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    The Newbie Tournaments III

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    The Alterna Bowl has officially begun!

    There will be two sections: the Competition; and the Exhibition.

    Part 1-The Competition

    I have been doing a lot of thinking about the Newbie Tournaments. In particular, I have been mulling over the question of what the whole purpose of the tournament is. Among other things, I came to the conclusion that we are trying to match inexperienced players in order to have fun and gain experience.

    I believe that is generally what is taking place. However, there is one group that is being left out. I am referring to the tournament Alternates. They, like the Players, signed up to play CM with other Newbies and, by God, that's exactly what they will do!

    I have decided to make a secondary competition for the Alternates. This will keep all of you who "did not make the cut" involved with the process, so that you are ready to jump into the fray if it is needed.

    The scenarios I am designing for the Alternates will be different from the ones being used in the actual tournament (but they will provide just as many challenges). For each round, each Alternate will play one scenario against another Alternate from the same bracket. The opponents will be rotated for the first three rounds and an aggregate score will be tallied for each Alternate. The Alternates with the highest aggregate score from each bracket and a Wildcard (the highest-scoring Alternate that did not lead a bracket) will advance to the semi-finals!

    The time limits for completing the scenarios will be similar to that of the formal tournament. There will be six weeks alotted for each round. Since the first three rounds will involve each Alternate playing only one scenario, there should be no problem completing it in six weeks. The final round will be divided into two three-week legs. The first leg will be the semi-finals and the second leg will be the championship.

    If an Alternate is needed to fill a spot in the tournament, the option to do so will be given in the order in which the Alternates are listed in the brackets. If this happens, that Alternate will be eliminated from the Alterna Bowl. If an alternate Alternate cannot be found, a back-up system will be implemented for determining the winner of that bracket.

    Part 2-The Exhibition

    Now, just in case you thought there was a limit to my dedication to this tournament, I'm here to tell you there is not! As Players and Alternates are eliminated from the tournament, they will be thrown onto the Loser Pile and given the chance to get involved in the Alternate Bowl. Of course, they will not be eligible to win the coveted Alterna Cup, but they will be allowed to play the scenarios. This will be on a "for fun" basis and no scores will be recorded. There will be no deadlines enforced for completing the scenarios, but I ask that you attempt to keep things going at a decent clip.

    There will be five scenarios used in the Alterna Bowl (one each for Rounds 1-3 and two for Round 4). Players will be allowed to play only the scenario(s) currently or previously used by the Alternates.

    How do I get an opponent, you ask? Well, that's simple. When you are eliminated from the tournament, just post a message in the official tournament thread (i.e. here) and let people know you are looking to play. Once you have found an opponent for a particular scenario, please edit your post to let others know.

    See the first page of this thread for the match-ups and the Loser Pile.

    Good luck!

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    The Newbie Tournaments III

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Announcing the Combat Mission Newbie Tournaments!

    “One will win all; the rest will lose one.”

    This is where the Newbies come to play!

    There are four Sub-Tournaments: The SuperNewbie Knock-Out Tournament, where players with no prior multiplayer experience duke it out; The Garden Variety (GV) Knock-Out Tournament, where players with limited prior multiplayer experience have a go at it; The Newbie Rejects (NR) Knock-Out Tournament, where players with "issues" scratch and claw at each other; and The Alterna Bowl, where alternates do whatever it is they do. ;)

    The participants for The SuperNewbie Knock-Out Tournament are:

    Lord Dragon

    Humus B. Chittenbee

    Witko

    Pfc. Dunsel

    Zitadelle

    El Griz

    Toran29

    DL

    Vader’s Jester

    Austin Bowie

    YankeeDog

    Dave H

    Dan Buttar

    SPLASH

    Dize

    Hobo

    DD_Rob (alternate)

    Dinga (alternate)

    R.C. (alternate)

    Bruce Robert (alternate)

    The participants for The Garden Variety (GV) Newbie Knock-Out Tournament are:

    vadr

    Chad ‘Harrison’

    Leta

    Ligur

    Hawk

    Walker

    Stormhouse

    Von Viniga

    Jim Liang

    Chasd

    Commander

    Rucrazee

    Dfgardner

    White4

    Major Catastrophe

    Erik Alkema

    Darknight_Canuck (alternate)

    Bad Monkey! (alternate)

    Armdchair (alternate)

    Thewood (alternate)

    The participants for The Newbie Rejects (NR) Knock-Out Tournament are:

    Flammenwerfer

    Bobbaro

    mortar

    Bruce Bowes

    CombatGeneral

    Asler

    Silvio Manuel

    voidhawk

    Bog

    icedog42

    Sir Uber General

    RedBastard

    Donkey Hotay

    Newlife

    Vitalis

    DStone

    Andrewgy (alternate)

    f1shlips (alternate)

    Hoopenfaust 101 (alternate)

    Sgt Colon (alternate)

    If anybody is interested in following the progress of the tournaments, vadr has set up some online tournament brackets. To see what's happening, go here.

    Enjoy!

    Good luck to all!

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    CMBB Is All the Rage!

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    On February 11, 2002, GameSpyDaily posted an interview with Big Time Software. What was in this interview, you ask? Well, simply stated, the discussion revolved around something called Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin.

    To summarize, the items discussed are:

    -topics included in the CMBB manual;

    -the new interface;

    -major new climatic effects;

    -relatively unusual or rare vehicles;

    -unusual infantry units;

    -machinegun "covered arc" command;

    -defensive positions; and

    -the size of battlefields and opposing forces.

    So swing over to GamsSpyDaily and read the entire article. You will not be disappointed! smile.gif

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    The Newbie Tournaments II

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Vader's Jester:

    Ted,

    I don't know what your criteria is, but I'm ready for a newbie alternate now. :rolleyes: If possable, a west-coast player would be great. Our matching time zones will allow a better chance to knock this one out quick with a tcp/ip game. :cool:

    Whatcha think?

    VJ,

    I agree with getting you a new playmate. It's already on my list of things to do.

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    A Done Deal!

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Wildman:

    SuperTed,

    You do realize that this one has been infected with that Eastern Front bug, called IL-2?

    And he flies with some skill, its positive disgusting showing that kind of Twitch shooting skillz.

    Wildman,

    He can recruit from the twitch crowd for us...

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    Team Roster

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Just in case you were wondering, here is the team

    roster for Boots & Tracks:

    Team Leader-

    Ted "SuperTed" Quincey

    Scenario Designer/Testers-

    "Wild" Bill Wilder

    Tim "Rune" Orosz

    Frank "Franko" Radoslovich

    Webmaster and Scenario Tester/Designer-

    Kevin "Kinch" Kinscherf

    Scenrio Tester/Designers-

    Massimo "Mad Italian" Rocca

    Brian "Rocky" Rock

    Bill "ACTOR" Valencia

    Keith "Buckeye" Yeates

    Jeff "Jwxspoon" Weatherspoon

    Scott "Scott B." Boston

    Jeff "jeffsmith" Smith

    Wyatt "wwb" Barnett

    Expect great things!

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    The Newbie Tournaments II

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Vader's Jester:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Bad Monkey!:

    'tain't seen hide nor hair of my opponent for quite a few days now. Thewood, where is you? You back from that trip yet?

    Don't feel bad. I was dying to start round 2, and now my opponent won't even return my e-mails! We haven't even done a set up turn yet! I asked Ted to bug'em for me, but I think my opponent has went into stasis because I don't think even Ted has gotten a responce from him yet. :rolleyes: :mad: </font>
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    A Done Deal!

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    The team is now complete!

    I would like to introduce our latest member, Wyatt

    "wwb" Barnett. Wyatt has extensive experience

    playtetsing for Tim. He also has designed several of

    his own scenarios, some of which are being used for

    tournament play.

    So, please join in welcoming Wyatt aboard.

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    Another One Bites the Dust!

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Rommel22:

    Everyone, hide and do not answer Super Teds e-mails, cause if you do there is so thingy that makes you do what he says. I aint opening anything he send me anymore cause I am scared now...

    Everyone!!! DUCK AND COVER, it's Super Ted! :D

    R22,

    What's that? Did you say you wanted to volunteer? Step right this way...

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    Another One Bites the Dust!

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Jeff "Jeffsmith" Smith has joined Boots & Tracks as a tester/designer. Jeff is an experienced CM player and an experienced playtester for some upstart named Bill Wilder. He used to be a military analyst for Uncle Sam and can be categorized as "Buff but not a Grog."

    So, please join me in welcoming Jeff aboard.

    [ February 08, 2002, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: SuperTed ]

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