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Leagues (including expansion leagues) / Re: A Welcome Tournament for New Members
« on: July 16, 2015, 10:14:33 AM »
Firstly:
Thank you for everyone who has decided to take part. For many of you it's the first time you've played Carcassonne Online and for me it is the first time I've tried to run a tournament. So, I suspect they'll be a few mistakes, but hopefully nothing we can't resolve and hopefully we'll have fun in the process.
As we discussed before the tournament will be broken up into Rounds.
Round 1: Basic Game only 1v1.
The 12 participants we have split into 2 groups as follows:
Group1: lomdr, franks, Halfling, Curt, Merlin_89, Safari
Group2:toastytoast, spikey_dino, Koremu, Ailurus, Rich_The_Fish, QueenAlkie
The 6 players in each group have been selected at random.
I understand that scheduling time to play is difficult for everyone, especially during this time of year with holidays etc. As a result, The groups have been made large, so there should be games to play while another person is on holiday or unavailable for a few weeks.
My recommendation is to take your time between games, there's no point trying to rush them all into one afternoon. You'll may be left waiting several days. If you are on holiday bare in mind that people may be waiting for you to play.
Organizing a Game
As I already mentioned, each player must play every other player in their group. Please PM someone in the group to organize a game. Be mindful of constraints on time-zones etc - I'm sure everyone can be accomodating.
Please let us know here if you have problems scheduling a game with any player. It would be helpful if you could share the time of your games here as well, so we can see who has been proactive etc.
If for whatever reason, you cannot attend the game please let us and your partner know As Soon As Possible. It does not mean you will have to forfeit your game, possibly you can arrange for a more suitable time.
Carcassonne Medium
I don't strictly impose a Carcassonne medium that must be played. In this round, only the BASIC set is required. Generally, given the distances between players we recommend JCloisterZone 3.1.1 (see below). If you wish to meet in person to play you're welcome to do so. If you wish to arrange an iPhone/Android game, you're also welcome to do so. If you wish to play by email/forum...which is very slow...you're welcome to do so. In our experience, JCloisterZone is the most widely supported medium.
JCloisterZone 3.1.1
This is currently the recommended version which runs on Java which will run on Windows/Mac/Linux.
You can download it here:
http://jcloisterzone.com/builds/JCloisterZone-3.1.1.zip
Remember to extract the zip before executing the Runtime.
If you have any problems please contact us in the Chatroom (see below), we can help.
Before your Game - Meet in the chatroom
It's generally a good idea to try and meet in the CarcassonneCentral Chatroom before your game is meant to begin: http://sydby.com/carcassonne/irc/index.html
When your partner arrives, one of you will have to HOST the game. Hosting the game means your machine running JCZ will manage the game and the other player must connect to your machine from their location. This usually means they have to traverse the firewall on your home's router. If this is all sounding alien to you, don't be scared, visit us in the chatroom, we can try and help you.
If neither party can host a game - I or Danisthirty (plus others) will happily host your game. Which means both players will connect to another person's machine to play their game.
If your player does not turn up, please give them a few minutes grace. If they have not arrived 15-minutes after your start time, please comment here and we'll try to work out what happened. It does not mean you will automatically win the game. There are many reasonable circumstances, why you may miss your game and we'll need to assess.
Setting Up the Game
Once you've connected to the game, the following Settings must be applied to JCZ. No Expansions, Randomize Seating Order[ x ]
Here is a screenshot of the configuration:
You should be ready to Start.
Enjoy Your Game
After Your Game
You must record the results. The best way to do this is, take a screenshot/printscreen and attach the picture to a reply on this forum thread.
This lets me check the scores and shows everyone else your game.
Once your score has been recorded, I will be able to update the Results Sheet.
You can all view the results sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AaY3-ik5omWhpN0HgZHPgygGuceS2jNjtEWYvi988-o/edit?usp=sharing
I'll take the occasional screenshot and share this with everyone here:
Tournament Format
I described this before, but I will summarize again:
You'll score 2 league points for a win; 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks.
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks. To confirm: If PlayerA scores 150 points, while PlayerB scores 125 points. PlayerA's PPD will be +25. PlayerB's PPD will be 0 (NOT -25).
Wrap-Up
Try and enjoy your games, my personal tactic is to give everything you've got. If you're going to lose you might as well lose by 50points rather than 5
There's plenty more games for you to try.
Remember, if you've got any questions you can contact me here, on PM or find us in the chatroom- http://sydby.com/carcassonne/irc/index.html
You're also welcome to ask for a practice game with anyone, if you need to test JCZ.
Without further ado: I now declare the First Carcassonne Central Welcome Tournament.......OPEN
Thank you for everyone who has decided to take part. For many of you it's the first time you've played Carcassonne Online and for me it is the first time I've tried to run a tournament. So, I suspect they'll be a few mistakes, but hopefully nothing we can't resolve and hopefully we'll have fun in the process.
As we discussed before the tournament will be broken up into Rounds.
Round 1: Basic Game only 1v1.
The 12 participants we have split into 2 groups as follows:
Group1: lomdr, franks, Halfling, Curt, Merlin_89, Safari
Group2:toastytoast, spikey_dino, Koremu, Ailurus, Rich_The_Fish, QueenAlkie
The 6 players in each group have been selected at random.
I understand that scheduling time to play is difficult for everyone, especially during this time of year with holidays etc. As a result, The groups have been made large, so there should be games to play while another person is on holiday or unavailable for a few weeks.
My recommendation is to take your time between games, there's no point trying to rush them all into one afternoon. You'll may be left waiting several days. If you are on holiday bare in mind that people may be waiting for you to play.
Organizing a Game
As I already mentioned, each player must play every other player in their group. Please PM someone in the group to organize a game. Be mindful of constraints on time-zones etc - I'm sure everyone can be accomodating.
Please let us know here if you have problems scheduling a game with any player. It would be helpful if you could share the time of your games here as well, so we can see who has been proactive etc.
If for whatever reason, you cannot attend the game please let us and your partner know As Soon As Possible. It does not mean you will have to forfeit your game, possibly you can arrange for a more suitable time.
Carcassonne Medium
I don't strictly impose a Carcassonne medium that must be played. In this round, only the BASIC set is required. Generally, given the distances between players we recommend JCloisterZone 3.1.1 (see below). If you wish to meet in person to play you're welcome to do so. If you wish to arrange an iPhone/Android game, you're also welcome to do so. If you wish to play by email/forum...which is very slow...you're welcome to do so. In our experience, JCloisterZone is the most widely supported medium.
JCloisterZone 3.1.1
This is currently the recommended version which runs on Java which will run on Windows/Mac/Linux.
You can download it here:
http://jcloisterzone.com/builds/JCloisterZone-3.1.1.zip
Remember to extract the zip before executing the Runtime.
If you have any problems please contact us in the Chatroom (see below), we can help.
Before your Game - Meet in the chatroom
It's generally a good idea to try and meet in the CarcassonneCentral Chatroom before your game is meant to begin: http://sydby.com/carcassonne/irc/index.html
When your partner arrives, one of you will have to HOST the game. Hosting the game means your machine running JCZ will manage the game and the other player must connect to your machine from their location. This usually means they have to traverse the firewall on your home's router. If this is all sounding alien to you, don't be scared, visit us in the chatroom, we can try and help you.
If neither party can host a game - I or Danisthirty (plus others) will happily host your game. Which means both players will connect to another person's machine to play their game.
If your player does not turn up, please give them a few minutes grace. If they have not arrived 15-minutes after your start time, please comment here and we'll try to work out what happened. It does not mean you will automatically win the game. There are many reasonable circumstances, why you may miss your game and we'll need to assess.
Setting Up the Game
Once you've connected to the game, the following Settings must be applied to JCZ. No Expansions, Randomize Seating Order[ x ]
Here is a screenshot of the configuration:
You should be ready to Start.
Enjoy Your Game
After Your Game
You must record the results. The best way to do this is, take a screenshot/printscreen and attach the picture to a reply on this forum thread.
This lets me check the scores and shows everyone else your game.
Once your score has been recorded, I will be able to update the Results Sheet.
You can all view the results sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AaY3-ik5omWhpN0HgZHPgygGuceS2jNjtEWYvi988-o/edit?usp=sharing
I'll take the occasional screenshot and share this with everyone here:
Tournament Format
I described this before, but I will summarize again:
You'll score 2 league points for a win; 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks.
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks. To confirm: If PlayerA scores 150 points, while PlayerB scores 125 points. PlayerA's PPD will be +25. PlayerB's PPD will be 0 (NOT -25).
Wrap-Up
Try and enjoy your games, my personal tactic is to give everything you've got. If you're going to lose you might as well lose by 50points rather than 5
There's plenty more games for you to try.Remember, if you've got any questions you can contact me here, on PM or find us in the chatroom- http://sydby.com/carcassonne/irc/index.html
You're also welcome to ask for a practice game with anyone, if you need to test JCZ.
Without further ado: I now declare the First Carcassonne Central Welcome Tournament.......OPEN
