View Poll Results: Your Favorite "Minnow" Commander

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  • Vercingetorix (Gaul)

    8 42.11%
  • Lysimachos (Successor Kingdom: Thrace)

    2 10.53%
  • Arminius (Germania)

    8 42.11%
  • Viriathus (Spain)

    1 5.26%
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Thread: The Four Minnows Tournament (Sunday, September 9)

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    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 prince
    OMAN

    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 lol
    PAUL_D

    name: {TWC}Spartan
    faction: Spain
    Last edited by Prince_of_Macedon; September 08, 2007 at 05:14 PM.
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    Germania is going to win.

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    Name: Scutarii
    Faction: Spain
    Comments: My Scutarii will PWN YOU!!! (or vice versa)



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    Tournament name: [TWC]Selifator
    Favourite Minnow faction: Germania
    Additional comments: Waaagh!
    Every time you :wub:, god kills another kitten.
    If you're gonna hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't YOU!

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    Whats the hype with Germania...

    Thrace FTW FTW FTW!!!

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    Hypes are like the clouds....
    Who knows where the #&^@ they're going next.
    Every time you :wub:, god kills another kitten.
    If you're gonna hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't YOU!

    'I understand, and I take the light into my soul. I will become the spear of Khaine. Lightning flashes, blood falls, death pierces the darkness.' , Dhrykna.

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    Default Re: The Four Minnows Tournament (Sunday, September 9)

    *** IMPORTANT UPDATE: TOURNEY MAP WILL BE GRASSY FLATLAND BUT UNDER WINTER CONDITIONS ***

    I ran some tests with Prippet Marshes and Blizzard Conditions. And well, they affect people who do a lot of micro'ing on the battlefield.

    Here's a revelation I made: I kept wondering to myself why is it harder to play on Prippet Marshes? It's not the hiding places. No, it's the lag caused by all of the extra scenery. I can do wonderful maneuvers on the Grassy Flatland and the Syrian Flats, but I can't pull these moves off on the Prippet Marshes. Maybe some of you have slick computers, but I don't. And I'm pretty sure at least a few of you are in the same boat as me (in regards to my computer's efficiency). Thus, I switched the map to Grassy Flatlands. However, we're still setting the "season" to WINTER. But leave the "weather" on RANDOM.

    Just want to put this out there: familiarize yourselves with all of the factions. You probably won't get to use your favorite faction throughout the tourney; so be flexible.
    Last edited by Prince_of_Macedon; September 02, 2007 at 03:19 PM.
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    oo another tourney. I like it. I dont know if i can make it yet so i wont enter quite yet. but that said expect me to be in.

    And think good call on the map change Prince. Prippet Marshes is an awquard map i think, best to keep it on Grassy Flatland, although the hiding areas ect on prippet marshes would have made the battles interesting lol.

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    Default Re: The Four Minnows Tournament (Sunday, September 9)

    Awesome, Pet! I'll reserve you a place on the battlefield next to Achilles

    Anyways, the map's good, but I can't run it on my computer very well. lol
    Last edited by Prince_of_Macedon; September 02, 2007 at 04:33 PM.
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    TOUNAMENT NAME: {SoA}Leonidas

    FAVOURITE TOURNY FACTION : Thrace
    "Hoti to kratisto" - Alexander of Macedon

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    Anyway to put the link to this thread in your signature? I was thinking of doing that, maybe more people will be interested in playing.
    Every time you :wub:, god kills another kitten.
    If you're gonna hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't YOU!

    'I understand, and I take the light into my soul. I will become the spear of Khaine. Lightning flashes, blood falls, death pierces the darkness.' , Dhrykna.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Selifator View Post
    Anyway to put the link to this thread in your signature? I was thinking of doing that, maybe more people will be interested in playing.
    go ahead
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    Yeah, BUT HOW? Copy paste or what?
    Every time you :wub:, god kills another kitten.
    If you're gonna hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't YOU!

    'I understand, and I take the light into my soul. I will become the spear of Khaine. Lightning flashes, blood falls, death pierces the darkness.' , Dhrykna.

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    I voted for Arminius. He was a sneaky bastard, and I like that in a general.

    btw. I love your picture of the minnows and the shark in your first post!

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    Default Re: The Four Minnows Tournament (Sunday, September 9)

    LOL

    I would've made something cooler, but alas, I'm lacking talent

    I voted for Lysimachos just because he really lived it up in true Diadochi fashion (lots of blood spilled and eventually lost his life on the battlefield).
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    lol thanks prince for puting me on standby lol. I still dont know if i can make it yet but ill let you know latest on Friday. oooo ever drawin near to the next tourney lol. Everyone tell more people. Lets see if we can make this the biggest tourney that we have had so far! lol
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    Uhh I can't even look anymore ther colors of vanilla blind me!
    according to exarch I am like
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    hi prince.

    count me in for Sunday.

    Faction. Thrace, spain or germany.

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    Default Re: The Four Minnows Tournament (Sunday, September 9)

    - No problem, Petros!

    - Nice to have you back, Oman!
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    Ave Prince Of Macedonia and his followers,


    I would've joined this one, to celebrate the last of summer, but my computer died. CTD's in every game and program. No Good..........So right now I'm stuck playing Starcraft with a wireless strength lower than a bug's IQ. Give me a replay if you can!


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