20k BI Team Tourney of Aetius & Theodoric (Sunday, March 16)

[Prince_of_Macedon]

* NEW: since everybody is keen on random teammates, I'll simply assign you a teammate on the day of the tourney *

"Allied forces should not be mixed in with our own troops. They should set up camp and march separately. It is most important that we hide our formations and methods of warfare from them, for if they ever turn against us, they may use their knowledge of these to hurt us."
- Maurice (from the Strategikon)


(Attila invades the West. Painting by A. De Neuville)


The 20k BI Team Tourney of Aetius & Theodoric (Sunday, March 16)
It's time for a 2 vs 2 team tournament using the Barbarian Invasion expansion (version 1.6).

Here are some of the significant rules for this tourney:
- 2 vs 2
- denarii: 20,000
- map: Gallic Countryside
- rules: none
- game: Barbarian Invasion (1.6)

In case you're wondering about the name of the tourney...
General Aetius (Western Roman) and King Theoridic (Visigoth) weren't the best of buddies when Attila the Hun invaded the West. But the only way they could save themselves from the Hun menace was to band together and form an uneasy alliance. Their teamwork proved successful when they defeated the Huns at Chalons.

So let's see how well you can coordinate your tactics with another player in a high-pressure setting.

TOURNEY INFO
DATE
- March 16, 2008 (Sunday)

TIMES
- 3pm (US East Coast Time)
- 7pm (London, UK Time)

LOCATION
- Meet in the "Chat Lobby" server on Gamespy

THE RULES
1. Please pre-register by filling out this questionnaire:
- Your Tournament Name:
- Favorite BI Faction:
- Additional Comments:

2) this is a 2 vs 2 tournament (I will assign you your teammates randomly on the day of the tourney)

3) denarii: 20,000 denarii

4) map: Gallic Countryside

5) do not change any of the battlefield conditions! The only thing you need to change is the map. And that map is the Gallic Countryside. Everything else should be default.

6) Do not restrict the movement of the camera

7) Unit Size should be "Large" unless someone's computer can't handle it.

8) the game is Barbarian Invasion (version 1.6)

9) there are no in-game rules

10) After you finish your battle, please wait for me to assign you your next team battle

11) You can switch factions as you please.

12) After a battle, both teams will report the results to me (I want to know who won, and which factions were used)

13) 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

14) The winning team of this tournament will receive only one reward: GLORY!

THE BARBARIAN WARLORDS (teams will be assigned randomly):

hannibalbarc

- Your Tournament Name:Theodoric in honor of the general and because that is my real name
- Favorite BI Faction:I don't know, I guess I'll say Ostrogoth.
- Your Teammate: NONE
- Your Team Name:The Ostrogoths
- Additional Comments:I can change the team name if my teammate would like a different name, but thats all I could think of right now.

piranha45

- Favorite BI Faction: Franks
- Your Teammate: NONE
- Your Team Name: N/A
- Additional Comments: Looking for a partner, PM me if u wanna team up. Flaevius Aetius; last of the True Romans!

RomulusAugustus

- Your Tournament Name: RomulusAugustus
- Favorite BI Faction: Goths
- Your Teammate:NONE
- Your Team Name: N/A (Don't care much as to what it is honestly)
- Additional Comments: I'm not the best player by far at RTW online, but at least this'll get my feet wet a bit. Hope whoever gets on my team can cope with it!

Oh and if I got vote on the poll I'd say Odoacer, officially conquering the Western Roman Empire, and ruling it for some time is quite an accomplishment.

Selifator

- Your Tournament Name: [TWC]Selifator
- Favorite BI Faction: Sassanids, Huns
- Your Teammate: None
- Your Team Name: See above
- Additional Comments: Huzzah! Barbarian Invasion

Axeman

- Your Tournament Name: twcAxeman
- Favorite BI Faction: The Romano-British, or Franks
- Your Teammate: (answer NONE if you don't have one yet) NONE
- Your Team Name: The Comrades! *I have a flawless russian accent lol*
- Additional Comments: The team will be named comrades , whoever I team with *insert soviet style smiley here*

SeniorBatavianHorse

(possible MIA due to a mountain excursion)

Mr_Longbowman

Your Tournament Name: Mr Longbow
- Favorite BI Faction: I haven't played much BI yet so don't know but I am going to play some custum battles today
- Your Teammate: I am still working on it
- Your Team Name: I will fate decide
- Additional Comments: Team battles could be really fun and if this tourney works out fine It might be the best yet

msTubbZ

- Your Tournament Name: TubbZ
- Favorite BI Faction: No idea, never really played it
- Your Teammate: NONE
- Your Team Name: Haven't got a team yet..
- Additional Comments: I am looking for a partner to join my team, i enjoy long walks on the beach, cooking and playing PC games... (not really, i can't cook for **** and walking involves going outside with the fleshy people )

Lucasmaximuse

Your Tournament Name: lucasmaximuse
- Favorite BI Faction: franks
- Your Teammate:NONE
- Your Team Name: dont have 1
- Additional Comments: going to work on my typing know as it will probble involve alot of it.

GeneralChaos

- Your Tournament Name: GrasshopperofDOOM
- Favorite BI Faction: Well ERE is one of the very few I've played...
- Additional Comments: I'm not allowed to vote in polls, but Belisarius +1.

achillis

Your tournament name:Hector
Favorite BI faction:
aditional comments:never played BI in a tourny before so i wont be very good

[Eccentric]

Oh crap, now I don't know were to go, to this tourney or to the rtwh forum party.
Edit: I voted Theodoric cause thats my name

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Check the date again.

[Eccentric]

Oh yea, I got it a little mixed up, ok,
- Your Tournament Name:Theodoric in honor of the general and because that is my real name
- Favorite BI Faction:I don't know, I guess I'll say Ostrogoth.
- Your Teammate: NONE
- Your Team Name:The Ostrogoths
- Additional Comments:I can change the team name if my teammate would like a different name, but thats all I could think of right now.

[piranha45]

- Your Tournament Name: Charles Martel
- Favorite BI Faction: Franks

- Your Team Name: N/A
- Additional Comments: Flaevius Aetius; last of the True Romans!

[Eccentric]

I think the Prince should make the teams, just to be fair.

[piranha45]

piranha45 thinks that's the best idea. Waiting on the Prince's response to this, before a team is finalized....


the added stress of working with someone unexpected would be better replicated with random teams. it would be more fun!

[Romulus_A]

- Your Tournament Name: Alaric
- Favorite BI Faction: Goths
- Your Teammate:NONE
- Your Team Name: N/A (Don't care much as to what it is honestly)
- Additional Comments: I'm not the best player by far at RTW online, but at least this'll get my feet wet a bit. Hope whoever gets on my team can cope with it!

Oh and if I got vote on the poll I'd say Odoacer, officially conquering the Western Roman Empire, and ruling it for some time is quite an accomplishment.

[General_Zavier]

Ugh. These are always on days that I'm busy. Maybe next time.

[piranha45]

ur problem, zavier, is that you misplace RTW on your priority list. Family and friends were naturally intended to be pushed aside by the demands of pc gaming.

[Selifator]

- Your Tournament Name: [TWC]Selifator
- Favorite BI Faction: Sassanids, Huns
- Your Teammate: None
- Your Team Name: See above
- Additional Comments: Huzzah! Barbarian Invasion

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Sorry for the delayed response; I couldn't get on this site for some reason all day.

Anyway, if you guys want random teammates, then I could pick them on the day of the tourney. It's up to you, guys

I should've mentioned Gaiseric (the Vandal) on the poll among others I missed

[Xavier Dragnesi]

I couldn't get on either, but working now, so all good.

[Axeman]

- Your Tournament Name: twcAxeman
- Favorite BI Faction: The Romano-British, or Franks
- Your Teammate: (answer NONE if you don't have one yet) NONE
- Your Team Name: The Comrades! *I have a flawless russian accent lol*
- Additional Comments: The team will be named comrades , whoever I team with *insert soviet style smiley here*

[Eccentric]

Just one question: Is it 20k team denarii or 20k each?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Considering Prince enjoys 10k battles, then I suppose it will be 20k team, with 10k each.

[General_Zavier]

I should've mentioned Gaiseric (the Vandal) on the poll among others I missed

What about Alaric? Where's the Visigothic love?

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Just one question: Is it 20k team denarii or 20k each?

20k per team. Basically, the host sets the denarii at 20,000, and then each each will divide that denarii between themselves.

What about Alaric? Where's the Visigothic love?

No, I hate him! j/k lol

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

I'm in! Let me sort out the IBFD team tourney this afternoon (nothing like a shameless plug!) and then post details here. I'm hoping some of our players will form a few teams for this and bring over their experience having just fought a bitter 3v3 AetiusvAttila historical tourney!

[Prince_of_Macedon]

lol good to have you in, SeniorBatavian!

Attention, North Americans: I forgot about the change in time. So, instead of meeting at 2pm (EST), we'll be meeting at 3pm (EST).