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sweetberlinetta · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:38 am GMT Post subject:

We had some talk about randoms taking turns when people are to long away
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AC · common Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 317 Location: DC GMA

Looks like the last two games have wrapped up. The four winners were: Dwarves (lastnightsdinner), Lava Elves (sweetberlinetta), Undead (Matthias Maccabeus), and Frostwings (dburkley). On to the finals!

sweetberlinetta · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:26 am GMT Post subject:

On to the semi finals they will be two four player games correct me or confirm if I have the 8 races correct swampstalkers dwarves eldarim frostwings lava elves scalders amazons undead right
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Dolus · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:30 am GMT Post subject:

I thought we just finished 4 games with 4 winners. How do we suddenly have 8 people from 4 people out of 4 games?

AC · common Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 317 Location: DC GMA

I'm not sure that the idea of 2 winners per game was entirely clear. If the objective was simply not to be the first loser, then I think some people (myself, for example) would have played far differently, strategically speaking. It was mentioned at one point, but never confirmed.

Regarding the terms used: A single-elimination tournament is one in which teams play one another once and any team that loses is eliminated (like the NCAA Basketball Tournament). Double-elimination means teams play one another multiple times, either in a round robin or in series, and any team that loses twice is eliminated (like the NCAA Baseball College World Series).

cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:05 pm GMT Post subject:

AC · common Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 317 Location: DC GMA

From the time armies were posted to the last game's conclusion took three months, too. I'm not sure this thing's got the gas to last to August. Smile

DialFforFunky · rare Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 1992 Location: Groningen

I don't mind playing a losers bracket though...

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cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:20 pm GMT Post subject:

Dolus · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:21 pm GMT Post subject:

I'd also be up for just creating additional 3/4-player games

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AC · common Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 317 Location: DC GMA

I'd be willing to play some other losers! I might like to swap about 3-4 points of units in the army. Did we want to allow any of that or keep things fixed?

Dolus · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:04 pm GMT Post subject:

chuckpint · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:19 pm GMT Post subject:

I'd play again if I can change out one Nightmare for a Gold Medallion.
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sweetberlinetta · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:25 pm GMT Post subject:

Up to you guys we can just do the four number ones to finish the tournament anyone else can play there army against anybody else just a really short round robin tournament thoughts but the four winners can't change there armies
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DialFforFunky · rare Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 1992 Location: Groningen

If we are all inclined to add a medallion, wouldn't it be more fun to all leave the medallion out?

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AC · common Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 317 Location: DC GMA

I would not be adding a medallion, because I do not own one and because I do not like them. So we could try where everyone has a medallion but me and I just lose. Or something else.

In seriousness, I do understand Mr. Pint's dilemma, in that he has no good way to bring back units. Each die will only produce magic at a 10% rate, can only double on a Standing Stones, needs 12 magic in any one roll to cast an appropriate spell, and cannot resurrect at all at a Swampland or in Reserves. On the other hand, he is the one who opted to play with 9 Nightmares . . . Wink

Do we want to set a limit of how many points we can exchange? Maybe 4 or 6 points? It's not as though anyone can make a simple swap and gain an advantage over every other participant. Do we want to give the Amazons an exception and maybe let him change up a larger portion of the force on the assumption that the first game was mostly a "test"? Or are we inclined to handicap him on the phony grounds that he's "better than we are"? (They gave me the broken controller in GoldenEye and claimed that it was to offset my superiority, but I'm actually pretty bad at video games and they were just being babies.)

Dolus · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:26 am GMT Post subject:

I'm game either way. I own a couple of gold medallions, but don't use them when I play for a similar reason as AC; I don't like them. Razz

Dolus · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:47 am GMT Post subject:

So who wants to take initiative and create the game? Laughing