Team Tournament 2 - The Darkest Days - Ongoing

[Cluny the Scourge]

SPECIALIST TEAM TOURNAMENT (#2)

Since the first team tournament seems to have come off fairly well, I hereby establish the second. Once again it will be based on a highly specialist, unusual theme that will take players out of their usual grooves.

The Darkest Days

The laws of conquest are as absolute as they are unwritten. The dead give up their lives to the spear and their glory to their killers. History is written by the winners. None can speak for the fallen. Until, that is, an astonishing scientific experiment went terrifyingly wrong and plunged a random grouping of history buffs, computer-game nerds and know-it-all armchair-generals into an energy vortex through TIME and SPACE!



Can one man - or two - truly make a difference? If you - and your most trusted ally - were called by benevolent gods into the days of our bloody-handed forefathers, could YOU alter history?

Is Fate your slave or your master?

YOU will decide - as a TEAM.


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THE TOURNAMENT:

This second experimental team tournament is open to as many teams of two players as wish to compete.

Each team will fight against the others in one of two possible 2v2 historical battles - Carrhae and Bibracte.

I will list the fixures and assign, in each case, which of the two teams gets the right to choose which of the two battles it will be (I will distribute this right fairly).

In each match you fight first as one side, and then swap places to be the other.

Win as both sides and your team receives 1 tournament point / Win only as one side and you get 1/2 tournament point / Lose as both sides and you receive 0 tournament points for that match.

e.g. Team C and Team E fight. Their fixture assigns Team E the right to choose whether it is Bibracte or Carrhae this time. They choose Bibracte and E plays as the Roman side. They win. Immediately they play again as the Gaul/Germanian side. They win. For this they get 1 tournament point.

It will be up to the teams to arrange the times by PM and Xfire, then post the results.

If there is a need for further battles to decide ties, I will assign them.

In the best traditions of crazy science-fiction, after a team has won the main tournament the two victors will be caught up in displacement field in the space-time continuum and be send hurtling to another point in the multiverse. There they will fight a 1v1 Historical Battle that either I will choose at random or which they will agree between them. Only the victor will return to the 21st Century alive.


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To enter your team agree between you and post this information in the thread:

1) Team Name:

2) Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i)
ii)

If you don't have X-Fire I can heartily recommend it - and it's free:

http://www.xfire.com/download/


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Rules:

Game: RTW (Version 1.5)
Match: 2 v 2.
Maps: Bibracte / Carrhae Historical Battle.
Other rules:
- No use of the red border for defence.
- If a match fails due to a broken connection the failing team will forfeit, unless the other team is willing to refight the match.


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Team List:

1) Team Name: The Sons of Junius

2) Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) Cluny the Scourge / clunythescourge 1 / GMT+1 (BST)
ii) Selifator / selifator / GMT+2 (BST+1)

1) Team Name: Caesar's Guards

2) Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) Mr Longbowman / wer34truh / GMT+2 (BST+1)
ii) Al Merko / almerko / GMT+2 (BST+1)

1) Team Name: Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade

2) Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) Decimator22 / decimator22 / GMT-5
ii) GeneralChaos / riderofdoom / GMT-5

1) Team Name: WOT GLORY
2) Team Members / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) [WOT]{Capt}ConfusedJohnny / confusedjohnny / GMT+1 (BST)
ii) [WOT]{r}Dafuge / dafuge / GMT+1 (BST)

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Opening Match List:

[Tie-Breaking Battles and the Consul-for-Life Battle will be added]

[In each match the first team listed has the right to choose Bibracte or Carrhae. This was decided in each case by flipping a coin.]


# WOT GLORY (Dafuge / emotion_name (Confused Johnny)) v. Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / General Chaos)
Map selected: BIBRACTE.
Battle A - Rome (WOT GLORY) v. Barbarians (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade): Barbarian Victory - Points: 0 - 1/2.
Battle B - Barbarians (WOT GLORY) v. Rome (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade): Roman Victory - Points: 0 - 1/2.



# The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator) v. Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / General Chaos)
Map selected: CARRHAE.
Battle A - Easterners (The Sons of Junius) v. Rome (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade): Eastern Victory - Points: 1/2 - 0.
Battle B - Rome (The Sons of Junius) v. Easterners (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade): Draw - Points: 0 - 0.



# Caesar's Guards (Al Merko / Mr Longbowman) v. The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator)
Map selected: BIBRACTE.
Battle A - Barbarians (Caesar's Guards) v. Rome (The Sons of Junius): Roman Victory - Points: 0 - 1/2.
Battle B - Rome (Caesar's Guards) v. Barbarians (The Sons of Junius): Barbarian Victory - Points: 0 - 1/2.



# Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / General Chaos) v. Caesar's Guards (Al Merko / Mr Longbowman)
Map selected: BIBRACTE.
Battle A - Barbarians (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Rome (Caesar's Guards): Barbarian Victory - Points: 1/2 - 0.
Battle B - Rome (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Barbarians (Caesar's Guards): Roman Victory - Points: 1/2 - 0.



# The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator) v. WOT GLORY (Dafuge / emotion_name (Confused Johnny))
Map selected: BIBRACTE.
Battle A - Rome (The Sons of Junius) v. Barbarians (WOT GLORY): Draw - Points: 0 - 0.
Battle B - Barbarians (The Sons of Junius) v. Rome (WOT GLORY): Barbarian Victory - Points: 1/2 - 0.



# WOT GLORY (Dafuge / emotion_name (Confused Johnny)) v. Caesar's Guards (Al Merko / Mr Longbowman)
NOT YET FOUGHT

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Tie-Breakers:

# Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / GeneralChaos)v. The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator)
Map selected: CARRHAE.
Battle A - Rome (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Easterners (The Sons of Junius): Easterner Victory
Battle B - Easterners (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Rome (The Sons of Junius): Easterner Victory
Outcome: TIE UNBROKEN.

# Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / GeneralChaos)v. The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator)
Map selected: ISSUS.
Battle A - Macedon (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Persia (The Sons of Junius): Draw
Battle B - Persia (Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) v. Macedon (The Sons of Junius): Macedonian Victory
Outcome: The Sons of Junius win.


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Back-to-the Future 1v1:

Cluny the Scourge v. Selifator
Map selected: CHAERONEA.
Battle A - Greek City-States (Cluny the Scourge) v. Macedon (Selifator): Macedonian Victory
Battle B - Macedon (Cluny the Scourge) v. Greek City-States (Selifator): Greek Victory
Outcome: Selifator wins.


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Scores thus far:

The Sons of Junius : 2 points (3 battles fought) (+Tie-breaker)
Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade: 2 points (3 battles fought)
WOT GLORY: 0 points (2 battles fought)
Caesar's Guards: 0 points (2 battles fought)


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Final Rankings:

1st place - The Sons of Junius (Cluny the Scourge / Selifator)
2nd place - Imperator Augustus' Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (Decimator22 / GeneralChaos)
3rd place - ?
4th place - ?


Escapes Back to the 21st Century:

Selifator.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Sounds good. I will try to find a playing mate.

[Al Merko]

Definitely in. Anyone wants me for his mate?

My timezone is GMT+1.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

What's your timezone Al Merko? If it fits mine, I could go with you.

[General Nuisance esq]

I

[decimator22]

i'll join with anyone that wants me, I'm -5gmt and my xfire name is deciamtor22

[_TubbZ_]

No offence but Carrhae is horrendously unbalanced, with catas using AP they just destroy rome easily. If you want it fair stick with just bribracte or ban Alt attack with catas...

[GeneralChaos]

Hmmmmmmm

Anyone of the GMT -5 variety that's looking for a teammate pm me por favor.

[Cluny the Scourge]

No offence but Carrhae is horrendously unbalanced, with catas using AP they just destroy rome easily. If you want it fair stick with just bribracte or ban Alt attack with catas...

You have to fight as both sides in each match.

[Mr Longbowman]

Sounds intresting, sign me up

I enjoyed the last tourney even though my results were not the best.

I am GMT+1 if anybody is intrested and my xfire is wer34truh

[Cluny the Scourge]

Anyone who is looking for a team-mate, you would do well to start by PM-ing one of these guys:

People who have stated they're looking for partners already:
Al Merko.
Xavier Dragnesi.
General Nuisance Esq.
Decimator22.
GeneralChaos.
Mr. Longbowman

I and Selifator throw in our team:

1) Team Name: The Sons of Junius

2) Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) Cluny the Scourge / clunythescourge 1 / GMT+1 (BST)
ii) Selifator / selifator / GMT+2 (BST+1)

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Actually, I think I'll have to opt out for this one as well. I usually can't stay online long enough at one time to play two games in a row at a time that is convenient for both me and a partner. So once again, I'll be on the sidelines watching and supporting

[Made-in-the-uk]

the battle of carrhae is really unbalanced, the team with parthia and armenia win every time

[Selifator]

If the battles take too long, then we can always take our time in planning the second one. This might make the tournament last far longer but better that than RL kicking in and caressing the pc with the ever subtle touch of a sledgehammer.

[Alexander24]

Well, let me ask me usual fighting mate Zeke about fighting in this tourney.

I imagine we will not take place as we dont like the historical battles to much, due to their... unusually historically inaccurate portrayals of each armies forces

[Selifator]

Choosing historical battles is only to ensure that both parties need to utilize tactics to the max, if you want to play hardcore historical-realistic tournaments I suggest checking the IBFD fora, SeniorBatavianHorse makes tournaments for that based on historical battles.

[Cluny the Scourge]

Actually, I think I'll have to opt out for this one as well. I usually can't stay online long enough at one time to play two games in a row at a time that is convenient for both me and a partner. So once again, I'll be on the sidelines watching and supporting

As Selifator says, it is not actually necessary to play both sides of the match in a row. Additionally it is worth considering that it is in the nature of Historical Battles that no time is taken up in the Army Selection or Deployment phases - you just start the game and fight the battle right away.

[Selifator]

That depends on the deployment people will use as the battle begins. In a number of historical battles I played online, all of the players changed their deployment.

[Al Merko]

Ok, me and Mr Longbowman will try to improve our statistic


Team Name: Caesar's Guards

Team Member / X-Fire ID / Time Zone
i) Mr Longbowman / wer34truh / GMT+1
ii) Al Merko / almerko / GMT+1

[Selifator]

Oh my, getting all desk worker, are we?