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Conquer Club Airlines [Round 4: Summer 2013] [Abandoned]

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:04 pm
by WorldCup4James
The Grand Standings, and How to Win (click here)

Airline Details (click here)

Maps and List of Games and Individual Route Standings (click here)

Most Recent Post by Tournament Organiser (click here)

This tournament is now FULL. There are no more spots available.

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Special thanks to my good friend gummiente, who has helped with the graphics and route design.

Lead your fleet of jets across the globe in WC4J's airline management extravaganza. Plan ahead shrewdly for the summer season and establish flight routes while ensuring minimal expenses. It's a business of notoriously low profit margins; do you have what it takes to survive as a great magnet of the industry and conquer the air?

Requirements to Play
You must be a premium member to join and play in this tournament.
show: Requirements to Play


This tournament's structure is more similar to a board game or strategic game, rather than a traditional single-elimination or round-robin tournament. As a result, I am only taking 18 players because I expect these players to have a decent knowledge of the rules and also be willing to engage in private messaging to make tournament decisions, such as starting new airline routes, etc. You will have to do more than just play games. But that's the fun in it! :D

show: My Role in the Tournament


The Official Rules of Conquer Club Airlines
Random.org will be used when randomness is needed.
The tournament organiser has the final say on all issues connected to tournament and gameplay.


All games will be 1v1 games.

Maps and Settings

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Maps (click here)
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Special thanks to my good friend gummiente, who has helped with the graphics and route design.

Each player represents an airline, and there are two possible victory conditions. The player that first achieves any of the following two is crowned champion of the tournament.

To Win:
  • Have established flights on all 14 routes at the end of a round, and earn at least $28 from your routes ($28 revenue; earnings, not amount of money) in one round of play (either the same round you acquire the 14th route, or in a later round).
OR
  • Be the only airline not bankrupt at the end of a round.

show: In the Event of a Tie


show: In the Event of Mass Bankruptcy


To Lose:
  • At the end of a round (after round calculations have been made), having $0 (or a negative amount of money) will result in bankruptcy and elimination from the tournament. In other words, at the end of each round, you must have at least $0.50.
  • Be irresponsible and not commit to the tournament and fail to show up for games. This also leads to bankruptcy. ;)
An airline that declares bankruptcy will see all its routes removed from the map.

At the Start of the Tournament

show: At the Start of the Tournament


Turn Options

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Establishing Flight Routes

show: Establishing Flight Routes


Game Format

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Earning Revenue

show: Earning Revenue


Upgrading Your Fleet, and Round-by-Round Expenses

show: Upgrading Your Fleet and Round by Round Expenses


So How Will This Really All Work?

show: Player Organsier Communication


Policy for Players Failing to Join Games

show: Policy for Players Failing to Join Games


When Joining, Include the Following!

  • A unique airline name

  • The starting hub airport you wish to start at: either Chicago, Hong Kong, or London.
  • A unique and appropriate airline logo
(you do not have to design it; a link to a picture will suffice.)
  • Select one of the color options from below.

Airline Colors

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That does it! If you have questions or suggestions on any rule adaptations that would balance play or the numbers, let me know!

Have a great day,
James :)

Special thanks to my good friend gummiente, who has helped with the graphics and route design.

Grand Standings Board, and How to Win

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:05 pm
by WorldCup4James
At the start of the tournament, I will rank airlines by amount of money, since most airlines will have the same or close to the same number of routes.

Towards the later stages of the competition, however, I will rank airlines by number of routes they have. This will give you a good indication of how close you are and how close other airlines are to winning, as well as their financial situation.


Remember: you do NOT win automatically if you have 14 routes! You must earn a revenue (money earned from routes) of at least $28 or more at the end of the same round you get the 14th route, or a later round!

You can also win by being the last surviving airline (all other airlines having declared bankruptcy).

Standings are updated once I send the opening message, as well as after play when I send the closing message. They will not be updated while games are being played in a round.

If you have questions, feel free to ask! It is my goal to have you understand as much as possible.

Good luck!
Lead your airline to global domination!

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Standings at the end of Round 3
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Standings when Round 3's games began
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Standings at the end of Round 2
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Standings when Round 2's games began
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Standings at the end of Round 1
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Airline Details

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:05 pm
by WorldCup4James
Airline Details (last updated CC Time: 2012-11-26 23:49:00)
Includes list of all airlines, players, and all relevant details, including financials.

show: Airline Lion


show: Bearshark Air


show: BuccanAIR


show: Cleansweep 11


show: Freiflug Airline


show: Gilligans Island in the Sky


show: GimGimno Air


show: Gonzo Cannon Express Airlines


show: IASHA


show: Icarus Airlines


show: Phooey Air


show: Richman Express


show: Serreskies


show: Taffair


show: UGA


show: Waldo Air


show: Whaka Airways


show: Zeppeline Airlines

Flight Route Standings

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:10 pm
by WorldCup4James
Continental Flight Mini-Maps and World Map

show: North America

show: Europe

show: Asia

show: World Map


Flight Route Standings and World Map

Includes logs of all games, including specific route revenue earned across all the rounds.

Chicago Hub

show: Chicago Charleston


show: Chicago Montreal


show: Chicago San Francisco


London Hub
show: London Luxembourg


show: London Montreal


show: London NYC


Hong Kong Hub

show: Hong Kong Cairns Metro


show: Hong Kong Istanbul


show: Hong Kong Vancouver


Routes Not Connected to Hubs

show: Cairns Metro Sydney Metro


show: Istanbul Luxembourg


show: Montreal NYC


show: San Francisco Sydney Metro


show: San Francisco Vancouver


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Re: Conquer Club Airlines [0/18]

PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:29 pm
by chapcrap
Make sure to get that GA approved.

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [0/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:06 am
by TaelS
Nice idea you had, congrats!

I can't participate as I don't reach your requirements, but I just wanted to say I believe you made a mistake in:
WorldCup4James wrote:
show: Establishing Flight Routes
According to your map, Hong Kong is not connected to San Francisco, but to Vancouver.

Good luck with the tournament.

Best regards.

([Suggestion] and btw, if I were you, I wouldn't make public the starting hub airport until this tournament really starts -ie, people should tell you that by PM when signing up. That's because, if it's public in the signing up phase, last sign up has an advantage as he would know which starting hub airport is the one with the less number of airlines, which would be by far the best option. And those who sign up the first ones, would be at a disadvantage due to that).

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [0/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:39 am
by WorldCup4James
TaelS wrote:Nice idea you had, congrats!

I can't participate as I don't reach your requirements, but I just wanted to say I believe you made a mistake in:
WorldCup4James wrote:
show: Establishing Flight Routes
According to your map, Hong Kong is not connected to San Francisco, but to Vancouver.

Good luck with the tournament.

Best regards.

([Suggestion] and btw, if I were you, I wouldn't make public the starting hub airport until this tournament really starts -ie, people should tell you that by PM when signing up. That's because, if it's public in the signing up phase, last sign up has an advantage as he would know which starting hub airport is the one with the less number of airlines, which would be by far the best option. And those who sign up the first ones, would be at a disadvantage due to that).


You're correct. I initally had the Hong Kong- San Francisco flight, but then switched it to Vancouver because San Francisco would have been too busy and too influential of an airport. The rules have been corrected.

Thanks for telling me about the hubs as well; I failed to clarify that there will be exactly 6 airlines at each of the 3 hubs. This will hopefully space apart the airlines.

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [0/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:31 am
by TaelS
In, please, if it's possible!

  • UGA: Unión General de Aviadores.
  • Logo:
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  • London.
  • Dark Blue (Navy).

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [0/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:40 am
by WorldCup4James
TaelS wrote:In, please, if it's possible!

  • UGA: Unión General de Aviadores.
  • Logo:
    Image
  • London.
  • Dark Blue (Navy).


=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
Awesome logo! Self-designed and everything!

You're the first to join, glad to have you in the tournament! :D

If you have any questions, I'll be here to help.

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:53 am
by Dukasaur
I've actually played Aerobiz quite a bit, so I like this...:)

Are you sure the maintenance costs aren't too high, though? It seems to me that with the seven dollars to be won per route, one cannot expect to win more than $2 per route on a regular basis. With maintenance costs hitting $2 in round 3, that means the best anyone can hope for (realistically) is to break even from round 3 onward. The only alternative will be to replace the fleet every six months, which is just as crushingly burdensome.

Also, could you provide actual examples of the colours, instead of just names?
WorldCup4James wrote:Airline Colors

show: Airline Colors


Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:09 pm
by Dukasaur
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Anybody know how to trim the image so it isn't so big?

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:21 pm
by WorldCup4James
I will gladly trim the image myself and upload the trimmed version.

Also, be sure to post which starting airport you'd like (Chicago, Hong Kong, or London), and also which color you want.

Thanks!

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:48 pm
by whakamole
i'll play, gonna need a sec to make a logo though!

Whaka Airways
color: Maroon
starting hub: Chicago

Looking forward to it, love your work WC4J

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:48 pm
by whakamole
i'll play, gonna need a sec to make a logo though!

Whaka Airways
color: Maroon
starting hub: Chicago

Looking forward to it, love your work WC4J

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:13 pm
by Dukasaur
WorldCup4James wrote:I will gladly trim the image myself and upload the trimmed version.

Also, be sure to post which starting airport you'd like (Chicago, Hong Kong, or London), and also which color you want.

Thanks!

I.A.S.H.A.
Home airport = London
Colour = Maroon

And I will gratefully accept your help on the logo...:)

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [1/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:56 pm
by WorldCup4James
Dukasaur wrote:
WorldCup4James wrote:I will gladly trim the image myself and upload the trimmed version.

Also, be sure to post which starting airport you'd like (Chicago, Hong Kong, or London), and also which color you want.

Thanks!

I.A.S.H.A.
Home airport = London
Colour = Maroon

And I will gratefully accept your help on the logo...:)


Already done :) check the second post!

Just so everyone is aware, I have reduce the round-by-round maintenance by half. This will serve to increase the longevity of the fleet.

The Rules Now State

  • At the end of Rounds 1 and 2, you will pay $0.50 in expenses for every established route that your airline owns.
  • At the end of Rounds 3 and 4, you will pay $1 in expenses for every established route that your airline owns.
  • At the end of Rounds 5 and 6, you will pay $2 in expenses for every established route that your airline owns.
  • At the end of Rounds 7 and 8, you will pay $3 in expenses for every established route that your airline owns.
  • At the end of Rounds 9 and 10, you will pay $5 in expenses for every established route that your airline owns.


All the other numbers and figures, from the amount of money earned for revenue--may be revised with your input in order to try and balance the game as much as possible.

You three are the first signups, meaning you have significant influence in modifying the Rules.

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [3/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:24 pm
by Evil Semp
I will play.

Gonzo Cannon Express Airlines

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Chicago

Navy blue

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [3/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:51 pm
by Waldo61
in Please

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [3/18]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:11 pm
by WorldCup4James
Waldo61 wrote:in Please

You will need to edit your post in accordance with the Rules for me to consider adding you to the tournament.

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [4/18]

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:23 am
by Copernicus
In plz

Click image to enlarge.
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Zeppeline Airlines
color: Scarlet Red
starting hub: London

great work WC4J

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [3/18]

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:37 pm
by Evil Semp
WorldCup4James wrote:
Waldo61 wrote:in Please

You will need to edit your post in accordance with the Rules for me to consider adding you to the tournament.

You should have asked where in the world is Waldo?

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [3/18]

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:10 pm
by WorldCup4James
Evil Semp wrote:
WorldCup4James wrote:
Waldo61 wrote:in Please

You will need to edit your post in accordance with the Rules for me to consider adding you to the tournament.

You should have asked where in the world is Waldo?


:lol: Waldo Airlines would be a great name! Hopefully he'll revise his post with an airline name, choice of color, choice of starting city, and picture so I can add him! :D

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [5/18]

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:03 pm
by Gilligan
Evil Semp you are a genius.

Count me in too!

Gilligan's Island in the Sky (Scarlet Red)

(with some help from Wrongway Feldman ;) )

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Starting in London!

Re: Conquer Club Airlines [6/18]

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:12 pm
by WorldCup4James
That makes 6 airlines!

Here's the main standings board. I'll be ranking the airlines at first by $, and then by the number of routes they have. This will make it easier to see who's dominating the air, rather than going through all the spoilers.

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Re: Conquer Club Airlines [6/18]

PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:57 am
by bearshark3
in pls Bearshark Air, teal ,out of Port Ochard Washington State