League General Discussion Thread

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/40553/axis-allies-org-2024-support-drive?_=1706114544033

Avid A&A players who play online for free!! :

Please quick look at the founder (Dave Jensen’s) post for the 2024 funds drive. (link provided above!)

The need appears to be greater than ever.
Looks like there are perks, like no ads, for silver and gold. I don’t know what “signature” for gold means, but I got gold.

$60 is $5 a month. Do it!

@dawgoneit has already donated on the first day available.
He beats us ALL at supporting this site with $$
He has NEVER missed a year of GOLD since 2013?!!! Try to keep up! He’s doing the heavy lifting!

@Stucifer said in League rules idea: mulligans for patrons:

I wonder if there is a way we could drive some engagement with the League by showcasing one of the title matches on YouTube or something.

The Balanced Mod championship of 2022 just finished on 12/31 and was a 17 rounder. I would be happy to be featured, and @farmboy probably would too.
Of course some other playoff games were no doubt awesome, I’m just suggesting what I know - do a show of any game you can get participation on as far as I’m concerned

Let me know if there’s any way I can facilitate the video/showcase/interview/game board display ideas

Thanks a lot @crockett36, I have watched 7 minutes so far and loving it. I’ll say more after I watch more, over lunch, here.

I am already in awe that @AndrewAAGamer owns and/or works at a proper board gaming store, or one of his older brothers let him use it as a prop, not sure yet (I still need to watch the whole interview). And on the exotic NW coast, no less.

Love it so far. I was a kid in the early 80’s who thought it was exciting to shoot rubber bands at army men on the coffee table. Actually, there were little catapult things and quite a thrill to take down a whole column domino-style. We didn’t have TV and didn’t live in town.

Now Andrew explains that he went online when COVID hit and he wasn’t able to play in his groups in the area

I look back at the standings and using the ELO spreadsheet, and wow, first game result in April 2020, right on schedule.
I’m only at the 9 minute mark in the interview, and pairing that with seeing @AndrewAAGamer s body of work in the league since April 2020 is very interesting.
COVID greatly accelerated the use of video-conferencing and greater reliance on the internet’s capabilities, but we online gamers have been very shy and we don’t know each other but by some text chatting.
We like to kill each other’s army men with clicks.

Thanks for doing it you guys and I will keep watching and I want mooooorrrree!

2024 league rules adjusted slightly for the A&A.org fundraising drive!

@djensen Dave’s idea to give a perk for supporting the site, and I agree with the following and have already changed the rules because I know there will be little to no opposition to this:

Higher badge level is a factor in seeding playoffs. If you have the same ELO as someone else, we look at your head-to-head results that year. If that’s a push, badge level is the next factor. (That could be a tie too, since everyone will be gold after today, so there are more tiebreakers after that, fear not)

Higher badge level has the right to make the opening bid for any regular season game. Same badge level and both want to bid first? Then die roll.

'kin I come over tonight? 🤸‍♂️🚴‍♂️

My 1940 boards haven’t been out too much but yours look mint

I’m at 19 min mark of interview, loving it, want more people to do it

@AndrewAAGamer Shoot. Seattle, Florida, either are too far for my bicycle

It’s the thought that counts, thanks!!

And we have more excitement for you this week!

Dave Jensen, site founder and leader, has an idea for a World Cup 2024 event that is a tournament with rounds and teams of 4-6 players, with sub-squads, across different versions of A&A, much/most of it could be played online.

That’s just my breathless version - read his organized one!
In the “Events” section of the boards

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/40559/axis-allies-cup-2024-discussion-and-planning

Would you go ahead and provide links to these things, here?

@Stucifer Thanks!
And look at that huge COVID bump! LOL
People stopped working and started having fun