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Carc Central Community => Online Games and Competitions => Leagues (including expansion leagues) => Topic started by: danisthirty on June 21, 2015, 01:06:08 PM
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Hi guys.
You'll notice that I haven't included anyone from Group A in the lists below as this group remains incomplete. Names will be added when this group is complete, but I'm posting this message now so that everyone from Groups B and C can play their opposite number! :)
(see this message (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1764.msg25007#msg25007) for further details)
EDIT: Group A is now complete so I've added these players...
Group D1 (playing for 1st, 2nd & 3rd overall)
Group D2 (playing for 4th, 5th & 6th overall)
Group D3 (playing for 7th, 8th & 9th overall)
Group D4 (playing for 10th, 11th & 12th overall)
- Chooselife
- danisthirty
- Paul
Group D5 (playing for 13th, 14th & 15th overall)
Group D6 (playing for 16th, 17th & 18th overall)
Group D7 (playing for 19th & 20th overall)
Please post all the usual results, screenshots and match reports in this thread.
Good luck! :(y)
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I think, jma03 and rfielder can be included also, as they secured 1 and 6 places accordingly.
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D3 - monwil vs. Jéré
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/21/1924b05daec2a9a0b49444bf79e77614.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/21/382edec66c597f41a8d073815fb3e9f0.jpg)
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Zone2 - will you be available tonight?
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D3 - 21 06 2015 -1:
The first game in AM league groups D has been played a day before AM league group A was finished.
I wish all the participants good luck in the groups D1-D7 - and have fun with the game play.
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D3 - ny1050220 vs. Jéré
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/23/65df129e467d76ac8daa9097a4170b3a.jpg)
Rotated landscape
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/23/1152df32c53c6cb34d65527fe21e5346.jpg)
Special thanks to Robert & Monica, Yi and Dan for their very quick replies to my messages. I was trying to finish all my games before going on holidays. Mission accomplished!
This league was again tons of fun, really enjoyed it! I had very little experience with Abbey & Mayor before it started and I have learnt a lot! Thanks again for making this happen and see you in the next league (or World Cup!). :)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D3 - 23 06 2015 -2:
Jere has finished his 2 games in AM-League group D3. He has won both games.
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I think I have time for a game tomorrow night.
I confirm tomorrow.
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D4 Paul 120 vs Dan 201.
Crazy game with a compact farm dominating the board. The last few tiles there were 2 straight roads and another tile and I (Paul) just needed ONE of them to share our barns and Dan got both of them. Intense moments!
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Special thanks to Robert & Monica, Yi and Dan for their very quick replies to my messages. I was trying to finish all my games before going on holidays. Mission accomplished!
This league was again tons of fun, really enjoyed it! I had very little experience with Abbey & Mayor before it started and I have learnt a lot! Thanks again for making this happen and see you in the next league (or World Cup!). :)
Congratulations on your D3 win Jéré! :(y) Thanks for taking part! :)
I hope you have a lovely and relaxing holiday!
Paul vs Dan.
Crazy game with a compact farm dominating the board. The last few tiles there were 2 straight roads and another tile and I (Paul) just needed ONE of them to share our barns and Dan got both of them. Intense moments!
This was indeed a crazy game! I was in the unusual position of being the first to get my barn down and then attempting to defend it as Paul tried to get his barn onto the same farm. I must admit, that despite being very pleased with myself for foiling a couple of good attempts to place his barn, I was blissfully unaware of just how close he came in the end. When I saw that he managed to get to within one frfr tile of joining it I thought to myself "Phew! That was close!" Little did I know that of the 4 tiles left, 2 of them were frfr tiles and I drew both of them!
Overall it was a great game and if truth be told I did feel like Paul outplayed me purely for the number of chances he made for himself to get his barn down and get it onto my barn farm. Thanks for the great game! :) :(y)
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This league was again tons of fun, really enjoyed it! I had very little experience with Abbey & Mayor before it started and I have learnt a lot! Thanks again for making this happen and see you in the next league (or World Cup!). :)
Great recovery from you after starting the league with only one win from the first 4 games. :(y)
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AM-league - group D5 - Decar and I will play our game tomorrow - Wednesday 24 06 2015.
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I am in the chatroom.
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group D5 : kettlefish 188 - Decar 149
the first game in group D5 - and I have won the game - I have placed my barn early in the game.
We don't placed the Abbey - only one time there were the possibility to place it, but I got a right tile and placed it in that hole.
Thanks for the nice game Decar.
here comes the screenshot:
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D5 - 24 06 2015 -1:
The 3rd D-group has started with game play - group D5...
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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I'll be available tomorrow afternoon until 10 ( Spanish time).
other days I will be available at midnight.
regards
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D2 Quevy vs Leven 161:198
By placing his barn early in the game onto a promising farm quevy seemed to be in good position, but then came the turning point of the game when I could gain majority in a huge city where we both deployed our mayors and then with some lucky draws I could even close it except for a CCCC hole in the middle which divided the city into more parts. There was only one CCCC tile left: the one with two pennants. It could have made the city even more valuable (+8 pt), so to avoid this threat quevy decided to put his abbey tile in the hole, but nevertheless I still gained 44 pts from the completed cities so it proved to be the decisive factor in this game.
Dan asked for the video recording, and others may also be interested, so I published it here (http://youtu.be/cc35ULGBApo).
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D2 - 25 06 2015 -1:
The 4th D-group has started with game play - group D2...
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D2 - 25 06 2015 -1:
The 3rd D-group has started with game play - group D2...
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
I think this was actually the fourth group to start as games from D3, D4 and D5 had already taken place prior to this (D4 was me vs. Paul)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D4 - 23 06 2015 -1:
The 2nd D-group has started with game play - group D4...
ok danisthirty - I forget to make the picture of the of the game in group D4 - played 23 06 2015
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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Are there any plans for game play today?
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Are there any plans for game play today?
I'm hoping to play my last game of the league against Chooselife. But it will be a late game, probably starting at some point between 11pm and 11:30pm UK time...
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Are there any plans for game play today?
I'm hoping to play my last game of the league against Chooselife. But it will be a late game, probably starting at some point between 11pm and 11:30pm UK time...
D4
Well, it was a late one but at least we got to play!
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/AandM_Chooselife_scores.jpg)
(http://www.dan.tehill.net/AandM_Chooselife_map.jpg)
CL played well and certainly made the most of the tiles he drew. This included almost all of the cloisters in the early stages of the game but I never seemed to be able to do anything to block him, and struggled to keep our scores level despite winning the 16-point city in the middle of the screen outright and a few others besides.
CL was the first to place his barn on what looked like a very promising farm. I managed to get mine down adjacent to it but he stopped me from joining on to his so I concentrated on developing my own and both barn farms ended up being worth the same.
It felt like a close game throughout, but I did get particularly frustrated at one point when CL had two turns in a row where he drew the exact (uncommon) tile he needed to get out of whatever I was trying to set up. The first of these tiles meant that he won the incomplete city to the west outright for 11 points, and the second meant that he maintained an equal share of the large city in the south-east (worth 38 points). At that point I just felt like there was nothing I could do. >:(
I was very surprised by the final scores as it felt like I'd lost by a much larger margin. Still, if you have to lose you might as well do it by 1 point so I can't be too disappointed. :'(
Well played ChooseLife! :(y)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D4 - 26 06 2015 -2:
danisthirty has finished his 2nd game. He won a game and lost a game in group D4.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D1 - 25 06 2015 -1:
jma03 199 - zone2 181
and again jma03 has won the game.
I still miss the screenshot of this game.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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Well played ChooseLife! :(y)
Thanks Dan and what a game it was to play. I was indeed very lucky on the tile draw as I turned my back on the big city, in order not to lose focus and wood, but the tiles that came around were perfect to level it.
With such a close score it really could have gone bot ways.
Thanks for waiting and have a nice holidays.
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I would like to play my 2 games on either sunday night or during the days of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Otherwise I can't play until after the 7th July.
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Well played ChooseLife! :(y)
With such a close score it really could have gone bot ways.
Definitely. Even if just the last two tiles had been the other way around the end result could have been different! :-\
Anyway...
Just a quick note to let you know that I’m going to be away for a bit and so won’t be able to host any JCloisterZone games. Hopefully MrNumbers, Decar or rfielder will be happy to help out in this respect in my absence, but if you’re really stuck, the online server does appear to be working again now and can be connected to as long as you’re using JCZ version 3.2. In my experience this version doesn’t appear to be as stable as version 3.1.1 but as long as either player saves the game in the event of any technical difficulties then you should still be able to recover it.
Enjoy! :) :(y)
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very even game throughout the game.
the tiles were the last I decided the game (I think)
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I would like to play my 2 games on either sunday night or during the days of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Otherwise I can't play until after the 7th July.
Sunday at midnight 'm available.
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon also
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Midnight is too late
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Midnight is too late
Midnight for Jacobo is 11pm for you...
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NrNumbers and Paul are in the chatroom
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Paul (159) vs Chooselife (156)
Intense game. I managed to get my barn out on my second turn! The very last tile was the real setter for the game. Had Chooselife gotten it, he would've won by completing the city bottomleft. Instead I got it and placed it on my own little city top north.
After that, we placed our Abbey tile and the game was finished.
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Well played guys! :)
I think this means we're the first group to finish; what a fun group this was to end up in. I'm glad that we all got one win, it feels like we were all pretty even!
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D4 - 27 06 2015 -3 - final:
danisthirty - Paul - Chooselife
All the participants in group D4 have finished their games. They all have won a game and lost a game - that mean they all got 2 group points. Only the score difference is important for the group rank.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D7.
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Another great and close game.
Ended up 3 points away from my objective but the last spot on the top 10 is well deserved by Dan.
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And....
D7 is the second group to finish. We have played all our games too. All one of them ;D
Andrew the Ambo 211 : B1nder 119
I had a bit of luck early on, drawing cities while B1nder tended to get roads. Did a stupid mistake and let B1nder trap my first farmer meeple. I could have placed a ccff to free him, but placed it elsewhere. I was also lucky to get my barn down in the best spot first.
I have enjoyed this league. First time I have played A&M. Bring on the next league.
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nice farmhouse¡¡¡
:(y)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D7 - 27 06 2015 -1-3 - final:
AndrewTheAmbo and B1nder - one game - winner is AndrewTheAmbo.
Berchio is no more here - so he lost the games without playing - and B1nder and AndrewTheAmbo got their win.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D3 and D5+D6.
Group D6 hasn't played any game yet.
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Rosco - Zone2 148:177
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D1 - 28 06 2015 -2:
zone2 has finished his games. He has won and lost a game.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D3 and D5+D6.
Group D6 hasn't played any game yet.
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D2 MrNumbers vs. Quevy
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I have had much luck, I managed to win the big city, entering the mayor after Mrnumbers had cut off by inserting somewhere else and blocking his attempt to block. I created a hole in the tile easy to receive and MrNumber no longer had the abbey. I received it.
With the latest tile I scored 62 points, connecting my barn at the large field of MrNumbers, I closed a city of 4 points and positioned the follower on the road by 6 points.
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D2 - 28 06 2015 -2:
quevey has finished his games. He has won and lost a game.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D1-D3 and D5+D6.
Group D6 hasn't played any game yet.
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Are there no games today for the AM-league groups D1-D7 ?
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Ja and I played today to decide the winner and I will post the results tomorrow as the photos are on my computer. Suffice it to say that I fought hard and won the game. However the points difference is the part which really matters so I will make you hold on until tomorrow for that. The final result is very very close.
Until tomorrow
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Hi Rosco - now it is tomorrow here in Europe - please post us the screenshot - I need the score for the x-score list.
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Hi Rosco - now it is tomorrow here in Europe - please post us the screenshot - I need the score for the x-score list.
And then please come to Cornwall so I can punch you in the face ;)
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Tick tock tick tock
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Ok I will just get on with it and post the scores:
The game was an interesting one for me as i knew i had an uphill battle to win against the unbeaten might of JMA. Not only that but to win the league i would have to win by a huge margin too. All through the game JMA was having problems with the server and it kept disconnecting him so although i dont think the luck of the tiles was particularly skewed my way (maybe a little) he was disadvantaged because of that. I developed an early lead and kept trying to add small scores and not get anything tied up for too long. we both had our mayors on different citys which werent doing much and were pretty much uncloseable from very early on so they didnt play a part in the game. JMA got his barn down in the spot i was developing for mine and then i managed to build a secondary farm for my barn which became bigger then the initial one.
It was getting more and more tense for me as i got to about a 60 point lead at one point and i thought its in the bag but then JMA closed the gap to about 30 points. My 28 point negative points difference was constantly on my mind and I knew what i needed to do.
In the end I won the game and JMA fought well. If my calculations are correct, i didnt quite do enough to win the league but it was very very very close!
Thank you JMA for a great game and thankyou Dan for another great league. Next Time!!
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and the map
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Congratulations to Rosco for not letting jma03 stay unbeaten! ;D
And BIG congratulations to my fellow countryman - zone2 on wining A&M League!!! :(y) :(y) :(y)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D1 - 30 06 2015 -3 - final:
jma03 - Rosco - zone2
All the participants in group D1 have finished their games. They all have won a game and lost a game - that means they all got 2 group points. Only the score difference is important for the group rank.
I am so sorry for you jma03 - the 3rd of the AM-league
Nice played Rosco you have changed much - 2nd of the AM-league
Congratulation to you zone2 - the winner of the AM-league
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D2+D3+D5-D7.
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Thanks kettle. I just can't believe it came down to 2 points. I will beat myself up about that for a while I think.
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Congratulations for the 3 "podium" finishers. You all had an outstanding tournament. :(y)
Commiserations to jma03 who seemed favourite before the last game but Rosco made a great fight there to keep his chances alive.
But in the end we have a Latvian winner again, for the second time this year. I think it's time to listen to the Latvian National Anthem (https://youtu.be/oxjdcvraOSM). ;)
By the way, zone2 finished all three expansion leagues in the top 4. That's quite an achievement as well.
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D2 MrNumbers vs. Leven
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good now that I missed the bitter taste of the game with ross, I would make my rating of this league:
first to thank Dan and kettle for league A & M.
my last game left a bitter taste since I sent the 3.
I made a bad approach, thinking more in punctuation, which in my game play (where half of the game could see that could have closed a big city, error on my part).
on the other hand I had problems with the connection and each time put a tile had to leave and come back each time.
that ultimately are excuses because the truth is that Ross made a solid and brilliant game and was very fair winner.
the league has exceeded my expectations (7 wins and one loss) more than I imagined before starting.
so I happy about that.
zone2 congratulations to the first position and congratulations to Ross for his second place and fought to the end to reach 1 position.
thank you very much to all participants and give a lot of hope in the next league.
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D2 - 01 07 2015 -3 - final:
MrNumbers - Leven - quevy
All the participants in group D2 have finished their games.
Leven has won both games - he is the winner of the AM-league group D2.
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Please make appointments for game play in the AM-league groups D3+D5+D6.
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Please make appointments for game play in the AM-league groups D3+D5+D6+D7.
I think Group D7 is already complete. There was only one game in this group.
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Thanks danisthirty you are right - I have changed my last posting.
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ny1050220 VS monwil
Monwil for the win! n 181 - 151
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D3 - 03 07 2015 -3 - final:
ny1050220 - Jéré - monwil
All the participants in group D3 have finished their games.
Jéré has won both games - he is the winner of the AM-league group D3.
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Please make appointments for game play in the AM-league groups D5+D6.
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Yo all. 8)
So, as far as I'm aware there has been one D5 game played and no D6 games?
If this is the case, the following matches are outstanding:
D5: Carcking vs. Decar
D5: Carcking vs. kettlefish :(y)
D6: aenima vs. Hounk :(y)
D6: aenima vs. rfielder :(y)
D6: Hounk vs. rfielder :(y)
Unless I've missed something?
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I was in Italy till this morning, and could not arrange anything there. :(
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I was in Italy till this morning, and could not arrange anything there. :(
Welcome back! :(y) I hope you had a lovely holiday. The place hasn't been the same without you... :)
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D6 aenima vs rfielder 191 vs 152
:)
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D6 Hounk VS rfielder
rfielder for the win! 198 - 153.
Colour me VERY surprised!!
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D6 - 07 07 2015 -1-2:
rfielder has finished his games. He has won and lost a game.
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Please make appointments for game play in all the AM-league groups D6 + D5.
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Congratulations on your wins aenima and rfielder!
It looks like your group is going to come down to the last game! :o
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aenima vs hounk 181 vs 172
was a great game!!! :)
I was luky at the end!
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D6 - 07 07 2015 -3 - final:
rfielder - Hounk - aenima
All the participants in group D6 have finished their games.
aenima has won both games - he is the winner of the AM-league group D6.
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Please make appointments for game play in the AM-league groups D5.
D5 - Carcking vs kettlefish - we will play on Thursday early morning (German time)
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Congratulations aenima! :)
And congratulations to you too rfielder on being the only other person from Group A so far not to have come last in their final group! :(y)
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Carcking and I liked to play this morning (around 5am) but the online server doesn't work.
We will play on Friday morning (5:00am Germany time).
Danisthirty or MrNumbers - can someone of you host a game?
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Danisthirty or MrNumbers - can someone of you host a game?
I can leave my PC turned on with hosted game. Connection details will send in PM.
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Danisthirty or MrNumbers - can someone of you host a game?
I can leave my PC turned on with hosted game. Connection details will send in PM.
That will be great. Thank you MrNumbers.
Greetings
kettlefish
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Carcking and I have finished our game in group D5.
Carcking 172 - kettlefish 163
Carcking has stolen 2 of my cities...
And he put many of his followers into my barn farm to connect,
this is the reason why he got so many farm points.
I had no chance to get my cities back - Carcking got always the tiles to block
my followers.
Thanks for the game play.
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D5 - 10 07 2015 -2:
kettlefish has finished her games. She has won and lost a game.
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Please make an appointment for game play in all the AM-league group D5.
Carcking - Decar
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Thank you for the fun game kettle! My apologies on stealing the two cities :(
@Decar - can you play at 11:00pm or midnight tonight (Eastern time)? I'm not sure what our time difference is.
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@Decar - can you play at 11:00pm or midnight tonight (Eastern time)? I'm not sure what our time difference is.
That would be 4 or 5am for him.
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So with one game left to go, the total number of points scored in all of CarcC's online tournaments so far (not including the ladder) stands at 99,831. So, unless the final game of the Abbey & Mayor league is especially low scoring it seems as though either Carcking or Decar will have the honour of scoring the 100,000th point! Best of luck to both players! :(y)
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I'll keep and eye out on who scores the 169th point :(y)
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Decar and Carcking - where is your screenshot?
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They haven't played yet...
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Decar and I just finished our game. Unfortunately, it was rather lopsided and I couldn't help drawing exactly the tiles I needed. I got my Barn in early and was able to defend. I know this was somewhat of a rare game for me and I trust also for Decar.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cnag87fgec16tw/decar%20game%20score%20071215.jpg/?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca9bj0aqfqn6fjp/decar%20map%20071215.jpg/?dl=1)
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Here comes the x-score list - AM-League-Group D5 - 12 07 2015 -3 - final:
Carcking - Decar - kettlefish
All the participants in group D5 have finished their games.
Carcking has won both games - he is the winner of the AM-league group D5.
This was the last game in the AM-league.
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AM-League
here comes the final score list
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I know this was somewhat of a rare game for me and I trust also for Decar.
Nope, seems quite common for me at the moment! I'm not making those tiles work for me.
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Great work kettlefish!
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Kettlefish great job, thanks to the commitment.
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Well done Carcking. I know you've been on the receiving end of games like this a few times recently... >:D
I know this was somewhat of a rare game for me and I trust also for Decar.
Nope, seems quite common for me at the moment! I'm not making those tiles work for me.
:(
Many thanks for keeping scores kettlefish - good job! :) :(y)
That's it then. Another expansion league bites the dust! Thanks everyone for taking part; I hope you all had a good time, I know I did. Stay tuned for news of prizes/ souvenirs to come in the near future. And hopefully an update on our ELO scores Jere?
Since we're coming into holiday season now, there are no official tournaments planned before September but we're going to be returning in style with the next World Cup of Carcassonne Central so there will be everything to play for!
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And hopefully an update on our ELO scores Jere?
Yes, tomorrow evening at the latest.
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Updated Elo:
We have a new leader! :(y)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/13/8d8646d11f93f9dd397154bcf31289cc.jpg)
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Great (well, not great for me personally), but thanks anyway Jéré! :)
Congratulations to Leven on reaching the top! :(y)
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My first expansion league was a real school with a lot of important lessons learned.
The most important were without doubt that in the end every point count so keep scoring till the very last tile and that we should not wait to close/block whatever feature we need or play a special (outside) tile like the Abbey.
Many thanks to Dan and Kettle for keeping the things running and to all the guys that went the extra mile to host for the rest of us. :(y) :(y)
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Congratulations to Leven on reaching the top! :(y)
Thanks, Dan!
It seems my last league game vs MrNumbers was the decisive concerning ELO leadership. I assume that may have been the highest rated league game (= with the highest combined ELO rating) so far in the history of CarcC tournaments. Maybe Jéré could confirm whether that's true or not.
By the way, did you know that even international football teams have ELO ratings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings)? :) (And the highest rated match was the World Cup final last year.)
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Congratulations to Leven on reaching the top! :(y)
Thanks, Dan!
It seems my last league game vs MrNumbers was the decisive concerning ELO leadership. I assume that may have been the highest rated league game (= with the highest combined ELO rating) so far in the history of CarcC tournaments. Maybe Jéré could confirm whether that's true or not.
By the way, did you know that even international football teams have ELO ratings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings)? :) (And the highest rated match was the World Cup final last year.)
It was actually the 3rd.
Though you also won the highest rated league game ever! That was in April also against MrNumbers. That explains (partly) why you now occupy the pole position.
Here's the Top 5:
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/15/c7dd892d58f19c63ee7476f2abbac8a0.jpg)
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Here's the Top 5:
:(y)
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I can’t decide whether to be less surprised by the fact that MrNumbers appears in all five of these games, or that I lost to him in both of the games I feature in. ;)
Thanks for the list in any case Jéré, it’s very interesting. :(y)