Winter 2013 Nuclear Competition
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:08 pm
I am creating the first Nuclear Competition (that I know of). I am doing this because I love nuclear play. From having played many standard nuclear games with a large number of participants, I have the perception that very few people have a good conceptual grasp of just how radically different the strategy for nuclear spoils is in this situation from all the other types of games played here at CC, or how to succeed in a standard nuclear spoils game that has 8 players. I have gained this perception from time after time seeing highly ranked players making an experiment of joining a nuclear game only to see them becoming one of the first players excreted from the fun. Caveat/warning: if you are nursing (and really care about) your high ranking, keep playing one-on-one Age of Realms games; you will probably lose that high ranking long before you figure out good nuclear strategy if you join too many of these games. By running these competitions periodically (maybe four times per year) my goal is to promote some friendly competition in nuclear games and increase the awareness of just how fun this variant of the game can be.
This Winter 2013 Competition will consist of 10 games played on 20 different maps for a total of 200 games available. It will run from today, February 8, 2013, until the 200th game finishes, probably some time in April 2013. All 200 games will be started by me. I will be playing in most of the earliest games just to get the competition established; however, I will not be playing in every competition game. To be fair to all competitors, I am limiting my participation by pledging not to participate in the most number of competition games. I may tie with the participant who has played in the most, but I will not end this competition with a larger participation total than everyone else.
This competition is similar to a tournament as the word is commonly understood, but is not an elimination type tournament, a round robin, or even a Swiss System type of tournament. In that respect, this competition is running on conceptually very different lines than tournaments currently being run here on Conquer Club. To avoid confusion then, I am going to be careful to call this event a Competition. One big difference is that I will not be sending invites to anyone, or announcing or otherwise informing anyone individually when new games are going to be available for the competition. To participate in the competition, you simply enter yourself in by joining competition games. (See below for more details on how to identify competition games.) Some participants may not even know they are participating in the competition, especially at first. They may have just joined an open game! It's not a problem; they're still in. Competitions are very inclusive that way!
WINTER 2013 COMPETITION CRITERIA
Number of players: 8
Initial troops: automatic
Play order: freestyle
Spoils: nuclear (of course!)
Reinforcements: chained
Special Gameplay: there will be fog of war and this will be trench warfare for this competition
Round Limit: none
Round length: 24 hours
To see which 20 maps the competition will be contested on, scroll down.
(For future competitions, I am open to varying maps played on as well as the settings for Initial troops, play order, reinforcements, special gameplay, and round limit. You can let me know of a different preference by private mail if you like. If I get a large enough number of requests from different people, or you alone make a really good argument for a different map or setting, I'll try out the new suggestion next competition.)
If you are interested, there are two ways you can find out when new competition games become available:
1) You can click on my name and see what competitions I am in that meet the competition criteria, and then join, or
2) I will post new competition game numbers to the bottom of the running score as soon as I create the new games. I will create new games at randomly selected times two or three times per week.
Scoring will be as follows:
Gold medal - The game winner. Worth 3 points.
Silver medal - The last person the game winner beat. Worth 2 points.
Bronze medal - The next to last person that was in the game. Worth a point.
Points will be tabulated and tracked by me here at this forum. Please do not make rude comments to opponents in game chat. These can get you banned from future competition games participation. The goal is FRIENDLY competition. Please have as few people on your enemies list as possible. Another goal is to allow anyone who wants to a chance to participate in the competition.
I think that is all you need to know to get started. I'll make announcements here at this forum as needed when issues arise. Now, without further ado, let's get the fun started. Here are competition games you can join as of this posting! If these slots are all filled up by the time you read this, don't despair. I will post 5-10 more games to join every 2-3 days.
IBERIA MAP
Game 1 - 12293250: General Quigley, Tallishpaul, jsmus ... so far
Game 16 - 12328646: General Quigley ... so far
JAPAN MAP
Game 2 - 12298061: General Quigley, aboynamedboobs, arouser ... so far
FIRST NATIONS AMERICAS MAP
Game 3 - 12302155: General Quigley ... so far
FIRST NATIONS NORTH AMERICA MAP
Game 4 - 12302157: General Quigley ... so far
FIRST NATIONS SOUTH AMERICA MAP
Game 5 - 12302159: General Quigley, DominatED ... so far
HIVE MAP
Game 6 - 12302164: General Quigley, THE_BLUEVIKING, AlexEverard, wreckermom, Worminabottle ... so far
Game 17 - 12328647: General Quigley, THE_BLUEVIKING ... so far
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAP
Game 7 - 12307188: General Quigley, StinknLincoln, titocakes ... so far
Game 15 - 12328645: General Quigley ... so far
PELOPONNESIAN WAR MAP
Game 8 - 12307191: General Quigley, richman688 ... so far
Game 18 - 12328649: General Quigley ... so far
LONDON MAP
Game 9 - 12308581: General Quigley, skadic ... so far
NORTH AMERICA MAP
Game 10 - 12317211: General Quigley, TrickyMH, kahlua ... so far
8 THOUGHTS MAP
Game 11 - 12317214: General Quigley ... so far
DOODLE EARTH MAP
Game 12 - 12317220: General Quigley ... so far
CIRCUS MAXIMUS MAP
Game 13 - 12322455: General Quigley ... so far
HALLOWEEN HOLLOWS MAP
Game 14 - 12322456: General Quigley ... so far
WWII WESTERN FRONT MAP
Game 19 - 12331027: General Quigley ... so far
EUROPE 1914 MAP
Game 20 - 12331030: General Quigley ... so far
BALTIC CRUSADES MAP
Game 21 - 12331036: General Quigley ... so far
BERLIN 1961 MAP
Game 22 - 12331041: General Quigley ... so far
TRENCH WARFARE MAP
Game 23 - 12331049: General Quigley ... so far
AUSTROHUNGARIAN EMPIRE MAP
Game 24 - 12331055: General Quigley ... so far
This Winter 2013 Competition will consist of 10 games played on 20 different maps for a total of 200 games available. It will run from today, February 8, 2013, until the 200th game finishes, probably some time in April 2013. All 200 games will be started by me. I will be playing in most of the earliest games just to get the competition established; however, I will not be playing in every competition game. To be fair to all competitors, I am limiting my participation by pledging not to participate in the most number of competition games. I may tie with the participant who has played in the most, but I will not end this competition with a larger participation total than everyone else.
This competition is similar to a tournament as the word is commonly understood, but is not an elimination type tournament, a round robin, or even a Swiss System type of tournament. In that respect, this competition is running on conceptually very different lines than tournaments currently being run here on Conquer Club. To avoid confusion then, I am going to be careful to call this event a Competition. One big difference is that I will not be sending invites to anyone, or announcing or otherwise informing anyone individually when new games are going to be available for the competition. To participate in the competition, you simply enter yourself in by joining competition games. (See below for more details on how to identify competition games.) Some participants may not even know they are participating in the competition, especially at first. They may have just joined an open game! It's not a problem; they're still in. Competitions are very inclusive that way!
WINTER 2013 COMPETITION CRITERIA
Number of players: 8
Initial troops: automatic
Play order: freestyle
Spoils: nuclear (of course!)
Reinforcements: chained
Special Gameplay: there will be fog of war and this will be trench warfare for this competition
Round Limit: none
Round length: 24 hours
To see which 20 maps the competition will be contested on, scroll down.
(For future competitions, I am open to varying maps played on as well as the settings for Initial troops, play order, reinforcements, special gameplay, and round limit. You can let me know of a different preference by private mail if you like. If I get a large enough number of requests from different people, or you alone make a really good argument for a different map or setting, I'll try out the new suggestion next competition.)
If you are interested, there are two ways you can find out when new competition games become available:
1) You can click on my name and see what competitions I am in that meet the competition criteria, and then join, or
2) I will post new competition game numbers to the bottom of the running score as soon as I create the new games. I will create new games at randomly selected times two or three times per week.
Scoring will be as follows:
Gold medal - The game winner. Worth 3 points.
Silver medal - The last person the game winner beat. Worth 2 points.
Bronze medal - The next to last person that was in the game. Worth a point.
Points will be tabulated and tracked by me here at this forum. Please do not make rude comments to opponents in game chat. These can get you banned from future competition games participation. The goal is FRIENDLY competition. Please have as few people on your enemies list as possible. Another goal is to allow anyone who wants to a chance to participate in the competition.
I think that is all you need to know to get started. I'll make announcements here at this forum as needed when issues arise. Now, without further ado, let's get the fun started. Here are competition games you can join as of this posting! If these slots are all filled up by the time you read this, don't despair. I will post 5-10 more games to join every 2-3 days.
IBERIA MAP
Game 1 - 12293250: General Quigley, Tallishpaul, jsmus ... so far
Game 16 - 12328646: General Quigley ... so far
JAPAN MAP
Game 2 - 12298061: General Quigley, aboynamedboobs, arouser ... so far
FIRST NATIONS AMERICAS MAP
Game 3 - 12302155: General Quigley ... so far
FIRST NATIONS NORTH AMERICA MAP
Game 4 - 12302157: General Quigley ... so far
FIRST NATIONS SOUTH AMERICA MAP
Game 5 - 12302159: General Quigley, DominatED ... so far
HIVE MAP
Game 6 - 12302164: General Quigley, THE_BLUEVIKING, AlexEverard, wreckermom, Worminabottle ... so far
Game 17 - 12328647: General Quigley, THE_BLUEVIKING ... so far
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAP
Game 7 - 12307188: General Quigley, StinknLincoln, titocakes ... so far
Game 15 - 12328645: General Quigley ... so far
PELOPONNESIAN WAR MAP
Game 8 - 12307191: General Quigley, richman688 ... so far
Game 18 - 12328649: General Quigley ... so far
LONDON MAP
Game 9 - 12308581: General Quigley, skadic ... so far
NORTH AMERICA MAP
Game 10 - 12317211: General Quigley, TrickyMH, kahlua ... so far
8 THOUGHTS MAP
Game 11 - 12317214: General Quigley ... so far
DOODLE EARTH MAP
Game 12 - 12317220: General Quigley ... so far
CIRCUS MAXIMUS MAP
Game 13 - 12322455: General Quigley ... so far
HALLOWEEN HOLLOWS MAP
Game 14 - 12322456: General Quigley ... so far
WWII WESTERN FRONT MAP
Game 19 - 12331027: General Quigley ... so far
EUROPE 1914 MAP
Game 20 - 12331030: General Quigley ... so far
BALTIC CRUSADES MAP
Game 21 - 12331036: General Quigley ... so far
BERLIN 1961 MAP
Game 22 - 12331041: General Quigley ... so far
TRENCH WARFARE MAP
Game 23 - 12331049: General Quigley ... so far
AUSTROHUNGARIAN EMPIRE MAP
Game 24 - 12331055: General Quigley ... so far