Swords and Scimitars tournament - arrange your matches here

[Londo]

Div C

Cunningcairn: Medieval Cypriot (early)
Iandavidsmith: Later Crusader (Richard I)
Tullius: Nika Byzantine
Paulmcneil: Georgian 1124-1243
Bloodphoenix: Middle Bulgarian

Hi all! I'm putting up challenges for all of you, just my army to begin with - Seljuk Turk (Rum). Come get some.

pw seljuk

[ricoual74]

div d
challenge for rex
pw: rexh

ricoual

[rexhurley]

Div D

Challenges up for

Cromlechi pw = Cuman

Stockwellpete pw = Serbian

both mirror games posted as well

[stockwellpete]

Pool D

Two challenges for ricoual74, password is ricoual74. PM sent.

[voskarp]

Pool A

Challenges for batesmotel, password bate

May the best psycho win!!!

[Yuknoom]

Division B
Well, Solly isnt answering, and the rest are moving along, so i guess its time to take my whuppin'.

Challenges up from my Syrians for Jonathan4290's Byzantines. PW both games byzantine.

[bloodphoenix]

Okay! Heretics and Heathen, "Franks" and "Turks", Infidels one and all!
Are you ready to rumble? Time to fight the Battle of the Bulge(arian)

Posting some "Division C" Challenges:

Cunningcairn: Medieval Cypriot vs Middle Bulgarian and vice versa, Passwords: cyprus

Iandavidsmith: Later Crusader(Richard) vs Middle Bulgarian and vice versa, Passwords: richie

Paulmcneil: Georgian 1124-1243 vs Middle Bulgarian and vice versa, Passwords: george

Londo: We're already fighting one battle, I'll put up a challenge with me as Seljuk Turks, Password: rum

I'm going to get these posted sometime today, but if you don't see it right away, check back in the evening.

PS: trivia factoid I discovered while researching something in this time period...
Any Star Trek fans, and most participants in popular culture, will be aware of the "Ferengi" race in the Star Trek setting.
As a character on one of the TV shows once described them: "They're greedy, misogynistic, untrustworthy little trolls,
and I wouldn't turn my back on one of them for a second." I always just assumed it was a made-up word...BUT...
found this interesting bit on-line:

"'Ferenghi' and similar terms are Arabic names for European traders, or for Westerners in general. Both the Arabic word
and the name are similarly pronounced [fɛˈrɪŋɡi]. The name is likely derived from the Arabic word faranj or ifranj, 'Franks',
or possibly the Persian word farangi, meaning 'foreigner'. In Ethiopia, ferenj or ferenji has the same meaning. The Greeks
sometimes use fra[n]gkoi (φράγκοι) as a mild slur against western Europeans. The term was used as a partially derogatory
term in India to denote the British."

[Praeter]

Pool B

Challenges up for:

Jonathan4290, PW: 4290

Solly, PW: Solly

MikeMarchant, PW: Mike

vs my Latin Greeks - haven't done mirror match challenges though yet.

[bloodphoenix]

Posting some "Division C" Challenges:

Londo: We're already fighting one battle, I'll put up a challenge with me as Seljuk Turks, Password: rum

Update for Londo: it wouldn't take "rum" as a password - too short! So I changed it to "rummy".

[ricoual74]

Div D

Challenges up for

Cromlechi pw = Cuman

Stockwellpete pw = Serbian

both mirror games posted as well

the game doesn't work for me Rex....
Ricoual

[Londo]

PS: trivia factoid I discovered while researching something in this time period...
Any Star Trek fans, and most participants in popular culture, will be aware of the "Ferengi" race in the Star Trek setting.
As a character on one of the TV shows once described them: "They're greedy, misogynistic, untrustworthy little trolls,
and I wouldn't turn my back on one of them for a second." I always just assumed it was a made-up word...BUT...
found this interesting bit on-line:

"'Ferenghi' and similar terms are Arabic names for European traders, or for Westerners in general. Both the Arabic word
and the name are similarly pronounced [fɛˈrɪŋɡi]. The name is likely derived from the Arabic word faranj or ifranj, 'Franks',
or possibly the Persian word farangi, meaning 'foreigner'. In Ethiopia, ferenj or ferenji has the same meaning. The Greeks
sometimes use fra[n]gkoi (φράγκοι) as a mild slur against western Europeans. The term was used as a partially derogatory
term in India to denote the British."

While on the subject of etymology ...

The word "bugger" was derived, via the French bougre, from Bulgar, that is, "Bulgarian", meaning the medieval Bulgarian heretical sect of the Bogomils, which spread into Western Europe and was claimed by the established church to be devoted to the practice of sodomy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery

[bloodphoenix]

While on the subject of etymology ...

The word "bugger" was derived, via the French bougre, from Bulgar, that is, "Bulgarian", meaning the medieval Bulgarian heretical sect of the Bogomils, which spread into Western Europe and was claimed by the established church to be devoted to the practice of sodomy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery [/quote]

LOL...so when the random pick was done for armies, I drew command of a horde of buggering heretics?

[Okie]

Hey there Div. A Guys! I've had challenges up for some time now and sent PM's to Batesmotel and Dave_r and never recieved any acknowledgement, Just wondering if you are in this or not?? Okie

I know I'm not very good but at least I'm here and ready to play!

[Cunningcairn]

Group C

I have posted challenges for paulmcneil, londo, iandavidsmith, and tullius. Please see PM for details. PW is your user name in lower case.

cheers
Martin

[iandavidsmith]

ATT : Paulmcneil

Challenge Posted

My Crusaders versus your Georgians

password = george

Good luck
Ian

[iandavidsmith]

ATT: Tullius

Challenge Postes

My Crusaders versus your Byzantines

password = nikky

Good Luck,
Ian

[tony craven]

Is Cumans still around


Still have not played him in div D

game is still up pw is craven

Not that it matters to me since my oppents crushed me darn you all

[tony craven]

Bah it was cromlechi

[Yuknoom]

Has there been any word from Solly? Not much time to get replacement games in, or am I looking at the wrong thread?-Tom

[Jonathan4290]

No word from Solly. As we don't have any reserves this time and it is too late, I'll likely just be adjudicating all his matches. This is unfortunate because this means one pool had 6 and another had 4 players. Oh well, this stuff happens.