Late Bronze Age Tournament open for signups

[rbodleyscott]

Late Bronze Age Tournament v2

We are pleased to announce another Field of Glory 2 public tournament, covering the Late Bronze Age. It will be played using the normal Field of Glory 2 Multiplayer system and our automated tournament system. Game results will go into the Elo ranking system.

The tournament will use the Swiss Chess draw system.

Anyone who has Field of Glory II can enter. You do not need to own any DLCs to enter.

To enter, go to the tournament page here:
https://www.slitherine.com/tournaments

The general tournament rules can be found here:
https://www.slitherine.com/tournaments/rules

The first round will commence on Monday 29th December 2025 at 10.00 am GMT. No further entries can be accepted after the tournament has begun.

Specific tournament rules:
This tournament will involve five rounds. Each round will last 14 days. The battles will be Medium-sized custom battles:
1) Syria 1274 BC: Hittite 1275-1180 vs Egyptian 1276-1201. Open Battle. Middle-Eastern Agricultural.
2) Anatolia 1209 BC: Hittite 1275-1180 vs Assyrian 1365-891. Open Battle. Mediterranean Agricultural.
3) Egypt 1208 BC: Egyptian 1276-1201 vs Sea Peoples 1208-1176 with Libyan 1250-651 allies. Open Battle. Middle-Eastern Agricultural.
4) Troy 1194 BC: Mycenaean 1250-1180 vs Trojan 1250-1180. Open Battle. Mediterranean Agricultural.
5) Syria 1180 BC: Syro-Canaanite 1207-1100 vs Sea Peoples 1208-1176. Open Battle. Middle-Eastern Agricultural.

Games are paired, so each matchup will be played both ways. Each player will be able to choose his forces using the normal force selection system. In each round, all players will be playing on the same randomly generated map for both games.

First round pairings will be selected randomly, subsequent rounds using the Swiss Chess system. Nobody will play the same opponent in more than one round.

The scoring system is as follows:
• If a game runs to the turn limit, each side scores points equal to the enemy % routed at the turn limit. If the game times out, adjustments may be made, depending on how far the game has progressed and who took longer over their turns – see below.
• If one army breaks, the victorious player scores 60 points plus the difference between the enemy % routed and his own % routed. The loser scores points equal to the winner's % routed.

Examples:
1) If Ben defeats Tamas's army, and has inflicted 45% routed on Tamas, and Tamas has inflicted 15% on Ben, Ben will score 60 + (45 – 15) = 90, Tamas will score 15.
2) However, if Ben defeated Tamas’s army by inflicting 62% routed on Tamas, and Tamas had inflicted 56% routed on Ben, Ben would get 60 + (62 – 56) = 66 points, and Tamas would get 56.
3) If the game is unfinished (or it reached the turn limit) with Ben inflicting 20% routed on Tamas, and Tamas inflicting 10% routed on Ben, Ben would score 20, and Tamas would score 10. (Provided that between them they have played at least 36 turns in all – see below).

Note that this system rewards aggressive play over desultory skirmishing. If you rout an enemy unit then hide for the rest of the game, both players will get extremely low scores - lower than if they played hard and lost.

Byes:
If an odd number of players sign up for the tournament, one player will get a bye in each round. In the first round this is random. In subsequent rounds it will be the player with the lowest score. The score for a BYE is 75 points for each game.

Round times and timing out:
Each round will last 14 days.

Any battles that are not completed by the end of the round will be timed out. The player who has had the game in his “My Turns” box the longest overall will be the one who is deemed to be timed out. This will not normally incur any penalties, unless insufficient turns have been played: If the timed-out player has played less than 18 turns, his score will be reduced proportionately, and his opponent will be granted (100 - the timed out player's adjusted score) if this value exceeds his current score. (This means he will get the full BYE score unless the timed out player's adjusted score is more than 25).

If the timed-out player has played less than 6 turns, he will not be included in the draw for the next round. This is to prevent someone else’s enjoyment being spoiled by being drawn against someone who has apparently dropped out of the tournament.

[Nosferatu]

Hi Richard,

Something is wrong with the tournament games.
When the game is started, there was no army and the army names said "IDS_Missing", up-left sides were written as "Red" and "Blue" and the game ends immediately in defeat.

[tyronec]

Yes, I have Venetian vs Hungarian which is the Medieval match up, no wonder it couldn't find the armies !

Anyway, if it is being restarted will put it on a different day to the Medieval tournament which is better.

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[rbodleyscott]

Yes, I have Venetian vs Hungarian which is the Medieval match up, no wonder it couldn't find the armies !

Anyway, if it is being restarted will put it on a different day to the Medieval tournament which is better.
ven.jpg

Yeah, its borked, sorry, we will have to restart the signup and tournament.

[rbodleyscott]

Unfortunately the tournament was set up with the wrong set of scenario files. My sincere apologies - entirely my fault.

A corrected version of the tournament will shortly be up on the tournament pages for signups. the first game will commence on Monday 29th December.

You will all need to sign up again, we have no means of carrying forward the existing signups to the new version of the tournament.

Elo ratings will hopefully not be permanently greatly affected - if you attempt to play your turn you will "lose", but if the other player does not attempt to play his, he will time out. If both players attempt to play their turns, both will "lose". If neither player attempts to play their turn, both should time out.

So one way or another, both players will "lose" their games and have their Elo rating adjusted accordingly. Unfortunately, there will be slight discrepancies, because of disparity in players' previous Elo ratings. However, I am afraid we won't be able to make adjustments.

[rbodleyscott]

Version 2 of the Late Bronze Age Tournament is now open for signups.

[Nosferatu]

Unfortunately the tournament was set up with the wrong set of scenario files. My sincere apologies - entirely my fault.

A corrected version of the tournament will shortly be up on the tournament pages for signups. the first game will commence on Monday 29th December.

You will all need to sign up again, we have no means of carrying forward the existing signups to the new version of the tournament.

Elo ratings will hopefully not be permanently greatly affected - if you attempt to play your turn you will "lose", but if the other player does not attempt to play his, he will time out. If both players attempt to play their turns, both will "lose". If neither player attempts to play their turn, both should time out.

So one way or another, both players will "lose" their games and have their Elo rating adjusted accordingly. Unfortunately, there will be slight discrepancies, because of disparity in players' previous Elo ratings. However, I am afraid we won't be able to make adjustments.

Can the incorrect tournament at least be shortened to just one round (that started) or can everyone be timed out manually on server side so as not to participate from round 2 onwards? The ELO effect will not be big for one round, but if we all win 5 and lose 5, it might affect the table significantly.

[rbodleyscott]

Unfortunately the tournament was set up with the wrong set of scenario files. My sincere apologies - entirely my fault.

A corrected version of the tournament will shortly be up on the tournament pages for signups. the first game will commence on Monday 29th December.

You will all need to sign up again, we have no means of carrying forward the existing signups to the new version of the tournament.

Elo ratings will hopefully not be permanently greatly affected - if you attempt to play your turn you will "lose", but if the other player does not attempt to play his, he will time out. If both players attempt to play their turns, both will "lose". If neither player attempts to play their turn, both should time out.

So one way or another, both players will "lose" their games and have their Elo rating adjusted accordingly. Unfortunately, there will be slight discrepancies, because of disparity in players' previous Elo ratings. However, I am afraid we won't be able to make adjustments.

Can the incorrect tournament at least be shortened to just one round (that started) or can everyone be timed out manually on server side so as not to participate from round 2 onwards? The ELO effect will not be big for one round, but if we all win 5 and lose 5, it might affect the table significantly.

I will ask the powers that be.

[JacobusRobertus]

Well, I am a little relieved that it wasn't just me and since I'm not worried about my ranking no harm done! I do enjoy these tournaments in the main. Thank you Richard and others for setting them all up.