Guojia Anquan Bu [TPA2] [Winner=Mviola]

[Dukasaur]

Only Game 10230966 holding us up. There's always one in the basket, isn't there?

A month later, still waiting...

[Pandemonium]

OK, Phase 2 is finally over, after pushing an early ending on the historic last Game 10230966 - I hope we learned a lesson here and from Phase 3 there will be a round limit of 30, or less - Dukasaur should decide...

For the No.1 place right now we have a tie - and here's the TOP10 table: (you can check out the detailed sheet on post-1)

48 - Kinnison
48 - ThrushAAX
38 - mviola
36 - aalii
34 - thelord
32 - Janomike
31 - xman5151
30 - redbugal
29 - Fuzzy316
29 - shoop76
29 - macbone

the bottom looks pretty clear - if, as the first post says, 7 players (or more, again, for Dukasaur to decide) get eliminated every Phase, then these are kick-outs:

2 - mwaser
2 - Crarg
2 - cwinslow22
2 - wilkinc
1 - ZionT
1 - GregDavidson
1 - Araldite

goodbye guys, we'll meet again in other tourneys - I'm sure

[Dukasaur]

For the No.1 place right now we have a tie - and here's the TOP10 table: (you can check out the detailed sheet on post-1)

48 - Kinnison
48 - ThrushAAX
38 - mviola
36 - aalii
34 - thelord
32 - Janomike
31 - xman5151
30 - redbugal
29 - Fuzzy316
29 - shoop76
29 - macbone

Congratulations to our current scoreboard leaders! Well done, everyone!

the bottom looks pretty clear - if, as the first post says, 7 players (or more, again, for Dukasaur to decide) get eliminated every Phase, then these are kick-outs:

2 - mwaser
2 - Crarg
2 - cwinslow22
2 - wilkinc
1 - ZionT
1 - GregDavidson
1 - Araldite

goodbye guys, we'll meet again in other tourneys - I'm sure

Amen to that!

With the long delay between Phase Two and Phase Three, it is possible that there will be some dropouts, in which case some of those might be able to get back in, but yes, as of this moment we will say goodbye to those seven.

OK, Phase 2 is finally over, after pushing an early ending on the historic last Game 10230966 - I hope we learned a lesson here and from Phase 3 there will be a round limit of 30, or less - Dukasaur should decide...

A lot of people believe in round limits. I'm not sure if I agree. I think it might make the problem worse instead of better. In the games I've played in with round limits, I find the strategy gets distorted. Some people play more conservatively, hoping to milk it until the round limit arrives. So far in this tournament 95% of the games ended in round 12 or less, and only one went past round 18.

I'll gamble that the one deadlocked game is an anomaly, especially since Phase Three is a Sunny phase. If we continue having problems we can still go to round limits, but for now let's take a chance and try it without for this Phase.

I'm off to compile the seeding data for Phase Three! Your new games will start soon!

[Dukasaur]

Looks like volrazz has vanished from CC, so one of the 2-pt players gets to stay in.

They all have 2 kills, zero wins, and no head-to-head kills or wins, so we go to the very last tiebreaker (precedence). Wilkinc is at the very top of the precedence ladder. He was, in fact, the very first player to sign up, so he unquestionably gets this one!

Edit: I have another glitch. Looks like gameplayer has not renewed his premium. Since gameplayer is currenly the #2 seed with a CC score of 2961, and his replacement would be Crarg with a CC score of 1666, it would be a serious disruption of the seeding to insert Crarg directly for gameplayer. I'll do it if I have to, but I'd rather know in advance and re-adjust the seeding. I've sent a message to gameplayer to see if he intends to renew. We've waited this long, waiting another 12 hours or so won't kill us.

Edit 2: Okay, I got an answer back from gameplayer. He is not renewing his premium, and therefore cannot continue in this tournament. Crarg is inserted into the seeding between torres44cm and whakamole, and everybody above that moves up 1 seed.

[Dukasaur]

Phase Three: China's Place in the World
(56 or more players)70
You ponder China's position as a superpower on the world stage.
One game on the Greater China map
One game on the Fractured China (Beta) map
One game on the Classic map
One game on the World 2.1 map
One game on the Land and Sea map

Games have been created and invitations sent out!

Good luck in Phase Three, everybody!!!

Remember that Phase Three has a double round of eliminations. There will be 14 players cut instead of 7 at the end of this round.

OK, Phase 2 is finally over, after pushing an early ending on the historic last Game 10230966 - I hope we learned a lesson here and from Phase 3 there will be a round limit of 30, or less - Dukasaur should decide...

A lot of people believe in round limits. I'm not sure if I agree. I think it might make the problem worse instead of better. In the games I've played in with round limits, I find the strategy gets distorted. Some people play more conservatively, hoping to milk it until the round limit arrives. So far in this tournament 95% of the games ended in round 12 or less, and only one went past round 18.

I'll gamble that the one deadlocked game is an anomaly, especially since Phase Three is a Sunny phase. If we continue having problems we can still go to round limits, but for now let's take a chance and try it without for this Phase.

I wrote all that, but then I started making the World 2.1 games, and I remembered reading that World 2.1 has a bad reputation for deadlocking even in Escalating, so I decided to put in round limits for the World 2.1 games anyway.

[perchorin]

Phase Three: China's Place in the World
(56 or more players)70
You ponder China's position as a superpower on the world stage.
One game on the Greater China map
One game on the Fractured China (Beta) map
One game on the Classic map
One game on the World 2.1 map
One game on the Land and Sea map

Games have been created and invitations sent out!

Good luck in Phase Three, everybody!!!

Remember that Phase Three has a double round of eliminations. There will be 14 players cut instead of 7 at the end of this round.

OK, Phase 2 is finally over, after pushing an early ending on the historic last Game 10230966 - I hope we learned a lesson here and from Phase 3 there will be a round limit of 30, or less - Dukasaur should decide...

A lot of people believe in round limits. I'm not sure if I agree. I think it might make the problem worse instead of better. In the games I've played in with round limits, I find the strategy gets distorted. Some people play more conservatively, hoping to milk it until the round limit arrives. So far in this tournament 95% of the games ended in round 12 or less, and only one went past round 18.

I'll gamble that the one deadlocked game is an anomaly, especially since Phase Three is a Sunny phase. If we continue having problems we can still go to round limits, but for now let's take a chance and try it without for this Phase.

I wrote all that, but then I started making the World 2.1 games, and I remembered reading that World 2.1 has a bad reputation for deadlocking even in Escalating, so I decided to put in round limits for the World 2.1 games anyway.

Thank you for that!

[Dukasaur]

All Phase Three games have successfully started.

[Dukasaur]

Everybody having fun?

[Janomike]

oh yes duk, hope i still have at the end of the phase

[Dukasaur]

Looks like dhallmeyer has scored the first kill of Phase 3: http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=10727863

[dhallmeyer]

Thanks for putting the bullseye on me.

[Dukasaur]

Thanks for putting the bullseye on me.

[Dukasaur]

4 games finished in Phase Three.

[Pandemonium]

PHASE 3 points: [COMPLETE]

Quick link to the scoring spreadsheet.

GROUP 01

Game 10729167 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727886 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727899 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727930 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727940 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
05 - silversun6
02 - uckuki
29 - John Deere
15 - ubcman64
00 - dowian2
02 - macbone
00 - malevolous

GROUP 02

Game 10727868 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727885 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727898 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727929 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727939 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
00 - Hath
25 - ThrushAAX
00 - westbo
14 - xman5151
02 - Mizzou3181
11 - Ishihara
07 - angola

GROUP 03

Game 10727867 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727884 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727897 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727928 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727938 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
12 - Risky_Stud
00 - redbugal
01 - arno30
20 - Enormastitz
00 - Riskmaster101
12 - shoop76
06 - Deng Xiao Ping

GROUP 04

Game 10727866 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727883 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727896 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727927 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727937 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
00 - barterer2002
10 - Janomike
03 - br4nd0n2002
00 - kiwi3
11 - sonicsteve
10 - uk massive
19 - lordhaha

GROUP 05

Game 10727865 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727882 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727895 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727926 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727936 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
12 - mviola
00 - wilkinc
14 - TheTrueNorth
00 - qwert
00 - Jinks
14 - Kinnison
18 - theheadholes

GROUP 06

Game 10727864 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727881 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727894 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727925 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727935 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
12 - Krissan
00 - ckyrias
00 - Charle
15 - darth emperor
22 - osujacket
04 - GreenBaize
01 - Night Strike

GROUP 07

Game 10727863 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727880 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727893 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727924 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727934 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
11 - ElricTheGreat
00 - asbks
18 - Gilligan
00 - Shai
10 - perchorin
00 - aalii
10 - dhallmeyer

GROUP 08

Game 10727862 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727878 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727892 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727923 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727933 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
11 - deantursx
25 - Kiko13
01 - thelord
05 - torres44cm
04 - Crarg
08 - whakamole
00 - Evil Semp

GROUP 09

Game 10727861 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727877 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727891 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727922 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727932 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
01 - wombat4
14 - Risk_Averse
38 - imacamper
05 - jwhite07
01 - WolfMist
00 - calicus
00 - BunnRee

GROUP 10

Game 10727860 - Game 5 finished (Greater China)
Game 10727887 - Game 4 finished (Fractured China)
Game 10727890 - Game 3 finished (Classic)
Game 10727921 - Game 2 finished (World 2.1)
Game 10727931 - Game 1 finished (Land and Sea)
10 - Pandemonium
11 - McShanester29
10 - Fuzzy316
00 - farinelli
01 - bernooch
00 - JayRandy
21 - MattiWacklin

PS - all points entered.

[ElricTheGreat]

Game 10727934 Round 12

my game

[John Deere]

Game 10729167 Game finished

[Dukasaur]

Game 10729167 Game finished

That's quite the group you're in... three Brigs now!

[John Deere]

Game 10727940 One more finished!

[John Deere]

Game 10727899 One more as soon as one takes his turn

[Dukasaur]

Game 10727899 One more as soon as one takes his turn

WOW! You've had quite a day....

[dhallmeyer]

Game 10727880 Finished.

[Pandemonium]

9 game to go from PHASE 3,
7 of them are World 2.1 - good thing we added a round limit on that one...

[Dukasaur]

Just to clarify: if the game goes to the round limit, the winner will get the points for the win, but nothing else, so it may be worth going out on a limb and trying for a kill even if the odds aren't as great as one would usually hope for.

[Pandemonium]

2 games to go from PHASE 3 - but they don't look like they're gonna end any time soon

[Dukasaur]

2 games to go from PHASE 3 - but they don't look like they're gonna end any time soon

We knew the World2.1s would take a bit....