Slitherine

Division E

snooky51 - Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD defeats Barrold713 - German 888-932 AD with French 888-1049 AD allies -- 63-58

German cavalry was separated from their infantry by a forest, which proved to be the deciding factor. Ghaznavids routed the German cavalry early and used what routs they could squeeze elsewhere to win the race to 60. Considering how the German infantry cut through the Ghaznavid army like a hot knife through butter, the early 20something-0 lead proved decisive.

(3-1)

Division C

SawyerK (Roman 285-312 AD) defeated MikeMarchant (Roman 24 BC-196 AD) by 61 to 48.

The game was essentially tied at 56 each before two unit recoveries in the last two turns for my army led to a lucky victory. Props to Mike for a very well designed offense that should have had a better outcome.

Captainwaltersavage - Roman 24BC-196AD with Jewish 64 BC-6AD allies

Challenges

snooky51 - Sassanid 477-590 AD with Hun (Sabir) 463-558 AD allies

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Captainwaltersavage - Roman 24BC-196AD with Jewish 64 BC-6AD allies

Challenges

snooky51 - Sassanid 477-590 AD with Hun (Sabir) 463-558 AD allies

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Division B

rexhurley (Carthage) defeats Questar17 (Pikes) 73/36

game was tight into the last turn when a series of exploding pike blocks caused the score to blow out

Thanks guys! Well I entered 3, but I have a shot at the triple. All depends on the last match of CA.

Division B

Macedonczyk (Assyrian+Egyptian) beat Batesmotel (Achaemenid w Mede allies) 46:7

In this game it looked like my horses took some amphetamine or EPO. 2/3 of my attacks ended with a rear attack (sometimes foreign skirmishes or other horses helped in this by prolonging the evade, but still there was an awful lot of luck in these attacks).

Division E

BishUK (Byzantine) Beats Captainwaltersavage (Roman) 56 - 29

Division A

Morbio (Arab, City 300-633 AD with Sassanid Persian 477-590 AD allies) defeats Questar17 (Ostrogoth 493-561 AD with Frankish 496-599 AD allies) 60 - 44

Division B

Cunningcairn - Dailami 928-1055 AD with Armenian 885-1045 AD allies beat paulmcneil - Polish 966-1057 AD with Viking 900-1049 AD allies by 51% to 26%

Division A

SnuggleBunnies (Hebrews) defeats nyczar (Assyrian) 59-26

https://youtu.be/Pud7Mad5i-M

GG

There have been too many instances this season of players prematurely surrendering matches when the scores have been relatively close, and even one occasion where the resigning player was actually ahead on the scoreboard. This is not too far removed from failing to play a match at all, in my opinion, something that often affects a player's entry rights in a subsequent season. While I don't want to stop players resigning when they are well beaten, I think we need some guidelines to stop the throwing of matches before they have been decided properly.

So, this text, or something very close to it, will be added to Rule 5 for Season 9 . . .

"Except in situations where players have mutually agreed a draw, it is preferable that everyone plays their matches to a full conclusion where one of the armies is routed. However, it is acceptable for a player to surrender before then if they feel they have no chance of gaining any points from the match. The threshold for doing this is if a player is 15% or more behind on the scoreboard, for example if they are losing 0-20 or 10-35.

A player should not be surrendering a match if their score is still within 15% of their opponent. If, for example, a player is losing 20-30 or 5-15 then they should continue the match until one army is routed, or the acceptable threshold for resignation is reached. If a player still decides to surrender a match in these circumstances then such an occurrence will be recorded. A player who does this repeatedly may then suffer reduced entry rights for the next season that they enter the tournament."

MadMaxBot and texanotedesco,

I need to hear from you by Sunday morning at the latest that you are still playing and are trying to complete all your matches by the close of the tournament on Sunday 16th August. Challenges have now been issued by your opponents for all your remaining matches and PM's have been sent to you. If you fail to contact me to let me know what you are intending to do by Sunday morning I will deal with all these outstanding matches as provided for by Rule 6.

Note: this message has also been sent separately as a PM to both MadMaxBot and texanotedesco.

The matches in question are as follows . . .

MadMaxBot
Classical Antiquity Division E
v baldrick52
v rs2excelsior
v snooky51
v Stew101

Biblical Division C
v Barrold713
v gamercb
v MikeMarchant
v rs2excelsior
v sarmation
v SpeedyCM


texanotedesco
Late Antiquity Division E
v Aetius39 - match awarded to Aetius39 under 30-day provisions of Rule 6
v baldrick52
v Captainwaltersavage - movement in this game 23/7
v gamercb
v grumpydaddy845
v snooky51 - there is movement in this match and texanotedesco visited the forum today 22/7
v Tratmot

Early Middle Ages Division E
v Barrold713
v snooky51 - there is movement in this match and texanotedesco visited the forum today 22/7
v Tratmot

If there is any progress in any of these matches could players please let me know.

Division E

Captainwaltersavage - Roman 24BC-196AD with Jewish 64 BC-6AD allies defeated gamercb - Lombard 568-569 AD 40-12.

It was closer than the score suggests with another legion about to break and the Lombard warbands holding their right flank. and beating on my medium spears from a hilltop. I brought lots of cav to the battle having learned my lesson from the Byzantines and they did sterling work against the lancers and cav archers. Thanks for a real nailbiting game as I took some chances that lucked out.

Division A

Schweetness101 - Andalusian 756-1049 AD
challenges
Nosy_Rat - Frankish 751-887 AD with Croatian 625-849 AD allies

pw: 123123