Slitherine

Competitors,

Thank you for joining the Rise of Rome tournament. If you have not joined, this tournament is full but is accepting reserves. If you enter as a reserve, you are guaranteed a spot in the next tournament I organize. Rules are below.

Important dates:
- Nov. 16: pool stage begins (arrange your own matches via thread and PM)
- Dec. 15: players who have not completed at least 2 matches subject to review and possible replacement by player from reserve (see below)
- Jan. 14: pool stage ends (you have just over 8 weeks to complete 5 mirror matches; if all are complete before this date, we will begin quarter-finals earlier)
- Jan. 15: quarter-finals begin
- Jan. 30: semi-finals begin
- Feb. 15: finals begin

Structure of tournament:
- There are 4 pools of 6 players each
- Each player will be assigned a random army from a select list of Rise of Rome armies (I probably should have posted this list earlier)
- You will play each player in your pool once in a mirror match, one with your drawn army, one with your opponent's drawn army
- 3 pts awarded for win, 1 pt awarded for draw of any sort (e.g. if you win both games in your mirror match, you recieve 6 pts)
- Top 2 players in each pool advance to quarter-finals
- Quarter-finals/semi-finals/finals all decided by mirror match where combined scores decide winner on percentage (e.g. if player A's combined BPs for both matches is 93/100 (93%) and player B's is 70/76 (92.1%), player B is victorious)
- Tie-breakers for those in pool stage will first be decided on head-to-head results as described above. If this maintains a tie, each player's total BPs for all 10 matches will be calculated to decide winner based on criteria as described above.
- Games not completed by deadlines are subject to adjudication

Reserves:
- There is currently 1 reserve player (Ericdoman1)
- If by Dec. 15, any player has not completed at least 2 matches, the player may be subject to replacement based on an assessment of how likely the player is to complete the remaining matches by Jan. 14

Arranging matches:
- Players are responsible for arranging matches
- Post challenge in this thread AND PM to ensure your opponent saw it
- It is advised to begin at least 2 mirror matches against 2 opponents immediately to ensure players have head start on pool stage deadline

Rules of games:
- Armies will consist of 500 pts
- You may customize your army before each match
- Fog of war and double moves will be used

Posting results:
- Winners of each individual match are responsible for posting result in this thread; I will periodically update the results table
- Please use this format:
Pool A result:
Scipio (Romans) 30/45 defeats Hannibal (Carthaginians) 50/50

Ratings:
- This tournament will count towards ratings and rankings used by the Digital League
- This tournament is considered a B-level tournament.

Pools and army draws:

A
Cavehobbit: Later Macedonian
Rexhurley: Spanish (Iberian)
CharlesWayneRobinson: Attalid Pergame
Ulysisgrunt: Spartacus Slave Revolt (HF)
Greetings44: Gallic (Later Lowland)
Mike48: Later Seleucid (Post-166BC)

B
Stockwellpete: Later Seleucid (Post-166BC)
Macsen: Later Carthaginian (Africa)
Voskarp: Later Ptolemaic (Roman)
Ricoual74: Bosporan (Mid)
Okie: Early Armenian (Khosrov I)
Maximvs Late Republican Roman (Brutus and Cassius)

C
Turk1964: Later Jewish (Antigonus)
Steve-h8: Parthian
Kmaher: Pontic (Late)
ZumHeuriger: Numidian (Juba II)
Mcfcivo: Gallic (Later hill tribes)
Mchargmg: Pyrrhic (Italy)

D
Batesmotel: Hatran
Jonathan4290: Spartacus Slave Revolt (HF)
Iandavidsmith: Illyrian
MatteoPasi: Late Republican Roman (Brutus and Cassius)
Maulet: Attalid Pergame
Cunningcairn: Parthian

Have fun, meet the deadlines, and PM me if you have any questions.

Div. D
MatteoPasi - Parthian 14/44 beat Cunningcairn - Late Republican Roman (Brutus and Cassius) 31/31

I forcast that I'm goint to winn all matches vs Late Republican Roman (Brutus and Cassius) and losing all the Others

cunningcairn (Parthian) 17/38 defeats MatteoPasi 48/45 (Late Republican Roman)

Pool D result:
Jonathan4290 (Spartacus Slave Revolt) 45/64 defeats Cunningcairn (Parthians) 41/40
Jonathan4290 (Parthians) 10/55 defeats Cunningcairn (Spartacus Slave Revolt) 54/54

Group D:

maulet (pergamene) 19/40 defeats cunningcairn (Parthian) 38/38

thanks.

Pool D

cunningcairn (Parthian) 32/40 defeats Batesmotel (Hatran) 55/54

Pool D

cunningcairn (Pergamene) 15/40 defeats Maulet (Parthian) 43/40

Thanks for the games.

Pool B

stockwellpete (Seleucids) 14/42 beat voskarp (Ptolemaics) 45/45

Pool C result:
mchargmg (Pyrrhic) 32/47 defeats zumHeuriger (Numidians Juba II) 60/56

Pool D results:

Jonathan4290 (Romans) 17/43 defeats MatteoPasi (Spartacus Slave Revolt) 82/77
Jonathan4290 (Spartacus Slave Revolt) 57/71 defeats MatteoPasi (Romans) 53/45

Pool B

stockwellpete (Seleucids) 12/38 beat maximvs (Brutus and Cassius Romans) 45/43

rexhurley (spaniards) 22/65 v cavehobbit (later macs) 48/40 in a game where the hobbit picked both maps his deployment was undone by spontaneous pursuits into a treeline just to be mobbed by MI

Our other game still progressing where bad dice and a gift 8bp by me at the start will probably allow him to win the game.

Ulyisis will pick up your game and post a reply pw = Bashakiwi

charles games up soon too pw = revenge

It is now 2236 Sat NZ time I will be away from 1400hrs tomorrow with work for 48hrs

Cheers Rex

Div D

batesmotel (Later Republican Romans) 41/43 - MatteoPasi (Hatran) 52/51
batesmotel (Hatran) 27/54 - MatteoPasi (Later Republican Romans) 47/44

Thanks for the games.

Chris

Div D

batesmotel (Parthian) 24/54
Cunningcairn (Hatran) 47/47

Thanks for the games.

Chris

Pool B

stockwellpete (Seleucids) 11/38 beat Okie (Armenians) 36/35

stockwellpete (Armenians) 12/41 beat Okie (Seleucids) 38/36

Pool A result:
Cavehobbit (Spanish (Iberian)) 48/63 defeats Rexhurley (Later Macedonian) 55/50

Thanks for a good game!
/P-A

Pool B result:

voskarp (Seleucid) 36/43 draw vs stockwellpete (Ptolemaic) 38/44

This is the first update to the tournament standings current to Nov. 24 at 9:00pm Eastern Time.

Pool A: 2/30 matches complete
Only 2 matches complete in a tough division featuring 4 players who have competed in a Div A Digital League section this season. RexHurley and Cavehobbit have split their series although RexHurley has the edge in any possible tie-breaker between the 2 players.

Pool B: 5/30 matches complete
5 matches complete thus far, with Stockwellpete taking an early lead with 13pts (4-1-0). Voskarp is on the board with 1pt (0-1-1). Okie currently sits last with 2 losses although both come at the hands of pool-leading Stockwellpete.

Pool C: 1/30 matches complete
Only 1 match complete thus far with Mchargmg defeating ZumHeuriger in the home match to take an early lead. Pool C only features 1 Div A player (Turk1964) but is probably the deepest and least certain pool.

Pool D: 13/30 matches complete
The most complete pool thus far, Jonathan4290 sits atop the leaderboard with 12pts (4-0-0), prompting many to consider whether the tournament is in fact rigged. Batesmotel sits in 2nd place with 9pts (3-0-1) along with Cunningcairn (3-0-5) although it will be difficult for Cunningcairn to advance after losing series to Jonathan4290 and Batesmotel. Iandavidsmith has yet to complete a game, and could immediately complicate the situation with his first results.

Pool B

maximvs Early Armenians (Khosrov I) 42/49 beat Okie (Brutus and Cassius Romans) 32/32

Pool A Result

Greetings44, Gallic later lowland (29/46) defeats Ulysisgrunt, Spartacus Slave Revolt (75/73)
Greetings44, Spartacus Slave Revolt (33/64) defeats Ulysisgrunt, Gallic later lowland (53/49)