Vassal Freshman Spring 2017 Tournament

[Irishmadcat 292]

Is it possible to play without voice? I'd be interested

[MandoBard 139]

Forgive me, for I am a noob, but what is a vassal tournament

[Mattorium 33]

I would love to play, I tried to DL Vassal on my old laptop but never got it to work, I did get a new Laptop and would like to get it going and get some games in. 

[Green Knight 9,731]

9 minutes ago, Irishmadcat said:

Is it possible to play without voice? I'd be interested

Yes. Most do, actually. It's just a tad bit faster with voice, but absolutely not a requirement.

[Green Knight 9,731]

8 minutes ago, MandoBard said:

Forgive me, for I am a noob, but what is a vassal tournament

Armada tournament, played online, using the Vassal application.

[Irishmadcat 292]

Sign me up. I'm in Ireland. (Which is GMT ) Normally available after 21:00 each night

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

Anybody looking to try Vassal for the first time, @comatose wrote up a good article on getting started with it. Biggs also has a good one.

There are also videos out there, but I can never seem to find them when I go looking...

[Undeadguy 5,749]

1 minute ago, Ardaedhel said:

Anybody looking to try Vassal for the first time, @comatose wrote up a good article on getting started with it. Biggs also has a good one.

There are also videos out there, but I can never seem to find them when I go looking...

I could never find these mystical vids so I never bothered getting into it. At least these guides will help.

[PartyPotato 526]

I would even recommend those that sign up for the tournament to declare your skill/familiarity with using vassal and with that information pair up players in the first round as a new to vassal player vs a more experienced with vassal player with the intent that the experienced player would be able to guide and teach the newer player all of the shortcuts and key strokes that make using vassal a breeze.

 

 

 

[Irishmadcat 292]

Used it to play warmachine long long time ago in an intellectual property far away. 

Edited March 10, 2017 by Irishmadcat

[Green Knight 9,731]

21 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

I could never find these mystical vids so I never bothered getting into it. At least these guides will help.

On the Facebook group. Plus Green Knight had one on YouTube.

[Undeadguy 5,749]

26 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

On the Facebook group. Plus Green Knight had one on YouTube.

Yea there was supposed to be 3 but I could never find them. I think other people had the same problem.

[Ardaedhel 10,840]

11 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

Yea there was supposed to be 3 but I could never find them. I think other people had the same problem.

This is the link I find everywhere, but it just takes me to the top of the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsarmadaonline/photos/?filter=videos

[emsgoof 473]

I would be interested in this!  I've used Vassal twice now for games, and I like the concept of it!

[Green Knight 9,731]

6 minutes ago, Ardaedhel said:

This is the link I find everywhere, but it just takes me to the top of the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsarmadaonline/photos/?filter=videos

I'll look into it.

I regret using Facebook. I should have gone straight you YouTube. But then I deleted the original videos...and the software I used for the remake made the songs atrocious.

Sigh.

[Visovics 1,675]

I would join, but I'd need A LOT of assistance not on Vassal, but on the game itself, since I got no miniatures and no one to play basically ;-; also my mic is broken so it would be even slower

 

[BrobaFett 4,209]

10 minutes ago, Visovics said:

I would join, but I'd need A LOT of assistance not on Vassal, but on the game itself, since I got no miniatures and no one to play basically ;-; also my mic is broken so it would be even slower

 

I think that is the whole idea behind this  when both parties are slow playing and learning as they go, you don't have one player moving lightning fast and the other dragging so no one gets upset. 

I think at this point I know vassal well enough I don't qualify for the tournament, but I don't know it as well as those already spoken up to help tutor, so I will just say this is an awesome idea and hope that vassal catches on with some people, because I am always looking for games!

[Visovics 1,675]

Can I be signed up as "uncertain" then? Not sure about time availability

[Green Knight 9,731]

Just now, BrobaFett said:

I think that is the whole idea behind this  when both parties are slow playing and learning as they go, you don't have one player moving lightning fast and the other dragging so no one gets upset. 

I think at this point I know vassal well enough I don't qualify for the tournament, but I don't know it as well as those already spoken up to help tutor, so I will just say this is an awesome idea and hope that vassal catches on with some people, because I am always looking for games!

I'd say that you're definitely not a vassal noob, but using @Ardaedhel criteria you're good to participate. If you want to.

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

I'd be interested. . . though while I know of Vassal, I have never used it yet, nor installed it (but that's only 'cause I don't know to use it, an annoying never-ending loop of nothingness), I also would be most likely unable to play except for Saturdays (though that may change), and don't have a mike either, so would prefer to avoid speech. . .

Also, does Swiss rounds mean if you lose  one round you're out?

So. . . put me down as 'uncertain' for now, and perhaps if it turns out that the above issues can be bypassed or dealt with, I'll give it a go. . .

[Green Knight 9,731]

39 minutes ago, NobodyInParticular said:

I'd be interested. . . though while I know of Vassal, I have never used it yet, nor installed it (but that's only 'cause I don't know to use it, an annoying never-ending loop of nothingness), I also would be most likely unable to play except for Saturdays (though that may change), and don't have a mike either, so would prefer to avoid speech. . .

Also, does Swiss rounds mean if you lose  one round you're out?

So. . . put me down as 'uncertain' for now, and perhaps if it turns out that the above issues can be bypassed or dealt with, I'll give it a go. . .

Swiss rounds are excellent. They are the best. Top notch. Everybody gets to play all rounds. With opponents on their own level. Its awesome.

On a more serious note: Swiss means that there first round is randomly paired. On the 2nd and 3rd round you get paired with a person that has the same (or close to) the number of points you do. So it doesn't matter if you lose the first round, as you can totally come back from it!

[Green Knight 9,731]

1 hour ago, Ardaedhel said:

This is the link I find everywhere, but it just takes me to the top of the FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsarmadaonline/photos/?filter=videos

Try this one instead: https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsarmadaonline/videos/

And this (horrible sound!):

 

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

8 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

Swiss rounds are excellent. They are the best. Top notch. Everybody gets to play all rounds. With opponents on their own level. Its awesome.

On a more serious note: Swiss means that there first round is randomly paired. On the 2nd and 3rd round you get paired with a person that has the same (or close to) the number of points you do. So it doesn't matter if you lose the first round, as you can totally come back from it!

Sound good to me. So assuming my complete lack of knowledge of Vassal, and my availability being limited to Saturdays (almost anytime after 11 AM and before 8 PM, GMT) are of no, or little, hindrance, I'd be happy to participate. Just please do me the favor of explaining how I arrange games, and how I set up the battlefield and fleets (something that I got stuck on a year ago when I last tried it, and which caused me to uninstall the program).

[Green Knight 9,731]

Question: does anyone know of a good program for making screen captures with voice added? I can redo the tutorials and put the on youtube if I can get some decent software.

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,493]

1 minute ago, Green Knight said:

Question: does anyone know of a good program for making screen captures with voice added? I can redo the tutorials and put the on youtube if I can get some decent software.

I used OBS Studio once. . . I'm not sure what you mean with voice added, but if you mean something like having a voice-over added later, after being recorded separately, then that is what I did, and it worked out fairly well. At least the video and sound were in decent quality, and if I could figure out how to use it, it can't be too hard. . .