Slitherine

Competitors,

Thank you for joining the Swords and Scimitars tournament. If you have not joined, this tournament is not full and is accepting four more players. Rules are below.

Important dates:
- Nov. 24: pool stage begins (arrange your own matches via thread and PM)
- Dec. 13: players who have not completed at least 2/8 matches subject to review and possible replacement by player from reserve
- Jan. 3: 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)
- Jan. 4: quarter-finals begin
- Jan. 18: semi-finals begin
- Feb. 2: 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 Swords and Scimitars 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 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
- 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:
Romanos (Byzantines) 30/45 defeats Arslan (Seljuks) 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
Batesmotel: Mamluk Egyptian (early)
Voskarp: Khwarazmian
Dave_r: Cilician Armenian
Okie: Epirot Byzantine
PeterGuest: Georgian 1124-1243
(Empty)

B
Jonathan4290: Trebizond Byzantine
Solly: Middle Bulgarian
Yuknoom: Syrian States (later)
Praeter: Latin Greece (early)
MikeMarchant: Medieval Cypriot (early)
(Empty)

C
Cunningcairn: Medieval Cypriot (early)
Iandavidsmith: Later Crusader (Richard I)
Tullius: Nika Byzantine
Paulmcneil: Georgian 1124-1243
Bloodphoenix: Middle Bulgarian
Londo: Seljuk Turk (Rum)

D
Stockwellpete: Middle Serbian
Rexhurley: Seljuk Turk (Rum)
Ricoual74: Ilkhanid Mongol
Cromlechi: Cuman
Tony Craven: Trebizond Byzantine
(Empty)

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

Challenges issued for PeterGuest: Georgian

password: pete

See you on the field of glory!

issued four challenges for those who are suppose to play me

pass word is craven

Stockwellpete: Middle Serbian
Rexhurley: Seljuk Turk (Rum)
Ricoual74: Ilkhanid Mongol
Cromlechi: Cuman

Challenges for Okie: Epirot Byzantine

password: okie

Pack your arrows and sharpen your swords!

B
Jonathan4290: Trebizond Byzantine
Solly: Middle Bulgarian
Yuknoom: Syrian States (later)
Praeter: Latin Greece (early)
MikeMarchant: Medieval Cypriot (early)

Nothing but Infidels in the division! I am the sole defender of the faith!
Guess we'll start with the folks on either side of me on the list.
Challenges out to Solly (PW Solly)
and Praeter (PW Praeter)

Group D

Challenge for Tony Craven from my Trebizonds, password is tonycraven.

Group D

three challenges posted for anyone.

password = anyone

Group A

2 challenges for Dave-r - Georgians and Cilician Armenians

Password: Dave

folks...given some conflicts on my end and the realatively short timeline, i'm going to have to bow out. sorry, but better now than down the stretch, given there are replacement players.

klay

Pool D

Challenge for cromlechi (Serbians) from my Cumans. Password is "cromlechi". PM sent.

Please note that Batesmotel has taken Klay's spot in Pool A.

Division B
Challenge offered from my Syrians to MikeMarchant's Cypriots PW cyprus

I'm posting challenges for Div. A
Batesmotel - PW Bates
Dave_r - PW Dave
PeterGuest - PW Peter
Come meet me on the field of Honor if you dare!
Okie

Div C

Challenges for Cunningcairn (Cypriots, Nika Byzantine, pw 'smartstones') and bloodphoenix (Bulgarians, Nika Byzantine, pw 'redbird')

Please note that Londo has entered the tournament in Pool C.

Okie wrote:I'm posting challenges for Div. A
Batesmotel - PW Bates
Dave_r - PW Dave
PeterGuest - PW Peter
Come meet me on the field of Honor if you dare!
Okie

I'd like to dare, but the password you gave for me isn't recognised for any of the 3 games posted.

I'd already put 2 challenges up for you before I saw your post (vs Georgians and vs Epirot Byzantines) - if its easier to use these, password is Okie (I hope!)

ATT: Cunningcairn

Challenge Posted

My Later Crusader
vrs
your Medieval Cypriot

password = baldrick

Good Luck
Ian

Pool A

2 challenges ready for batesmotel - 1 vs Georgians and 1 vs Mamluks

PW: batesmotel

Pool B

Challenges up for solly, pw: solly
Challenges up for MikeMarchant, pw: MikeMarchant

Pool A

Challenges for Dave_r: Cilician Armenian

Password: dave

En garde!