iversonjm has won the 2nd KO tournament!

[stockwellpete]

Rules of the competition

This is a knock-out competition - you have to win to stay in. All matches will be played with "Fog of War" and "Double Moves" on. You must use the army that you have nominated throughout the competition. You may change the make-up of your chosen army before each match. Players must adhere to the points allocation they have been given throughout the tournament (I will be taking some statistics from the results).

Either player can initiate the challenge by posting the details of the match, including the password, in the designated thread. This is important with regards to any adjudication process that may be required in cases where matches do not get started or where they are not completed in time. It is also advised that a PM should be sent to your opponent as well. Please remember to set your challenge to "any book" and to the number of points appropriate to the larger army in the match (some players will be playing with 400pts).

The winner of the match is responsible for posting the result.

Drawn matches will be dealt with as follows - if the game has been played to a conclusion and a draw is the result then a tie-breaker will come into operation. The tie-breaker will work like this - suppose a game ends with the score 27/26 to 31/29. The 27/26 player will be awarded the match as they have inflicted +2 damage over the army breaking point while suffering only +1 damage themselves. In drawn matches where the damage inflicted over the army breaking points is equal, a toss of the coin by myself will be used to decide which player progresses in the tournament.

If a match is drawn by agreement before all the turns have been completed, please let me know immediately and I will sanction a replay if there is sufficient time. If there is not enough time for a second game then the tie will be decided by toss of a coin.

Please try to start your games promptly and complete them as quickly as you can. I will be allowing somewhere between 10-14 days for each round (I will be able to judge this more easily once we get started). Players who fail to start their games, or who "disappear" during their games will run the risk of being "knocked out" of the competition by adjudication. I want to try and keep the competition as tightly run as possible - there will be some uneveness, I know, but I cannot have some players playing their quarter final matches while others are still playing in the first round.

Good luck to everyone - if you have any questions then I am only too happy to answer them.

PLEASE VISIT THE FORUM REGULARLY FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

[stockwellpete]

Final
1. iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts v Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts

Please set the challenge to "any book". The match is in bold type as the armies will be of different sizes, so please also set the challenge to the size of the larger army.


Semi-final draw (matches may start immediately, to be completed by Friday 16th November*)

1. iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts v ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts
2. Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts v Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts

Quarter-final draw (matches may start immediately, to be completed by Friday 2nd November*)

1. iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts v mortonj (Later Seleucids, pre-166BC) 350pts
2. macsen (Gepids) 350pts v ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts
3. Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts v TheGrayMouser (Principate Roman) 350pts
4. Radio (Early Gallic, Lowlands) 350pts v Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts

Third Round draw

1. hidde (Catalan Company, later) 300pts v Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts
2. ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts v ianiow (Classical Spartans) 300pts
3. iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts v Triarius (Medieval Crown of Aragon, later) 350pts
4. Londo (Sassanid Persians, later) 350pts v macsen (Gepids) 350pts
5. TheGrayMouser (Principate Roman) 350pts v batesmotel (mid-Bosporans) 350pts
6. davouthojo (Carthaginians in Italy) 300pts v mortonj (Later Seleucids, pre-166BC) 350pts
7. Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts v maharg25 (Christian Nubian Late) 350 pts
8. Fedem (Later Carthaginians in Italy) 350pts v Radio (Early Gallic, Lowlands) 350pts

Second Round draw

1. ianiow (Classical Spartans) 300pts v Sennacherib (Attalid Pergamenes) 350pts
2. Londo (Sassanid Persians, later) 350pts v claymore (Arab Conquest) 350pts
3. solly (Medieval Portuguese) 350pts v iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts
4. TheGrayMouser (Principate Roman) 350pts v Okie (Free Company) 350 pts
5. Radio (Early Gallic, Lowlands) 350pts v zumHeuriger (Later Ottoman Turks) 350pts
6. steve-h8 (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts v batesmotel (mid-Bosporans) 350pts
7. macsen (Gepids) 350pts v Lysimachos (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts
8. porsenna (26th dynasty Egyptians) 350pts v ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts
9. maharg25 (Christian Nubian Late) 350 points v Tiavals (Ghaznavids) 350pts
10. cytus (Macedonian Successor) 350pts v hidde (Catalan Company, later) 300pts
11. tarankiko (Catalan Company, early) 350pts v Fedem (Later Carthaginians in Italy) 350pts
12. davouthojo (Carthaginians in Italy) 300pts v iandavidsmith (Umayyad Arabs) 350pts
13. Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts v fogman (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts
14. citizen6 (Seleucid Successor) 350pts v Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts
15. Triarius (Medieval Crown of Aragon, later) 350pts v Sharkall (Moldavians) 300pts
16. mortonj (Later Seleucids, pre-166BC) 350pts v petran1978 (Later Macedonians) 350pts

First round draw

1. razorback77 (Neapolitan Condotta) 350pts v TheGrayMouser (Principate Roman) 350pts
2. MatteoPasi (Kyrenean Greeks, Early) 350pts v Aristides (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts
3. ericdoman1 (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts v rexhurley (Jewish Revolt, Josephus) 350pts
4. davouthojo (Carthaginians in Italy) 300pts v Rom1944 (War of the Roses Lancastrian) 350pts
5. gudin (Khurasanian Dynasties, Saminid) 350pts v solly (Medieval Portuguese) 350pts
6. white81 (Santa Hermandad Nueva Castilians) 350pts v Radio (Early Gallic, Lowlands) 350pts
7. Olliander (Ipsos Alliance Successor) 350pts v citizen6 (Seleucid Successor) 350pts
8. klayeckles (Early Pontic) 350pts v Lysimachos (Jewish Revolt, Later) 300pts
9. cptkremmen (Galatians) 400pts v fogman (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts
10. Morbio (Later Seleucids, post-166BC) 350pts v JocaRamiro (Catalan Company) 350pts
11. massina-nz (Early Byzantines) 350pts v Sharkall (Moldavians) 300pts
12. redboot (Western Dominate Roman, Late) 400pts v hidde (Catalan Company, later) 300pts
13. tullius (Early South Slav, later) 350pts v mortonj (Later Seleucids, pre-166BC) 350pts
14. macsen (Gepids) 350pts v Ferb (Suren Indo-Parthian) 350pts
15. porsenna (26th dynasty Egyptians) 350pts v Lehnardtsson (Later Medieval Germans) 350pts
16. steve-h8 (Arab Conquest, later) 350pts v cavehobbit (Nikephorian Byzantine, later) 350pts
17. babyshark (Fatimid Egyptians 978-1071) 350pts v Triarius (Medieval Crown of Aragon, later) 350pts
18. zumHeuriger (Later Ottoman Turks) 350pts v caiko (Early South Slav, later) 350pts
19. bandenero (Swiss) 350pts v tarankiko (Catalan Company, early) 350pts
20. batesmotel (mid-Bosporans) 350pts v Ironclad (Principate Romans 260-284) 350pts
21. Fedem (Later Carthaginians in Italy) 350pts v kme37158 (Medieval Welsh) 350pts
22. cytus (Macedonian Successor) 350pts v 51. Mike48 (Teutonic Knights, Early) 400pts
23. Supervark (Fatimid Egyptians 1167) 350pts v Okie (Free Company) 350 pts
24. ScipioAsinus (Dominate Roman army, Western late) 350pts v iversonjm (Dailami Buyids) 300pts
25. deeter (Graeco-Bactrians) 350pts v Tiavals (Ghaznavids) 350pts
26. kilroy (Ghaznavids, later) 350pts v claymore (Arab Conquest) 350pts
27. ianiow (Classical Spartans) 300pts v flatsix518 (Early Achaemenid Persians) 350pts
28. iandavidsmith (Umayyad Arabs) 350pts v epos (Early ArmeniansTigranes) 350pts
29. Londo (Sassanid Persians, later) 350pts v BillMc (Later Scots Isles and Highlanders) 350pts
30. Turk1964 (mid-Bosporans) 350pts v Sennacherib (Attalid Pergamenes) 350pts
31. petran1978 (Later Macedonians) 350pts v Ermolov (Medieval Cypriot, later) 350pts
32. Greetings 44 (Later Carthaginians, in Africa) 350pts v maharg25 (Christian Nubian Late) 350 points

[stockwellpete]

Administration

9/9 First round draw made, deadline set for latecomer applications.

10/9 Sennacherib, Ermolov and maharg25 join the competition. Recruitment is now closed as we have 64 players!

13/9 Polite reminders sent to mortonj and flatsix518; Lysimachos sent reminder to klayeckles.

14/9 mortonj to play with 350pts, not 400pts.

18/9 progress reports requested from 1st round matches matches 8, 10, 13, 22 and 26.

19/9 deadline for 1st Round matches set at Tuesday 25th September 10pm (UK time).

22/9 Second round draw made.

1/10 progress reports requested from 2nd round matches 2, 3, 5, 7, 15 and 16.

6/10 Third round draw made.

9/10 polite reminders sent to TGM (match 5) and Aristides (match 7).

16/10 updates requested from matches 5,6 and 7.

20/10 Quarter-final draw made.

28/10 Polite reminder sent to TGM (match 3)

[stockwellpete]

Results

Final

1. iversonjm 4/22 beat Aristides 50/50

Semi-finals

1. iversonjm 21/22 beat ericdoman1 46/46
2. Aristides 47/49 beat Morbio 24/24

Quarter-finals

1. iversonjm 8/22 beat mortonj 34/33
2. ericdoman1 31/46 beat macsen 46/39
3. Aristides 42/50 beat TheGrayMouser 29/29
4. Morbio 20/28 beat Radio 38/33

Third Round

1. Morbio 20/28 beat hidde 36/29
2. ericdoman1 17/46 beat ianiow 56/47
3. iversonjm 4/22 beat Triarius 34/29
4. macsen 23/39 beat Londo 29/28
5. TheGrayMouser 23/29 beat batesmotel 40/39
6. mortonj 32/35 beat davouthojo 31/30
7. Aristides 39/48 beat maharg25 52/50
8. Radio 24/33 beat Fedem 32/31

Second Round

1. ianiow 12/47 beat Sennacherib 29/29
2. Londo 22/29 beat claymore 29/28
3. iversonjm 7/23 beat solly 39/34
4. TheGrayMouser 22/29 beat Okie 23/23
5. Radio 13/33 beat zumHeuriger 25/25
6. batesmotel 9/35 beat steve-h8 36/35
7. macsen 30/39 beat Lysimachos 47/45
8. ericdoman1 9/46 beat porsenna 40/40
9. maharg25 28/46 beat Tiavals 25/22
10. hidde 15/31 beat cytus 35/30
11. Fedem 23/30 beat tarankiko 29/27
12. davouthojo 9/30 beat iandavidsmith 27/27
13. Morbio 15/31 beat fogman 32/28
14. Aristides 12/50 beat citizen6 30/30
15. Triarius 25/34 beat Sharkall 43/42
16. mortonj 37/35 beat petran1978 29/27 on toss of coin

First Round

1.TheGrayMouser 13/29 beat razorback77 29/28
2. Aristides 26/50 beat MatteoPasi 31/31
3. ericdoman1 25/44 beat rexhurley 59/59
4. davouthojo 14/30 beat Rom1944 35/29
5. solly 26/34 beat gudin 25/22
6. Radio 27/35 beat white81 29/29
7. citizen6 25/30 beat Olliander 34/33
8. Lysimachos 45/49 beat klayeckles 36/34
9. fogman 8/26 beat cptkremmen 41/35
10. Morbio 12/31 beat JocaRamiro 27/27
11. Sharkall 16/44 beat massina-nz 38/35
12. hidde 2/33 beat redboot 23/23
13. mortonj 12/34 beat tullius 35/34
14. macsen 16/38 beat Ferb 28/28
15. porsenna 42/40 beat Lehnardtsson 32/29 tie-breaker
16. steve-h8 21/35 beat cavehobbit 26/23
17. Triarius 9/29 beat babyshark 19/18
18. zumHeuriger 17/27 beat caiko 39/36
19. tarankiko 4/27 beat bandenero 24/23
20. batesmotel 17/35 beat Ironclad 27/26
21. Fedem 16/31 beat kme37158 39/39
22. cytus 9/24 beat Mike48 31/30
23. Okie 14/23 beat Supervark 30/30
24. iversonjm 10/21 beat ScipioAsinus 28/28
25. Tiavals 7/27 beat deeter 32/31
26. claymore 16/28 beat kilroy 24/23
27. ianiow 33/36 beat flatsix518 34/30
28. iandavidsmith 13/30 beat epos 33/30
29. Londo 17/32 beat BillMc 39/38
30. Sennacherib 25/29 beat Turk1964 37/37
31. petran1978 5/27 beat Ermolov 39/39
32. maharg25 20/47 beat Greetings44 37/34

[stockwellpete]

The first round draw is now available. Please visit this thread regularly throughout the competition as all the latest news will be posted here. Good luck everybody!!

[stockwellpete]

Just a small point that has cropped up in one of the first round matches. If you are a 300pt or 350pt player drawn against a "newbie" who is playing with 400pts could you please ensure that you pick your army in the DAG with the setting at the appropriate 300pts or 350pts. If you set the DAG at 400pts to build your army in such circumstances it allows you extra numbers of certain troops that may give you an unfair advantage even though your army is still comprised of only 300pts or 350pts. Thanks.

[stockwellpete]

Don't forget - there are still three "latecomer" slots available in the competition until Tuesday evening. So if you come across anyone who is interested please encourage them to join. I am particularly concerned to contact maharg25. He applied to join but did not pick an army so I could not include him in the draw. He has not yet picked up my PM.

[stockwellpete]

If you look at the 4th post in this thread you will see the current state of play in all the matches. As soon as a challenge is posted the match is deemed to be "in progress" and I will update the results there as soon as players post them in the designated results thread.

You can help me by checking that the entry for your match is correct. If it is not please let me know.

[stockwellpete]

First "latecomer" entry is Sennacherib (Attalid Pergamenes) 350pts.

[ericdoman1]

I will email maharg

[JonPowles]

Just a small point that has cropped up in one of the first round matches. If you are a 300pt or 350pt player drawn against a "newbie" who is playing with 400pts could you please ensure that you pick your army in the DAG with the setting at the appropriate 300pts or 350pts. If you set the DAG at 400pts to build your army in such circumstances it allows you extra numbers of certain troops that may give you an unfair advantage even though your army is still comprised of only 300pts or 350pts. Thanks.

OK. But this means the player with more points has to post the challenge, as the size of the challengers army automatically determines the points for the match.

[stockwellpete]

I will email maharg

Thanks Eric. Tell him I want to have him in the tournament but he just did not name his army. He will play with 350pts.

[stockwellpete]

OK. But this means the player with more points has to post the challenge, as the size of the challengers army automatically determines the points for the match.

I know what you mean, tullius, but I think the player with the smaller army can still initiate the challenge. I think the system tells you that your army is "incomplete", or something like that, but you are still able to proceed, I believe. Can someone else confirm that please? Cheers tullius.

[stockwellpete]

Second "latecomer" entry is Ermolov (Medieval Cypriot, later) with 350pts. He will play petran1978 in the first round.

That just leaves Greetings44 without an opponent at the moment. But do not fear, Mr Greetings!! You will get an opponent, whatever happens now. If I have not got a third "latecomer" entry by the close of play tomorrow then I will enter the competition myself on Wednesday to make up the 64 players. I might renege on my promise to use the Pope-a-Dopes though, instead I might use my Crusader army instead.

[stockwellpete]

OK. But this means the player with more points has to post the challenge, as the size of the challengers army automatically determines the points for the match.

I know what you mean, tullius, but I think the player with the smaller army can still initiate the challenge. I think the system tells you that your army is "incomplete", or something like that, but you are still able to proceed, I believe. Can someone else confirm that please? Cheers tullius.

The procedure that will allow a player with a smaller army to initiate a challenge is as follows . . .

i) set DAG to the appropriate army size (300 or 350 pts)
ii) once you have completed your selection and before you save the army alter the army size to that of your opponent (350 or 400pts)
iii) Save your army ignoring the message "This army is not ready to be used in battle".
iv) Issue your challenge in multi-player ignoring the message "The selected army only uses 300/350 of the maximum 350/400pts. Are you sure you want to issue the challenge?"
v) click on "issue challenge" button.

I hope that clarifies things a bit.

[maharg25]

Christian Nubian Late. 350 points.

[stockwellpete]

Christian Nubian Late. 350 points.

Ok, that's great. maharg25 is the third and final "latecomer" entry and he will play Greetings 44 in the first round. Recruitment is now closed.

[stockwellpete]

1st Round match AAR massina_nz v Sharkall starting here soon!

viewforum.php?f=96

[stockwellpete]

mortonj has asked to play at 350pts and this has been agreed.

[stockwellpete]

Well, we are half-way through the time allocated for the first round now and already we have the results from 17 of the 32 matches - so I think we can say that the competition is very much on schedule. if you are playing in one of the 15 unfinished matches please contact me if you have an opponent who disappears or starts playing very slowly (by PM if you prefer) and I will see what I can do to help.

The Second Round draw will take place next Saturday 22nd September at midday (UK time).