DoctorJingles:
thread=707570#707570

When is the next turnament? I was wondering if i could join. I see troodonte played very good in his last couple of game's.

let's see if this gives a direct link:
http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=707570#707570

So when does this turnament start?

I believe trip is planning on running this again in September and that Geofram's will begin around the beginning of May.

Is there an official ranking for the finals? I think I came 7th since I was eliminated in all 3 games but would be interesting to see the final rankings.

Also would be interesting to see each person's seed at the tournament's start.

i would like to see my seed:D

Interesting note is that of the 7 finalists, two of us were the 27th and 28th seeds entering the tournament.

Does this turnament start today??

I had to get a solo in that game to win the tourny, so I tried my hardest to entice a stab out of F or G, with supports into Munich for 3-4 years running. Then when I wasn't able to get a whisper of dissension between the two, I drew with two players who would have been eliminated, hoping to punish "too tight alliance" play. Turns out the too tight alliance was the two soloers, so there was no way either of them was looking to break the game open a bit. I thought Germany (IKE) could have easily taken 2 dots from France without provoking a "I'm gonna throw this" response. France couldn't have gone anywhere without me crawling all over him.

when does the turnament start? How long is the phase's of the game?. is there in game messagng?

tennille - this is the thread for the completed tournament. For information on the next one please check here threadID=707570. It won't be starting today.

How would Gemany take centers from me without compromising our alliance...? that would make me give you the solo... you just needed the Italian centers and 2 from me (Tunis and spain or Mar).

You wouldn't have given up Spain or Mar, I think. Let's say Germany stabbed in spring with a move to Nth and Nwg, and he has Edi in the bag for fall. In the fall you do a total recall, but can only move 1 of your 4 fleets through MAO at a time. By the time he can demonstrate friendly intentions again, you're in Eng, MAO, maybe Por an Spain. You couldn't move past the stalemate line fast enough for me to get there.

I think had he taken Edi and then supported himself to hold, you wouldn't have throw the solo. Maybe two is stretching, but 1 center is easily within his reach.

He wouls free belgium and it would make me move in fall immediatly there, which he wouldn't cover to support himself to edi.
Burgundy would be free and he could move there, but it would make it impossible for us to have friendly relations again...so you would get the solo, I think.

Besides...if he move to burgundy he would open munich...

He wouldn't build as I would take belgium (we swap centers)
And he would be able to support himself to belgium as kiel needs to be supporting munich to stop you from crossing the stalematelie...

Honestly... I think that this is what would happen.

Tro you won the tourney & get 600 to boot. Trip should get a tip, say 100 . Just a thought:)

I'm not sure if it is up for me to decide how points are split.
But if I can decide I will give 100 to trip for his great job and split the rest with you...
Afterall the final was a 2 way draw ;)

I'll leave it to the tournament director, but if I can have any role in the decision I'll prefer it like this.

@Trood Kiel S Sil to Mun, Pru-Berlin, Mun to Ruhr. The Russian centers were lost as soon as I was in Boh and Tyr. Though it's this sort of grab it if you can thinking that left me hanging in the wind with no allies.

I think that IKE would never risk those moves.
sil - mun supported by kiel could bounce your 2 armies (tyr and boh) leaving munich open and allowing burgundy the belgium option or the option to support you to munich...

I'm not saying that it wasn't possible for germany to get 1 center from me... I just think he wouldn't risk it...
Personaly if I was germany I wouldn't do it.

But he would have an army in Belgium, so he could cover both Belgium and Mun. And you would be crazy to support me into Munich, would you seriously consider that an option?

Sorry I mean Berlin. And I would have had to take the Russian and Italian centers before I could try to rush past the stalemate lines. I would have taken the risk, but I can understand not taking it. I guess I didn't understand propping up the Russian and Italian for so long when the points in these games is based on draw size. Though seeing that both of you had the solo, it made more sense.

Finals Standings

1.Troodonte 14.4 (28)
2.IKE 14.4 (28)
3.gramilaj 2.4 (13)
4.48v4stepansk 2.4 (2)
5.Frank 2.4 (1)
6.Lando Calrissian 0
7.JesusPetry 0

@ Troodonte: You have 630pts coming your way. If you want to split them with IKE, I'm fine with that, but while the offer was appreciated (you too IKE), there's no need to tip me. Let me know what your final decision is and I'll contact the powers that be.

Here's the pre-tourney rankings too

1.Barn3tt, 29
2.IKE, 50
3.Troodonte, 54
4.Kamen, 67
5.figlesquidge, 84
6.The Czech, 94
7.Gobba, 102
8.ava2790, 139
9.jcbrayn97, 174
10.TrustMe, 192
11.askninjasks, 197
12.48v4stepansk, 205
13.Frank, 226
14.Jesus Petry, 263
15.podium, 270
16.Onar, 307
17.doofman, 317
18.trip, 339
19.Arya8, 399
20.Bilbo, 521
21.Kingdroid, 532
22.coffeebean, 601
23.TBroadley, 708
24.LittleBigMatt, 809
25.Maettu, 885
26.rodrigotjader, 923
27.Lando Calrissian, 1422
28.Gramilaj, 1437

@ Lando: We had already played a couple of times before this started. I was pretty sure you were better than your rank. I was right.


Complete Results:

http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/gunboat-tournament/gunboat-tournament-2010-11

The numbers after the commas is everyones GRank in November '10.

My final decision is:
Troodonte: 265
IKE: 265
trip: 100

Not that it means much, but it is interesting to see that the 2 winners were #2 and #3 in GRanking and that the #1 was subsituted in the final by the #2 :)

Wouldn't it be fun if there was a GhostRank that only counted gunboat games. Would certainly be interesting to see that.

I guess IKE or Troo would probably be 1st.

Thanks for the tip, Troo and IKE.

...and 48, Frank and JP were almost in the middle. Weird.

A GunboatRank would be cool to see, and I think a few others who played would be up near the top.

Thanks for the split of points Tro. You truly are a classy player. I wish there were more players like you on this site.