ODC 2019 Tournament Start

[Durga]

Congrats to Balki for his solo!!!

[Balki Bartokomous]

Congrats to Balki for his solo!!! I love him so much.

Three exclamation marks. No caveats. No assigning blame. This is a congratulatory forum post!!!

I heart you.

[Balki Bartokomous]

Congrats to Village Idiot on his solo!! http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=237244

Is this redemption?

Oooo, VI only got two.

[Durga]

Congrats to Village Idiot on his solo!! http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=237244

Is this redemption?

Oooo, VI only got two.

You know you're my favourite Cascadian

[peterwiggin]

As an admin and a player, I'm very concerned that the TD seems to be playing favorites here. As a former member of Greater Lakes, I'm even more concerned that all the favorites are from Cascadia.

[Durga]

As an admin and a player, I'm very concerned that the TD seems to be playing favorites here. As a former member of Greater Lakes, I'm even more concerned that all the favorites are from Cascadia.

You know you're my favourite admin

[jmo1121109]

ouch

[Claesar]

ouch

You're still in the running for fav Dev, maybe?

In other categories, there's stiff competition.

[The Belgian Bulldog]

Congrats Balki! This brings us at:

Mr Green – 100
Vom Kriege – 100
diplomat554 – 100
VillageIdiot – 100
Balki Bartokomous - 100
swordsman3003 – 63.1
Napoleon of Oz – 59.8
osric_athanasius – 50.5
dyager_nh – 50.5
Senlac - 44.7
The Belgian Bulldog – 49.2
Johnny Big Horse – 43.9
Miguel1612 – 42.9
Josafina - 42.0
Pjsticha – 36.5
Fluffy Freddo – 36.4
user1981 – 36.4
Ogion – 32.7
Tugster – 32.7
0k0k0 – 30.4
Devbali02 – 26.5
gjdip – 24.6
Puddle – 24.4
The SHIV – 20.6
Skidmarks – 20.4
Termasek22 – 12.1
jollycream – 8.2
stranger – 5.6
Deeply_Dippy – 5.6
Creigh – <0.1

[The Belgian Bulldog]

I do not understand how the solo threat wasn't detected and dealt with spring 06. The move to ionion and the unbalanced positioning of Tuscany vs Piedmont, the 2 vs 1 that existed in Turkey, most stabs don't come presented on a silver platter like that. Excellent job controlling Italy's play.

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[The Belgian Bulldog]

I do not understand how the solo threat wasn't detected and dealt with spring 06. The move to ionion and the unbalanced positioning of Tuscany vs Piedmont, the 2 vs 1 that existed in Turkey, most stabs don't come presented on a silver platter like that. Excellent job controlling Italy's play.

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Woops :s

[Durga]

Congrats to Chluke on his solo!!

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=236433

[TrPrado]

The number of solos in this tournament is getting a bit ridiculous

[Durga]

The number of solos in this tournament is getting a bit ridiculous

We haven't seen the end yet

[Jamiet99uk]

Is it against the rules of this tournament to deliberately throw games and try to help other players solo?

[peterwiggin]

Is it against the rules of this tournament to deliberately throw games and try to help other players solo?

No.

[Claesar]

The number of solos in this tournament is getting a bit ridiculous

That's what you get when you don't have any reasonable entry requirement.

[Magnetic24]

Is it against the rules of this tournament to deliberately throw games and try to help other players solo?

No, but, as Claesar said, the skill disparity between players is great. I am seeing a lot of throwing though, in many running ODC games as well.

[rdrivera2005]

The number of solos in this tournament is getting a bit ridiculous

That's what you get when you don't have any reasonable entry requirement.

The SoS scoring also improves a lot the odds of throwing, just saying.

[Durga]

The number of solos in this tournament is getting a bit ridiculous

That's what you get when you don't have any reasonable entry requirement.

The SoS scoring also improves a lot the odds of throwing, just saying.

It shouldn't. People are falling for dumb press