Jules Verne Contest [Complete]

[Dukasaur]

Answer to Pandemonium:

Bandido FRA score : 61
Ringemaster USA score : 52
Dexterdexter ROM score: 45

Done!
Let us know plz.

06. 183 - NO TEAM (bandido, ringemaster, dexterdexter, remy1309) - this is where the best 4 no-teamers rank, but I think it would be unfair this team to enter and take the place from some team that formed legally months ago...

The time to debate this was in October, when this issue was being discussed...
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=149236&start=165#p3425967

At that time, I said they would be allowed to form a new team. Only one person objected, and after I answered his objection he essentially agreed.

However, the team Bandido posted was himself, Ringemaster, and Dexterdexter. He never posted Remy1309 as far as I can see, so Remy doesn't get added at this point.

Let's see if they still qualify with just the scores of the three members they posted.

[Dukasaur]

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[Dukasaur]

Team message that I've sent to all members of the top 8 teams:

Okay, if you're getting this message your team is in the top eight and eligible for the team finale.

The top eight teams will be in a bracket playoff. Team 1 will face Team 8, Team 2 will face Team 7, and so on. Third round, Winner of 1/8 faces winner of 2/7, and so on. Third round, winner of 1/8/2/7 faces winner of 3/4/5/6.

(first announced in Oct. 22nd post, so this should be no surprise.)

Each round will be three games. To give home ice (or home pitch for those of you who don't play hockey, lol) advantage to the higher-ranking team, the higher ranking team in each match will pick 2 maps and the lower-ranking team will pick one map. The maps can ONLY be chosen from those that were used in the tournament: Africa, France, Nordic Countries, Iceland, USA, Lunar War, Arctic, Greenland, South America, Australia, and Oceania. If you qualify to pick 2 maps, they must be 2 different maps from the list. If you are the team only picking one, you can pick any map, and there is no problem with it being the same as a map that the other team chose.

There was never a discussion of who should be "team captain" and post the chosen maps. For simplicity, I'm just going with the player who has the most points. So, captains are:
Ir1sh Ace
general_c
fbonsignori
dustin800
Pandemonium
rjhankey
davetso
bandido

I want to hear from the team captains as soon as possible. Only Gael Force still has all its members active, the rest of you all need to make substitutions. I've been saying for four months to start thinking about it, so I hope nobody is caught off guard.

If you have freemiums on your team, they need to free up slots for this NOW. (Long ago in a fit of irritation I said that a freemium who didn't keep 3 slots free for this would forfeit, but I think that was a stupid thing to say. We've been patient with our freemiums all along, there's no reason to break precedent. Still, people need to be actively trying to free up slots, not just assuming that we'll wait forever.)

I want you to post your chosen maps A.S.A.P. If you are in the 1 to 4 range, you pick 2 maps for the first round, if you are in the 5 to 8 range you pick one map. The maps, of course, must be from those that were used in the tournament.

Okay, gentlemen! Let's get these boats in the water! Congratulations on getting this far, and best of luck in the home stretch.

[Bandido]

Hi Dukasaur !
Congratulations for the nice job. I will contact the others and let you know.
I sent a mail to Remy but he never replayed. We will need another player to complete the team. Any suggestions ?

[Dukasaur]

Hi Dukasaur !
Congratulations for the nice job. I will contact the others and let you know.
I sent a mail to Remy but he never replayed. We will need another player to complete the team. Any suggestions ?

Contact all the NO TEAM players,

remy1309 NO TEAM 23
13 NO TEAM 14
Unai NO TEAM 13
Lalloq NO TEAM 10
Pantheon NO TEAM 10
au.revoir NO TEAM 7
Baron Von PWN NO TEAM 3
beckie121 NO TEAM 3
boken NO TEAM 3
cybarton NO TEAM 3
Landmine NO TEAM 3
Lobstrosity NO TEAM 3
Peter The Great NO TEAM 3
Scottyboymck NO TEAM 3
Topsy NO TEAM 3
zombie23 NO TEAM 3
Big Long Stick NO TEAM 0

If you can't get any of them you could recruit a friend from outside the tournament, but you have to give the NO TEAM guys from inside the tournament the first right of refusal.

[Bandido]

Unai is ok to join us.
We choose our team name: No-Name

Dexterdexter is ok too. I ask him to keep free spots.
Still waiting for ringemaster replay.

[rjhankey]

Team AT10 is selecting South America as our home map (we're the #6 seed).

The team currently consists of bobdakota, clanger35, and myself -- alexcata appears inactive, so I'm reaching out to the NO TEAM possibilities to round out our team.

[general_c]

AT16

We have decided on USA and Nordic Countries

One of our silver players has two free spots and is working on the third. I believe we are ready for our first two games then.

We have gotten Pantheon to replace cj1990.

general_c

[Dukasaur]

Ok, let's see if I can start pulling this together, and see how close we are to being ready.

Gael Force vs. NO-NAME
PM received from Conchobar confirming participation, but no maps named yet.
Bandido has posted confirming participation, also no map named.

AT16 vs. notyou2 team
general_C has posted, no word yet from notyou2
USA, Nordic Countries, ???

AT15 vs. AT10
rjhankey has posted for AT10, no word yet from AT15
???, ???, South America

Essex of CC vs. Macedonian Conquer Team
Nordic Countries, Oceania, Africa
(confirmation PMs received from dustin800 and Pandemonium)

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We seem to be at roughly 60% readiness.

[Dukasaur]

Team AT10 is selecting South America as our home map (we're the #6 seed).

The team currently consists of bobdakota, clanger35, and myself -- alexcata appears inactive, so I'm reaching out to the NO TEAM possibilities to round out our team.

I've also sent a PM to all the NO TEAM (except Unai and Pantheon, who are already claimed) players inviting them to post if they are interested in joining a team.

[Dukasaur]

13 NO TEAM 14

Should be "013"

When I copied it from the Google Docs spreasheet to Excel, Excel decided to trim off the "unnecessary" zero...

Either way, though, it's a useless lead. Hasn't been on CC since August..

[Scottyboymck]

Happy to join a team if needed.

[davetso]

from: notyou2 team

Lobstrosity
severs
davetso
we need 1 more person, i have msged several wait-listed peeps, can we find our own from outside the tourny?

[Dukasaur]

from: notyou2 team

Lobstrosity
severs
davetso
we need 1 more person, i have msged several wait-listed peeps, can we find our own from outside the tourny?

What's wrong with notyou2? He's the original team member, and he's still on CC, and he's premium so shold have no slot problems.

[Dukasaur]

From PM:

I am ready to play and wish to remain on the team I have been with throughout the tourney. Sorry if I was supposed to reply previously and didn't.

[Dukasaur]

from: notyou2 team
Lobstrosity
severs
davetso
we need 1 more person, i have msged several wait-listed peeps, can we find our own from outside the tourny?

from: notyou2 team

Lobstrosity
severs
davetso
we need 1 more person, i have msged several wait-listed peeps, can we find our own from outside the tourny?

What's wrong with notyou2? He's the original team member, and he's still on CC, and he's premium so shold have no slot problems.

From PM:

I am ready to play and wish to remain on the team I have been with throughout the tourney. Sorry if I was supposed to reply previously and didn't.

Okay, so it's settled. Notyou2 stays with his own team, along with severs and davetso.
vlajzi will be replaced by Lobstrocity, who was a No Team player and is therefore a valid replacement.

All is good in the notyou2 team; now I just need you guys to post your map.

[rjhankey]

Looks like Scottyboymck is available from the NO TEAM list ... we'd be happy to have him on AT10!

[Scottyboymck]

AT15 have contacted me as has AT10.

Either team would be great wherever the place is needed.

[Dukasaur]

AT15 have contacted me as has AT10.

Either team would be great wherever the place is needed.

AT15 needs 2 replacements, AT10 only needs one.

How about, to even things up, I will put you in AT15, and then each team needs only one more.

[Dukasaur]

Let's see how close we've come.

SPECIAL MESSAGE: Please post in the thread! Hunting through PMs takes even longer.

Gael Force vs. NO-NAME
PM received from Conchobar confirming participation, but no maps named yet.
Bandido has posted confirming participation, also no map named.
Looks like both teams are ready, but no maps posted yet!

AT16 vs. notyou2 team
general_C has posted, notyou2 team has posted and has a complete team, still needs to post map
USA, Nordic Countries, ???
Both teams are ready, and I can send out the first game on the USA map.

AT15 vs. AT10
rjhankey has posted for AT10, AT15 has PM'd
both teams need a 4th player.
???, ???, South America

Essex of CC vs. Macedonian Conquer Team
Nordic Countries, Oceania, Africa
(confirmation PMs received from dustin800 and Pandemonium)
Both teams are ready, but Macedonians have 1 player with no free slots. I will send out the first game anyway, and we'll get it joined as soon as we can.

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Okay second and fourth matchup can have their first game sent.
First matchup is waiting on maps to be posted, and third is still missing players.
(And yes, all NO TEAM players have been notified, so at this point you can recruit from outside the tourney.)

[Dukasaur]

OK! We're off to the races!

First two games have been sent.

[Bandido]

Let's go for USA map

[Dukasaur]

btw.. we plan to choose africa as map 3

[Conchobar]

Hey sorry buddy. Between a brand new clan war that's just started & the Clan League 4 I forgot to chase the rest of my hotch potch team up about this. Lunar War & South America will do nicely for us thanks. All the best.

[Dukasaur]

Hey sorry buddy. Between a brand new clan war that's just started & the Clan League 4 I forgot to chase the rest of my hotch potch team up about this. Lunar War & South America will do nicely for us thanks. All the best.

Ok, thank you.