1st Annual Cellar Gaming TripleA Octathalon – Brackets and Win Posts

Seedings for Lord Of The Rings:

DizzKneeLand33Rolling 1d10000:
(6240)  
redrumRolling 1d10000:
(8572)  
WhackamattRolling 1d10000:
(1175)  
dawgoneitRolling 1d10000:
(9162)  
NarushimaRolling 1d10000:
(4911)  
BalladeerRolling 1d10000:
(628)  
BacalaRolling 1d10000:
(6902)  
mike48484Rolling 1d10000:
(1632)  
EntekRolling 1d10000:
(5153)

Lord Of The Rings seeds:

1. dawgoneit (9162)
2. redrum (8572)
3. Bacala (6902)
4. DizzKneeLand33 (6240)
5. Entek (5153)
6. Narushima (4911)
7. mike48484 (1632)
8. Whackamatt (1175)
9. Balladeer (628)

Sides: (even is Good, odd is Evil)

WhackamattRolling 1d20:
(12)  
DizzKneeLand33Rolling 1d20:
(18)  
redrumRolling 1d20:
(8)  
BacalaRolling 1d20:
(1)

The Lord Of The Rings bracket is now set!

http://cellargaming.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=199

The player who received a bye and will have to wait for a game result is dawgoneit.  Everyone else who signed up has a game to start (either first or second round).

Seedings for Napoleonic Empires:

DizzKneeLand33Rolling 1d10000:
(1404)  
captain walkerRolling 1d10000:
(720)  
redrumRolling 1d10000:
(5301)  
WhackamattRolling 1d10000:
(1027)  
dawgoneitRolling 1d10000:
(439)  
NarushimaRolling 1d10000:
(2844)  
BalladeerRolling 1d10000:
(9907)  
BacalaRolling 1d10000:
(6169)  
mike48484Rolling 1d10000:
(337)  
EntekRolling 1d10000:
(479)  
wittmanRolling 1d10000:
(2701)

Napoleonic Empires seeds:

1. Balladeer (9907)
2. Bacala (6169)
3. redrum (5301)
4. Narushima (2844)
5. wittman (2701)
6. DizzKneeLand33 (1404)
7. Whackamatt (1027)
8. captain walker (720)
9. Entek (479)
10. dawgoneit (439)
11. mike48484 (337)

Sides: (even is Coalition, odd is Carolingians)

captain walkerRolling 1d20:
(20)  
NarushimaRolling 1d20:
(3)  
WhackamattRolling 1d20:
(1)  
DizzKneeLand33Rolling 1d20:
(5)

The Napoleonic Empires bracket is now set!

http://cellargaming.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=200

The three players who received a bye and will have to wait for a game result are Balladeer, Bacala, and redrum.  Everyone else who signed up has a game to start (either first or second round).

That completes the eight brackets – enjoy!

Great War

Narushima [Sides: (even is Allies, odd is Central Powers)] vs redrumRolling 1d20:
(19)

New World Order

Entek [Sides: (even is Allies, odd is Axis)] vs redrumRolling 1d20:
(8)

UPDATE TO TOTAL ANCIENT WAR:

I know that the options state that you must own 3 more victory cities than you start with for the victory.  I also just spent some time reading every thread I could about the game in the developer’s forum (including the 270BC mods thread).  I see NO COMMENTARY WHATSOEVER as to why that rule was set for victory – I apologize as I thought that there was a playtested balancing mechanism regarding that.

Therefore…

This game is also played until one side owns all capitals or the opponent cries uncle.  Sorry for any inconvenience, and I will update the message now under options (there is no “total victory” option, just a number of cities).  If you hit the limit that says one side wins, just keep playing after that and you should be fine.

Link for game above:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=37059.45

Great War

mike48484 [Sides: (even is Allies, odd is Central Powers)] vs EntekRolling 1d20:
(12)

@redrum:

Hey Dizz, I was wondering about the exact tournament format. Is it essentially double elimination including the final game? Just wondering if the loser’s bracket champion has to beat the winner’s bracket champion twice or just once?

In order to expedite those final rounds a bit, instead of the loser’s bracket winner having to win twice, the final is just one game; however, the sides for the final are chosen by the winner of the winner’s bracket (instead of randomly).

Does that sound fair?  We could change that otherwise, but I thought it would be better than having to possibly play two games for the final.

@redrum:

Overall, I have some concerns around balance and tournament ready this map is. I think the Roman alliance is considerably stronger to the point of probably at least a 10-20 PU bid for Anti-Romans. I also don’t particularly like the ‘barbarians’ as they add too much randomness as if they tend to focus on one alliance more than the other then it can be very unbalanced. Just some thoughts.

For a few of these maps (like TAW), part of the purpose of the tournament is to test the balance of the maps.  The tournament is for fun, so if there are one or two out of balance then we together as a community can help fix that.  Of course, if it ends up that we can’t fix it, we can always change to a different map for next year – that’s all part of the fun!  :mrgreen: