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The final battle
« on: October 21, 2018, 02:50:41 AM »
A few days remain to know the name and nationality of the king or queen of Carcassonne. There will be many candidates who, physically in Essen but mentally in the fields of Carcassonne, will fight for the prized honor of leading all the carcassonneras and carcassonneras.

After regional skirmishes and battles for the control of entire countries, the final battle arrives. On October 27 someone will dominate the world, and it will not be Trump or Putin.

Who will it be? From the Plaza de Carcassonne we pointed several names to stand when they all have fallen with the meeples sliding between their fingers.

Favorites:

Pantelis Litsardopoulos (Greece)

He has won two World Cups to date, he has participated in all the finals since 2013 and he is the Gold Meeple. Without a doubt he is the top favorite. Only the pressure he feels to maintain his legend can play against him.


Tomasz Preuss (Poland)

He is the current world champion and the great alternative to Pantelis. To revalidate the trophy, I would also have almost sure the Gold Meeple of 2018.


Martin Mojzis (Czech Republic)

Although on paper, Mojzis may be behind Pantelis or Tomasz to win the World Cup, we must not lose sight of him. In fact, we bet on him. He has extensive experience in the tournament, has also been World Cup winner and never fails to the high places. Why is our bet for this year? Because he should feel less pressure than his aforementioned rivals.


Matej Tabak (Slovakia)

Close the poker of great favorites, Matej Tabak (4th in the Gold Meeple 2017). The Slovak usually falls in the semifinals but the arrival to a final is a matter of time, will it happen in 2018? In addition, like Martin Mojzis, Tabak will have in his favor a lower pressure than Pantelis and Tomasz.

The participation of these great masters of Carcassonne returns to give the tournament a very high level. Complicated will be the four to win but more so the rest of the participants, because just like the immortals, there can only be one!

To consider:

Lorenzo Miguel Soler (Spain)

Every year we have hope in our representative but this year we do believe that we can sneak into high positions. Lorenzo will have against the nerves that can feel to debut in the World Cup but we trust that his age (50 years) will help alleviate this.

Why this year we believe more in the Spanish representative? Lorenzo Miguel has won the first national of Spain with four rounds of 1vs1, including the final. This 2018 we have seen the National most similar to the World Cup and, therefore, logic says that our representative is better prepared than other years.

Absences:

This year we will miss Vladimir Kovalev (Russia), Takafumi Mochizuki (Japan) and Els Bulten (Holland). They already stayed out of the top 5 of the Gold Meeple 2017 and this year they do not participate in the World Cup. Bad times for the three who, not long ago, triumphed in Essen. We will also miss a representative for Australia, a country that is in 9th place in the world ranking.

What will happen in Essen on October 27? Who will commit an error that will haunt you all your life? Who will risk and thanks to that reckless action will conquer the fields of Carcassonne? Who, fruit of the nerves, will see his hand tremble when placing a tile? Who will shake the hand of his rival after winning the World Cup?

Only the meeples know it.

Origin: https://laplazadecarcassonne.blogspot.com/2018/10/la-batalla-final.html

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Re: The final battle
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2018, 02:36:28 PM »
Did the battle take place?
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Re: The final battle
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2018, 02:51:09 AM »
No they cancelled it and had 'Pretzel variations'

Japan
Romania
Germany
Poland
Greece
Czech Republic

all played in the semi-finals.  I'll be writing a report about my trip to Essen last week at some point over the weekend.
Japan took the victory, in a thrilling game.  I suggest taking a look at @Carcassonne on twitter.

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Re: The final battle
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2018, 04:05:03 AM »
Shame it was cancelled. Who knew Japan was the king of pretzels.


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Re: The final battle
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2018, 05:07:40 AM »
what is the reason of cancelation?

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Re: The final battle
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2018, 05:13:40 AM »
what is the reason of cancelation?

It was the only sensible course of action considering what happened... :(
« Last Edit: November 02, 2018, 05:19:54 AM by danisthirty »


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