Slitherine

Competitors,

Thank you for joining the Storm of Arrows tournament. If you have not joined, this tournament is not full and is accepting two more players. Rules are below.

Important dates:
- Aug. 11: pool stage begins (arrange your own matches via thread and PM)
- Sep. 1: players who have not completed at least 2/8 matches subject to review and possible replacement by player from reserve
- Sep. 24: pool stage ends (you have 6 weeks to complete 4 mirror matches; if all are complete before this date, we will begin quarter-finals earlier)
- Sep. 25: quarter-finals begin
- Oct. 9: semi-finals begin
- Oct. 23: finals begin

Structure of tournament:
- There are 4 pools of 5 players each
- Each player will be assigned a random army from a select list of Storm of Arrows armies
- 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)
- Games not completed by deadlines are subject to adjudication

Arranging matches:
- Players are responsible for arranging matches
- Post challenge in "arrange your matches here" 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
- Digital League rules on army size/composition do not apply

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:
Edward III (English) 30/45 defeats Philip VI (French) 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
Hidde: Navarrese
Okie: Medieval German (early)
Voskarp: Medieval Danish (later)
ZumHeuriger: Scots in Britain (later)
Praeter: Swiss

B
Cunningcairn: Medieval Welsh
Iandavidsmith: Medieval French (later)
Londo: Medieval Irish (later)
Paulmcneil: Medieval Crown of Aragon
Yuknoom: Later Medieval Swedish

C
Dave_r: Medieval Castillian
Jonathan4290: Later Granadine
Mcfcivo: Anglo-Irish (later)
Mcwar: Medieval Burgundian (later)
Tullius: Medieval Portuguese

D
Batesmotel: Low Countries
Brindlebane: Later Scots Isles and Highlands
Macsen: Free Company
PeterAbb: HYW English (continental late)
Solly: Condotta (Venice)

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

Quick thing: use this thread only to post results and ask questions. There's a separate thread for arranging matches; please us e that instead. I'll have posts transferred over. I've edited event instructions to reflect this. Apologies for confusion.

Hi Jonathan

Just a reminder that I'm away until 28 August and might not make 2/8 games by 1 September.

rgrds
Martin

Cunningcairn wrote:Hi Jonathan

Just a reminder that I'm away until 28 August and might not make 2/8 games by 1 September.

rgrds
Martin

Roger that, no worries.

Pool B result

Yuknoom's Irish (41-52) defeated londo's Swedes (39-39)

Pool A result:

voskarp (Danish) 36/41 defeats Okie (German) 33/33

voskarp (German) wins by resignation vs Okie (Danish) [2/50-18/31]

Pool B

Londo (Irish) 15/68 defeated Yuknoom (Swedish) 39/37

Pool D


Brindlebane: Later Scots Isles and Highlands
Vs
PeterAbb: HYW English (continental late)



PeterAbb: HYW English (continental late) 28/37 defeated Brindlebane: Later Scots Isles and Highlands 61/57

Mirror

Brindlebane: HYW English (Continental late) 33/37 defeated PeterAbb : Later Scots Isles and Highlands 60/59

Tough and bloody battles for both.

Division B

Yuknoom's Swedes 22/36 defeated PaulMcNeil's Aragonese 34/33.

Yuknoom's Aragonese 8/39 defeated PaulMcNeil's Swedes 54/49.

Div A

Praeter (Swiss) 24/36 beat Voskarp Later Danes 43/41

I didn't record the mirror result but Voskarp won by a fair bit!

Div B result

Paulmcneil aragonese 27/49
beat
iandavidsmith 40/36

Praeter wrote:Div A

Praeter (Swiss) 24/36 beat Voskarp Later Danes 43/41

I didn't record the mirror result but Voskarp won by a fair bit!

Pool A

voskarp (Swiss chocolate)[6/41] was victorious against Praeter (Danish pastries)[28/28]

Pool B

Londo (Irish) 25/65 defeated paulmcneil (Aragon) 48/40

Londo (Aragon) 28/45 defeated paulmcneil (Irish) 61/59

Pool A

hidde(Navarrese) 19/38 defeats voskarp(Medieval Danish) 43/41

hidde(Medieval Danish) 14/36 defeats voskarp(Navarrese) 46/45

hidde(Navarrese) 15/39 defeats okie(Medieval German) 36/33

Second game against okie is under way.

Division B

Yuknoom' Swedes 17/37 defeated iandavidsmith's French 39/36

Pool B

Yuknoom's French 15/36 defeat iandavidsmith's Swedes 43/35

Just a reminder that all players must complete 2/8 matches by Sep 1 or face possible replacement.

Group D
batesmotel (Free Company) 38/46 beat macsen (Low Countries) 39/38
batesmotel (Low Countries) 16/38 beat macsen (Free Company) 44/44

Thanks for the games.

Chris

Group D

macsen Free Company 5/38 defeated Brindlebane Later Scots Isles and Highlands 61/57

macsen Later Scots Isles and Highlands 17/55 defeated Brindlebane Free Company 41/34

Thanks for the games.

macsen

Group D
batesmotel (Low Countries) 33/46 beat Brindlebane (Scot Isles & Highlanders) 60/57
batesmotel (Scot Isles & Highlanders) 26/53 beat Brindlebane (Low Countries) 56/49

Thanks for the games and better luck in your remaining ones.

Chris