Slitherine

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:42 pm**

lavaxxx wrote:Hi guys,

With the holidays looming this is going to be difficult for me (I work in the tourist industry), so sorry, I'll have to give it a pass.

BTW, hopefully, now that the game has been released in the US, we'll be soon seeing some new people joining the forum and mulitiplayer.

Ray (alias Lava)

Sorry to hear you will not be able to participate in this Cup, Lava. Anyway I'm sure we will have many others and I am looking forward to see who can claim the bottom rung in the Ladder.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:14 pm**

okiotheman wrote:I am looking forward to see who can claim the bottom rung in the Ladder.

Well..

That is mine by defualt.

Ray (alias Lava)

Posted: **Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:24 am**

Oh, and Ehre...

The French have won wars. Well, the Gauls did. Does that count?[/quote]

Gauls dont count

Posted: **Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:24 pm**

Folks, we've done some testing, and Format B needs a bit of tweaking before we begin the tourney. The Celts always win in Format B, which is a sad indicator of just how imbalanced MP is.

Give us like 24 hours to get this fine-tuned, and then we'll get going here

Oh, and Ehre? Slamming the french isn't very nice. The USA would never have won its independence without french help.

Furthermore, you're introuducing politics, which is the death of all comfortable conversation

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:11 am**

French came in late for that war(Rule #1, French win when America does most of the fighting) but Im gonna take that off my signature, gotten too many negative comments bout it.

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:54 am**

A bit early? But it's nice to say around greetings anytime, anywhere on the net.

So what is the progress of the match? Where will the Claudisous Cup travel to?
And I want to read everybody's AAR(after action reports), great pictures, and share some lessons learned.

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:34 am**

Progress is, we are doing final tweaking before the start

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:24 pm**

possum wrote:Progress is, we are doing final tweaking before the start

Oh, thanks, I overheated again.

Hmm, seems war elephants are in the middle of battle line to compensate for their slow feet?
Or need to hide them from enemy archers and javelin throwers not to be demoralized before they contact?
Seems many tactical decisions needed.

Posted: **Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:14 am**

Right, formats edited.

Only Format B has actually been changed, requiring an army re-design.

But in both Formats B and C, the Celts have been moved to the attacker position, thus shifting a small advantage to the beleaguered Roman side.

With no further ado, the schedule -

Round One

Possum plays Okio
Ehre plays JDM
Sum1won is bye player

Round Two

Sum1won plays Possum
Okio plays Ehre
JDM is bye player

Round Three

Possum plays JDM
Okio plays Sum1won
Ehre is bye player

Round Four

Possum plays Ehre
JDM plays Sum1won
Okio is bye player

Round Five

Okio plays JDM
Ehre plays Sum1won
Possum is bye player

I know it's Christmas. Let's plan on Round One taking 3 or 4 days.

Please do not play any Round Two games until it has been announced that Round One is over

Now, the next step is for Sum1won, as the Round One bye player, to select the Format. As soon as he has done that, play can begin.

Posted: **Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:11 pm**

hey JDM, lemme know when it's a goodtime for you to play, try to pick a time that we can both get on, i live in Texas, US, so the times will be alittle weird for both of us

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/c ... t=namerica

Posted: **Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:45 am**

Hopefully, everyone has Xfire, since it can be installed right off the game menu.

Private Messages here at the Slitherine forums are also a good way to communicate

Posted: **Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:03 am**

Hi Ehre

Just a little caught up with family stuff at the moment, I will try and catch you on Xfire

REgards
JDM

Posted: **Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:06 pm**

LOL, I think we're all caught up in family stuff atm; it is Christmas, after all

We can't start play until Sum1won decides the format for Round One anyhow...and he's probably busy with family stuff

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:50 am**

Format A and C, in that order. First player is the attacker.

If I cant do that, make it both format C.

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:26 am**

LOL, no, bud, we just stick with one format per round. That way it's symmetrical, so if there is any imbalance, it evens out. Both players will get to play both sides in the same format.

Format C it is for Round One.

Oh, yes, and only 3-game matches, please

This is going to be INTERESTING.

Sum1won, you should definitely be working on your idea for that Skirmisher Cup you mentioned a while back, so you can roll that out pretty much as soon as the Claudius Cup is over.

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:07 am**

PHALANX cup. Skirmisher cup would take an eternity. Years and years. I shudder at the idea- skirmishers would have massive numbers of units causing like 0 casualties.

A phalanx cup would be based around spearmen.

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:10 am**

That's even more interesting...

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:27 am**

jdm wrote:Hi Ehre

Just a little caught up with family stuff at the moment, I will try and catch you on Xfire

REgards
JDM

just lemme know a good time for you, im around and about during my winter break

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:44 pm**

Alright, lads, the holidays are behind us now. Let's get rolling on this, please.

I am still trying to get in touch with Okio.

JDM and Ehre need to get their duel done.

Let's not let this idea wither and die for lack of motivation, eh?

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:51 pm**

trying to catch Ehre, I will be around this week end

JDM

Slitherine

The Claudius Cup Elephant Challenge

Merry Xmas and a Happy new year!

OK, here we go!