Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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We're returning to every Order of Battle player's favourite training location - Bootcamp Island!

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In this tournament, you will be called on to win a series of "training exercises". Can you out think the other team? Will you be crowned the ruler of Bootcamp?

To enter, go to the tournament page and sign up by clicking HERE.

The tournament follows Swiss Tournament rules: you can find the full list of rules by clicking HERE.

The first round will commence on Thursday, February 17th, 2022 at 12:00 am UTC. No further entries can be accepted after the tournament has begun.


Map details


Bootcamp Battle - GB vs USSR

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British and Russian forces have been invited to train with their new American allies on Bootcamp Island!

You have only a small force of your national troops available to deploy, but your American hosts are sending some of their own recruits to help. Capture supply points to requisition more forces and find the right tactical combinations to claim the island as your own!

Special Features:

- Capture supply bases from Neutral forces to speed up deployment of US forces onto your side of the battlefield
- Resources are very limited and the new CP Block feature is enabled, meaning that you're unable to redeploy any of your Core forces if they are defeated in combat


Island Hopping - USA vs USA

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A new group of recruits are training ahead of their deployment. Red Team and Blue Team face off over Land, Sea and Air. Will you choose to push through heavy jungles and across rivers or take control of the waves and conduct a naval invasion? Perhaps you'll rule the air and deploy squads of paratroopers. The enemy base must be conquered and it's your job to do so!

Special Features:

- Land, Sea and Air forces are all vital in this head to head fight for territory
- You'll need to ford rivers and cross the seas, but how will you get your forces there safely without being intercepted by your opponent? How will you turn the tables to stop them doing the same?


Fleet Command - USA vs JPN

In an exceptional military test, our Bootcamp recruits will be put in charge of captured Japanese equipment to perform a live test of their capability. Command is excited to see how our Air and Naval trainees square off! Rule the waves and the skies with clever use of ships, subs and planes. Capture strategic island locations to show your dominance and be rewarded with extra bomber forces to sink the enemy carriers!

Special Features:

- In a Naval head-to-head, will it be your Carriers, Battleships or submarines that make the difference? Sail across the sea and capture your opponent's HQ or Harbour to win the game.
- Command Points that you lose during your own turn won't be returned until the start of your next turn. So be careful when taking on risky engagements and be aware that disbanded troops will take a while to be reformed
- Capture key naval locations to claim ownership of island factories. Command will reward ownership of these locations with additional bombers and the supply to support them.
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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First, Greatly enjoyed Korea Mod and Free France Mod, hats off to the designers!! Where can I find a list of all OOB Mods and Campaigns? I stumbled on some of these. Is there a directory?
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Try the scenario forum.
viewforum.php?f=374
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Monday is Feb 14th; Thursday is Feb 17th.
Does the tourney start on Monday or Thursday?
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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JCakus wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:25 pm Monday is Feb 14th; Thursday is Feb 17th.
Does the tourney start on Monday or Thursday?
The date was shifted to the 17th. I will fix the day now :).
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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This is my first time in a tournament. How are we notified when to login and whom to go against?
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

Post by CC »

Dear all,
I have issues with logging into PBEM for the tournament.
a) When entering password, command console opens up after typing first letter.
b) Is the PBEM password the same as the slitherine-login?
Thank you for support- looking forward to see you on the island..
KR,
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

Post by Shards »

Hi!

Thanks for the note about the command console. It's on Shift-C, which is obvs what you need for CC as a username! We'll fix that bug in a future patch.

But yes, the PBEM password for your account is your Slitherine Login. If you're having issues logging in, please do contact support@slitherine.co.uk and they should be able to help you.
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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JCakus wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:45 am This is my first time in a tournament. How are we notified when to login and whom to go against?
Hi,

You should have received an email this morning from "Slitherine PBEM++" telling you that you have a new challenge. Title should be "Order of Battle: Pacific // Bootcamp Battle - GBvsUSSR // PBEM++ Challenge has started!"

If not, please check your spam folder!

The matches are created by the server and placed into your games list. You just have to select them when it's your turn and play away.
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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I need to update versions for the tournament. This happening when I tried to run PBEM from multiplayer. I do not see a way to update. At one time there was a tab/button on the OoB splash screen, but I don't see that now. What can I do?
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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brossi wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:50 pm I need to update versions for the tournament. This happening when I tried to run PBEM from multiplayer. I do not see a way to update. At one time there was a tab/button on the OoB splash screen, but I don't see that now. What can I do?
You can download the 9.1.4 patch either from the store page:

https://www.slitherine.com/game/order-o ... rld-war-ii

or from your My Page:

https://www.slitherine.com/member/downl ... rld-war-ii
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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CC wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:24 am Dear all,
I have issues with logging into PBEM for the tournament.
a) When entering password, command console opens up after typing first letter.
b) Is the PBEM password the same as the slitherine-login?
Thank you for support- looking forward to see you on the island..
KR,
CC

Same deal; reported to support
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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b) yes
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Shards wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:03 pm
brossi wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:50 pm I need to update versions for the tournament. This happening when I tried to run PBEM from multiplayer. I do not see a way to update. At one time there was a tab/button on the OoB splash screen, but I don't see that now. What can I do?
You can download the 9.1.4 patch either from the store page:

https://www.slitherine.com/game/order-o ... rld-war-ii

or from your My Page:

https://www.slitherine.com/member/downl ... rld-war-ii
Hello, I have the current 9.1.4 version, but am still getting the PBEM time out. Any ideas how to fix?
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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That is likely just a delay on the server. Try again in a short while
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

Post by Pekkavilamoura »

Hi Guys from Slitherine!

Just wanted to post my appreciation to the fact that you apply a 'CP block' in this tournament game. In these kind of small scale scenarios i have experienced some gamers using the 'disbanding trick', taking a depleted unit out and replacing it with a full strength unit. It can be frustrating when you have driven your opponent into a corner and he just replaces his unit to keep a VP point position. It has also nothing to do with historical accuracy, which these games should also represent in my opinion. So well done guys!
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Shards wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 pm That is likely just a delay on the server. Try again in a short while
I've literally been trying half the day and I still get a timed out error message.
:(
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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JCakus wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:16 am
Shards wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 pm That is likely just a delay on the server. Try again in a short while
I've literally been trying half the day and I still get a timed out error message.
:(
Hmm, that's more concerning. Could you contact support@slitherine.co.uk? We might need to find out where you are and why you're not able to connect
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Shards wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:39 am
JCakus wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:16 am
Shards wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 pm That is likely just a delay on the server. Try again in a short while
I've literally been trying half the day and I still get a timed out error message.
:(
Hmm, that's more concerning. Could you contact support@slitherine.co.uk? We might need to find out where you are and why you're not able to connect
I contacted support. Haven't heard anything yet.
Still getting the same time out errors.
At this point, you might as well remove me from the tourney.
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Re: Order of battle - Bootcamp Tournament

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Where are you connecting from?
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