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Carc Central Community => Online Games and Competitions => Leagues (including expansion leagues) => Topic started by: TheSteveAllen on November 24, 2018, 11:46:52 AM
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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)
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Good luck all! :(y)
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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
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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.
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I'm full on producing my pbm football magazine /game which I plan to publish on Sunday, so I am unavailable until next week.
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Anyone up for a game this evening?
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I should be online around 21h00 GMT
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Marvellous
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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
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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.
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Guess that Steve won and both of us lost >:D >:D O0
(https://i.imgur.com/PTz4SJUl.jpg)
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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.
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Anyone fancy a daytime game today?
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If the boss take the afternoon off count me in.
Will advise.
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Let me know. I will be going out at 1500 gmt
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I can play between now and 1500 GMT if that works.
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I will go online now
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I will go online now
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Cool. Can you host?
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No I am not able to. Online server?
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No I am not able to. Online server?
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Sure. Just let me know what to do.
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Click play online, enter your name, click connect. Then enter my game
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Click play online, enter your name, click connect. Then enter my game
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Great. I’m in.
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The game has crashed. If you are still in, save it.
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The game has crashed. If you are still in, save it.
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Okay, done that.
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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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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.
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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.
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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)
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Thanks. I will try to sort it out tomorrow. Night shift tonight.
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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!
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I'll be able to play in 30/45m from now
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Anyone available now?
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I am.
Pop up on slack
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Good game v Chooselife
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Updated Championship League table after 2 matches.
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anyone available?
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anyone available?
I can be in about half an hour.
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I will have 45 mins to do it
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Good game! Made the time on the motorway pass quickly! Thanks.
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Two table updates in a day! Looks like we have a competition on here!
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I can play now if anyone is free.
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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!
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I can play this evening
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Can anyone play during the day today.
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@rosco @rich_the_fish @thodekey I'm alone at the office today would be a good day for a day time game
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I can play now if you like?
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Chooselife 240
Rosco 199
Game - Chooselife
Cities - Chooselife
Roads - Rosco
Cloisterd - Rosco
Farms - Rosco
rosco 3
Chooselife 2
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Here is the latest version of the Championship league table as it stands this morning.
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Incredible how I'm still leading this. ;D ;D O0 O0
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Anyone free now? I’m available for the next couple of hours.
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Anyone free for a game this evening?
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Anyone free for a game this evening?
Yep. I can play in about half an hour. Any good?
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Or indeed anytime after that.
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ok, ready when you are
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Game v Halfling
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The impending doom of playing the UK champion caused me to forget to put my name against the yellow meeple. Relegation here I come.
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Championship league update after 5 matches played.
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I'll be able to play during all day today, not sure about the evening.
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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
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Wow - it has happened!!!
Well played Thodekey
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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!
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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.
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Can anyone do a daytime game today?
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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. ;)
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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!
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Winning on points is everything Steve. :D and is an attitude that will get me relegated.
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Anyone available tomorrow evening around 19:00 GMT for a game?
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Anyone available during the day today?
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anyone available for a game now
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Sorry, I am at work.
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I can play today during working hours!!
Not sure who I need to play still O0
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Close game on all standard point makers.
(https://i.imgur.com/I7Y3SIJl.jpg)
It's a 2,5 - 2,5 league score I guess.
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@ Halfing, Rosco & Rich the Fish: I'm available all day and evening today for our game in this league
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I will be home from holiday tomorrow. I will then be able to play.
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Gone into work this afternoon, so I have updated the league table.
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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...
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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).
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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
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Relegation almost confirmed, try taking a city off me though!
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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.
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I should be able to play this evening if either Rosco or Rich_The_Fish are in the locale?
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Morning Halfling. I should be free around 7:30pm tonight for our game if that's okay for you?
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I will be available all day or this evening
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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.
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A hard fought 3-2 victory for Halfling
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Right, that's me relegated, after this last game played. Hurry up division 3!
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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
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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?
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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
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Ok, see you in 2 months.
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3-2 to me in the end
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With only 4 matches left to be played this is still very open.
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Rosco & Rich the Fish,
Anyone up for our game this evening around 20:00 GMT?
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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?
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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?
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I will be available at about 9.30
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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.
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I'm online now and on Slack
I will be available at about 9.30
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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.
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A very tense game with Thodekey which could have gone either way right up to the end. 1 game point difference in the cloisters!
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If only I had placed that RRFF tile near my cloister on my 2nd last tile...then it was 2,5-2,5. :o
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Looks like we are in for a very interesting last 2 matches here with all to play for.
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Hello Rich,
Would this evening suit you to play our game? I'm available from 20:00 CET till 23:00 CET.
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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.
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Hello Rich,
Last week to play our game. What about this evening?
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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
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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)
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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).
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Hi Rich,
Any chance of a later game today?
Maybe around 22h00.
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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.
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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?
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If anyone else needs a host, get in touch in Slack.
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Thanks for the msg Dan, it'll probably be safer if we dial in and use your laptop. Thanks mate.
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Cheers Steve
If anyone else needs a host, get in touch in Slack.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.