Yes. I've updated the XML in the first post.

Thank you Night Strike.

And thank you Tin Trumpet for volunteering your services. With his help, we should be able to get this tournament moving faster in the future.

It appears that Krissan may have stopped playing. If so, HighlanderAttack will become the winner on Hoop 3 and we'll just be waiting on Hoop 4 to finish.

Week 3 Q1

All 3 of Ireland's playmakers ( machrs , vykingsfan64 , adam666 ) reeled off lightning quick TDs in the 1st quarter to put the Irish up 21-6 over a stunned Portugal.
Great Lakes holds a slim lead over England, ending the 1st quarter 18-14 in what is shaping up to be a shootout. Both ...

Thank you to the many who joined their games for making this process more manageable.

Several have not joined yet and have been sent a 2nd notice. 5 days after the 2nd notice, unjoined games are forfeited for that round (unless you notify me of an absence).

Once all games are underway for this ...

drunkmonkey gave Mr CD an E and joins giannikas as a finalist.

Hoop 3 is down to 2 players, while Hoop 4 still has 4, though 2 - including myself - are already HORS!

Only a few more rounds til the finals!

Here are the finalists so far;
1. lurkerleader (5 points)
2. ejph (4 points)
3. Domicas (3 points)
4. arno30 (2 points)

HOT BUTTONS
The temperature rose quickly in the first round of debates as candidates scolded each other for their positions on issues from falling bombs to failing schools.

In the Republican debates, morleyjoe is polling ahead with 9 delegates, advocating that small town values be restored in ...

Yeah, I was kind of just waiting for some more opinions on the gameplay changes, but if there's no objections, I guess I'll just move through with them.

Gillipig, red ships assault red targets and red targets bombard green ships - likewise for green. This is the only way to 'cross over'. It is ...

actually, it doesn't solve this issue completely (sorry for not spotting this earlier). in 1v1, 3 positions each means that the 4 regions in the 2 leftover positions are put back into the random draw. the result is that, in 1v1, the rose and beer bonuses can still be dropped while, in 8-player ...

No thoughts or opinions on this proposal??

I'm coming around to this idea.

The MAX bonuses used to be a fairly easy grab (though difficult to hold), but since the max of 3 was added, I rarely have an opportunity to utilize those bonuses until late in the game. This would make them a little more accessible again.

A couple key gameplay changes for discussion:

1. Each ship has one designated target on the opposite side. That target can still bombard any ship on the same side.

2. Ship cells can only assault their designated target. They cannot assault adjacent ship cells.

#1 does to things - it makes it ...

Although... I could raise the Fareless neutral to 3? or 4?

Ian, if there are no MAX neutrals, it will be too easy to take those in a first turn. Only have to take out the 2 neutral on the Fareless Zone and you'd have +4.

I hear what you are saying, but it seems like this would fix one issue while creating another.

Enormastitz is replacing crazycolin on team Netherlands. Welcome!

All 3 of these games are waiting for players... don't be chickens.

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Round 7 - Sixth Jump
Games have been sent, wherein our next two finalists - Domicas & arno30 will battle in the Age of Empires for ranking.

sandman175 and drunkmonkey will enjoy a bye this round, while the rest of us gruel it out in either the Age of Expansion, or the Fall of Rome.

As is surely evident by now, I have been unable to keep up with this tournament. Of the 4 active tournaments I am organizing, this one is one of the most time consuming to manage and as life has changed and free time greatly decreased, it has become neglected and I apologize for that.

In order to ...

I'm sorry, but yuck. Just yuck.

Cool idea and interesting execution. Could be fun.

My first instinct is that the name Greek Games = ancient Olympic games.

The monsters/theme seems a lot more Sinbad/original Clash of the Titans. I think you should embrace that theme over the loose association to ancient greece. It fits your ...

ManBungalow wrote:The texture of the wood in the background isn't too pleasant, but you might be able to get away with it.

I can tone that down a bit.

ManBungalow wrote:Move this to final forge and we'll see how it plays ?

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Sweet.

~4 years in the making. :)

Just out of curiosity, why so many Random maps this round? Not many other choices. Hard to join 3 with these maps/settings. :(

I'll have to be somewhat lenient since the game load is larger than originally advertised, but repeat missed invites - or a declined invite - without notice will be removed from the tournament. I will not be seeking reserves since the player pool is already too large.

Please PM me if you won't be ...