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Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 3! Fight!
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:14 pm
by AlbertoC
Hello everyone
We're almost there - the
Battle of the Bulge Tournament is about to start.
The first round will start on Monday September 12th at 11 am UK time! E-mails have been sent to the partecipants with additional information.
Our 16 proud generals are about to face each other. Who will prevail?
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:29 pm
by IckieStickie
This will be my First Tournie with Slitherine,i'm really looking forwards to it,and invited a few friends too so this will be a great Tournie for me!

Thanks for the oppurtunity and Heres too a few more!

Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:58 pm
by Mylesmata
Looking forward to see how this plays out. Good luck to everyone (and if you want to make videos / write AARs for your games, you've got one eager viewer / reader right here)!

Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:03 pm
by Barthheart
.... My handle is spelled wrong in that list.
Good luck all. First tourny for me here. Should be fun.
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:32 am
by AlbertoC
Aaaand it has started.
Capote seems to be having a great start on IckieStickie, but maybe he'll be able to reverse the tide!
In the meanwhile brucep and Delloknon go head to head against each other, but it's still too early to draw conclusions.
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:34 pm
by IckieStickie
Hi Alberto,...after a Stickie start for ickie we all off!.....Game on it sure is!...
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:36 pm
by IckieStickie
AlbertoC wrote:Aaaand it has started.
Capote seems to be having a great start on IckieStickie, but maybe he'll be able to reverse the tide!
In the meanwhile brucep and Delloknon go head to head against each other, but it's still too early to draw conclusions.
Ra Ra ra Dell!!:P >>+Igscarlet Go for Gold guys!!

Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:49 pm
by IckieStickie
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:56 pm
by AlbertoC
Hello IckieStickie, sorry you've been having issues. I am sending you a PM as I'm confused by your posts, though.
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:18 pm
by AlbertoC
It seems there has been a misunderstanding: my comments were just describing the current situation, but the games of the first Round are NOT over!
Don't worry IckieStickie, that was just the first turn, you can head in game and play! I'll post a table with the actual definitive scores when the time for the first Round is over.
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:37 pm
by IckieStickie
Ok great stuff...hopefully it all unfolds ok..as it does feel like ive missed a Turn here somehow?
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:58 pm
by Shards
IckieStickie wrote:Ok great stuff...hopefully it all unfolds ok..as it does feel like ive missed a Turn here somehow?
Looking at the back end, it looks correct, and the scores seem right for you both having played the first couple of turns in each of your paired games.
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:20 pm
by IckieStickie
Thanks shards and Alberto,yeah after a shakey start old ickie here got his knickers in a twist,but all unfolded now and its Game -On!!Hehe good luck all of you that made it here...and may the best General win!!
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:22 pm
by AmbrosioSpinola
Hello dear slitherine staff and fellow commanders!
Thanks for this wonderful tournament, and I'm so happy to hear there will be more tournaments in the near future. Tournaments are fantastic, although multiplayer PBEM on slitherine's server is great too, but tournaments give the game a LOT of focus and intensity!!

To tell you the truth, I bought originally Battle of the Bulge because of the previous tournament, so eager I was to take part! And I'm very happy I bought the game, it is really a great strategy game, I'm absolutely looking forward to "Drive to Moscow," and hopefully more tournaments
Cheers and good luck to all the tournament's players!
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:36 pm
by Delloknon
tis be a strong fight between me and him i made a mistake earlier but he wont be able to break through the defensive line but i gauruntee ill atleast hold troop superiority over bastonge in the end he wont be able to get out as german
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:39 pm
by AmbrosioSpinola
Delloknon wrote:tis be a strong fight between me and him i made a mistake earlier but he wont be able to break through the defensive line but i gauruntee ill atleast hold troop superiority over bastonge in the end he wont be able to get out as german
I'm playing EsgibtkeinBier, who are you playing against, Delloknon?
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:46 pm
by IckieStickie
Delloknon wrote:tis be a strong fight between me and him i made a mistake earlier but he wont be able to break through the defensive line but i gauruntee ill atleast hold troop superiority over bastonge in the end he wont be able to get out as german
Nice work Dell...ickie wonders if hell get you later on!?...

Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:55 pm
by IckieStickie
Hey guys this might sound like a silly question but if you lose your first match does that mean your knocked out?...
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:59 pm
by AmbrosioSpinola
IckieStickie wrote:Hey guys this might sound like a silly question but if you lose your first match does that mean your knocked out?...
Yep

that's how the system works, you lose a match you are history
Re: Battle of the Bulge Tournament - Round 1! Fight!
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:04 pm
by Shards
Hi,
Actually, everyone will get multiple matches. The tournaments use a Swiss system to match you up for the next round and they use the points, not Win/Loss to calculate your ranking. So a narrow defeat could still lead to ultimate victory!