams failed to join Game 20999289, even though the same players all joined their other games in the same series.

Weird. Anyway, all three invites re-sent.

[Dukasaur]

For some inexplicable reason, three players from two different teams failed to join Game 20999289, even though the same players all joined their other games in the same series.

Weird. Anyway, all three invites re-sent.

Nevermind. Game created in error. Deleted now.