Congratulations Braveheart, stratagos, Centurian, Darwyn :)




Oh all right then, well done Ghost :)

and two NMRs in the last turn? wild. so who won the tournament?

All five of us.

My NMRs were actually just normal all holds.

ah. five of you win the tournament? how can that be?? there must be only ONE!!!!

So what, keep playing that final group of people until one finally gets the win? That could take awhile.

and we're all fried. Personally, if that's the decision, I will be happy to bow out and let the others fight it out.

It was the three day phases. Ugh. Plus the west was at peace all game. At least me and Braveheart eliminated some people.

I must admit i didnt fully understand the scoring... I actually thought that if it was a draw then it went to the person who finished highest in the 2nd round tables.

Regardless, the scoring probably needs to be worked out as very unlikely to get a winner from one single game and I assume you want most tournaments to finish with some kind of proper ranking. 3 day turns (with pauses) is also pretty brutal in terms of draining away any kind of excitment.

anyway - well done everyone. was an interesting 14 months.

Jesus Christ, himself, would have difficulties curing this lameness.

sorry, i didn't mean that people should have kept playing the game - more along the lines of what Braveheart said. the scoring system shouldn't allow for 5 winners, but only one.

The final round was scored that way to ensure that everyone has something worth fighting for. That places the five drawers as tied for 1st and Chrispminis in 6th. The first step's a doosy.

Unfortunately I didn't anticipate the problems the 3 day phases would have. I had actually thought it would increase the diplomacy and thus the level of play. Won't be making that mistake again. :)

We still had a decent number of NMRs to contend with, even with three day phases

Some weren't NMRs so much as people not attacking each other. I know that I didn't NMR at any stage.

I hadn't anticipated the problems of the 3 day phase either. Also slowed the tournament down (why are we finishing '08 in '10? hmmmm)

Perhaps next time they should be run in such a way to keep within one year.
Perhaps start them at Easter? that would probably make it finish at Christmas?

It wouldn't finish at Christmas. I suggest reducing the phaselength of Round 1 to 25hrs, or something similar.

Agreed 3-day is too long.
How about 50hr until 1905 then 25hr?

Can that be done? Change the phaselength at a certain point?

Or is that just something Kestas could do by changing the database?

Moderators now have that capability.

And given Wonder's organising it that would be an option (up to him clearly, although if done I don't mind helping implement)

Ten minute turns wooooooo