The Dustbin

[stockwellpete]

Thanks CWS. It's my 5th month of playing. I think our games were quite close but I have been playing ancients on and off for nearly 30 years using different rulesets. Winning this and LA was a surprise for me, not being relegated was my priority. Also doing well has probably proven I am a good player and confirms stockwellpete's decisions to place me in the higher divisions as being correct.

I think we are going through a phase in the tournament's history where the A divisions are a little bit uneven at the moment. This season I would only rate Early Middle Ages and High Middle Ages as genuine full-on A divisions, whereas I would say that the top divisions in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity and Biblical are really what I would call "A/B" divisions (Division B of High Middle Ages this season was also an "A/B" division). I think we have either lost completely a number of the very top players (e.g. Macedonczyk, Ludendorf, pompeytheflatulent), or a number of other top players have "down-sized" their participation in the tournament, maybe permanently. I think most of this is just natural churn as players feel it is time to move onto another game, but I am hoping the release of FOG2 Medieval might rekindle some of their enthusiasm this year. In any event, it means that there is plenty of room for new players to establish themselves in the top echelon of the tournament.

[Challenge1]

Division B

Challenge1 - German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD with Free Canton 1200-1319 AD allies challenges schmolywar - Bohemian 1200-1319 AD with Hungarian 1200-1319 AD allies

PM Sent

[sarmation]

Division E

sarmation (Saka with Greek allies) defeats angel42052 (Assyrian) 61 - 34

This was my last game a long ride
Thanks to Pete and to all my opponents
I really appreciate the formula with the mirror matches using each other armies.
See you in the next League

[Barrold713]

Barrold713 v Supervark - no information.

My apologies. My shock at actually winning the game put me in shock causing my complete negligence at reporting it.

I thought Stormcrow beat me like a rented mule but I must be projecting into the future so I will set that game up immediately.

Cheers

[Barrold713]

Congratulations on the well played matches

BDH

[Barrold713]

Division E for Enterprise

Barrold713 (Teutonic German) defeats Supervark (Anglo-Irish) 61-38

First game won in this division and it lifts me off the sneid for the season. I didn't completely suck in this game but I was given an opportunity to make the best use of my forces through fortunate matchups and good rolls

Cheers
BDH

[Barrold713]

Division E Challenge

Barrold713 - Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD challenges Stormcrow - Anglo-Norman with French Allies

PW: lance

PM Sent

BDH

[GDod]

Division C

GDod - Teutonic Order 1226-1319 (1200) defeated ahuyton - English 1155-1271 AD with Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD allies (1600) 52 -7%

Everything that could go wrong for the English did.

[Kerait]

Division E

Kerait (German with Hungarian allies) defeats toska (English) 63-50

(3-1)

[Stew101]

Division B

Stew101 (Polish with Viking allies) beat GDod (Indian Rajput). Score 53 - 28.

Thanks for the game.

[Aetius39]

Division B

Aetius39 (Byzantines) defeats edb1815 (Bretons) 57-30

The Breton infantry was no match for the Byzantine lancers who would disrupt, then charge in at them. There were a lot more of the Bretons though, so the Byzantines had to strike fast on their left, while holding the right, before they could horde envelope them. The Bretons put up quite a good fight till then end, bruising the Byzantines badly. GG!

[stockwellpete]

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[stockwellpete]

Weekly round-up
A big upset in Division A this week saw ninth-placed Challenge1 (Roman) defeat the previously unbeaten Questar17 (Etruscan). With LuciusSulla (Achaemenid) defeating nyczar (Spartan) in the clash involving the other unbeaten players in the division, it now means his match with third-placed harveylh (Macedonian) could now decide the outcome of this division. A win for LuciusSulla will definitely give him the championship. At the bottom Challenge1 defeated lunecastle (Seleucid) to relegate his opponent. In Division B Stew101 (Numidian) maintained his unbeaten record to draw alongside long-time leader tyronec (Syracusan) but he has played one match more. Both have still to play batesmotel (Roman). At the bottom still no joy for Swuul (Samnite) and Trogilus (Thracian) who have now both lost 6 matches this season. It was a quiet week in Division C where toska (Syracusan) registered a fifth win to move up to third, but in Division D things are starting to look very good for carpenkm (Ptolemaic) after snooky51 (Indo-Skythian was beaten by bottom of the table Blagrot (Hannibal in Italy) this week. With doomben (Gallic) is now in the relegation place with 2 matches left to play. In Division E all the main issues have been decided, but this did not deter ggarynorman from finishing with 2 more victories to secure third place. In Division F gjhabcvhj (Hannibal in Italy) defaulted on his last 2 matches to move Delbruck (Achaemenid) 5 points clear at the top, and to give telesien (Samnite) a second victory to leave Brenmusik (Slave Revolt) with the wooden spoon for this season.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
harveylh (Division A) 3 matches
LuciusSulla (Division A) 7 matches
desertedfox (Division B) 5 matches
Stew101 (Division B) 8 matches
tyronec (Division B) 7 matches
SpeedyCM (Division C) 7 matches
ggarynorman (Division E) 5 matches and finished
Delbruck (Division F) 8 matches
Malabar26 (Division F) 5 matches
MarcoCato75 (Division F) 5 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 40 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 35 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 39 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 36 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 44 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 40 out of 45 matches completed

These are good match completion rates.

Player of the Week: ggarynorman (Division E) with 2 more wins this week to finish his matches on a run of 5 successive victories.

[Questar17]

Division C

Questar17 - Scots 1155-1161 AD with Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD allies beat ahuyton - English 1155-1271 AD with Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD allies 48:21

thx for the game

[Questar17]

Division A

Questar17 - Gepid 493-567 AD with Germanic/Gothic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD allies beat batesmotel - Roman 313-378 AD with Alan 25-650 AD allies 50:11

thx for the game

[Garokan]

Division D

Garokan - Spanish 900-1049 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies defeats BishUK – Irish 900-1049 AD 69-29

[stockwellpete]

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[Questar17]

Division A

Questar17 - Gepid 493-567 AD with Germanic/Gothic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD allies (1600) challenges nyczar - Roman 285-312 AD with Frankish 260-495 allies (1600)

password: last

PM sent

[Questar17]

Division C

Questar17 - Scots 1155-1161 AD with Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD allies (1200) challenges GDod - Teutonic Order 1226-1319 (1200)

PW: last

PM Sent

[stockwellpete]

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