Slitherine

Blagrot wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 6:23 pm Hi Stockwellpete, another newbie looking for an invite if there's space . Also (and apologies if these are daft questions) is it only the biblical section that requires the TT mod? There's a mention of an Iberian open beta on the spanish lists in Classical Antiquity, where do i get that, is it the same as the current steam open beta? Thanks for running and answering hapless beginners

OK, I have added you to the invitation list. I will be sending them out on Monday morning (UK time). Yes, only the Biblical section uses the TT Mod. I am not sure what the Iberian open beta is but we do not use Open Betas in the tournament so I wouldn't worry about that one.

You have PM.

Anyone in touch with lunecastle? He still hasn't picked up his prize voucher from last season.

It's magic. He has picked up his voucher now.

I would like to be added to the Season 8 FOG2DL Tournament.

wmpryor wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 6:08 pm I would like to be added to the Season 8 FOG2DL Tournament.

OK, I will add you to the invitation list. You will get a PM tomorrow morning.

I must say that this is looking very promising indeed for Season 8 with all these new players expressing an interest in joining the tournament.

Monday 18 May - recruitment opens
Monday 1 June - tournament opens
Sunday 28 June - first Time Control check
Sunday 12 July - second Time Control check
Sunday 16 August - tournament closes

I will be sending out invitations this morning in a couple of hours time (I am getting a few anxious sounding PM's). Don't worry, I will not forget anyone who has been in contact, but I must go for my run first to keep myself fit enough to host this tournament.

Right, let's get this show on the road for another season. This is how I am going to proceed . . .

1) send a group PM to all the players with a FOG2DL rating (minus the 2 players who did not complete their matches last season for reasons other than coronavirus)
2) open up the recruitment threads
3) send a slightly different group PM to all the new players who have expressed an interest in the tournament since the last one finished
4) put adverts out in the main forum and on the Steam forum

I will start by opening up 40 places in the four main league sections and 12 places in the Themed Event, but my maximums are 60 and 24 respectively, so no-one has to worry about there not being enough space. If you are not sure at this stage which 4 armies you wish to choose for a particular section then just put "armies to follow". And if you do this please edit your original post with your armies rather than post a second time in the recruitment thread (because this can sometimes throw my numbers out when I am counting the number of players).

Sorry if I am being thick, but what size are the battles in this section?

Anyway, please count me in.

1) German Horse Tribes 260-492 + Dacian (Carpi) 107-380 allies.
2) Roman 24-196 + Sarmatian 25-375 allies.
3) Bosporan 11-375 with Roman 24-196 allies.
4) Byzantine 551-578.

I'm in armies to follow

Skythian/Saka 550 + Thracian Hellenistic Allies
Thracian Getae 680 + Triballi 350 allies
Assyrian + Skythian Allies
Achaemenid 545 + Skythian allies

I'm in armies to follow

Polish +Viking 900
Viking 900 + French
Byzantine 988
Sassanid 591 + Arab Bedouin

I'm in armies to follow

Army Choices:

Ancient brits + Roman Allies
Parthians + Seleucid Allies
Breton 411
Dacian 89 + Sarmatian Allies

I'm in armies to follow

Etruscan 330 + Samnite
Galatian 63 + Roman allies
Gallic 100 +Spanish Iberian
Pontic 110

1. Roman 199-106 BCE with Greek (Western) 280-49 BCE allies.
2. Seleucid 166-125 BCE with Parthian 250 BCE - 225 CE allies.
3. Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BCE with Numidian/Moorish 341-56 BCE allies.
4. Bosporan 84 BCE -10 CE with Sarmatian 350 BCE - 24 CE allies.


Best Wishes

Mike