"Nominated Players Tourney", Round 2

[cavebear]

KenThur - Since a major aspect of a Swiss Tourney is to keep players with equal scores playing each other, it is very hard to set up Round 3 pairings until Round 2 is complete.

Don't worry about that, just keep at your game until complete. There are other ongoing Round 2 games... Things may be more settled after this coming weekend!

[Alexander's Horse]

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</font>&lt;font size=1&gt;Originally posted by iadkins on 05-02-2000 08:08 AM&lt;/font&gt;

I might duel the Horse sometime - the Aussie ranks are thickening with great skill...


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Yes, I think you're probably almost ready for a higher standard of opponent.



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[finbar]

Thickening? You should get that lisp seen to, D.

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[Alexander's Horse]

Fin, you may need your sense of humour tonight

[Alexander's Horse]

Fifth session and Horse goes over to the offensive, much skirmishing as finbar counter punches. Finbar finds time for some sneaky city building but is hampered by some poor naval battle outcomes and an ill fated invasion. At close of play Horse has 19 cities and 68 units but the gap is closing - finbar 15 cities and 39 units. Horse built Pyramids.

This is about as much fun as duels get

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[finbar]

Damn Great Wall!

Damn trireme battles where the outcome appears to be random. Whichever tri gets in the first shot wins, but, somehow or other, the initiator of the battle often doesn't get in the first shot, which seems to defy logic. And damn and curse a vet tri losing out to a non-vet tri!

Apart from that - yeah, it's about as much fun as this one-dimensional form of the game can be. Helps to have senses of humor on both sides, but.

I did propose to the Horse that we draw it out till the end - 2020AD - and tell cavebear it was a draw. Just to see what that little complication did to his calculations. Interestingly, the Horse - Supreme Provocateur and King Stirrer - preferred to go for the win. Mmmmmmm. Everyone has their price.

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[Alexander's Horse]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by finbar on 05-03-2000 11:53 PM</font>

I did propose to the Horse that we draw it out till the end - 2020AD - and tell cavebear it was a draw. Just to see what that little complication did to his calculations. Interestingly, the Horse - Supreme Provocateur and King Stirrer - preferred to go for the win.


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Strangely enough I want to WIN (and I know you did too)

[finbar]

Ultimately, it doesn't matter a fig to me. The other option simply would've been more interesting in the ultimate scheme of things.

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[Alexander's Horse]

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Ultimately, it doesn't matter a fig to me.


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That's what they all say

[cavebear]

Since each duel is worth 4 points, a draw would result in both players getting 2 points each. That wouldn't be a problem, though it might tend to put both players together in 1 of the 2 MP rounds.

[finbar]

So a draw wouldn't drive the system into chaos and confusion. Damn. Oh well, forget I ever mentioned it.

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[cavebear]

LOL! "For each and every Chaos Theory, there is an equal, but opposite, Anti-Chaos Theory"

Einbert Alstein

[Alexander's Horse]

Fin, I actually had a solution on the draw thing. I can say no more here

[finbar]

Look forward to hearing it, Horse. Are you online at work? Work used in the ironic sense, of course.

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[Alexander's Horse]

The sixth session saw Horse continue his offensive against fin's North Western cities. 2 were captured, bringing the horse force to the frontiers of fin's heartland. Finbar however opened a second front on Horseland's South Eastern border, capturing 1 city. The logic of this initiative from finbar, who is now in dire straits in our opinion, eludes us. But perhaps all will be revealed in time.

At close of play, finbar had 14 cities and 44 units. The Mighty Horse had 24 cities and 91 units. It's 1750(ish).

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