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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2017, 02:08:34 PM »
Just played my first match which was an interesting one against a new player for me.

GLH510 started the first game which was going well and we were both fairly evenly matched.  In the end it was down to a couple of tiles, if I had got them I would have won, but I didnt so I didnt win! 
GLH510 has the screen shots for this one.

After this game, I stormed off in a huff as I lost, but I was quickly reminded that we had a second game to play so i re-logged on to play our second game. 

Thisone started well for me and I had the upper hand with several nice features starting, however, GLH510 then played a move I just didnt see coming which I should have which trapped 4 of my meeples with 48 tiles remaining.  Game over for me at that point or so I thought...

I figured I may as well make it as difficult as possible for GLH510 even though I knew I had no chance of winning.  As the tiles were coming up in GLH510s favour it was getting to be a very painful game to play.  But suddenly I notice I wasnt out of the running, and I had a chance, albeit a very slim one.  I pulled out all the stops with my final 10 tiles or so and as the last tile was played, I thought it would be close.  It couldnt have been closer!!!!

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2017, 12:02:57 AM »
As Rosco already wrote. Both games are a bit unusual . First game with a good start from Rosco. He was 20 points ahead in between. Then i managed to get all but one cloister and the main farm. Here i had again all the tiles Rosco needed  :(y) 

Second game with a good start to block him 4 (and one of mine ) meeples. But then main mistake :-( I got the RRFF tile to connect me again to the 18 point farm and i missed it. I calculated and was 1 point ahead with only 1 tile for Rosco and no meeple free on his side. But then he got a city tile with a pennant ...

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2017, 01:07:05 AM »
glh510 is a very good player, prior to joining this league he had lost only once against Leven. He was undefeated during the Group stage of the World Cup in 2015.  :(y)

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2017, 03:06:23 AM »
glh510 is a very good player, prior to joining this league he had lost only once against Leven. He was undefeated during the Group stage of the World Cup in 2015.  :(y)

He can't be that good; he lost a game to Rosco! >:D #allaboutthesmacktalk

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2017, 03:08:14 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2017, 03:23:29 AM »
Haha Dan. Forewarned is forearmed!

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2017, 03:26:43 AM »
My forearms have been warned and are at the ready! O0

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2017, 02:50:53 PM »
Dan and I have just played our first match of the league.
I managed to win both games but I have to admit that Dan was quite unlucky this time.

:violet-meeple: Leven vs  :blue-meeple: danisthirty 107:104

:blue-meeple: danisthirty vs :violet-meeple: Leven 87:114
« Last Edit: January 27, 2017, 03:45:07 PM by Leven »

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2017, 02:16:13 AM »
I have to say well played to Leven. He was focussed and totally in control of both games.

The first game was much more enjoyable as it was close throughout. Both of the fffr cloisters came very late in the game and I had an ideal place to put one of them for 9 easy points. This would have been bad for Leven as it would have given the farm away, but fortunately for him he drew both of the remaining cloisters and used them elsewhere. I still managed to win the farm by connecting my farmers in a different way, and had some luck here drawing the tile I needed to join him as my last of the game. Leven had stolen my other farm though, and combined with the points he took for the final cloister I ended up 3 points behind.

The second game was a lot worse. Leven controlled it well, and despite my best efforts to trap his meeples or otherwise make life difficult for him he always managed to elude me. The most frustrating thing about this game was that I spent most of it with 2 meeples stuck in a small city waiting to be closed but I simply couldn't draw a tile to close it even though there were plenty left in the deck! This became even more frustrating when I made the questionable decision to place my last meeple and lost all scoring potential after that. Then I had about 10 tiles in a row that I couldn't use in any constructive (or deatructive) way while Leven continued to make progress with 1 or 2 meeples in hand! Eventually I closed my city for 14 points but I was so far behind by this point that my only hope of winning would have been to have won the main farm outright. I might have done this if I'f drawn the final rrrf tile but this went to Leven and naturally he used it elsewhere. It wouldn't be right to blame this loss on the tiles as Leven was by far the stronger player and deserved the win, but I think his win margin might have been smaller if we'd swapped tiles halfway through the game!

Good luck with the rest of the league my friend :) :(y)

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2017, 04:07:59 PM »
3 matches left to go and here's how the league table is looking so far:

PositionPlayerLeague PointsPD
1Leven 8)230
2Adror138
3glh510115
4khalidqasrawi114
5What If?18
6Chooselife1-8
7Hounk1-14
8Rosco1-15
9TheSteveAllen1-38
10danisthirty :'(0-30

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2017, 12:37:02 PM »
My games vs. Merlin_89 are scheduled for tomorrow.

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2017, 01:26:38 PM »
Halfling and I are playing on Wed.

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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2017, 02:59:24 PM »
As for my comeback... I hoped Carcassonne is like riding on bicycle - you don't forget, but nevertheless I was a little afraid. And games against Jéré were tough!

Game No1 92 Merlin_89 Jéré 90
Game No2 111 Merlin_89 Jéré 112

Those two couldn't be closer, right?


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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2017, 11:39:57 PM »
Wow these games were tough!  :o  Basically, in the first game Merlin started and won with the last tile, then I was the starting player in the second game and also won the game with the last tile.

I didn't want to give Merlin extra motivation but, due to Leven winning his 2 games, he had to also win both games to keep the first rank of the Elo ratings: They were tie at 1437! After our games, Merlin lost 7 pts and is now at 1430. The confrontation between the two will be interesting.  :(y)


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Re: 2017 Basegame League - Round 1
« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2017, 01:53:28 AM »
Oh and as a general note for everybody: I would like to ask all participants to (please!  O:-) ) try their best to post the results of their 2 games in order they were played because it does make a difference for Elo calculation. Maybe just make it clear (eg. "This is Game #1 and that is Game #2") would be sufficient.

Many thanks in advance!  :(y)
« Last Edit: January 30, 2017, 01:57:26 AM by Jéré »


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