11L '41 Gamerman01(x) v JWW(12) no tech, 14 VC's, Game 1


  • @gamerman01:

    If you keep up the sniping little remarks,

    I don’t understand what you mean, what remarks?

    @gamerman01:

    I simply won’t play you again unless we meet in a tournament.

    that is ok with me, the league is set up to challenge the best players, if for whatever reason you choose to avoid players you could eventually meet them in the playoffs or forfeit.

    @gamerman01:

    I hesitate to even enter tournaments because you can’t pick your opponents.

    it sounds like you don’t prefer good competition?

    @gamerman01:

    I’ve met up with some A1 jerks in both tournaments I’ve played.  Ah, but the allure is just too much….  Had to try a singles.

    There are unsavory people in every aspect of life my friend, in my five years on this site I have found very few. I am sorry to hear that you have encountered so many.


  • Don’t patronize me.  I’m not a kid.  Just make your move, please.

    I shouldn’t have attacked Z35?  Interesting.  So I shouldn’t make attacks if I can’t stand to lose everything and gain nothing in the 2.5% chance that that happens?  Your thinking is strange….

    You did me a favor by attacking the fighter in Manchuria with a lone infantry.  You just plain lucked out, that’s all.  You think you have better risk management?  Spoken like someone who’s been very lucky.  Hindsight’s 20/20.

    I do not avoid good players.  I said I like to pick my opponents, because I like to pick people who play cleanly and are nice, friendly, and interesting.  Why did you assume I meant something to do with quality?

    Yes, I’ve met up with some unpleasant people, and don’t talk to me like I’m 5 years old and don’t know that I’m going to meet up with unpleasant people.  That’s just insulting.
    Here you go - take my advice and avoid these players:

    U-505 (he might have died, actually.  He just disappeared unexpectedly without a trace)
    DutchmanD (and to a lesser extent his little brother, Bigbadgoo)
    Emperor Mollari

    U-505 was criticizing my strategy after G1 and he’d never played with me before.  Of course, like you, he was saying “tsk tsk” after he got great defensive dice, then saying I shouldn’t have taken the risk.  It all went downhill from there.

    All 3 of those players I will never play again unless I have to, and even then I might not (just forfeit).  I play to have fun, not to take abuse from mean people.  Again, as to your offensive comment about how I will meet unpleasant people in life, I have a lot more control over face-to-face.  Online, I have absolutely no need to associate with jerks.  There are countless good people out there to play games with - why settle for less?


  • Forgot to mention - all 3 of those players I had the misfortune of meeting up with (Dutchman actually twice) in only TWO tournaments.  A 3 round doubles tourney that Func and I went to the championship game with, and now this singles tourney.

    5 tournament matchups, 3 of them with very unpleasant people.  60% rate - not good.  Not good at all.


  • @gamerman01:

    Don’t patronize me.

    My appologies, I didn’t mean to offend. Please forgive me. I will continue, I didn’t notice that you moved.


  • @JWW:

    @gamerman01:

    Don’t patronize me.

    My appologies, I didn’t mean to offend. Please forgive me. I will continue, I didn’t notice that you moved.

    OK, thanks.  On-line communication with people you don’t even know, is difficult.


  • @gamerman01:

    as to your offensive comment about how I will meet unpleasant people in life, I have a lot more control over face-to-face.  Online, I have absolutely no need to associate with jerks.  There are countless good people out there to play games with - why settle for less?

    I am sorry you found this offensive. That wasn’t my intent. I agree with you 100%.


  • Don’t talk to me about risk management in A&A.  I’ve played this game from 1991-1995 and for the past 4 years or so.  I know the rudiments.

    I’ve had a lot of success, and few failures, as I said before.  I’m not interested in critiques of my decisions - I have good reasons for most every move I make (Forgetting 2 units in Far East was uncharacteristic).

    AA50 '42, in alphabetical order

    Battlingmaxo     2-0    Both league
    BoldFresh          23-3  He is family.  We played in the 90’s as kids.  This is AA50 record.
    Butcher            1-0
    CdnRanger        Draw
    Cmdr Jenn         4-0
    cts17               1-0
    EM                   1-0
    Funcioneta        5-2
    Hobo                0-1
    Katfishkris        2-0
    Mojo                4-0  
    Omega             1-1  
    Plumsmugler     3-0  
    SpiralArchitect  2-0
    Yoshi                0-2  
    Zhukov            1-1


  • @JWW:

    I am sorry you found this offensive. That wasn’t my intent. I agree with you 100%.

    OK, I’m not upset about that comment you made, thanks


  • '41 record:

    Anchovy 1-1     
    Axis_roll 1-0      41 tourney
    Boldfresh 0-1    soon to be 1-1 (Bold’s win was with Axis, no bid)
    DessertFox 1-0 
    Funcioneta 1-0
    Omega        1-0
    Plumsmugler 1-0
    PGMatt          2-0, going on 3-0
    SouL            2-0, going on 3-0
    Tendron        1-0

    Overall
    61-11-1
    .836

    '42 record
    49-9-1
    .831

    '41 record
    15-2
    .882


  • Maybe you will appreciate some of this data - it’s a good indicator of who’s good and who’s not so good.

    I acknowledge that I don’t like to lose.  I’ve heard Zhukov is the same way.  I play to have fun, and winning is more fun.  I like to be better than my opponent so that when the dice don’t go my way, I can still win.  As we’ve discussed, I’m behind the 8 ball in our game right here, but you really need to keep making good decisions.  :wink:

    Not putting records out to brag - just putting them out there to be matter-of-fact.  Not a newbie, don’t need advice.  Thanks.  Talk to you later, man.


  • Oh, and EM stands for Emperor Mollari.  Not saying this to be mean - just saying it based on my experiences.

    He’s not good at A&A (at all - especially with fleets - oh my), and he’s got a short temper.  And he’s a quitter.  And a braggart.  He challenged me to a 3 game series for put up or shut up rights.  I annihilated him in the first game.  He quit midway through the second, without a word of explanation and we weren’t quarreling.  Just quit.  He was definitely losing.  Guess I got him to shut up, which was the goal.

    We were playing with tech and he hit LRA with the UK on the first turn, and sunk the Italian fleet with NO losses.  I think this was the first game.  And yes, he still got crushed and it didn’t take long - that’s how bad he is.  Not saying this stuff to be mean - just giving a fellow player fair warning to help you pick quality opponents in the future.  If you ask, I can give you a short list of excellent opponents, and a long list of opponents who aren’t worth playing.

    I know this stuff can be read by anyone and I can’t edit it, but every reader should know about the antics of DutchmanD, Emperor Mollari, and U-505.  If you have a choice, don’t play them.  Peace  :-)


  • I know you aren’t interetsed, in my opinion, or on my take on this game. But I quite often struggle with my strategy, due to my overly conservative play at times. Perhaps, it is due to my age, or playing a million games etc…but I tend to, to a fault, avert overt risk. This hurts me quite often, as an overly aggressive player strikes at me rentlessly early and succeeds and gains a huge advantage in both material, territory etc… your G1 and J1, IMO, was quite aggressive and aspects of your early attacks failed, which I successfully exploited. That in a nutshell is “my game”, I do attack z35 on J1, but not z56. as often times one fails and I can’t afford both to “go south”, also I choose not to attack both z2 & EGY on G1 for the same reason. Now, if I did regularily, and both succeeded, against poor and skilled players alike, I would argue that I would have a GREAT early advantage and probably be quite successful regularily. But against a stronger player, which there are quite a few here, if one of these early, overly risky, IMO, strikes fail, then the advantage, with the proper allied bid, could ruin me immiedately.  There are many instances in this game, IMO, where you pushed, relentlessly, despite strong future allied aggression and this has come back to bite you on T4 or 5??  Regardless, of the outcome of this game Gamerman, you seem to be a quite worthy opponent and I hope you continue your success here and carry the crown at season end! I have found that it is best to simply play, let one’s record speak for itself and let your wake of destruction be your mantle of honor. You are nearly there. Continue to defeat the field. After this game perhaps we will meet again, honorably, where I play conservatively, you aggressively, and where I get lucky (??) again!!


  • @gamerman01:

    Overall
    61-11-1
    .836

    '42 record
    49-9-1
    .831

    '41 record
    15-2
    .882

    Correction

    Overall
    63-11-1
    85%

    '41
    14-2
    88%


  • @JWW:

    I know you aren’t interetsed, in my opinion, or on my take on this game. But I quite often struggle with my strategy, due to my overly conservative play at times. Perhaps, it is due to my age, or playing a million games etc…but I tend to, to a fault, avert overt risk. This hurts me quite often, as an overly aggressive player strikes at me rentlessly early and succeeds and gains a huge advantage in both material, territory etc… your G1 and J1, IMO, was quite aggressive and aspects of your early attacks failed, which I successfully exploited. That in a nutshell is “my game”, I do attack z35 on J1, but not z56. as often times one fails and I can’t afford both to “go south”, also I choose not to attack both z2 & EGY on G1 for the same reason. Now, if I did regularily, and both succeeded, against poor and skilled players alike, I would argue that I would have a GREAT early advantage and probably be quite successful regularily. But against a stronger player, which there are quite a few here, if one of these early, overly risky, IMO, strikes fail, then the advantage, with the proper allied bid, could ruin me immiedately.  There are many instances in this game, IMO, where you pushed, relentlessly, despite strong future allied aggression and this has come back to bite you on T4 or 5??  Regardless, of the outcome of this game Gamerman, you seem to be a quite worthy opponent and I hope you continue your success here and carry the crown at season end! I have found that it is best to simply play, let one’s record speak for itself and let your wake of destruction be your mantle of honor. You are nearly there. Continue to defeat the field. After this game perhaps we will meet again, honorably, where I play conservatively, you aggressively, and where I get lucky (??) again!!

    Hehe - now that is well said, and good analysis.  Now I understand where you’re coming from.

    As for aggressive play, I guess that’s relative.  My pal (most of the time) Bold is one of the most aggressive players I know, although he’s toned it down some the last year or so, which has improved his game.

    I consider myself a moderately aggressive player, believe it or not.  Actually, I am much more conservative when I am sure that I am much better than the other player because getting unlucky is the only way I’ll lose.  So if I am aggressive against you, you should consider that a compliment.  Seriously.

    And as always, the name of the game is fun, moreso than ultimately winning.  It was fun to give you the fighter target and have you take a shot at it, so it was a success.  The reason I went over the game and summarized it, and talked about Z35, Z56, and Manchuria, and TrJ, 11 damage on Berlin ….  :-P and others…  is because the sum total of these dice results has put me in a lot of trouble.  So I don’t regreat for a second the attack on Z56, Z35, TrJ, or Manchuria.  I had VASTLY superior odds in every single one of those battles.  I’ll take an approx 1/3 chance to lose a 10 IPC unit that I have too many of anyway (unless I get whittle down to FIVE) to sink a vitally important destroyer and transport of America and the UK EVERY TIME.  It’s a winning strategy, Jay Dub, and I will not change my openings one bit as a result of this unusual game.  :-)

    No one can win EVERY time!  :-)
    But anyway, a lot will be determined over the next few rounds!  You’ve got to seal the deal!  :-)


  • UK 5 purchase dd, fgt & 5 inf spend 33 (save 0)

    combat
    #1 BST (aa, 4arm, art) v 2BB, 5 fgt (uk, z5 & bul) 5inf (gbr)
    #2 CAR (inf) v art (z46) restlessed with this……but going for it…It has passed the JWW "worth the risk test:  :-D
    #3 Eaf (mt) v inf (rho) cwol
    #4 feq (mt) v inf sud) cwol

    #1 BST aaDiceRolls: 5@1; Total Hits: 35@1: (1, 6, 1, 1, 6)


  • wow….

    BST attackDiceRolls: 2@4 2@3 5@1; Total Hits: 12@4: (6, 6)2@3: (5, 4)5@1: (6, 4, 1, 2, 6)v 4arm & artDiceRolls: 4@3 1@2; Total Hits: 24@3: (5, 2, 2, 4)1@2: (6)


  • well that didn’t work…what were the odds of that?

    I think I need to try one more time

    DiceRolls: 2@3 3@1; Total Hits: 32@3: (2, 1)3@1: (3, 1, 3)v 4 armDiceRolls: 4@3; Total Hits: 34@3: (3, 3, 2, 4)


  • 2 fgt’s retreat z5

    BST holds w/ger arm & aa

    this was the risky battle I thought

    1st to hit wins……
    car attackDiceRolls: 8@2; Total Hits: 38@2: (6, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6)v infDiceRolls: 8@2; Total Hits: 48@2: (1, 6, 1, 6, 2, 4, 3, 1)


  • loses everywhere

    car holds

    ncm:
    z12 dd > z 13
    z12 ca > z 7
    trj fgt > alg
    z5 cv > z 7

    placement fgt, dd z7, 5 inf gbr

    Uk collects 32 + 10 = 42

    11L_Gamerman01(x)_v_JWW(12)_1941_05d.AAM


  • that could not have gone much worse…… a opening perhaps?

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