Vassal Autumn 2017 Tournament (official thread)

[Green Knight 9,746]

On 9/29/2017 at 5:39 AM, CaribbeanNinja said:

CNinja v MHD goes down to an 87-68 victory (whopping 19 MOV) to me. 

MHD chose to go second, which ended up to be crucial.  I chose his Hyperspace Assault and we basically played ring around the Debris.  

I bagged an almost impossible to kill Raider and his FSprays.

MHD got my Gozantis and three Interceptors. 

It is always a pleasure to take on MHD, and I'm rooting for him in the eliminations!

And this oc means that @Paindemic7708 has qualified for eliminations!

[Green Knight 9,746]

On 9/28/2017 at 1:17 AM, Dr alex said:

Well @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace won with an MoV of 100. We played his minefields and I deployed poorly with My MC80 off to one side. I caused damage, he repaired it. His flotillas led a charmed life with all but one just surviving. I lost two CR90bs and a scout hammerhead. 

120-20 to @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace

What was this about go big or go home? 

SO now nobody OR irish needs to win with 101 MoV...

[GhostofNobodyInParticular 2,497]

34 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

SO now nobody OR irish needs to win with 101 MoV...

Erm. . . our game is over. MoV 38. . .

[Green Knight 9,746]

2 hours ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

Erm. . . our game is over. MoV 38. . .

So @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace proceeds to eliminations. Wonderful!

(I was totally on top of this, full control)

[Tokra 2,147]

nm, didn't see the next page (to early).

We just need to wait for the last game: Maturin vs jp82729 to know who get the wild cards.

 

Edited September 30, 2017 by Tokra

[Ardaedhel 10,844]

4 hours ago, Tokra said:

nm, didn't see the next page (to early).

We just need to wait for the last game: Maturin vs jp82729 to know who get the wild cards.

As unlikely as it is, if I understand correctly it's theoretically possible that both NA:W qualifiers will be complete blowouts of 400+, in which case the bigger MoV would qualify as #2 in the region and the other would qualify as wildcard.

Unless qualifiers don't apply for wildcard?

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

One thing IS for sure: @Green Knightyour choice of separation of the zones was a fantastic choice.  Very minimal scheduling problems.

[Green Knight 9,746]

46 minutes ago, Ardaedhel said:

As unlikely as it is, if I understand correctly it's theoretically possible that both NA:W qualifiers will be complete blowouts of 400+, in which case the bigger MoV would qualify as #2 in the region and the other would qualify as wildcard.

Unless qualifiers don't apply for wildcard?

Qualifiers do not apply, only the Swiss rounds. That was what I had in mind, although I'm not sure it's been clearly conveyed.

[Green Knight 9,746]

38 minutes ago, CaribbeanNinja said:

One thing IS for sure: @Green Knightyour choice of separation of the zones was a fantastic choice.  Very minimal scheduling problems.

Yes, it's worked MUCH better.

I also think it was a nice idea to have spots 2-5 duke it out. Makes it worthwhile to go that extra mile to play the final game.

[Undeadguy 5,749]

Any idea on the time frame for the finals? I keep checking back to see if we have pairings and I'm always sad. 

[Ginkapo 9,321]

6 hours ago, Green Knight said:

Yes, it's worked MUCH better.

I also think it was a nice idea to have spots 2-5 duke it out. Makes it worthwhile to go that extra mile to play the final game.

Bear in mind it was the MOV wildcard that made me go uber risky with my play.... hence the 10-1 that RealAd got. 

Not saying he wouldnt have beaten me anyway, just not 10-1. Would have been a lot more conservative play on my part that I suspect he could have repaired through. 

[Ardaedhel 10,844]

Just now, Undeadguy said:

Any idea on the time frame for the finals? I keep checking back to see if we have pairings and I'm always sad. 

We still have to wait for Maturin and JP to finish the last Round 3 game in about 12 hours before NA:W can even start on our qualifiers, because Maturin still has an outside chance to break into the top 5.  So like a week, depending on when we can get our qualifiers scheduled.

[Green Knight 9,746]

12 hours ago, Ardaedhel said:

We still have to wait for Maturin and JP to finish the last Round 3 game in about 12 hours before NA:W can even start on our qualifiers, because Maturin still has an outside chance to break into the top 5.  So like a week, depending on when we can get our qualifiers scheduled.

This game is about to start.

[CaribbeanNinja 6,207]

31 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

This game is about to start.

****!

Somehow Spectrum is down, and the only web-site that seems to work right is FFG!

I wants my Vassal!

[jp82729 161]

A tight win for@Maturin to finish up the final game of round 3.  Playing opening salvo, Tycho took the final pot shot of the game on my ISD to swing a 208-206 Imperial victory into a 281-208 loss! Overall a fun game with a good opponent.

[Maturin 1,583]

13 minutes ago, jp82729 said:

A tight win for@Maturin to finish up the final game of round 3.  Playing opening salvo, Tycho took the final pot shot of the game on my ISD to swing a 208-206 Imperial victory into a 281-208 loss! Overall a fun game with a good opponent.

Yes, I was worried when @jp82729 chose my Opening Salvo as the mission.  Definitely a double edged sword - with so many dice flying around, I think 4 ships tied on turn 4....the game got a lot faster after that. 

A fun game with a very courteous opponent.  Not the 10-1 I needed for the wildcard slot - sorry to make everyone wait an extra week!  (Probably all the best as this fleet really could use some tweaks)  

Logfile:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_IfQaBa5d6mVlFNZDRYRklSTk0

[Green Knight 9,746]

NA:West

Round 1

1: @itzSteve VS @SkyCake - Match Results: @itzSteve is the winner 463 to 99

2: @moodswing5537 VS @Ardaedhel - Match Results: @moodswing5537 is the winner 162 to 140

3: @Undeadguy VS @jp82729 - Match Results: @Undeadguy is the winner 311 to 81

4: @Matt Antilles VS @JJs Juggernaut - Match Results: @JJs Juggernaut is the winner 61 to 115

5: @Maturin VS @SilentSteve - Match Results: @Maturin is the winner 218 to 211

6: @DoubleDown217 VS @BiggsIRL - Match Results: @BiggsIRL is the winner 0 to 215

Round 2

1: @itzSteve VS @Undeadguy - Match Results: @Undeadguy is the winner 123 to 339

2: @BiggsIRL VS @moodswing5537 - Match Results: @BiggsIRL is the winner 239 to 88

3: @JJs Juggernaut VS @Maturin - Match Results: @JJs Juggernaut is the winner 333 to 95

4: @Ardaedhel VS @Matt Antilles - Match Results: @Ardaedhel is the winner 236 to 95

5: @SilentSteve VS @DoubleDown217 - Match Results: @DoubleDown217 is the winner 99 to 231

6: @jp82729 VS @SkyCake - Match Results: @SkyCake is the winner 122 to 303

Round 3

1: @Undeadguy VS @BiggsIRL - Match Results: @Undeadguy is the winner 417 to 65

2: @JJs Juggernaut VS @itzSteve - Match Results: @itzSteve is the winner 146 to 164

3: @Ardaedhel VS @DoubleDown217 - Match Results: @Ardaedhel is the winner 430 to 71

4: @SkyCake VS @moodswing5537 - Match Results: @SkyCake is the winner 332 to 159

5: @SilentSteve VS @Matt Antilles - Match Results: @Matt Antilles is the winner 0 to 366

6: @Maturin VS @jp82729 - Match Results: @Maturin is the winner 281 to 208

Rankings

Rank	Name	Score	MoV	SoS
1	@Undeadguy	27	798	5.0
2	@Ardaedhel	23	500	4.556
3	@JJs Juggernaut	20	292	5.778
4	@itzSteve	19	382	7.111
5	@Matt Antilles	18	366	5.889
6	@BiggsIRL	17	366	5.556
7	@SkyCake	17	354	4.444
8	@Maturin	15	80	4.333
9	@moodswing5537	12	22	6.333
10	@DoubleDown217	11	132	5.556
11	@SilentSteve	10	0	4.889
12	@jp82729	9	0	6.556

[Green Knight 9,746]

NA:West Win big or go home

Deadline: Sunday 8th October

1: @itzSteve VS @Matt Antilles

2: @JJs Juggernaut VS @Ardaedhel

[Ardaedhel 10,844]

Jugger and I tentatively looking at Wednesday evening around 7:30PST. If we can't do that, it'll be Friday night.

[Green Knight 9,746]

On 9/25/2017 at 2:51 AM, Ardaedhel said:

Current wildcard standings:

This is an interesting situation. It looks like wildcard is currently held by @GiledPallaeon (429) and @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace (416). 

However the Rear Admiral is also in the EU qualifiers, meaning that if he qualifies there, the wildcard drops down to the next lower MoV.  Who is Tokra, who has already qualified.  In fact, one of the two of these is true of ALL of the top 15 (I didn't check any further) MoVs, except Pallaeon.  But, only one person from each Region can qualify in the qualifiers, so if that person qualifies naturally, their wildcard drops down to the next lower person who did not win a Regional Qualifier.

Which means the absolute lowest possible MoV that could qualify for wildcard--if and only if all of the top MoV slots win their Regional Qualifiers--is 359, held by... me.   

So depending how RearAd, mhd, and itzSteve do in their qualifiers, the bar for wildcard is currently at 416, 386, 364, or 359.

The MoV wild cards are @GiledPallaeon and @mhd.

Edited October 2, 2017 by Green Knight

[Green Knight 9,746]

Front page also updated.

Let me know ASAP if I goofed (VERY unlikely)

NA: West qualifiers

@Undeadguy

@2nd slot NA:W (itzsteve/Matt Antilles/JJ/Ard)

NA: East qualifiers

@Roquax

@Paindemic7708

Euro qualifiers

@Tokra

@Rearadmiralsdoitinspace

MoV wild cards

@GiledPallaeon

@mhd

======

Quarter finals

Q1: @Tokra vs @mhd

Q2: @Roquax vs NA:W 2
                           
Q3: @Undeadguy vs @Paindemic7708
                  
Q4: @GiledPallaeon vs @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace

Edited October 2, 2017 by Green Knight

[Undeadguy 5,749]

1 hour ago, Green Knight said:

Quarter finals

Q1: @Tokra vs @mhd

Q2: @Roquax vs NA:W 2
                           
Q3: @Undeadguy vs @Paindemic7708
                  
Q4: @GiledPallaeon vs @Rearadmiralsdoitinspace

@GiledPallaeon If we both win, we might have a round 2 rematch in the finals 

[Matt Antilles 333]

@Green Knight So is this next round elimination or was it another batch of Swiss rounds?

[Green Knight 9,746]

15 minutes ago, Matt Antilles said:

@Green Knight So is this next round elimination or was it another batch of Swiss rounds?

From now on it's eliminations

[Matt Antilles 333]

@itzSteve vs @Matt Antilles is scheduled for Thursday, October 5th at 6pm US Western time. I forget what the GMT conversion is...