Author Topic: A Welcome Tournament for New Members (Read 94538 times)

Rich_The_Fish · « **Reply #195 on:** August 26, 2015, 02:52:01 PM »

Lukey-Dukey and Joansinmiedo played earlier tonight in what was the final round 1 game for Group 2.

From what I understand, it was a rather close game throughout and was only decided right near the end when the Lukey-Dukey managed to hold on to the northern field. At one stage Joansinmiedo got about a dozen road tiles on the bounce, so this really limited his scoring and hampered his game early on.

Final scores were:
Lukey-Dukey : 91

Joansinmiedo : 70

Decar · « **Reply #196 on:** August 27, 2015, 02:00:09 AM »

Congratulations Lukey-Dukey - it looked like a very fun game!

This means there's ONLY one match left to play: LOMDR vs Halfling. Has anyone heard anything from LOMDR?

I know Halfling is on Holiday until Monday, but there's no reason this game cannot be scheduled for early next week.

Curt194 · « **Reply #197 on:** August 27, 2015, 01:03:45 PM »

Hey,

Just to let you know me and Franks are scheduling our game for Sunday as the time difference is making it difficult to arrange something in the week. We are just confirming times now, but it will definitely be Sunday

Decar · « **Reply #198 on:** August 28, 2015, 02:37:39 AM »

Thanks for the update Curt, glad you've got it sorted

Decar · « **Reply #199 on:** August 29, 2015, 12:42:06 PM »

LOMDR has said he will be available Tuesday - Friday 10pm BST - Halfling please let him know which day is best for you as soon as you can.

Thank you both for organizing the last game!

Decar · « **Reply #200 on:** August 29, 2015, 01:09:42 PM »

I'll be writing up the groups for the Next Round tomorrow.

We'll be using the following expansions:
River 2 - 12 tiles , Cult - 6 tiles, Siege - 6 tiles

If you're not familiar with these tiles, it may be worth starting a few practise games - I'll be in the chatroom later this evening if you're interested in trying them out.

Tom

Decar · « **Reply #201 on:** August 29, 2015, 04:01:52 PM »

Ailurius and I just had a practice game. Make sure you have the rules to hand:

https://upsilon.cc/~zack/teaching/1011/gla/carcassonne/cult-siege-creativity.pdf

Thanks for the friendly game

Curt194 · « **Reply #202 on:** August 30, 2015, 07:58:53 AM »

So a very tense game with franks. Incredibly close game and well fought, but Franks took the lead right at the end with an essential farmer (the one on the right with 9 points).

Thanks for a great game!

Final scores:

Franks - 101
Curt_194 - 99

Screenshot below

franks · « **Reply #203 on:** August 30, 2015, 08:07:27 AM »

Thanks Curt194 for such a great game. It could have gone either way!

I had a very early lead that quickly disappeared in the second half of the game. Curt was there every step of the way and every decision counted. That mega city could have made a big difference but that one evened out.

What a great game we play!

Cheers,

Decar · « **Reply #204 on:** August 30, 2015, 02:19:22 PM »

Looks like a fun game. Thank you both for organizing it.

I got a little caught up today. But the tables for Round 2 will be out tomorrow.

Decar · « **Reply #205 on:** August 31, 2015, 11:09:42 AM »

The Final X-Scores for Round 1 -

Group1:

Group2:

One game is left to play: Halfling vs LOMDR.

In order to continue, I have had to make a difficult decision and the rankings for the group are dependant on this game.

LOMDR has informed Halfling and me that he is free to play Tuesday-Friday 10pm. Halfling has yet to confirm a suitable time to play, because he returns from holiday today.

I have 3 choices: 1) Leave it as it is, 2) Award LOMDR a temporary win, 3) Delay Round 2 even longer.

As such, I have decided (for now) to award LOMDR 2 points.

This does affect how the group is ranked. But I know you all want to get playing in the next round. There's still plenty of opportunities for everything to change, before the Final Round.

If people are unhappy the alternative is to wait until this game is finally played, but I know you want to get finished before the World Cup starts!

Here is the final ranking of Group 1 & 2, with the new Groups A, B & C.

Group A:

Group B:

Group C:

Rules for Round 2:

River 2
The Cult
Cathars / Siege

Here's a screenshot for JCZ:

There are some complex rules introduced here, so make sure you're familiar with the rules:

In Brief: https://upsilon.cc/~zack/teaching/1011/gla/carcassonne/cult-siege-creativity.pdf
Or check the CAR!

Round 2 is now Open, please organize your games ASAP!

lomdr · « **Reply #206 on:** September 01, 2015, 03:01:44 PM »

So, Halfling and I decided to finish season 1 of the welcome tourney and...it wasn't my best game

Rich_The_Fish · « **Reply #207 on:** September 03, 2015, 02:36:09 PM »

Hello fellow Group C contestants - just to let you know I've sent you a PM to try and arrange our round 2 game. I neglected to mention that if you're not free this Sat then maybe we could arrange something for one night next week (GMT +1)? Depending on the time (and any of my World Cup games), I can probably be free at some point most weekday evenings next week sometime after 8pm Cheers.

Decar · « **Reply #208 on:** September 03, 2015, 02:43:07 PM »

I'm probably not going to get time to reorganize the groups to take the last game into account until Sunday. I think the only difference is lomdr and halfling would swap place and they are in the same group anyway. So it all worked out the same! That was lucky.

It's up to you, but I'd like to see the tournament continue, let me know now id you would rather I updated the sheets.