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    Combat Mission Grand Tournament

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Holien

    15 hours ago, Andrew Kulin said:

    And there's the rub.  No way to contact your opponent.  BFC Elvis has made it clear they will not provide e-mails for opponents in these tournaments (due to privacy concerns/laws I imagine). 

    We either have to get lucky and be up against someone who has a BFC Forum Account that we can message, or one in Slitherine that:

    a) - they check for messages

    b) - you can actually get your message to even send to them in the first place (I had some early success sending messages via Slitherine forum messaging to my CMRT opponent - but messages after we started never left the out-box, so he never received them to even reply back).  So the Slitherine messaging system is glitchy from my experience.

    I wonder if in subsequent tournaments that BFC makes a statement that anyone signing up for the tournament automatically consents to having their e-mail shared with their opponent.  That it is a condition of participation.

     

    I am not sure Elvis can do anything about players not undertaking turns. I think it would need coding and I bet that has not been done.

    With FOG2 the system assess who has not sent turns in a timely manner and awards points to the player that has. For those not aware of how FOG2 handles it here is the standard text for every tourney.

    https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113282

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    Any battles that are not completed by the end of the round will be timed out. The player who has had the game in his “My Turns” box the longest overall will be the one who is deemed to be timed out. This will not normally incur any penalties, unless insufficient turns have been played: If the timed-out player has played less than 18 turns, his score will be reduced proportionately, and his opponent will be granted (100 - the timed out player's adjusted score) if this value exceeds his current score. (This means he will get the full BYE score unless the timed out player's adjusted score is more than 25).

    If the timed-out player has played less than 6 turns, he will not be included in the draw for the next round. This is to prevent someone else’s enjoyment being spoiled by being drawn against someone who has apparently dropped out of the tournament.

    While this is not perfect as folk in the wrong time zone can have more time clocked against them it does at least keep those who send turns back quickly in with a chance of getting into the top group of players. I would hope that Battlefront would do something similar if at all possible?

    As for the Slitherine message system it does work but only if the oppo has it set up to forward e-mails to them or they bother to check the forum system. As many folk don't even know there is a forum message system this is why it does not work.

    Look on the top right of the Slitherine Forum page to see notifications and messages. As the person playing has set up a Slitherine user name you can try and contact them that way.

     

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    Combat Mission Grand Tournament

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    @BFCElvis

    Hi not sure if you have seen the thread lately and could I suggest an e-mail is sent to all players a couple of days before the end of round one.

    Along the lines of

    Dear Player you might not be aware of the scoring system being used which means that if the scenario has not been completed it is in both players interest to take the Ceasefire Option before the end of the round at 08:00 UTC 25-10-2023.

    BOTH Players need to have taken the Cease Fire option and turns processed for this to take effect and for Both players to score maxium points.

     

    Of course if the files can be processed as an assumed Cease fire by the system then no need, but I bet that has not been coded so it is at least fair to warn everyone via the e-mail reminder.

    Just my 2p...

    Also please can we update any new Tourney invites text to clearly explain how scoring works if the scenario is not completed by the end of the round?

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    Combat Mission Grand Tournament

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    19 hours ago, Andrew Kulin said:

    based on 3-1 outcomes

    Thanks for the response, not sure what 3-1 outcomes mean?

    So what you think is that it's better to CF to get more points.

    As I have no idea who my oppo is and I can't get the in game chat working not sure if my oppo knows that.

    Also it's not mentioned in the tournament text, if what you are saying is the best way to resolve not completing the games, which it really should be IMO.

     

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    The first Battle for Normandy Tournament is ready for signups.

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    On 10/2/2023 at 7:37 PM, Artkin said:

    I think he would still be able to see the position. My fault for not moving it. 

    Still, a total cheeseball move and he will regret it. 

    You only had two choices on where to put the AT gun so it was always going to be open to a planned hit.

    The situation would have been avoided if the Germans had better choice on deployment zones.

    But as it's mirrored both sides are affected.

    As for delaying turns in game X so you learn for game Y the only advantage is you learn the map, and see what works.

    Not really an issue as this scenario has been available for years so you can load it up at will to play test the best approach.

    What should have happened was that new unreleased scenarios created with decent set up zones.

    This however would require effort that was obviously not available.

    So it is what it is.

    A long time ago I ran one of the ROW tournaments and we were able to get scenario designers to create specific ones for the tournament. Easier then with the old scenario design tools before CM2 upped the skill levels required.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    On 10/2/2023 at 12:34 PM, TheVulture said:

    Shapps has now backed out of both of these ideas on the quiet. 

    It's Conservative Party annual conference time in the UK, so this is now looking a lot like "announce loudly, gather the plaudits, slink off quietly" to try and boost his standing within his party.

    Just seen him say on BBC news this morning that he never said that and that he has not flip flopped. Apparently journalist misunderstood him which is possible.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    On 10/2/2023 at 12:36 AM, billbindc said:

    But the dance next month will be defined by the realization among the (too-conservative-for-me but) generally sane majority of Republicans in the House that to retain some semblance of order in the House they have to keep McCarthy and to keep McCarthy they need Democratic votes to stifle their own bomb throwers. There's already talk on the Hill among Republicans to cooperate with Democrats to change the rule so that motions to vacate will be nullified. With a half decent bounce or two, things are about to get a lot less crazy in the House. 

    Hmmmm this didn't age too well. I will await my morning coffee to see where the clown show goes next. (BTW the UK clown show is also in full swing...)

    Bill give me some hope that the numpties have a plan...

    Please....

    Night Night

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    The first Battle for Normandy Tournament is ready for signups.

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    Yep a bit of thought and a few tweaks on where and how the Germans can set up would be good. Also if anyone did a pre-planned hit on the US set up zone that would be a bit bad and we will never know if that is how they scored the points for a victory - very cheesey and could have been prevented with a bit more thought...

    Meanwhile I am travelling and have an inherited laptop with an AMD and Integral Intel card and I managed a few turns but the loading has broken.

    I have tried to force the AMD video to be used but it fails.

    The 100% load works, I get to the password screen and it then just churns away and does not load. I waited 20+ minutes yesterday and just gave up.

    So I am hoping when I get back I can use my desktop to finish the game in the allotted time.

    @BFCElvisIn FOG2 Tourneys you are on a chess clock and if the game is not completed you get penalised if you don't do turns fast enough. Is that happening in this tourney? 

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    Right a bit more on topic and I was lucky enough to see Sir Anthony Beaver being interviewed by James Holland at "We Have Ways Fest" this weekend and he was being asked about the research into his Stalingrad book.

    An excellent interview and might be on line at some stage. Some points that caught my attention that tie into the current war.

    He mentioned that during his research at the Russian archives that he stumbled upon all the reports back to Stalin and that Stalin had demanded to know the whole truth warts and all... This was a gold mine for the book and gave a pretty good view of the reality of the situation to Stalin.

    I wonder if x years’ time will we find that Putler is being told the truth warts and all?

    Did it really help inform Stalin’s choices? We think Putler does not know the truth and he might do things differently but maybe now he knows the truth but he can’t change his choices and as noted is doubling down in the hope things will change…

    Sir Anthony also mentioned how poor the food was at the canteen of the research place – his Russian researcher used to say he was too spoiled. But what he did get a laugh from is that he used to get excellent hot dogs from a certain person who fell out of the sky a while ago… That was a name we were not expecting to pop up in a Stalingrad talk…

    Sir Anthony also made a big point about the Soviet brutality and how this really has not changed from WW2 to modern times. He talked about the feral starving Russian kids that were tempted by Germans for crusts of bread to go and fill their water canteens at the river. The Russian snipers were ordered to kill the Russian kids….

    Quite a few other horrific examples were given and nothing has changed in Russia in regards to brutality…

    A couple of tankers Waitman Beorn and Hamish de Bretton-Gordan gave at times an interesting talk and touched upon issues in Ukraine.

    On a WW2 note a (then)18 year old Tank driver by the name of Richard Aldred gave a very entertaining talk about his experience in Normandy driving a Cromwell…

    One to try and find on the WWW when it might appear…

    Here is a newspaper article about the veteran...

    https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/history/day-cornwall-veteran-aged-98-7472744

     

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said:

    If they thought Ukraine had broken through the hard crust and would soon see big gains, it wouldn't be the time to finally release a weapon that has been held back for so long

    Or some background threshold in which Russia was told if you do X we will do Y has been breached.

    Could be plenty of reasons for the release that doesn't fit your statement...

     

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    16 hours ago, womble said:

    Word. It'd be nice if Starmer would keep him as Defence, when the Tories cave at the next election (to leave Labour or a Coalition holding the nasty, badly-cared-for crack baby that the economy will be by then) but that simply isn't going to happen. :( 

    Stupid party politics. :(

     

    If Labour offered him the position do you really think he would take it? Really 🥺

    BTW he has said some pretty silly things in the past and one man doesn't make defence decisions alone. I have a feeling the British senior military figures might have greater sway than Ben.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, akd said:

    At least one of the drones appears to have just glided down into an open field without kinetic interference, so between AD intercepts and possible guidance jamming, it will be difficult to say what was an intended target.

    Just watching the BBC report I don't think the drones had any explosive on them, it could just be a big stunt. The Russians have not shown any serious damage and the media have a bit easier access to film any serious damage in Moscow. 

    We will have to see what the drones were to understand the possible range and any possible payload, but its looking like it was more of a psychology opportunity than a serious military hit.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, Bearstronaut said:

    rattled the Japanese public

    For FA effect on the public and absolutely pointless. We have numerous posts saying why bombing Civies and cities in Ukraine are counter productive to Russia. 

    Unless Ukraine had specific military targets of worth in Moscow then imo they would be better to focus on less defended military targets. Russian military Planes sat on runways perhaps?

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, kraze said:

    Minor damage and no serious injuries

    I hope Ukraine is targeting military targets in Moscow as otherwise it is a pointless exercise and could weaken support.

    Surely they would have been better deployed against the forces launching attacks on Ukraine. But until we know the targets in Moscow I guess it is just a feeling of unease that Ukraine is wasting precious military strike capability.

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