History of Nuclear War VII [Phase 2]

[General Quigley]

I'll give this a try. In please.

GQ

[Dukasaur]

in pls

in plz..

You get spots 39 and 40, respectively.

I'll give this a try. In please.

GQ

... and you sir will be First Reserve.

Ready to go!

[Dukasaur]

Phase 1]As we covered in History of Nuclear War I, U.S. government participation in nuclear research began in 1939, only two months after the Einstein-Szilard letter was written. Sufficient impetus to spend the enormous funds required to develop a practical nuclear weapon didn't materialize until after the Pearl Harbour attack brought the U.S. officially into WW II.
By June of 1942, the effort was centralized under the U.S. Army. Its initial budget was $54 million, but eventually ballooned to two billion dollars by the end of the war. The first headquarters of the project was at 270 Broadway in Manhattan, and it became known as the Manhattan Engineering District, or "Manhattan Project."
Phase 1
40 players in 5 groups will play 8-player games on the New York City map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.

Games have been created and invitations sent out.

Welcome to the tournament, and good luck on the road ahead!

[Dukasaur]

Soldier4Christ has missed 1st invite. Re-sending.

[Dukasaur]

Soldier4Christ has missed 2 invites and has to be replaced. Reserve General Quigley is called up to active duty.

[merch313]

Tourney active

[Dukasaur]

Phase One sees jeremscarem, musteriuz, Vartiovuori, giannikas and kirilko dying of radiation poisoning in their primitive laboratories.

Phase Two coming right up!

[Dukasaur]

Phase 2]On December 2nd, 1942, the world's first self-sustaining nuclear reaction was created at the University of Chicago. Enrico Fermi, the designer of the experiment, was finally able to demonstrate the power of nuclear fission, which he had predicted almost 20 years earlier. A now-famous indicator of the urgency in the effort is that Fermi's reactor was located under the bleachers in the University's football field, because a permanent facility being build for him in the Argonne Forest wasn't ready.
Although the University of Chicago was a major star in the early days of the Manhattan project, it was soon eclipsed. Being focused on mainly theoretical and scientific questions, it steadily lost influence in a Manhattan Project that was mainly concerned with the practical engineering issues involved in building bombs. After the war, the Argonne lab would regain prominence, as a leader in peaceful applications of nuclear energy.
Phase 2
35 players in 5 groups will play 7-player games on the Chicago map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.

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Phase 2 games have been created and invitations sent out!

[Dukasaur]

Develi missed first invite into his Phase 2 game; re-sent. Other than that, all Phase 2 games have successfully begun.

[Dukasaur]

Develi has now missed two invites and is disqualified. Jeremscarem is reinstated.

[Dukasaur]

Lots of places to hide in Chicago. Still 2 games with no elimination.