Slitherine

Hello everyone,

This is the second FOG KO tournament. It is sudden death, so you may only get one game. Most players will play with 350pts although this tournament will be handicapped for the first time. Beginners will play with 400pts while the very top players (probably 4 or 5) will play with only 300pts, FOW and DM must be on - and you can choose ANY army from ANY book (even if someone else has already chosen that army).

Please sign up below in this thread with your choice of army - I will need at least 16 players to make the competition viable. Closing date for entries will be next Sunday, September 9.

I will not be entering myself as I am anticipating that there may need to be a few adjudications regarding slow play or abandoned games - so it is probably best if I am neutral. Each round of the competition will last about two weeks so please don't enter if you are going away in September or October or if you cannnot usually complete a game in a fortnight.

The winner of the first tournament was davouthojo.

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Entrants for the new competition

1. davouthojo (Carthaginians in Italy) 300pts WINNER OF FIRST KO TOURNAMENT
2. Turk1964 (mid-Bosporans) 350pts
3. solly (Medieval Portuguese) 350pts
4. iandavidsmith (Umayyad Arabs) 350pts
5. tullius (Early South Slav, later) 350pts
6. rexhurley (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts
7. Tiavals (Ghaznavids) 350pts
8. macsen (Gepids) 350pts
9. Greetings 44 (Later Carthaginians, in Africa) 350pts
10. Radio (Early Gallic, Lowlands) 350pts
11. iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts RATED NUMBER 2 PLAYER IN LOEG
12. steve-h8 (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts
13. cavehobbit (Nikephorian Byzantine, later) 350pts
14. Sharkall (Moldavians) 300pts RATED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN LOEG
15. hidde (Catalan Company, later) 300pts RATED NUMBER 4 PLAYER IN LOEG, SEMI-FINALIST LAST TIME
16. ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts RATED NUMBER 3 PLAYER IN LOEG AND RUNNER-UP LAST TIME
17. Supervark (Fatimid Egyptians 1167) 350pts
18. ScipioAsinus (Dominate Roman army, Western late) 350pts
19. razorback77 (Neapolitan Condotta) 350pts
20. Triarius (Medieval Crown of Aragon, later) 350pts
21. massina-nz (Early Byzantines) 350pts
22. redboot (Dominate Roman, Late) 400pts NEW PLAYER
23. klayeckles (Early Pontic) 350pts
24. Ferb (Suren Indo-Parthian) 350pts
25. MatteoPasi (Kyrenean Greeks) 350pts
26. Lysimachos (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts RATED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN LOEG
27. Aristides (Jewish revolt, Josephus) 350pts
28. batesmotel (mid-Bosporans) 350pts SEMI-FINALIST LAST TIME
29. JocaRamiro (Catalan Company) 350pts
30. gudin (Khurasanian Dynasties, Saminid) 350pts
31. TheGrayMouser (Principate Roman 228-259) 350pts
32. flatsix518 (Early Achaemenid Persians) 350pts
33. kilroy (Ghaznavid, later) 350pts
34. petran1978 (Later Macedonians) 350pts
35. porsenna (26th dynasty Egyptians) 350pts
36. Fedem (Later Carthaginians in Italy) 350pts
37. epos (Early ArmeniansTigranes) 350pts
38. white81 (Santa Hermandad Nueva Castilians) 350pts
39. deeter (Graeco-Bactrians) 350pts
40. Ironclad (Principate Romans 260-284) 350pts
41. kme37158 (Medieval Welsh) 350pts
42. ianiow (Classical Spartans) 300pts RATED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN LOEG
43. Lehnardtsson (Later Medieval Germans) 350pts
44. citizen6 (Seleucid Successor) 350pts
45. Rom1944 (War of the Roses Lancastrian) 350pts
46. tarankiko (Catalan Company, early) 350pts
47. BillMc (Later Scots Isles and Highlanders) 350pts
48. cptkremmen (Galatians) 400pts NEW PLAYER
49. bandenero (Swiss) 350pts
50. babyshark (Fatimid Egyptians) 350pts
51. Mike48 (Teutonic Knights, Early) 400pts NEW PLAYER
52. Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts
53. zumHeuriger (Later Ottoman Turks) 350pts
54. Londo (Sassanid Persians, later) 350pts
55. caiko (Early South Slav, later) 350pts
56. Okie (Free Company) 350 pts
57. fogman (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts
58. mortonj (Later Seleucids) 400pts NEW PLAYER
59. claymore (Arab Conquest) 350pts
60. cytus (Macedonian Successor) 350pts
61. Olliander (Ipsos Alliance Successor) 350pts
62.
63.
64.

Registration incomplete
1. maharg25 (to be notified) 350pts
2. markw (to be notified) pts to be notified


Reserves
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6 stockwellpete (Papal States army, NAFF army of the year 2011) 350pts

The maximum number of entries for this competiton will be 64.

I will dip my toe into the world of tournament competition with a Dailami (Buyids) army.

Ok then i will go next and will use the Sciri. Good luck to all

Hallo, I want to play this tournament with medieval portuguese.
Ciao!

Please count me in to join this
sorry lot you have here already

Cheers
Ian

iandavidsmith wrote:Please count me in to join this
sorry lot you have here already

Cheers
Ian

Which army please, Ian?

stockwellpete wrote:

iandavidsmith wrote:Please count me in to join this
sorry lot you have here already

Cheers
Ian

Which army please, Ian?

opps , Umayyed Arab please.
Cheers
Ian

Question Pete, list customisable between rounds for each opponent or fixed list throughout?

rexhurley wrote:Question Pete, list customisable between rounds for each opponent or fixed list throughout?

You must stick to the same army, Rex - but you can pick whatever troops for it that you wish in each game.

I'm in - Early South Slav (Later)

stockwellpete wrote:

rexhurley wrote:Question Pete, list customisable between rounds for each opponent or fixed list throughout?

You must stick to the same army, Rex - but you can pick whatever troops for it that you wish in each game.

Thanks Pete sorry its what I meant.

Count me in Jewish Revolt (Josephus).....

stockwellpete wrote:New players with no competition or campaign experience will play with 400pts

stockwellpete wrote:1. the iron_duke (Dailami Buyids) 350pts

I have no competition or campaign experience and so should be playing with a 400pt army, as stated in the tournament rules.

the_iron_duke wrote:I have no competition or campaign experience and so should be playing with a 400pt army, as stated in the tournament rules.

You are not a new player though so you will be playing with 350pts.

This time I'll show the true power of the Ghaznavids!

stockwellpete wrote:You are not a new player though so you will be playing with 350pts.

It seems the tournament criteria are rather arbitrary. Why don't you clarify what a "new player" is to avoid further confusion.

the_iron_duke wrote:It seems the tournament criteria are rather arbitrary. Why don't you clarify what a "new player" is to avoid further confusion.

Sorry, I didn't realise that I was writing a legal document. I have altered the wording now to "Beginners". Of course, this is still a subjective term - but, happily for me, I will be the one to decide if a player gets to play with 400pts or not.

IMPORTANT

If you are currently playing someone who is a relative newcomer to FOG then could you please let them know about the tournament and invite them to join in? It will benefit all the competitions and campaigns that we run if we can introduce newer players to what we do on the forum. It is also sometimes the case that these newer players are unaware of the forum so if you can direct them here that would be a big help too. Thanks.

stockwellpete wrote: Sorry, I didn't realise that I was writing a legal document.

You're not, you're running a competitive tournament. The rules should be clearly defined, especially since the consequences of one's categorisation are rather large, i.e. 50-100 point penalty (17-33% for "very top" players). The result is an unsatisfactory wishy-washy classification system that you admit yourself is "subjective" and down to your own personal decision-making.

For the record, I'm not in favour of a handicapping system. I even defeated He Who Always Beats Me, a top-ranked player, when we played 400 v 350 points (and it brought me no satisfaction).

I'll join up with Gepids.

Cheers

macsen

I'll have a go with Later Carthaginians(in Africa)

Thanks

Greetings44