FOG: It's a Knock-Out! Recruitment closed.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:41 am

We're creeping up towards 16 entrants now and we have a few medieval armies which is good. I know that a lot of players do not read the forum, or at least do not read it regularly, so please invite anyone like that who you may be playing in a friendly game.

ENTRIES

1. TJD - Dacians
2. Fedem - Late Republican Roman
3. iandavidsmith - Dailami
4. TGM - to notify
5. davouthojo - Christian Nubians
6. dazzam - to notify
7. steve h-8 - Early South Slav (early)
8. ericdoman1 - Early Catalan Company
9. petran 1978 - Alexandrian Macedonians
10. cromlechi - Graeco-Bactrians
11. Morbio - Later Seleucids
12. cavehobbit - Medieval Crown of Aragon (early)
13. kme - Later Medieval Swedish

steve-h8 · Post by **steve-h8** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:06 am

Hi Pete

Have made my choice, Early South Slav (early)

Good luck all

ericdoman1 · Post by **ericdoman1** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:07 pm

Hi y'all

This is just a thought.

If there are going to be 16 of us there will be a max of 4 games for 2 players.

However what if we can all play 4 games?

You play your first game you lose by a single bp, bummer or what? That's it for you time to go.

However what if a player who lost his first game could still have a chance of winning?

It is very straightforward. You have a Swiss System. The first time to my knowledge that one has been incorporated in FOG-DIgital. In TT comps I have played. I have lost my first game in some comps but ended up being 3rd, 2nd and 1st at the end of it.

Very simply those players with the same % casualties inflicted will play one another in the next round or as close as. Their % casualties are totalled up for each round.

For example

Round 1 Player A 100% vs B 75%

Round 2 Player B (75%) 100% vs Player G (73%) 83%

Round 3 Player B (175%) 100% vs Player D (180%) 53%

Round 4 Player B (275%) 100% vs Player J (269%) 93%

Even players who may have lost 3 games very narrowly have a chance of winning or becoming 2nd or 3rd so the last and final round (Round 4) would be very exciting. You could have 3 or 4 players vying for 1st position.

Cheers

Eric

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:24 pm

Hello Eric,

I think that your idea of using the Swiss system is a very good one - but I feel that it warrants a separate competition of its own at some stage. I would certainly be very interested to see how it all works out and I would be prepared to help with the organisation of such a tournament. If it has worked in TT competition then I see no reason why it would not work for FOG digital too.

However, the idea for this knock-out competition was to have a short, sharp, breezy competition in the New Year just to get everyone back in the swing of things again. A lot of players have just about finished their LOEG matches so there is a bit of a "window" now for another tournament or two before the next season of LOEG starts up. At 350pts the games should be completed quite quickly too.

Last thing, I didn't mean to imply that there would only be 16 players in my tournament, only that 16 would be the minimum number I would need to make it viable. Hopefully, we will get 30+ players entering by next Saturday. Once we get past 16 entrants I can work with any number of players - say, for example, that we get 29 entrants, then the first round will consist of 13 matches (26 players) and 3 players will get byes into the second round. The 13 winners plus 3 byes will play in the second round and then we reduce the number of survivors 8-4-2-1 as is usual in knock-out competitions.

rexhurley · Post by **rexhurley** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:10 am

From down under ..... ME!!..........lols

With the not so glorious Golden Horde Later

Tiavals · Post by **Tiavals** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:11 am

I'm in. Nikephorian Byzantine(later)

batesmotel · Post by **batesmotel** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:10 pm

Put me down for the Bosporans(mid) if there's still space.

Chris.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:22 pm

Right - we have got the minimum number required of 16 so the competition will definitely be going ahead. I will post the first round draw on here on Sunday morning, January 15th. You can still join the competition - the more the merrier!

ENTRIES

1. TJD - Dacians
2. Fedem - Late Republican Roman
3. iandavidsmith - Dailami
4. TGM - to notify
5. davouthojo - Christian Nubians
6. dazzam - to notify
7. steve h-8 - Early South Slav (early)
8. ericdoman1 - Early Catalan Company
9. petran 1978 - Alexandrian Macedonians
10. cromlechi - Graeco-Bactrians
11. Morbio - Later Seleucids
12. cavehobbit - Medieval Crown of Aragon (early)
13. kme - Medieval Swedish (later)
14. rexhurley - Golden Horde (later)
15. Tiavals - Nikephorian Byzantine(later)
16. batesmotel - Bosporans (mid)
17. Supervark - to notify
18. todd645 - to notify
19. gaxsax - to notify
20. petergarnett - Dacians
21. porsenna - Avars
22.
23.
24.
25.

gaxsax · Post by **gaxsax** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:24 pm

put me down as spare
thanks

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:17 pm

gaxsax wrote:put me down as spare
thanks

No spares allowed - you are in!

Pick an army over the next few days - it should be fun.

petergarnett · Post by **petergarnett** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:31 pm

Dacians for me please

porsenna · Post by **porsenna** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:44 pm

thanks for the invitation Pete!

i wish to join with Avar from DAF

it sounds to be challenging!

gamer78 · Post by **gamer78** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:21 am

Later Ottoman Turkish aka "3rd Rome"

JonPowles · Post by **JonPowles** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:27 am

Pete, put me down for Early Southern Slav (later)

todd645 · Post by **todd645** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:24 am

Latin Greece Achaia

jonno · Post by **jonno** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:22 am

Count me in
Gallic (Later Hill Tribes)

cheers, Jon

rexhurley · Post by **rexhurley** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:33 am

porsenna wrote:thanks for the invitation Pete!
i wish to join with Avar from DAF
it sounds to be challenging!

Oh cannon fodder

rubs hand with glee!

gazxtrix · Post by **gazxtrix** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:41 am

here comes another one -------- Santa (cos its Xmas ) Hermandad

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:08 am

ENTRIES (maximum 32)

1. TJD - Dacians
2. Fedem - Late Republican Roman
3. iandavidsmith - Dailami
4. TGM - to notify
5. davouthojo - Christian Nubians
6. dazzam - to notify
7. steve h-8 - Early South Slav (early)
8. ericdoman1 - Early Catalan Company
9. petran 1978 - Alexandrian Macedonians
10. cromlechi - Graeco-Bactrians
11. Morbio - Later Seleucids
12. cavehobbit - Medieval Crown of Aragon (early)
13. kme - Medieval Swedish (later)
14. rexhurley - Golden Horde (later)
15. Tiavals - Nikephorian Byzantine(later)
16. batesmotel - Bosporans (mid)
17. Supervark - HYW English (Britain, later)
18. todd645 - Latin Greece Achaia
19. gaxsax - to notify
20. petergarnett - Dacians
21. porsenna - Avars
22. baris - Later Ottoman Turks
23. tullius - Early Southern Slav (later)
24. jonno - Gallic Hill Tribes (later)
25. gazxtrix - Santa Hermandad Nueva Castilian
26. deeter - to notify
27. macsen - 100YW English Continental (later)
28. stik - Dominate Roman (western, late)
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30.
31.
32.

deeter · Post by **deeter** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:21 pm

I'll join. Just have to decide on an army.

Deeter

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