Tournament of Champions (Season 4) for AA 50 Anniversary '41 version
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Just another unmarked soldiers grave.
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OK, a couple players have finished their games, and sent me emails directly. Just a friendly reminder to post your result here at the Forum. Updated bracket here:
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@deltium we finished our game and it was Excellent! Ty you for the game @Stroid
here is the save file
0_1517322430842_pras axis vs stroid allies.tsvg -
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Deltium (Axis) defeats Beck (Allies, with bid of 14) in Round 11. First, Beck is a professional and swift player. Allies opted for a KGF and made good initial progress, along with its bombers causing incredibly painful damage , with 4 Allied bombers surviving intact through Round 7, without any losses, and huge IPC damage to Germany. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, Beck masterly utilized the UK to thin Germany in key territories like Poland, where it had a defensively solid position, but the consistent thinning of unit count allowed the Allies to ultimately stack NWE and trade France repeatedly. However, the Japanese war machine patiently advanced to Persia, which along with some German air support secured a pivotal position in Kazakh. Shortly thereafter, Japan captured Moscow, and the Allies graciously resigned. Good game Beck!
Game file attached:
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Reporting game "hope this is the right spot
TimeLord vs andrewthree
TimeLord 1-0
Win by honorable surrender by andrewthree
Happy hunting all
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Wasp(axis) wins vs. Mogwai(allies). Stalin gets his way as the western allies employ a break germany by attrition strategy. Stalin sips on vodka as yanks and tommies die by the 10's of thousands across the beaches of europe. It turns out, the Italians do have the will to fight! Later...the red army reaches the gates of the reich itslef! However, japan lays siege to the caucasus and raids moscows' backyard. The end comes soon after as the imperial air wing destroys the british fleet reinforcing the red army in poland. The only job left is to round up all the allied war criminals and sentence them to our justice!
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Just to check, I guess me and the other dude (silent I think it was) are definetely out right, nobody needs a replacement?
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Hi Ondis - thanks for checking again, but we are OK. I do plan to launch a new tournament for AA 50 '41 after this one is completed. In the meantime however, if you are receptive, I am accepting registration for a Revised tournament at the following link, which should launch in late February. Cheers, Deltium
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/545/revised-tournament-of-champions-season-12-toc-12
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sneakingcoard against quartermaster
Axis vs Alliesallies was getting pu advantage.
europe all surrounded.
but allies was having its stalingrad at balkans, 3 rounds later russia has fallen.
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andrewthree(Allies) defeated Beck (Axis). Axis ran into some bad luck early in Caucasus. Allies focused on bombing Germany, sending troops to Middle East and submarine warfare in Pacific. Axis had difficulty recovering and eventually decided there was no point continuing, conceding on round 7 Germany.
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@andrewthree was a good game ,i will mention that battle calc wasnt working properly,we both agreed on that and that axis had very very bad dice not only early on,but thru out whole game which made the match no fun for me at all.
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Mogwai advances vs. Riverrat, due to forfeit.
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FYI - the last game in Round 1 will be finished not later than Feb 28th. The pace is moving a bit slowly overall, so I am going to set a new time deadline of 30 days for all games going forward and a time deadline of 36 hours per move.
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General_Zod advances vs. Blackskull by Adjudication. Blackskull played the Allies with a bid of 12. This was a very complex board position, and 3 qualified and expert AA50 players carefully considered the board position, strategic position, and all factors to assess this winner, which was unanimous in the favor of the Axis.
However, both players demonstrated good sportsmanship and gameplay.
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@deltium Would it be a good idea to share the save game in this case? Or do you have concerns since it ended with adjudication?
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@redrum - good point, and agree that it is OK to share the game file (attached)
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@redrum No concerns regarding the decision, it was a well deserved victory for the General.
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@blackskull Glad to hear. I just always like to see improved visibility in the community and sharing the final save games which @Deltium has ton a pretty good job of so far
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We need a ruling on the following scenario.
So I stole a certain victory from the jaws of defeat, and @Raville is being a sore sport and contesting the LL battle. On a silly game engine shortcoming after the battle was over.
Here is the scenario. The game is Low Luck. It was played very aggressively by his axis and he eventually took Moscow on R11. I made a tactical retreat into eastern Europe rather than face certain death in Moscow. I decided that I am not surrendering and I would make him earn the victory since I still had significant TUV and a viable option.
I adjusted tactics to fight without mother Russia. I made a feint move into Eastern Europe inorder to occupy the axis with mopping up duties. This gave me 2 rounds to adjust for a Pacific strategy. Plus I already had significant assets positioned in that theatre. After a stunning string of allied naval victories in the pacific. My allies all of a sudden, have a chance to knock the yellow menace out of the war on R13.
Before any moves were made I clearly announced my intentions, and told him the game comes down to one aashot. I have a 33% chance of surviving with enough air units. If he hits 2 air units, Tokyo will have high odds to survive the invasion. If he hits only one fighter, USA has 100% victory by LL calculation. I even revealed to him, that if I hit one Jap unit with the sole British infantry during previous British turn, it wouldn't even matter about the aashots outcome, at all. So my intentions were very clearly established.
He only killed one fighter with his aashot. I proceeded with combat and killed all his units in Tokyo as LL bc had also predicted with 100% certainty (after the aashot casualty was removed).
After 3 combat rounds, I had 1 tank and 2 bombers left and his units were all killed, for all intensive purposes the battle was over. I was astonished that I had pulled it off. Since luck was not with me for most of the game.
So with the current position, the axis has no chance of recapturing Tokyo. For all intensive purposes the war is already over, unless he wants to fight on (which is his up to him). I clicked to proceed. To my astonishment the auto select was still on the tank instead of my bomber, even though I thought I selected the bomber. (there was one allied casualty to be selected of those 3 mentioned) Anyways, @raville is contesting my capture of Tokyo because of that game engine shortcoming (casualty auto select).
We agreed no edits, however I argue this is just bad sportsmanship by @raville. It simply goes against proper spirit of triplea gaming. I did pay special attention to the reselection of casualties, for each combat round since it kept picking my land units (2 combat rounds previous).
I tried to select bomber instead of tank and obviously, he knows it. If the shoe were on other foot. I would definitely not contest this scenario. Honestly I would be pissed. But at myself for getting outplayed. However, I would still go out with some class and congratulate him on his decisive game play, regardless of my will to continue.
I could understand if the battle was still ongoing with more combat rolls ensuing. But this is just silly. Honestly I'm disappointed that he even feels this is an honorable way to even win. TOC or not!
One last point, no edits only applies to forgotten moves and what not. That never applies to game engine quirks. Especially one like this, that was immediately caught and without any further battle rolling to muck it up further. This would not even be an issue on table top. Did he honestly think I did not want Tokyo, haha, common bro.
Here is the game save. I will be happy to give you more information if required.
On a side note, at least I'm keeping you busy, hehe.
0_1520409539457_ww2.v3.toc.match.2_GZ.allies_v_Raville.axis__r13_usa_cm._03.02.2018.tsvg
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