Where are the Challenge reports?

babyshark · Post by **babyshark** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:16 pm

I have been waiting for days now for the wave of AARs from the Challenge. I was pleased to see a good distribution of different armies in the top places. In fact, other than a nugget of Bosporans in the middle, there was a good distribution of armies throughout the results table.

Does anyone choose to share their experience? C'mon,, folks, this is the internet. Where is the idle boasting? The unsupported claims?

Marc

mikekh · Post by **mikekh** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:51 pm

I didn't come last! The guy one place below me did!
I played 5 and lost 4 - or rather I played 5 and won one!

My first opponent was seeded and he ripped me to pieces!
From that game onwards it slowly got better!

I had a great time - my first ever comp, it was really tiring (5 three hour games in a day and a half is a lot) and I'd definately do it again!

Mike

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:01 pm

Glad you enjoyed yourself Mike.

As to the AARs I have not got round to mine yet but as they are for a different game I suspect they will not be of too much interest here. I would have loved to play in the FoG but ended up getting a FoW comp off the ground and running. Still there is always next year to play FoG at the Challenge and Oxford at the doubles and Brimingham (oh, I am running that one too

).

I expect Tim will do a report on Madaxeman.com sometime. Who else is up to it, Nik?

neilhammond · Post by **neilhammond** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:49 pm

I'll be writing up my report over the next few days - might be a bit dull: throw javelins. evade. throw javelins. evade. throw javelins. evade.

shall · Post by **shall** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:25 pm

Ok Neil what happened next?

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:41 pm

The First Game report is now posted on Madaxeman.com, which includes a new first for madaxeman.com - video newsreel of World Shakingly Important Events

Go To Ascot Report No 1 by clicking that (underlined) link

neilhammond · Post by **neilhammond** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:56 pm

shall wrote:Ok Neil what happened next?

See my AAR

viewtopic.php?t=6379

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:35 pm

OK -the standard has now been set by Neils excellent reports !!

The gaultlet is thrown down and as a result I've been forced to add some more gadgets to my site and have a post match analysis from an animated Hannibal as well as the first 2 reports online now.

theres a link direct from the front page

Tim
www.madaxeman.com

neilhammond · Post by **neilhammond** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:42 am

madaxeman wrote:OK -the standard has now been set by Neils excellent reports !!

Thank you Tim. I've always found your reports hugely enjoyable and have tried for a while to do something similar. Moving from ASCII text reports to using photos makes a big difference. I've got hold of photoshop recently and I'm experimenting with it. Probably the best text-only reports are Mr J Morgan's reports, which are very entertaining and somewhat rude. He's still in the DBM world so we won't see much of his reporting here.

thefrenchjester · Post by **thefrenchjester** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:55 pm

Hi Tim ,
another excellent tournement report , really fun !
hope to see you too at Britcon for my first venue in an international event ;

best regards

thefrenchjester

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:35 am

2 MORE REPORTS FROM aSCOT (VS mEDIEVAL sPANISH AND pHYRRICS) NOW ADDED (FROM dUBAI!)

tim
www.madaxeman.com

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:58 pm

Just gotten round to finishing this off and all 5 reports are now on my site

Carthage vs Portugal

Carthage vs Rome

Carthage vs Medieval Spain

Carthage vs Phyrrus

Carthage vs Gaul

Also added a new spiffy toy that calls up a live version of Amazons top 10 best selling history books from pre 500 AD and added it to my home page and a couple more pages.

tim
www.madaxeman.com

Hepius · Post by **Hepius** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:35 pm

Madaxeman,

Thanks for your great reports. As a newbie I especially appreciate the blue bits where you explain the rules.

I had trouble finding the round 4 fight. Could you post the link?

Thanks!

madaxeman · Post by **madaxeman** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:53 pm

oops!!

http://www.madaxeman.com/game_reports/ascot_2008_4.htm

didn't upload the right version of page 3 with the link to game 4 !