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Title: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on November 28, 2017, 01:47:31 PM
Welcome to the group stage of the 2017 World Cup of Carcassonne Central! This thread is primarily for members of Group C to arrange matches between themselves and post scores, screenshots and the obligatory smack-talk as the group progresses. The top 2 players from this group once everyone in the group has played all 5 of their matches will advance through to the knockout stage.

Here is a list of the group members (including location):


If you haven’t read them already, please ensure that you are familiar with the tournament rules/ general information (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3623.msg54092#msg54092) and our Code of Conduct (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2700). You may also find the JCloisterZone FAQ (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=778) interesting/ useful if you have any unanswered questions about how JCloisterZone works (or you can just PM me).

Group stage expansions
All games at the group stage should include the following expansions:
  • Inns & Cathedrals
  • Besiegers
  • The Festival
  • The Phantom

Good luck! :) :(y)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on November 28, 2017, 01:56:22 PM
Hello everyone!

I'm free most weekday evenings starting from tomorrow. I can play weekends at a push but prefer not to if I can avoid it as these are usually reserved for family.

Looking forward to getting our group going (and being the first to finish)... ;)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on November 28, 2017, 03:39:47 PM
I'm usually free 19:00-23:00 EST (5 hours behind the UK and 6 hours behind Belgium) on weekdays and all day on the weekends. I might be able to get away from work earlier in the day sometime next week, but I'm not sure at the point.
Also, I'll receive an automatic notification if someone posts here or sends me a PM. It usually works very well for me.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on November 29, 2017, 12:42:36 AM
Although I'm representing Mozambique (an impulse decision), I live in Portugal so I'm in the same time zone as the UK. Starting tomorrow, I should be  available quite often in the next few weeks, day or night.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on November 30, 2017, 02:13:09 AM
Dan and I are going to try to play tonight.

I'm usually free 19:00-23:00 EST (5 hours behind the UK and 6 hours behind Belgium) on weekdays and all day on the weekends.

Let's try to play this weekend then if you're free, as that will be easier than staying up until midnight on a weeknight.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on November 30, 2017, 01:30:19 PM
Danisthirty and I just played (I believe) the first game of the World Cup in any group in front of a packed stadium and a worldwide television audience in the billions.

Final score: jungleboy 179, danisthirty 169.

As always against Dan, this was a very tough game. After we traded some early points, Dan took control of the game about 1/3 of the way in by competing a 24-point inn road. He never trailed after that until final scoring.

The festival came into play quite a lot. Dan had used his big meeple to secure a 3-2 win in a central farm (21 points) that eventually became closed off. I then used two festival tiles to remove both my defeated meeples, and Dan eventually removed his big meeple (no longer necessary to win that farm) to try to add it to another farm late in the game.

In total, there were three key farms, all aided by multiple besieged cities. The besieger tiles came out early and established where the important farms were going to be. I blocked Dan out of a small but lucrative farm in the northeast (24 points), and on the same move, I started glomming on to the final key farm (33 points) in the north that he had claimed. I later added my big meeple to that farm too. When Dan tried to join his newly available big meeple onto it, I blocked him and then drew the FFRC tile he needed to complete his glom-on on my next turn! That was the key tile of the game.

The cathedrals didn't really come into play. They both got added to the same city, which was never completed and which we had tied up anyway.

Even though Dan maintained a 20-25 point lead throughout most of the game, I realised that if I won two of the three major farms, I still had a chance to win. I completed some roads and added another small farm with my last few tiles and that was enough to get me over the top in a tense and exciting game!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on November 30, 2017, 02:13:14 PM
Great write-up from jungleboy!

As he said, I felt like I had control of the game once I'd finished my long road with inn and secured what was the main farm at that point of the game with my double meeple. I even closed it off to prevent JB from getting an additional farmer onto it, but sadly I'd jumped the gun. :-\

I was the first to claim the north farm which spread across the majority of the landscape, but JB soon equalised it, and I knew I was in trouble when he then got his double meeple onto the farm to take it outright. By this point he had abandoned my 21-point farm in the middle, reclaimed his farmers and put them to good use elsewhere, but I needed a Festival tile in order to reclaim my own double meeple and try to get it onto JB's farm, and they were all hiding from me. I finally managed to get it back with about 20 tiles to go, but JB had anticipated what I was going to do and was starting to close down all the best opportunities to steal onto his farm. So in the end I took a risk, and it didn't pay off as JB was able to block me with his very next tile. What was very frustrating though was that after making a CFFR gap in the space where I'd hoped to join the farm, JB drew a CFFR on his next turn! There was still a slim chance to join on the other side, but I couldn't make this happen with the remaining tiles I drew and played out the rest of the game in silence save for the occasional splash of tear into Pepsi Max... :'(

Well played dude. And good luck with the rest of the competition!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 01, 2017, 01:47:54 AM
Edited final score because of a farm scoring bug (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3654.msg54136#msg54136): jungleboy 182, danisthirty 169.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 01, 2017, 08:11:15 AM
ny1050220 and I have our game scheduled for Sunday - 10am his time (US EST), 3pm my time (UK/POR). Standing room only!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 03, 2017, 07:51:54 AM
jungleboy 259, ny1050220 156

This was a game where everything just seemed to go my way. Apart from the main farm (which we tied), I managed to win the other three main features that we really contested: cities worth 22 and 24 points, and an inn road worth 28 points. In all three cases ny had the majority at one point but I got the right tiles to attempt to glom on and then the right tiles again to join and eventually win the majority. I also completed two early cloisters and then just tried to keep the scoreboard ticking over in the second half of the game with some more cloisters and smaller cities. ny completed his city in the southeast at the death (although I had besieged it earlier) and no one was able to get a fifth meeple onto the main farm.

Thanks for the game!

Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 04, 2017, 07:44:56 AM
Thodekey and I have our game tonight.

I have also contacted monwil and Samool but they haven't replied yet.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 04, 2017, 02:16:04 PM
thodekey 163 - 123 jungleboy

There it was, my first game ever in the World Cup of Carcassonne Central.  After 2 already glorious victories of Jungleboy against Danisthirty and ny1050220, I knew it was going to be tough. My preparation wasn't ideal as I was walking all day like a zombie at work because I had a very fun but almost sleepless weekend in the Ardennes: I was organizing a weekend in a cottage with 7 candidates similar to what some people may know from TV as "The Mole" with lots of games, tasks, elimination tests....but hardly any sleep...Anyway, I couldn't postpone my opening game in WCCC any longer.  But why I'm telling this...just to apologize if the following report is a bit garbled...

Jungleboy scored some small cities in the start and laid down his first farmer rather fast.  I had the feeling we both went for one big farm so I tried to follow his example.  When I drew the first cathedral tile, I started a city in the east but Jungleboy attempted to take over business with a small and a big meeple while I already had a lot of meeples on the board with unfinished business. 
When a had a festival tile, I withdrew my meeple and tried to block the now rather big city or at least limit the possibilities of completing it. 

Meanwhile, Jungleboy started a second cathedral city in the west, which I couldn't block and gave him a 20-points scoring lead.
Then, I knew my chances to win the game would depend on me taking over the main farm and hoping that Jungleboy couldn't complete the big city in the east...I was lucky:
- I drew almost every Festival tile so Jungleboy could never remove his big meeple.  In the meantime, I succeeded in joining my big meeple to the main farm and thus, taking over business.
- luck was even more on my side as I drew as well that one tile Jungleboy needed to complete that city with a cathedral.
Jungleboy played his last card in the end, trying to tie the farm with one of his last two meeples but I succeeded in keeping the first one out.  He used his last meeple in an unclaimed farm, which gave him still 15 points reducing the scoring difference.

Needless to say it was an exhausting game with luck on my side.  Soory for that, Jungleboy, but I'm pretty sure we will see more of you in the knockout-stage...anyway, good luck in the rest of the competition!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 04, 2017, 03:03:08 PM
Well played thodekey! I led for most of the game but I was unable to complete the larger cathedral city or remove my large meeple from it and in the end I didn't have enough meeples left to challenge for the big farm. thodekey used the festival tiles well to remove blocked or outnumbered meeples and redeploy them in the farm.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: SamoolSamosa on December 04, 2017, 03:37:29 PM
I still can't get it to work :((((( sorry
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Sinscerly on December 05, 2017, 12:14:51 AM
I still can't get it to work :((((( sorry

Samuel do you have Java 7 or higher installed?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 05, 2017, 12:41:05 AM
I still can't get it to work :((((( sorry

Samuel do you have Java 7 or higher installed?

There is a link to where you can download it from in my personal message from a couple of days ago.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 07, 2017, 11:41:27 AM
First statistics.
3 games played, 12 left.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 07, 2017, 04:05:40 PM
I will have much more time from now on. I'll PM everyone to schedule the games.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 08, 2017, 09:20:45 AM
I will have much more time from now on. I'll PM everyone to schedule the games.

I didn't get a PM (that I noticed - apologies if I missed it) but I should be available to play either this evening or perhaps at the weekend all being well. Just drop me a PM or comment here if you think you will have time and we can agree on something.

Other than this, I have already scheduled a game with thodekey and it sounds as though Sam is having difficulties getting off the ground. The other person I need to play is monwil but I've not heard from her. Please give me a shout if you're reading this Monica. Looking forward to playing against you again after such a long time! :)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 08, 2017, 09:49:13 AM
Sorry! My bad! I got pulled out of the office just after the post and then got totally wasted last night, and honestly I'm expecting another one tonight, and very likely more on the weekend...
Before everyone frowns upon graduate students' life style, I just want to clarify that three of us just defended this week.
Okay, back to our business, as far as I can see now, I should be available this afternoon. I'll stay in the chat room when I am. Not sure about the weekend yet.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 08, 2017, 11:39:58 AM
I'll happily play against you whenever works best for you if it means you're going to be wasted at the time! >:D
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 10, 2017, 06:47:59 AM
I'm available for the rest of today. I'll be in the chat room.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 10, 2017, 01:47:38 PM
I'm available for the rest of today. I'll be in the chat room.

Thnaks for the game ny1050220! :) :(y)

This was the result:

danisthirty :black1-meeple: 212 - 162 :blue-meeple: ny1050220

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/WC2017_ny1050220.jpg)

This whole game reminded me of a book I once read about a wizard called Harry Potter (you probably won't have heard of it - it's pretty obscure). Anyway, there's this bit right at the end of the last book where Harry is having a battle with the captain of the evil baddies and their wands are all going like mad and they're totally well into it and stuff. But, the wand that the baddy guy is using is loyal to Harry because of something he did earlier which means the bad guy's spell and magic and that doesn't work properly against Harry and sort of backfires so that he blows himself to bits and Harry wins and that's the end.

So what did this game have to do with Harry Potter? Well. ny1050220 chose the Blue meeples! :blue-meeple: :(y) And everyone knows that the blue meeples are loyal only to me, so even though I was using the black meeples, the blue meeples remained loyal to me and destroyed ny's game for me... 8)

Apologies for my silliness ny1050220 but to be perfectly honest there wasn't a lot I could think to write about as it felt very even for most of the game and we both enjoyed a good share of luck with tiles that we needed often coming up at exactly the right time (especially the crrrs!). I tempted fate at one point by claiming 3 cloisters in a row and as ny set about trapping them there I kept drawing just what I needed to escape.

In the end, most features seemed to be tied but I'd held a bit of a lead for much of the game (mostly thanks to those cloisters) which gave me the edge in the final scoring.

Well played ny1050220 and good luck for the rest of the competition!
Dan :)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 13, 2017, 01:18:46 PM
I'm free for a game now. I'll be free tomorrow morning between 9:30 and 11:30 EST (14:30 to 16:30 in the UK and 15:30 to 17:30 in Belgium), and then in the afternoon and the evening.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 17, 2017, 01:21:33 PM
Only 1 game was played since last statistics (10 days ago).
4 games played, 11 left.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 17, 2017, 01:36:36 PM
 :-[

I am hoping to play both monwil and thodekey next week which would double the amount of games played this week even if those are the only ones!

I haven't heard a lot from Sam, but I think he's having trouble getting JCloisterZone to work...  :(
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 17, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
I still haven't heard from SamoolSamosa or monwil (having sent PMs to them both early on in the tournament). What's the next step?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 17, 2017, 10:27:52 PM
I still haven't heard from SamoolSamosa or monwil (having sent PMs to them both early on in the tournament). What's the next step?
You can contact with rfielder to help to schedule the game with monwil. As for SamoolSamosa, I will send him a PM.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 19, 2017, 01:59:21 PM
A very close game!

danisthirty :blue-meeple: 163 - 161 :green-meeple: thodekey

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/WC2017_thodekey.jpg)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 19, 2017, 03:05:18 PM
Close indeed - this result could have big repercussions for the group!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: monwil on December 22, 2017, 11:59:56 AM
Sorry that I have not been available to play until now.

I will be available tomorrow, December 23, for most of the day.  Also, Dec. 24 until noon EST
and most of the day Monday, Dec. 26th. 
Let me know if any of these times work for you.

Jungleboy and I are playing at 4pm EST today.

Thanks
Monwil
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 22, 2017, 12:01:57 PM
Is it possible to play another game after your game with Jungleboy? I think I have until 7:30pm before I have to take off.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 22, 2017, 12:17:14 PM
Hello Monwill and Ny. I'll be around tomorrow too. Can someone of you play before 4PM EST?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 22, 2017, 12:30:11 PM
Sorry I can't do tomorrow. Will be traveling then.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on December 22, 2017, 01:53:07 PM
jungleboy 213, monwil 119

The final score of the game is not at all reflective of how close it was. I won the 60-point farm with the last tile of the game. Monwil also had a chance to win the northern farm (18 points) outright with her last tile but didn't draw what she needed, so if the outcome of the last two tiles had been different, the margin would have been fewer than 20 points. The game was pretty close throughout - I held a lead of 15-25 points for the second half of the game but as the main farm got bigger and bigger it became clear that if someone could win it outright, they would win the game. We both added meeple after meeple and I got lucky with some tiles that allowed me to connect my last two farmers.

Thanks for the game and good luck with your remaining games!

Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: monwil on December 22, 2017, 02:45:48 PM
Hello Monwill and Ny. I'll be around tomorrow too. Can someone of you play before 4PM EST?

Hi Thodekey

I will be available between 1 and 4pm EST.
What time would you like to play?
Monwil
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on December 22, 2017, 02:57:21 PM
monwil 152:159 ny1050220

It was an intense game, and both of us play very fast. I was leading most if not all of the time. The fight over the farm was continuous and monwil managed to connect her last meeple to the farm with the last but one (or two?) tile. My last tile was the rfcf tile in the last row of the left most column. Monwil needed that to complete the nearby city. Had she drawn that one, she would win the game, as I placed a farmer on that farm to secured my win.

Thanks again for the game, monwil! Wish you better luck in the rest of the World Cup.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 22, 2017, 05:08:36 PM
Hello Monwil, 2PM EST would be great. That's OK for you?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: monwil on December 22, 2017, 05:27:42 PM
Hello Monwil, 2PM EST would be great. That's OK for you?

Yes.  That would be great.
See you then
Monica
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 23, 2017, 10:48:58 AM
Hello Monwil, 2PM EST would be great. That's OK for you?

Yes.  That would be great.
See you then
Monica

I'm already online, Monica.  Ready when you are.

Thomas
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 23, 2017, 11:58:26 AM
Monwil-thodekey 82-193

A fast game on both sides.  Monwil started the battle over the main farm with some meeples, I tried to stay close behind, while scoring some small cities and a long road with an inn and taking over with my big meeple the other inn road.  >:D  The other inns didn't get scored.
Monwil kept on placing some farmers but by doing so, together with some blocking from my side (sorry, Monwil), she became short of meeples.  I then took over the main farm...but I must say: the tiles were on my side this time.

Anyway, Monwil, I wish you the best in your games to come and a Merry Christmas!

Thodekey
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on December 23, 2017, 12:31:17 PM
Any news from SamoolSamosa?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 23, 2017, 01:19:22 PM
I've not heard anything from him. Hopefully he'll have an update soon.

So what games are left outstanding that don't involve Sam? Is it just me vs. monwil and thodekey vs. ny1050220?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 23, 2017, 03:44:36 PM
8 games played, 7 left (5 involves 1 player).
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 23, 2017, 05:13:15 PM
I may be able to play tomorrow Monica. What times best suit you?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on December 27, 2017, 11:33:51 AM
I may be able to play tomorrow Monica. What times best suit you?

@monwil - I can play our game any time in the next 3 hours if you're free?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on December 29, 2017, 07:10:16 AM
One player did not play any games since the tournament started, over 1 month ago. It's this kind of behaviour that I find exasperating... There are other players waiting to play... kettlefish said she could be the reserve player if I remember well. I could interrupt my retirement to help too, if needed.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 29, 2017, 07:44:41 AM
SamoolSamosa dropped from the tournament because he couldn't get JCZ working. He asked me to find a replacement for him in group C. I remember kettlefish's wish to be a stand-by player, so I have sent a PM to her 5 days ago, but still didn't get any answer. If till NY there still isn't any answer, I will ask for your help, Jéré ;)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on December 29, 2017, 07:51:06 AM
Ok captain.

By the way I will be in Riga for 1 week in February. I will send you a PM when the trip is confirmed/flight booked.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on December 29, 2017, 07:56:13 AM
By the way I will be in Riga for 1 week in February. I will send you a PM when the trip is confirmed/flight booked.
:(y)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 02, 2018, 01:03:44 AM
It's quiet in here...  :(

Any news from Ketllefish or Jéré?

I contacted ny1050220 last week for our unplayed game but he was in need for a holiday then...I can't blame him for that although i really like to finish this group.   ;)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 02, 2018, 01:53:22 AM

Any news from Ketllefish or Jéré?


I'm ready anytime, when/if I get the green light :)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on January 02, 2018, 04:06:05 AM

Any news from Ketllefish or Jéré?


I'm ready anytime, when/if I get the green light :)
Jéré, I officially invite you in World Cup - Group C to take SamoolSamosa's place! C:-)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 02, 2018, 04:11:03 AM

Any news from Ketllefish or Jéré?


I'm ready anytime, when/if I get the green light :)
Jéré, I officially invite you in World Cup - Group C to take SamoolSamosa's place! C:-)

Excellent! Another easy win coming right up... ??? :-\ :-[
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 02, 2018, 04:11:36 AM
Welcome Jéré,

I guess the competition will get even tougher in this group...  What about tomorrow evening around 20:00 CET for our game?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on January 02, 2018, 04:16:55 AM
Group of death!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 02, 2018, 04:19:59 AM
Group of death!

Any group with Jéré in it is a group of death as far as I'm concerned. But welcome to the group Jéré! :) :(y)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 02, 2018, 05:55:14 AM
Jéré, I officially invite you in World Cup - Group C to take SamoolSamosa's place! C:-)

Great, thanks.

Welcome Jéré,

I guess the competition will get even tougher in this group...  What about tomorrow evening around 20:00 CET for our game?

Thanks! Yes, tomorrow 20:00 is goed.

Someone available tonight for a practice game?


Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on January 02, 2018, 08:13:50 AM
Two games scheduled for this weekend;
Saturday 0900 EST (1500 CET) with Jéré.
Sunday same time with thodekey.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 03, 2018, 03:59:02 AM
Jéré, I could play on Thursday or Friday this week any time after about 8:30pm UK time?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 03, 2018, 04:17:52 AM
Jéré, I could play on Thursday or Friday this week any time after about 8:30pm UK time?

I have games planned tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. Only free slot is Friday. Seise the day Dan! (before somebody else does). :)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 03, 2018, 04:19:54 AM
Jéré, I could play on Thursday or Friday this week any time after about 8:30pm UK time?

I have games planned tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. Only free slot is Friday. Seise the day Dan! (before somebody else does). :)

Friday it is.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on January 03, 2018, 07:00:20 AM
Wow, busy week, Jéré, eh?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 03, 2018, 01:03:10 PM
Wow, busy week, Jéré, eh?

Call me Terminator  8)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 03, 2018, 01:30:48 PM
Productive evening tonight: 2 games!

1st game:

Jéré  :yellow-meeple: 158 - 99  :red-meeple: monwil

Did some stupid things like I thought it was a good idea to add besieged tiles to my own cities then at halfgame I remembered about the point penalty. Bravo Jéré...  Monwil played well and could have won. At the very end, she tried to position her big meeple and join the main field (60pts!) but it was too late... 


2nd game:

Jéré  :yellow-meeple: 195 -144  :blue-meeple: thodekey

We scored one cathedral city each at the beginning of the game, both worth 24pts. I think what made the difference was that thodekey never managed to get a "starting tile" to free up 2 guys on a road and city, worth 28pts combined! Meeples were not blocked, he just didn't get the tile, that's unfortunate. The rest of the story was me trying to control the fields and block any attempts to sneak in.

Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on January 03, 2018, 01:39:44 PM
Good start, Jéré! :(y)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 03, 2018, 02:05:54 PM
Wow, busy week, Jéré, eh?

Call me Terminator  8)

Can I still call you Jeremie? O:-)

I played my game with monwil this evening. The result was:

danisthirty :blue-meeple: 185 : 79 :red-meeple: MONWIL

(http://www.dan.tehill.net/WC2017_monwil.jpg)

This was shaping up to be a tough game, despite some good luck for me in the early part. It quickly emerged that this was going to be a farm fight so I committed to it early whilst blocking as many of monwil's meeples as possible. I was quite successful in this, but monwil drew almost all of the Festival tiles which gave her some good chances to get her meeples back and use them elsewhere. In this case, at least half of the Festival tiles came up within the last 15 - 20 tiles which meant there wasn't much chance to get back on to the farm with them by the time she got them back. Other than this I seemed to struggle to close anything in the second half of the game but had built up a good lead which I was able to capitalise on in the final scoring as I won the farm too.

Thanks for the game Monica!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 04, 2018, 02:11:14 PM

Jéré  :yellow-meeple: 187 - 124  :green-meeple: jungleboy

jungleboy completely dominated the beginning of the game, stole a 12-pt road with inn with a brilliant move and I started to be worried. I don't remember the score difference but it seemed I was in trouble. Slowly I managed to come back although I had a meeple almost trapped in a big city that I had built. It's only at the very end that the tile came but the game was already decided when I blocked jungleboy's desperate move to put his big meeple in the main field. Well played!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on January 04, 2018, 03:49:11 PM
I led by about 35 points about a third of the way through the game. Jéré was using up meeples at a greater rate than he normally does and things were looking good for me. Then I'm not sure what happened. I stopped scoring in the middle part of the game, Jéré eventually caught up, and then he was able to put more meeples into the main farm and eventually complete his big city. Well played and I'll be rooting for you against danisthirty!  >:D
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 05, 2018, 12:19:16 AM
Certainly a/the group of death!  And it looks like i'll be one of the casualties... Today, numbers 1 & 2 of the ELO-ranking are clashing.  Is there an online streaming of this game?  ;)  Where is my popcorn?

If only i didn't make that simple 3-points-mistake (forgot to use my freshly released phantom for a jet closed 3 points road) in Dan's 2-points victory against me...  :(
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on January 05, 2018, 10:54:34 AM
12 games played, 3 left.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 05, 2018, 03:09:34 PM


Jéré  :yellow-meeple: 198 -182  :blue-meeple: danisthirty

At the beginning, we were following each other score-wise... game felt very tactical, with tough decisions to make. Dan went early for the farming strategy but I wasn't too impressed by the potential of the farms, at least in the first half of the game. I decided to go for the doughnut strategy because none of the cathedral tiles had shown up yet. Dan realised what I was trying to do but I managed to close the city in the north, then to finish it I needed a FFCC tile as well as one cathedral tile. I got them and bang... 39pts. In the end, Dan did a better job at farming (84pts vs 54pts) and especially when he blocked my big meeple and prevented me from stealing a farm worth 24pts... but ultimately, that cathedral city made the difference. Thanks for the game Dan. Well played!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 05, 2018, 03:36:10 PM
Thanks for doing the write up Jere.

Not much I can add. A 16 point loss against Jere is about the best I could have hoped for!

Things were very even at first and our scores stayed mostly level for the first third or so of the game. I placed a few farmers a little earlier than I might normally have done and then tried to expand them a little later with varying degrees of success.

Jere got a big boost when he drew a crcr with split cities. He needed this to complete a road with inn for 14 points and scored both cities too which more than doubled his score at the time! Unfortunately I didn't react quickly enough to stop him from getting his cathedral city. Before the cathedral was placed there was a cccc gap for a long time. I was desperately hoping to draw the cccc Festival tile with 2 diagonal city pieces at that point so that I could have claimed the other half with my double meeple and then complete the city for myself. But Jere was playing the odds well and placed the cathedral tile before I'd had the chance to do this.

I spent most of what was left of the game trailing by around 50 points after Jere's cathedral city had been completed, and my chances of winning the game died with it. Things would have been decidely worse of he'd stolen or even just shared my main farm but I was lucky in maintaining my defences here!

Well played Jere, and congratulations for topping the group even with 1 game left to play. The outcome of thodekeys match with ny1050220 will determine whether I can take the second spot and go through to the next stage...
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on January 06, 2018, 01:16:39 AM
Well played Jere, and congratulations for topping the group even with 1 game left to play. The outcome of thodekeys match with ny1050220 will determine whether I can take the second spot and go through to the next stage...
True, but ny1050220 also has theoretical chances to take second place in the group :) Though quite unlikely he could win from Jéré and thodekey with necessary PD to overtop Dan. Meantime, thodekey needs +32 points against Jéré ny1050220 to qualify to QF.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 06, 2018, 05:20:16 AM
Regardless of the result of my game vs NY, Jéré sure shook up this group with his late entrance! Really impressive!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 06, 2018, 07:41:49 AM
Regardless of the result of my game vs NY, Jéré sure shook up this group with his late entrance! Really impressive!

Indeed. He's like some sort of master craftsman who only makes front doors out of solid gold; he always makes an impressive entrance.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 06, 2018, 07:50:14 AM
Ok tsunami Jéré is done... sorry for crashing your Group C party!  :o

Jéré  :yellow-meeple: 176 -118  :blue-meeple: ny1050220

Early in the game, we could see that one farm had potential to become the "big one"... I think I claimed it first and ny1050220 replied with the big guy already...I think we had played about 20 tiles, so still a long way to go. I had to decide whether to escalate this into the third farming war or be more moderate. I opted for the latter and used my big meeple to attempt to steal a city... but with a brilliant tile placement, ny (almost) blocked it and it stayed there until very late in the game when I got this rare RCCF tile... oh well, throughout the game, I score quite a lot of roads with inn which helped to boost my score and then focused on the main farm. I managed to block one of ny's meeple that would have tied the majority in the field. That was it.

Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: danisthirty on January 06, 2018, 07:59:10 AM
Ok tsunami Jéré is done... sorry for crashing your Group C party!  :o

You're always welcome.

Congratulations on your win, and your unbeaten record. Good luck with the rest of the competition!

Commiserations ny1050220, and good luck in your final game with thodekey. Do you have a date/ time scheduled for this yet?
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: Jéré on January 06, 2018, 08:07:49 AM
Ok tsunami Jéré is done... sorry for crashing your Group C party!  :o

You're always welcome.

Congratulations on your win, and your unbeaten record. Good luck with the rest of the competition!

Commiserations ny1050220, and good luck in your final game with thodekey. Do you have a date/ time scheduled for this yet?

Thanks!

I know that their game is scheduled for tomorrow. I forget what time. We could be the first group to finish!  :(y)
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 06, 2018, 08:41:36 AM
Ok tsunami Jéré is done... sorry for crashing your Group C party!  :o

You're always welcome.

Congratulations on your win, and your unbeaten record. Good luck with the rest of the competition!

Commiserations ny1050220, and good luck in your final game with thodekey. Do you have a date/ time scheduled for this yet?

Thanks!

I know that their game is scheduled for tomorrow. I forget what time. We could be the first group to finish!  :(y)

We start tomorrow around 15 CET
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: ny1050220 on January 07, 2018, 07:00:42 AM
This game concludes Group C. I won by a margin of 9 points.
thodekey 188 : 197 ny1050220

Thodekey claimed the 57 points farm (to be scored by me) with his first tile! In case you wonder, this is the rrrr tile with two curves in the 10th anniv. I replied by a small meeple in the row just south of his but two tile to the west. Thodekey tried to block me by the rrrf tile with an inn just south of his farmer, so now all I need is a fffx. There are six cloisters and five fffc in the base game, so easy-peasy, eh? I didn't get any of that before thodekey drew both fffr cloister and created a hole not-to-be-filled by that straight road tile.
The turn occurred when I got the crff tile from the 10th anniv. three tile south of the hole. Later I managed the connect my farmer (labeled as 57) onto his big farm. Then we started a continuous fight near the NW corner and I managed to dominate. Thodekey's last attempt was the 3-point-farmer in the very south, but all the needed tiles were gone at that point.
And you might wonder what a stupid person ny1050220 is by putting down farmer on a tile outside of the big farmer in the SW corner and scoring 0 at the end. Well, thodekey had a farmer NW of that tile, and I was like, whatever magic you do, I'll get the same. Then he retrieved that farmer with a later 10th anniv. tile.
Thodekey made three of my incomplete cities worthless by using the besiege tiles, when I was only able to retrieve one of my knights with a 10th anniv. tile. And thodekey got all cloister but one, which was one of my first three tiles, so that didn't help rescue my knights at all.
All in all, it was an intense game. Thanks again, thodekey! Well played! I thought I was gonna lose the game after you took the lead until I got the crff anniv. tile.
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: thodekey on January 07, 2018, 07:27:53 AM
It was a real rollercoaster game!  The stakes were high, I could end up 2nd and go through to the knockout phase but a 3d, 4th or even 5th place was possible with the result of this game.

In the first part of the game, ny1050220 had a small lead, placing his meeples well and being less reckless with them then I did.  After a while I almost succeeded in taking over the large city in the north with a small and big meeple vs. the big meeple of ny1050220 but with one closing tile needed, he succeeded in joining back with one meeple and thus tying the city.

In the middle part of the game, I took over the lead.  On that point in the game, I was leading with +/- 40 points and in doing so, I was virtually placed for the knock-out stage as I was leading or at least tying in the main farm and a smaller one in the north.  With ny1050220 having some meeples in besieged cities, things were looking very good.

But then, ny1050220 made some clever attempts to take over the main farm and whatever tile I got next, it wasn't the good one to avoid him from joining and later on, taking over the main farm...neither for me to take back the farm :(

I must admit that this game had some extra flavour/stress factor because I didn't only had to win to go to the knock-out phase but also because of the points difference I needed.  It made me take more risks and it turned out the wrong way.

Anyway, congratulations to ny1050220...and to Dan in ending up second in this group!  You deserved it as I lost my game against you as well.  Good luck in the knock-out phase to both Dan and Jéré.  Make the C-group proud in the knock-out phase!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: MrNumbers on January 07, 2018, 07:48:07 AM
Congratulations to Group C for the first group to finish, and particularly to Jéré and danisthirty for reaching QF!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: jungleboy on January 07, 2018, 09:18:55 AM
Mozambique will be back with a vengeance next year!
Title: Re: 2017 World Cup - Group C
Post by: TheSteveAllen on February 10, 2018, 04:50:55 AM
If, like myself, you enjoyed the competition of the Carcassonne World Cup, but failed to qualify for the knock-out stage, you might be interested in joining our little tournament that we are setting up amongst the others who did not qualify.

Details can be found here ;- http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3835.0 (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3835.0)

I hope that you will all consider joining this friendly tournament, especially as you can't get "knocked out" of this one before the end.