errr... email from slitherine.....

[iandavidsmith]

got this email , but i don't understand it , is this the FoG tournament ?

Dear Gamer,

The next round for 1st Beta tournament has started for Battlefield Academy.

Round 2 of 4.
Player time 2 days, 12 hours : 0 minutes.
Number of players 0.
Scoring system Swiss Chess.

********* Rounds *********

Round: 1.
Scenario: Mons Graupius 84AD.
Paired Round: Yes.
Start Time: 10 Sep 2010 - 7:00:00 (GMT -5).

Round: 2.
Scenario: Beneventum 275BC.
Paired Round: Yes.
Start Time: 17 Sep 2010 - 7:00:00 (GMT -5).

Round: 3.
Scenario: Starter Army Battle - Swiss vs Burgundians.
Paired Round: Yes.
Start Time: 24 Sep 2010 - 7:00:00 (GMT -5).

Round: 4.
Scenario: Sparta 338BC.
Paired Round: Yes.
Start Time: 01 Oct 2010 - 7:00:00 (GMT -5).

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Please login to the multiplayer through the game to access your games!

Please remember both you and your opponent have a limited amount of time to complete your turns, and when the game is in your turn you time ticks down, like a chess clock. Watch your time as if you run out you will lose!

Regards,

The Slitherine Team

[CheerfullyInsane]

*Joins in the head-scratching*

Think it's a tech glitch.
Far as I know the tournament players has to use the 1.4 patch which hasn't been released yet.

CheerfullyInsane

[IainMcNeil]

Yes it is a tech glitch. We're testing the server on another tournament and have never had 2 tournaments running at one time before and its generating mails for the wrong tournaments. Please ignore them and sorry for the confusion!

[Geordietaf]

It gives rise to a few questions which i expect you plan to answer before the tournament starts:

1. Historical or free set up?

2. Fog of War?

3. Double moves?

4. What is the Swiss Cheese scoring system?

[IainMcNeil]

* Historical
* FoW - Can be set Set per game but we have them all off for this tournament
* Double moves - Can be set per game - we have them all on for this tournament
* Swiss Chess - After round 1 players in 1st & 2nd are drawn against each other, 3rd and 4th etc and so on. Means the better you do the harder your game. Repeat for round 3, 4 etc.

[Blathergut]

Two different emails came through. One for Battlefield Academy and one for FoG PC...both with the same wording as above.

Any word on the update for the tournament? Are we still starting this Friday?

[deadtorius]

Thanks for clearing up the weird e-mails Ian. Guess we will have to wait for the real thing.

[IainMcNeil]

Yep - all part of the joys of joining a beta tournament