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Title: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on November 24, 2018, 11:46:52 AM
Players and Chosen Expansions

Chooselife - The Tower

Halfling - Abbey & Mayor

JackFace - Inns & Cathedrals

Rich_The_Fish - King & Robber Baron

Rosco - Traders & Builders

Thodekey - The Goldmines

Fixtures

Each player is to play a single two-person game of Carcassonne using JCloisterZone against each of the other players in the division. The starting date will be 1st December 2018 and all games must be played and the results posted on this thread before midnight GMT on Friday 16th February 2019. The starting player in each case will be chosen at random.

The tile set for each game will consist of the base game and each of the competitors' chosen expansions, i.e. two expansions are to be used in every match.

The Division

As a result of each match, each player will be awarded league points according to the following rules:-

Most game points for roads – 1 point
Most game points for cities – 1 point
Most game points for cloisters – 1 point
Most game points for farms – 1 point
Most game points overall (formerly referred to as 'a win') – 1 point
Tying any of the above with opponent – 0.5 points

This means that all matches have 5 points available to be distributed to the two players.

A league table with points gained from matches played will be maintained and regularly posted to this thread by the tournament organiser.

The top ranked two players after all matches have been played will be declared 'Champion' and 'Runner-up' respectively and will both be declared eligible for promotion. The lowest ranked two players will be eligible for relegation.

In addition to the Champion and Runner-up, the following will be awarded:-

The Brave Brigand – the player with the most league points for roads
The Knoble Knight – the player with the most league points for cities
The Crafty Cleric – the player with the most league points for cloisters
The Fruitful Farmer – the player with the most league points for farms
The Triumphant Tiler – the player with the most league points for winning games

After each match, it is the winner's responsibility to ensure that the result is posted to this thread clearly showing the points awarded separately for Roads, Cloisters, Cities and Farms.

The full rules have been attached for you all to read at your leisure.

Please do not start playing league matches until 1st December, but it would be in all players' interests to try out a few pre-season matches as in my Freshers' Week post earlier today. http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4138.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4138.0)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: danisthirty on November 26, 2018, 03:50:53 AM
Good luck all! :(y)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on November 26, 2018, 04:17:41 AM
Dudes,

I'm mostly available on lunch hours and a few afternoons during the week.
Evenings will depend on the kids but I'm usually available after 21h00 GMT.

Please just reach me on SLACK or by PM.

Good Luck All
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on November 26, 2018, 04:58:42 AM
Hi Guys! I have not fallen out with you lot, I have just put myself in the lower division to try to get things running smoothly, as most of the newbies are in that division.

To that end, I would be very grateful if you could make a few pre-season friendly challenges against the guys in the Premiership (except Dan, who already has experience of the system) and in league A (except myself, obviously).

Real games can commence on Saturday.

Good luck to you all.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on November 26, 2018, 08:24:02 AM
I'm full on producing my pbm football magazine /game which I plan to publish on Sunday, so I am unavailable until next week.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 03, 2018, 10:53:21 AM
Anyone up for a game this evening?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 03, 2018, 11:12:00 AM
I should be online around 21h00 GMT
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 03, 2018, 11:36:46 AM
Marvellous
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 03, 2018, 11:37:06 AM
I should be online around 21h00 GMT

Good luck guys! I just put my money on a 2.5/2.5 draw. Don’t let me down!  ;D
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 03, 2018, 01:47:53 PM
You've achieved the impossible Steve-o; Chooselife and I both won!   I scored more points which is obviously the best thing to do.  Chooselife won 3 of the individual metrics to take a 3-2 win for this league. 
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 03, 2018, 01:50:19 PM
Guess that Steve won and both of us lost  >:D >:D O0
(https://i.imgur.com/PTz4SJUl.jpg)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 03, 2018, 01:54:13 PM
Thanks for the game, I love both The Tower and Abbey and Mayor so this was the one I most looked forward to.

Good luck in the other matches.

Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 02:40:26 AM
Anyone fancy a daytime game today?

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 04, 2018, 03:12:26 AM
If the boss take the afternoon off count me in.
Will advise.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 03:41:04 AM
Let me know.  I will be going out at 1500 gmt

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 04:13:15 AM
I can play between now and 1500 GMT if that works.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 05:33:27 AM
I will go online now

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 05:35:16 AM
I will go online now

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Cool. Can you host?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 05:36:15 AM
No I am not able to.   Online server?

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 05:37:21 AM
No I am not able to.   Online server?

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Sure. Just let me know what to do.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 05:40:11 AM
Click play online, enter your name, click connect.  Then enter my game

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 05:42:06 AM
Click play online, enter your name, click connect.  Then enter my game

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Great. I’m in.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 05:57:40 AM
The game has crashed.  If you are still in, save it.

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 05:59:16 AM
The game has crashed.  If you are still in, save it.

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Okay, done that.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 06:00:43 AM
Ok.  Send the file to Decar - he can usually find the fault and send it back to you to load as a saved game when we have someone to host.  But we will have to wait. 

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 06:04:30 AM
Ok.  Send the file to Decar - he can usually find the fault and send it back to you to load as a saved game when we have someone to host.  But we will have to wait. 

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Okay, will do.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: danisthirty on December 04, 2018, 06:41:41 AM
Just in case it's useful for anyone who wishes to be able to host games on their own PC/ laptop rather than using the online server, please see the attached guide which may help with the necessary network/ router tweeking.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 04, 2018, 06:43:08 AM
Just in case it's useful for anyone who wishes to be able to host games on their own PC/ laptop rather than using the online server, please see the attached guide which may help with the necessary network/ router tweeking.

Thanks for the quick response Dan. I believe that Rosco will find this very useful!  :(y)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 04, 2018, 06:46:19 AM
Thanks.  I will try to sort it out tomorrow. Night shift tonight.

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 04, 2018, 07:46:16 AM
Now that we have one successful game under our belts (and one not so successful), I can produce the first league table of the season.

Well done to Chooselife for winning, and well done to Halfling for .. em .. winning!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 04, 2018, 12:23:48 PM
I'll be able to play in 30/45m from now
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 02:04:58 PM
Anyone available now?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 04, 2018, 02:07:01 PM
I am.
Pop up on slack
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 04, 2018, 03:42:43 PM
Good game v Chooselife
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 05, 2018, 01:21:14 AM
Updated Championship League table after 2 matches.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 05, 2018, 04:09:30 AM
anyone available?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 05, 2018, 05:54:39 AM
anyone available?

I can be in about half an hour.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 05, 2018, 05:58:25 AM
 I will have 45 mins to do it

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 05, 2018, 07:36:50 AM
Good game! Made the time on the motorway pass quickly! Thanks.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 05, 2018, 07:57:54 AM
Two table updates in a day! Looks like we have a competition on here!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 05, 2018, 02:17:41 PM
I can play now if anyone is free.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 06, 2018, 05:45:44 AM
Hey guys, (i guess you are all guys...if not, my sincere apologies for my sexism)

Anyone able to play a game next saturday 8th of december?  I'm available all day then.

Cheers!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 06, 2018, 10:55:33 AM
I can play this evening
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 07, 2018, 01:07:21 AM
Can anyone play during the day today.

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 07, 2018, 01:11:00 AM
@rosco @rich_the_fish @thodekey I'm alone at the office today would be a good day for a day time game
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 07, 2018, 01:14:05 AM
I can play now if you like?


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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 07, 2018, 02:32:38 AM
Chooselife 240
Rosco 199

Game - Chooselife
Cities - Chooselife
Roads - Rosco
Cloisterd - Rosco
Farms - Rosco

rosco 3
Chooselife 2
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 07, 2018, 02:40:47 AM
Here is the latest version of the Championship league table as it stands this morning.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 07, 2018, 02:51:10 AM
Incredible how I'm still leading this.  ;D ;D O0 O0
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 07, 2018, 04:34:30 AM
Anyone free now? I’m available for the next couple of hours.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 10, 2018, 11:43:30 AM
Anyone free for a game this evening?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 10, 2018, 12:03:20 PM
Anyone free for a game this evening?

Yep. I can play in about half an hour. Any good?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 10, 2018, 12:08:48 PM
Or indeed anytime after that.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 10, 2018, 12:29:51 PM
ok, ready when you are
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: JackFace on December 10, 2018, 01:23:57 PM
Game v Halfling
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 10, 2018, 11:26:12 PM
The impending doom of playing the UK champion caused me to forget to put my name against the yellow meeple. Relegation here I come.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 11, 2018, 01:22:21 AM
Championship league update after 5 matches played.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 11, 2018, 01:44:09 AM
I'll be able to play during all day today, not sure about the evening.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 13, 2018, 11:28:56 AM
My first game vs the leader of this league, JackFace:

JackFace 199
Thodekey 188

Game - JackFace
Cities - Thodekey
Roads - Thodekey
Cloisters - Thodekey
Farms - Thodekey

JackFace 1
Thodekey 4
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 13, 2018, 12:39:45 PM
Wow - it has happened!!!
Well played Thodekey

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: danisthirty on December 13, 2018, 02:06:18 PM
Wow, so you won on every feature but Jack won the game overall?! TheSteve will be delighted!

Just goes to show that the gold really doesn't like you thodekey!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 14, 2018, 01:23:38 AM
Following the fascinating match between Thodekey and Jackface last night, the Championship is very much wide open.

After 6 games out of 15, the table looks like this.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 14, 2018, 01:43:43 AM
Can anyone do a daytime game today?

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 14, 2018, 02:31:55 AM
Wow, so you won on every feature but Jack won the game overall?! TheSteve will be delighted!

Just goes to show that the gold really doesn't like you thodekey!

Haha, gold is indeed not an expansion that likes me.  It would be tempting to say that those goldmines costed me a 5-0 win in this scoring system but that would be wrong and it wouldn't do right to the game skills of JackFace.  In fact, if it wasn't for the goldmines, it could have resulted in a 4-1 loss for me.  The goldmines might have been the perfect decoy this time...  >:D

Anyway, everything -well, almost everything- to make TheSteveAllen happy.  ;)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 14, 2018, 02:43:01 AM
Wow, so you won on every feature but Jack won the game overall?! TheSteve will be delighted!

Just goes to show that the gold really doesn't like you thodekey!

Haha, gold is indeed not an expansion that likes me.  It would be tempting to say that those goldmines costed me a 5-0 win in this scoring system but that would be wrong and it wouldn't do right to the game skills of JackFace.  In fact, if it wasn't for the goldmines, it could have resulted in a 4-1 loss for me.  The goldmines might have been the perfect decoy this time...  >:D

Anyway, everything -well, almost everything- to make TheSteveAllen happy.  ;)

This is a perfect example of what I had in mind when I set up the league. Using the goldmines as a 'decoy' is a very good tactic and I don't think for one moment that this was accidental. Increasingly players are taking on board that the winning of the game is not 100% what it is all about. It is about winning league points using a Carcassonne match to do so, which is far from being the same thing. I have a feeling that the 'holistic approach' to matches might actually improve everyone's game for 'normal' competitions. I hope so, at least.

Well done to both of you for being a perfect advertisement for this tournament. A merit from me to you both!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 14, 2018, 09:43:28 AM
Winning on points is everything Steve.  :D and is an attitude that will get me relegated.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 17, 2018, 12:45:14 AM
Anyone available tomorrow evening around 19:00 GMT for a game?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 17, 2018, 02:02:29 AM
Anyone available during the day today?

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 19, 2018, 01:41:13 PM
anyone available for a game now
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 20, 2018, 01:50:24 AM
Sorry, I am at work.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 20, 2018, 01:53:36 AM
I can play today during working hours!!
Not sure who I need to play still  O0
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on December 28, 2018, 04:01:40 AM
Close game on all standard point makers.
(https://i.imgur.com/I7Y3SIJl.jpg)
It's a 2,5 - 2,5 league score I guess.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 28, 2018, 04:11:58 AM
@ Halfing, Rosco & Rich the Fish: I'm available all day and evening today for our game in this league
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on December 28, 2018, 04:14:04 AM
I will be home from holiday tomorrow.  I will then be able to play.

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on December 28, 2018, 05:16:56 AM
Gone into work this afternoon, so I have updated the league table.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: danisthirty on December 28, 2018, 05:59:32 AM
Gone into work this afternoon, so I have updated the league table.

You have a league table at work? That sounds like a great way of making your minions compete against each other to win your favor...
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on December 29, 2018, 12:15:04 PM
Evening all. Oops, just discovered this thread! Hope you've had a good day. I could be free shortly for an hr or two just in case anyone wants a game. Apologies I've hardly been around, such a busy month (and likely to continue too).
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on December 30, 2018, 01:11:38 PM
My first game vs the leader of this league, JackFace:
Yet another game in this league:

Halfling 220 - Thodekey 234

Game - Thodekey
Cities - Halfling
Roads - Thodekey
Cloisters - Halfling
Farms - Thodekey

Halfling 2
Thodekey 3

PS: a message to the others in this "Championship" league (or is it the others of the other leagues?).  If we keep up the pace, we can finish this league before the other leagues have even started...  >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on December 31, 2018, 01:33:28 AM
Relegation almost confirmed, try taking a city off me though!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on January 04, 2019, 08:34:31 AM
Sorry for the delay in updating the league table. It is on my machine at work, and I have been on holiday. Nipped in today to get this done.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on January 06, 2019, 11:32:07 PM
I should be able to play this evening if either Rosco or Rich_The_Fish are in the locale?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 06, 2019, 11:53:12 PM
Morning Halfling. I should be free around 7:30pm tonight for our game if that's okay for you?

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on January 07, 2019, 12:22:12 AM
I will be available all day or this evening

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 07, 2019, 01:11:40 AM
Hi Rosco. Just to let you know I'll not be able to play during the day and will probably only have time for one game tonight as I'm still not feeling well, but should hopefully be around later in the week.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on January 07, 2019, 01:57:28 AM
A hard fought 3-2 victory for Halfling
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on January 07, 2019, 01:19:01 PM
Right, that's me relegated, after this last game played.  Hurry up division 3!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on January 08, 2019, 01:34:16 AM
Interestingly, we have our self-confessed relegation contender currently topping the Championship table with 10 out of 15 matches played.

It's a funny ol' game!!  ;D

Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on January 08, 2019, 02:19:35 AM
Interestingly, we have our self-confessed relegation contender currently topping the Championship table with 10 out of 15 matches played.

It's a funny ol' game!!  ;D

All down to Rich, if he pulls out a couple of 5-0 or 4-1 wins then my crystal ball is faulty.  Does the spring league start next week? 
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on January 08, 2019, 02:36:56 AM

All down to Rich, if he pulls out a couple of 5-0 or 4-1 wins then my crystal ball is faulty.  Does the spring league start next week?

I seem to recall that Rich came good later on in the last Basegame league, so this might prove interesting.

Spring league will start on 1st March as promised - will be looking out for you in League 'A' (assuming that I am not relegated).  ;D
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Halfling on January 08, 2019, 03:37:47 AM
Ok, see you in 2 months.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on January 08, 2019, 01:31:58 PM
3-2 to me in the end
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on January 10, 2019, 01:23:03 AM
With only 4 matches left to be played this is still very open.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on January 10, 2019, 01:25:49 AM
Rosco & Rich the Fish,

Anyone up for our game this evening around 20:00 GMT?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 10, 2019, 01:31:25 AM
Would love to but not sure if I'm free tonight until a bit later. Probably need to organise a time with JackFace first too as haven't been able to make it on the several occasions he's messaged me.
Rosco & Rich the Fish,

Anyone up for our game this evening around 20:00 GMT?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on January 10, 2019, 04:27:42 AM
Hello Rich the Fish,

We'll see this evening.  If you can't arrange to play vs JackFace this evening...i'll be around on Slack.  Later then 20:00 GMT is possible for me too...till around 22:00 GMT starting hour.

Would love to but not sure if I'm free tonight until a bit later. Probably need to organise a time with JackFace first too as haven't been able to make it on the several occasions he's messaged me.
Rosco & Rich the Fish,

Anyone up for our game this evening around 20:00 GMT?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on January 10, 2019, 10:05:18 AM
I will be available at about 9.30

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 10, 2019, 11:43:41 AM
Hi thodekey. Thanks for the offer and being understanding. Just wanted to let you know JackFace and I are playing tonight. Tbh, I could also do with learning the rules to the mini expansion you've chosen before we play as I'm not familiar with it. Looks like a busy few days ahead, so I'll send you a PM at some point once I know when I might be available. Cheers

Hello Rich the Fish,

We'll see this evening.  If you can't arrange to play vs JackFace this evening...i'll be around on Slack.  Later then 20:00 GMT is possible for me too...till around 22:00 GMT starting hour.

Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on January 10, 2019, 01:33:34 PM
I'm online now and on Slack

I will be available at about 9.30

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Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 10, 2019, 01:57:49 PM
A rather close game with jackface tonight. An even share of the spoils with 2.5 pts each. It could easily have been different had either of us known the scores on the doors as we approached the last few tiles as it was quite finely balanced. Thanks very much for the enjoyable game.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rosco on January 10, 2019, 02:21:28 PM
A very tense game with Thodekey which could have gone either way right up to the end.  1 game point difference in the cloisters!
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on January 10, 2019, 02:30:42 PM
If only I had placed that RRFF tile near my cloister on my 2nd last tile...then it was 2,5-2,5.  :o
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on January 11, 2019, 01:28:39 AM
Looks like we are in for a very interesting last 2 matches here with all to play for.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on January 21, 2019, 01:41:55 AM
Hello Rich,

Would this evening suit you to play our game?  I'm available from 20:00 CET till 23:00 CET.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on January 25, 2019, 04:38:48 AM
Just to keep folk in the loop, I've sent Thodekey and chooselife a msg about the remaining games. Essentially something unexpected has cropped up and I'll definitely not be avail for the next few days or so.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on February 11, 2019, 04:58:55 AM
Hello Rich,

Last week to play our game.  What about this evening?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 05:16:34 AM
Blimey, completely forgot about this, thanks for the reminder! Yes tonight is good, anytime after 7:30pm (GMT), although I can't host. Let me know what time is convenient for you. Cheers
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on February 11, 2019, 06:01:06 AM
Super!  7:30 pm (GMT) is fine, 8:00 PM would be perfect.
I can't host either (i don't know how it works) so
- we find somebody else to host
- OR we take the risk of playing online (I had to replay 1 game in this league thus far)
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 06:03:28 AM
Super!  7:30 pm (GMT) is fine, 8:00 PM would be perfect.
I can't host either (i don't know how it works) so
- we find somebody else to host
- OR we take the risk of playing online (I had to replay 1 game in this league thus far)
Great stuff, 8pm it is then (I'll be on Slack then). Happy to give the online server a go (and will save regularly just in case someone can get it reloaded should it fail).
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Chooselife on February 11, 2019, 06:33:51 AM
Hi Rich,

Any chance of a later game today?
Maybe around 22h00.

Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 06:40:28 AM
Hi CL. 22:00 (GMT) should be just fine. Thanks for message, was intending to get in touch after work, but you beat me to it. It'll be good to play these last remaining games tonight and discover my fate in the league. Catch you later
Hi Rich,

Any chance of a later game today?
Maybe around 22h00.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: danisthirty on February 11, 2019, 09:29:38 AM
Super!  7:30 pm (GMT) is fine, 8:00 PM would be perfect.
I can't host either (i don't know how it works) so
- we find somebody else to host
- OR we take the risk of playing online (I had to replay 1 game in this league thus far)

Happy to host for you guys if you're in need?
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on February 11, 2019, 09:48:13 AM
If anyone else needs a host, get in touch in Slack.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 09:48:48 AM
Thanks for the msg Dan, it'll probably be safer if we dial in and use your laptop. Thanks mate.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 09:49:52 AM
Cheers Steve
If anyone else needs a host, get in touch in Slack.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: thodekey on February 11, 2019, 01:07:46 PM
Rich the Fish 2 - 3 Thodekey

Because only the winner of this league could get promoted, there were only 2 ways left for me to win this league:
- win my last game vs Rich the Fish with 3,5 or more
- win my last game vs Rich the Fish with 3-2 and have a huuuuuuuuuuge points difference (which was in fact impossible because we both had chosen a small expansion)

It was pretty clear during the game road and farmer points would be mine.  It was also clear that Rich did much better in scoring cities then I did.  So my fate depended on cloisters and victory on points.  The points, I won thanks to my early farmer in the slowly expanding farming field and thanks to my -for once- 2 extra gold bars.

So, a tie in the cloisters was enough...was it?
Well, Lady Luck vomited again in my face: with 10 cloisters in the game and 8 already played, we were both exactly even in cloister points and we both drew one of the remaining cloister tiles some 10 tiles before the end.  Rich saw the potential, placed it better then me and succeeded in surrounding it better with the last tiles then I did...result: 1 point too short to tie the cloisters and win this league.  The very same 1 cloister point too short in my game against...Rosco! 

To conclude:
- That's it! No religion for me anymore! :-s
- Congrats to Rosco for winning this league unless Chooselife succeeds an stunning 5-0 victory in his remaining game vs Rich the Fish!
- Many thanks to Dan's laptop for hosting this game
- A thumbs up for Rich for making it damn difficult for me  :). No really, it was a fun game
- And last but not least: thank you Steve for this fantastic initiative.  Already looking forward to the next one.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: Rich_The_Fish on February 11, 2019, 02:45:49 PM
Rich_The_Fish v Chooselife
 :red-meeple: 4 v  :yellow-meeple: 1

Blimey, what a tense and rather cautious game that was - the tower is so brutal!
This game was so finely balanced and could so easily have gone either way. In the end, there were a couple of critical tiles which really dictated the scoring...
The main city (worth 30 points) was vacant for about 12 tiles after CL captured my meeple - had he drawn the CFFF after this and finished the city then it would have been a totally different game.
In fact, right up until the last few tiles I thought it'd lost 2-3, but struck lucky with the draw and got a tower piece (RFRC) which allowed the capture of the main yellow farmer. This gave me enough farm and overall points to steal the win.
Thanks for the very challenging game Chooselife.

I believe this brings the Championship league to a close - thanks so much to all of you for the games, there have been several expansions I've never used before so really pleased to have learnt them.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on February 12, 2019, 01:26:59 AM
Congratulations to all players in this league for having completed all their matches in the time allocated!!!

Well done to Rosco as Champion and Thodekey as a very close runner-up.

Promotions and relegations will be sorted out once other leagues are completed.
Title: Re: CCDL - Championship Winter 2018
Post by: TheSteveAllen on February 15, 2019, 04:49:32 AM
Guys, there is an important announcement here about the Spring league:-

http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4216.0

I hope that you will all be signing up for this again.