THE FOUR MINNOWS TOURNAMENT (Sunday, September 9)
*** Map Change: we're leaving the "season" on WINTER, but the map will be the good old GRASSY FLATLAND ***
"Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient."
- Sun Tzu (from The Art of War)
Welcome to the Four Minnows Tournament!
I decided to setup a tourney in which all participents would be limited to the 4 "weakest" factions. I know what you're thinking: there is one faction here that has a slight edge over everyone else, but that's unavoidable. If I took this faction out, then that would mean another faction would enjoy a similar supremacy over all else. The game is imbalanced, and there's nothing I can do about that (except hold a Rome vs Rome tourney which is not the time). I considered throwing in Numidia as a counter to said faction, but those War Elephants would simply be too overwhelming for the other factions.
That said, here are the Four Minnows that have qualified for this tournament:
Here's a look at the unit selection for each faction...
GERMANIA:
THRACE:
SPAIN:
GAUL:
I added a new change to the battlefield conditions. Instead of fighting in Summer, we'll fight in Winter. So, every host MUST change the "season" to Winter. This is where you change the Season's conditions:
Tournaments typically go for 2-3 hours. If you’re not committed to staying that long, then you should not enter.
DATE
- September 9, 2007 (Sunday if you‘re in North America or Western Europe)
TIME
- 2:00pm EST (US East Coast)
- 7:00pm London, UK Time
LOCATION
- all players will meet in the Competitive (server)
RULES FOR THE TOURNAMENT
1. Please pre-register by filling out this questionnaire:
- Your Tournament Name:
- Favorite Minnow Faction:
- Additional Comments:
2) the game is Rome: Total War (version 1.5)
3) denarii level: 10,000
4) map: Grassy Flatland
5) Season: Winter (you have to change this under Advanced Conditions)
6)
7) Faction Selection: Gaul, Spain, Thrace, Germania
8) Do not restrict the movement of the camera
9) Unit Size should be "Large" unless someone's computer can't handle it.
10) this is a 1 vs 1 tournament
11) No In-Game Rules
12) After you finish your battle, please wait for me to assign you your next opponent
13) You can switch factions as you please.
14) After a battle, both players will report the results to me (I want to know who won, and which factions were used)
15) Please save your replays! I might ask you to e-mail them to me after the tournament. My e-mail is prince_of_macedon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
The winner of this prize will receive only one reward: recognition as the biggest fish in a very, very small pond!
TOURNEY COMBATANTS:
BARBARIAN_PRINCE (also Tourney Host)
Tournament Name: [TWC]Prince_of_Macedon
Favorite Minnow Faction: Thrace
Additional Comments: Glory to the heirs of Alexander!SCUTARII
Name: Scutarii
Faction: Spain
Comments: My Scutarii will PWN YOU!!! (or vice versa)SELIFATOR
Tournament name: [TWC]Selifator
Favourite Minnow faction: Germania
Additional comments: Waaagh!LEONIDASOFSPARTA
TOURNAMENT NAME: ]|{CoH}|[-Leonidas-]|[Empr]|[
FAVOURITE FACTION: Thrace
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: lol glad to join this one, thx princeOMAN
Tournament Name: Oman
Favorite Minnow Faction: Faction. Thrace, spain or germany.REECE
Tournament Name: ]|[{CoH}|[-Reece-]|[{Crusader}]|[-
Favourite Faction: Gaul
Additional Comments: This is my first TWC tournament lolPAUL_D
name: {TWC}Spartan
faction: Spain