Tournament of the Horse Archers (Sunday, October 28)

[Prince_of_Macedon]

"They prefer battles fought at long range, ambushes, encircling their adversaries, simulated retreats and sudden returns, and wedge-shaped formations, that is, in scattered groups. When they make their enemies take to flight, they put everything else aside, and are not content, as the Persians, the Romans, and other peoples, with pursuing them a reasonable distance and plundering their goods, but they do not let up at all until they have achieved the complete destruction of their enemies, and they employ every means to this end."
- Maurice's Strategikon


It's time to hone your horse-archery skills, and bring it to the digital battlefield. This is a No Rules Tournament for the 4 Horse Archer factions: Parthia, Scythia, Armenia and Dacia. We will fight it out on the Syrian Flats map.



Here's a glance at the 4 invited factions...

PARTHIA


SCYTHIA


ARMENIA


DACIA


In case you're wondering, I didn't invite Egypt (even though they had Camel Archers). Egypt (due to its chariot archers) would be invincible.

DATE
- October 28, 2007 (Sunday if you‘re in North America or Western Europe)

TIME
- 2:00pm EST (US East Coast)
- 7:00pm London, UK Time
- 20:00 Berlin 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 Horse Archer Faction:
- Additional Comments:

2) the game is Rome: Total War (version 1.5)

3) denarii level: 10,000

4) map: Syrian Flats

5) Faction Selection: Parthia, Scythia, Armenia, Dacia

6) Do not restrict the movement of the camera

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

8) this is a 1 vs 1 tournament

9) No In-Game Rules

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

11) You can switch factions as you please.

12) After a battle, both players 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

The winner of this prize will receive only one reward: recognition as the most skillful horse archer commander!

TOURNAMENT HOST:

BARBARIAN_PRINCE

- Tournament Name:[TWC]Prince_of_Macedon
- Favorite Horse Archer Faction: I like Scythia for historical reasons (being a contemporary adversary of Alexander the Great)
- Additional Comments: I won't be participating, but I'd like to bring the forumers back to the battlefield for another rumble.

TOURNEY PARTICIPENTS:

SELIFATOR

Tournament name: Selifator
Favourite faction: Scythia
Comments: At long last the great warlords gather to do battle once more in the game of the gods!

LEONIDASOFSPARTA

- Your Tournament Name:]|{CoH}|[-Skelet_Lord-|V
- Favorite Horse Archer Faction:Armenia
- Additional Comments:Time I play some 10k games :-), gl to u all

JIMEXANDER THE MIGHTY

My game name will be: Jimexander the Great

My favorite faction is Parthia (even though I may use Scythia I dont know )

comment: My first tourney yaaaaaayyyyyy!!!

TURK

Name:CoH Turkish TW Lord
Faction:Armenia
Comment:Leonidas sucks muhahahaa I hate 300

DROPPED OUT:
Evan_2009
Octavium

[Selifator]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!
Not excited in any way, standard reaction
Tournament name: Selifator
Favourite faction: Scythia
Comments: At long last the great warlords gather to do battle once more in the game of the gods!

[Vault Dweller]

How is Dacia a horse archer faction, aside from it's Scythian Mercenaries?

[Prince_of_Macedon]

How is Dacia a horse archer faction, aside from it's Scythian Mercenaries?

That's like asking: "How are the Julii a Praetorian Cavalry faction, aside from their Praetorian Cavalry?"

If a Dacian player spams Scythians (which does happen online), you'll see why it can be considered a horse archer faction.

The fact that it has Scythian Mercenaries means that Dacia can fight exactly like a Horse Archer Faction.

[Octavium]

I'm in, I'll edit this post when I've chosen a faction.

OK, online name Octavium
Faction will be Sythia
Comment will be YEEE' HAWWW!

[LeonidasOfSparta]

- Your Tournament Name:]|{CoH}|[-Skelet_Lord-|V
- Favorite Horse Archer Faction:Armenia
- Additional Comments:Time I play some 10k games :-), gl to u all


BTW Lmao Vault dwelver dacia not horse archer faction? lol

[Prince_of_Macedon]

You change your name Leonidas?

Anyways, I can't wait to see the replays.

- Octavium, you've seen a lot of Westerns? lol

[LeonidasOfSparta]

You change your name Leonidas?

ye mate now i go either as Skelet_Lord or Fist_of_Evil

PS: like those fancy evil names they fit my clan name

PSS: Vault dweler y dont u join tourney? lol


PSSSSSS: Missed playng with u guys

PSSSSSSSS: where is oman? havent seen him LONG!!!!!!! i dont remember when i played him last time that sux

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Oman doesn't check his e-mail everyday so hopefully he'll join later on in the week.

[Jimexander the Mighty]

Hey guys I think I want to get into these cool tournaments you have. I have been reading about these tourneys for a while now and I have always thought about joining one.

I haven't really played online very much with R:TW but I have probably clocked in over a zillion hours of singleplayer so I think im gonna give this tourney a shot . Im looking forward to playing with you guys

(BTW if you have any tips feel free to share )

My game name will be: Jimexander the Great

My favorite faction is Parthia (even though I may use Scythia I dont know )

comment: My first tourney yaaaaaayyyyyy!!!



Also my email address is: sgt.smacktard@yahoo.com and if anyone has MSN it is also sgt.smacktard@yahoo.com.

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Welcome Jimexander the Mighty! Glad you can join us!
I can't give you any battlefield tips (with these factions) since I'm no expert on Steppe-style warfare. However, here are some MP/tourney tips for you:

1) acquaint yourself well with at least 2 of the tourney factions. There's a chance your opponent might use your favored faction. So it's best to be comfortable with at least 2.

2) Make sure you can play online with no problems. If you've never played online, you'll have to go to "Change CD-Key" and type in your CD-Key exactly as it appears in your box

3) Tinker around with the Unit Selection screen and see what kind of armies are possible with 10,000 denarii

4) Feel free to message any of us for a practice game online (using the tourney settings)

5) The first round will consist of a Round Robin format meaning you're guaranteed to play every person in your group (which could mean everyone if there's only a few participents). Therefore, be prepared to stick around for several games. All of my past tourneys have lasted between 2-3 hours.

6) Have fun! It might be a competition, but we're all there to enjoy ourselves.

P.S.
I'll add you to my tournament mailing list. So, you'll know for sure when a tournament is coming up.

[Jimexander the Mighty]

Thanks for all the info Barbarian Prince . Im really looking forward to this .

[Vault Dweller]

Bloody hell. If you had half the brain of any here, you would have taken the hint of my 5 or so posts saying "I MOD MY GAME BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE VANILLA!"
If I have to be insulted at every turn by a clod, have a care to do it well.

Barbarian Prince: they don't have half the variety of any other HA faction. it's nothing like calling the Julii a non-Preatorian Cavalry faction, as there is only 1 Preatorian Cavalry. There are loads of HA types.

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Barbarian Prince: they don't have half the variety of any other HA faction. it's nothing like calling the Julii a non-Preatorian Cavalry faction, as there is only 1 Preatorian Cavalry. There are loads of HA types.

"Loads of HA types?" Armenia has only 3 types of HAs. Scythia only has 3 types of HAs. Parthia only has 3 types of HAs. And Dacia has 1 type of HA.

(If you want to get really technical, Armenia and Parthia actually only have 2 types of HA's since the other type is a camel archer)

It doesn't matter how many types of HAs you have. A player only needs to spam 1 unit of HA, and that's all it takes. If you play online (which you don't), most players will only use 1 type of HA in their army anyway.

"Loads of HA types?" Seriously, don't exaggerate.

[Evan_2009]

Sign me up...I'll use Armenia

[LeonidasOfSparta]

Hey all,

@Jimexander the Mighty

Hi,

if you want to play online for some practice before tourney i will be glad to play with you and show you few things if you need anything, if you want simply send me personal message on TWC

@Vault Dwelver:

You are one of funniest guys here,

You seem to be very exeprt of total war, while you dont play vanilla ...

sounds weird

@Octavium:

hey m8, havent seen u from month on our clan site

is that cause of guest rules?

lol i miss disscusions with u so check site i gave u member rights

once again GOOD LUCK to all of u

[Octavium]

I've never seen a Western in my life (British, we aren't so romantic about the beginning of American history, slightly annoyed actually), but when I herd (groan) about this 'ear tourny I knew wild horses couldn't keep me from it!

[Vault Dweller]

I'm going to assume that was light-hearted, and so I'm going to reply that a few years of playing it heavily almost every day breeds experieance.

[LeonidasOfSparta]

i would like to see that experience

[Vault Dweller]

Oh for heaven's sake. You know what I'm going to say, but I'm going to add that we should just stop feuding and go our separate ways.