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The Tower (B)
« on: May 31, 2016, 03:21:58 PM »
Group B:
  • Chuck
  • danisthirty
  • Halfling
  • monwil
  • ny1050220

Please read the following tournament notes/ guidance/ rules before continuing:

1. Players have already been divided into four different groups (Groups A to D). Each player will play one game of Carcassonne against every other player in their group individually via a series of 2-player/ head-to-head games. The winner of each game will be awarded two league points whereas the loser gets nothing. If the game is tied, both players receive one league point each.

2. Players in each group will be ranked according to the number of league points they have scored. PD (Points Differential) will be used as an initial tie-breaker if there is no clear winner based on league points alone, and total combined score (from all games) will be used as a second tie-breaker if necessary. Your PD is calculated by taking the total number of points scored by you and subtracting the total number of points scored against you (combined across all games).

3. Games will be played online through the latest stable version of JCloisterZone (currently 3.4.2). Please ensure you have downloaded this and are familiar with its controls and features before the competition begins. It is also recommended that you have played at least one practice game against a live opponent (as opposed to a dead one) in order to identify and resolve any technical problems before your first game.

4. JCloisterZone includes a number of artificial aids such as farm hints, projected scores and even tile-counting assistance. I can't stop you from using any of these, and won't know if you do, but I do urge you to play under "exam conditions" as far as possible so that you're relying purely on your own wits, knowledge and experience rather than using anything else to help you. I know it's a competition and we all want to win, but let's keep it fair, fun and friendly as far as possible...

5. Each game will include the basic tiles plus the Tower expansion only (no other expansions please). This is 90 tiles including the start tile, so 89 tiles will be shuffled and randomly drawn for you and your opponent in turn. The starting player should be chosen at random through JCZ by selecting the “Randomize seating order” checkbox on the pre-game screen.

6. If any unexpected behaviour occurs during your game (for example if you think you have discovered a bug within JCloisterZone which may have altered the course of the game for you), please consult with your opponent and the CAR/ anyone else who happens to be in the chat room at the time to determine whether it appears to be a genuine bug. If it is, please save your game and post details of the bug along with anything else relating to how it came about on the forums. If however, you and your opponent are both happy to continue with your game despite the bug then feel free to do so, but don’t forget to mention the bug afterwards no matter how minor it may have seemed!

7. Please post a screenshot of your game, including final scores and score breakdown, back to your group thread as soon as your game is complete. It's always interesting to hear what happened during the game too, so please feel free to post any thoughts/ comments at the same time if you wish. If you're not sure how to capture/ post screenshots, please ask on the forums and either myself or someone else will explain how to do this (we're a friendly bunch!)

8. It is the players responsibility to liaise with their fellow group-members in order to find a mutually convenient time to play their game. This is expected to be done predominantly through Private Messages but feel free to use your group thread (here) too if this is easier. Please do keep any appointments you make, or at least give your opponent as much notice as possible if something occurs which prevents you from playing at the agreed time (more on the "Unwritten Rules" is available here).

9. Each of the 4 initial groups contains 5 players so the first stage of the competition will end when every player (all 20 of us) has played 4 games. At this point, the pool will split into 5 groups of 4 depending on finishing position in the initial groups. So, the top-ranked players from groups A - D will form group E1, and those who came second in each group will form group E2. The same will be true for groups E3 to E5.

10. Play in groups E1 to E5 will constitute the second stage of the competition which will run in the same way as the first except with more groups and fewer people per group. League points, PD and total score will be reset at this point (but remembered for overall stats) so that no single player in any group has any kind of advantage. Finishing positions in groups at the second stage will determine overall rank: 1st=E1-1, 2nd=E1-2, 3rd=E1-3, 4th=E1-4, 5th=E2-1, ..., 16th=E4-4, 17th=E5-1, 18th=E5-2, 19th=E5-3, 20th=E5-4.

Finally, you may find the following links helpful: Carcassonne Central IRC Chat and JCloisterZone.

The competition is now on! Good luck everyone... :) :(y)

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2764.0
« Last Edit: June 01, 2016, 12:41:22 AM by danisthirty »

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2016, 12:38:56 AM »
Good to see who's in this group.
I'll be available the next 2 weeks from about 2pm german time. After that it will be mostly the evening times.

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2016, 12:46:59 AM »
Hi Chuck.

I should be free on Thursday or Friday. Which of those days is best for you?

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2016, 01:05:32 AM »
Hey Dan,

both are fine, since im Home alone.... ;-) I would say let's play on Thursday.

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2016, 06:54:10 AM »
Hi all,
I'm usually free 19.00-23.00 EDT (00.00-04.00 in UK or 1.00-5.00 in Germany) Monday through Thursday. I should be free on Friday evening until late night and all day on Saturday and Sunday.
It'll be good for me if I can play games in the afternoon (evening/night in Europe) over the weekends, but I'm okay with mornings if it's needed.
Tonight I need to have dinner with fellow students in our group and I don't know when it'll end. So, we can start making appointment starting from 19.00 EDT Thursday June 2.  :)

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2016, 07:48:05 AM »
So let's plan a weekend as last time on P & D. :-)

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2016, 02:47:15 PM »
Halfling and I got the ball rolling this evening:



(I didn't do well with cloisters) :(



Thanks for the game Halfling! :) :(y)
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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2016, 06:43:39 AM »
Hey Dan,

both are fine, since im Home alone.... ;-) I would say let's play on Thursday.

It's Thursday! What time did you want to play? Evenings work well for me, so maybe 9pm my time would work? This would be 4pm for you I guess...

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2016, 06:54:03 AM »
Hey Dan,

both are fine, since im Home alone.... ;-) I would say let's play on Thursday.

It's Thursday! What time did you want to play? Evenings work well for me, so maybe 9pm my time would work? This would be 4pm for you I guess...
I thought you are in Britain. Since I'm im Germany, that would mean 10 pm for me. But I'm available right now.

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2016, 07:03:19 AM »
Really? Are you certain you're not in the US? I was pretty sure you were for some reason...

Yes I am in Britain. Would 10pm be too late for you?

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2016, 07:06:07 AM »
Just let me check......
Nope, no Americans around here and my neighbors are Germans as well!  ;D

10pm is fine with me.  :(y)

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2016, 07:16:18 AM »
 :))

Excellent. Sounds like a plan...

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2016, 11:13:08 AM »
Great game, shame the elo ranking is going south. Whose next?
The Geek shall inherit the earth if we get a good die role

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2016, 12:27:07 PM »
Just let me check......
Nope, no Americans around here and my neighbors are Germans as well!  ;D

10pm is fine with me.  :(y)

I'm available a little earlier than anticipated and am waiting in the chat room :)

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Re: The Tower (B)
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2016, 01:46:04 PM »
I'm available a little earlier than anticipated and am waiting in the chat room :)
I saw your post so I figured I'd go to the chat room. And as soon as I went there, I got stuck in a conversation in the office, and I just realized that I'm in the chat. Anyway, I'm sorry that I wasn't responding. What's a good time for our league game? :)


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