Kingfish Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 Originally posted by GreenAsJade: Out of curiosity, why do I have _ded appended to my name? Ta, GaJ ded is the username of the guy who took over for you on one of your games. Because the Nabla program requires the same name be enterered for all 3 games TB155 went ahead and merged the two names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 Ok, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what I've come up with so far Highest Nabla score is 1.09. 4% of that is .0436 (bonus per AAR submitted) x 3(number of scenarios)= .1308 (max bonus a player can get) The highest score for group 1 is Victor Charlie's 0.39. The next in line for that group is Green Hornet with -.05. If GH was awarded the max bonus his new score would be .0808, which is not enough to overtake VC. Using the same process I show the runner ups in groups 2 & 3 as not having enough even with max bonus applied to overcome the leaders in their respective groups. Therefore, unless I've made a mistake somewhere, the winners for The Rumblings of War V tournament are: Victor Charlie in Group 1 Walpurgis Night in Group 2 Steve S in Group 3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Enigma Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 congrats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Pilot Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Looks like I have a total of 16 AARs, as follows: BigDog944 – all 3 AARs BigDuke6 – 2 AARs (no Bear) Enigma – 2 AARs (no Bear) Frenchy – all 3 AARs Jbertles – all 3 AARs SteveS – all 3 AARs If this is incorrect, or, if anyone has plans to submit some AARs so they can have a shot at owning a Richie model, please let me know right away. Ace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Ace Pilot, Received deluge! (is swept away, exiting right of frame) Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Can anyone recommend a good shrink for someone suffering from AAR related PTSD? Just read J Bertle's Loaded for Bear AAR in which action starts Turn 80 and goes to Turn 117?! No wonder the Finals took so long! That's roughly three normal scenario equivalents to fight one battle. Gack! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbertles Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Ha-ha! But dontcha see, that was the gimmick. We all were given a game that was already well in progress - starting at turn 80 and finishing at 120. The problem from my pov is one of not being entirely happy with the setup - which of course we couldn't modify since we were given a game already in progress. But that's ok. Lots of commanders in RL have been put into that position. Plus the map was a pretty good attempt at getting the undulating steppes down right. The really, really long range visibility made you step back and consider - hmm, I've got a chance for a good kill, but at 1% chance of hitting?!? Nah! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Thanks again to Kingfish, the scenario designers, and everyone else for their efforts in running RoW V. Originally posted by Richie: Congratulations to Walpurgis Nacht, Steve S & Victor Charlie! Just curious...how can a replacement player who only played two scenarios in the entire tourney get third place?? :confused: Before everyone tar and feathers me, I have nothing but the utmost respect and appreciation for Victor Charlie for stepping up and helping us to get the finalist round completed. He was a very worthy and gracious opponent. So nothing at all against VC, I'm just wondering how a last minute replacement player can get third place in the entire tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 Replacement players inherit whatever situation, and scores, the drop out leaves them. 99% of the time it is usually a disaster, as the drop out's strategy goes tits up and he loses interest in trying to salvage the mess he created (or in the case of certain scenarios the mess he was given ). VC's case represents that rare 1%. It also should be seen as an incentive for players to sign up as replacements, because you never know what you are dealt. Most of the time it is a pair of deuces, but there is that possibility, however rare, that you find yourself with aces over kings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Ace Pilot, Have read all three of the jbertles AARs and two by BigDog944, including WAR AND PEACE redux. Would be all three except that I've discovered that I got Tiger Valley, St. Nazaire and St. Nazaire. Please send whatever should be where the duplicate St. Nazaire is presently located. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Ace Pilot, The BigDuke6vsGAJ St. Nazaire AAR file is apparently corrupt; have lots of impressive screenshots and three word fragments in toto as text in the document body. On the plus side, have read all three of the SteveS AARs. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 BigDuke6, Either whatever you used to convert your AAR file isn't working, or there's a problem with the .doc to Apple Works converter in AppleWorks 6. Why? In your Tiger Panic (Tiger Valley) AAR, I repeatedly encountered lines of text which had been cut off vertically at page breaks, in one case so badly that I couldn't tell what was said. Worse, it appears that one or more lines are completely missing in several places, making it hard to follow the action, as when you're about ready to open up with your 25 pdr./6 pdr./tank ambush, only to have almost the entire action sequence vanish. All I know for sure, based on a later comment, is that it didn't go well. May I suggest that you carefully review the file on your end for completeness? If it's not, please be sure to send an intact, fixed version to the B&T people before they post the AARs. Your AAR readers will thank you. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 A huge thanks to Kingfish especially and the rest of the organisers and designers. This is the A1 cream of the tourneys, no doubt about it. I can't believe there won't be another. Come on, you're kidding about that, right? GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 BTW, do we need to do something to help get the next round of AARs up on the web? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Time for a little levity and comment, as is my wont in reviewing AARs. The ones from the Finals have been rich in nuggets, nuggets of uncertain origin. I say uncertain because I don't know whether I'm looking at nonnative English users, rushed AARs or both. My favorite phrase so far has been "...and every halftrack in the Afrika Korps coming my way." Now, that paints a picture! The town of Fondouk has been a mother lode in and of it itself, with my favorite garble, of a whole string, being the rather suggestive "Fundock." Believe I also saw a "Funduck," and no, I don't want the details! Homophone errors, which standard spellcheckers will never catch, have been abundant to the point of near incomprehensibility of the text. In one memorable example, there were three in one sentence, making for several rereads and much head scratching. In another case, "grognard" came out "grogand," made more noticeable by the use of italics, and for some reason, I immediately went from that to "grosgrain," like in ribbon, briefly shorting out my brain. The hazards of being an AAR judge! Fearsome armored beasts became cuddly Tiggers in what I took to be deliberate choice by one writer, and in another, the level of technical description of one AFV, a Bishop, I believe, was so extreme I had to put it through my "translator" to decipher what was being said. Some of the descriptions were priceless, too, with one 2 pdr. Valentine stalking an impenetrable Tiger, conveying a concept on par with a mouse stalking an elephant--with rape intent. The ordeal of the truck with the 25 pdr. in the cemetery was frighteningly reminiscent of my own experience in the rocky desert in ROW IV? (the DAK convoy under AC escort), and the Sisyphean ordeal (pushing the gun to the top of the hill) awaiting the gunners once said gun was in the trench made me cringe. From what I can tell, no scenarios in the Finals had aircraft, depriving me of a rich vein of colorful comments from the equal opportunity victims (the owning and nonowning players). Sigh! I've seen normally great players wiped out in a few turns not just from unfortunate decisions, but the difference between a hand paddled canvas and wood assault boat vs. an armored, MG equipped landing craft. I've seen things execute perfectly, then watched others where everything should've worked, but nothing did, and the force which should've stomped its target got wiped out instead. I've seen Horatius at the bridge and Chicken Little on full display, with some fighting to the last man and in others, whole squads fleeing in terror. I've seen Tigers emasculated by 2 pdr. fire and halftracks unfazed by six AT rifle hits. Unless they were through and throughs, would you stay after the first? Remember, it bounces around! And where would we be if our armor didn't bravely point its butt at the foe--while in LOS--and the AI didn't make a hash of carefully planned armored movements? Regards, John Kettler [ January 16, 2006, 03:21 AM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 jbertels, Tried E-mailing you privately, but it bombed, so am asking here. Ref Tiger Valley, was the game a draw? Am guessing it was, but you didn't say directly. Also, your AAR indicates the Hook Force? was destroyed in a single turn after you finally got it into position, but you fail to say what killed it, and the screenshots are way too small to tell. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbertles Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 John Kettler - sent you an email. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 jbertles, Got it! The point blank hosing must've been frustrating beyond belief. Glad you liked my, er, observations. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 just to show what a driving force for good ROW is: right now 3 of the top 5 CMAK scenarios at TSDII are ROW scenarios... TSDII Scenario Lists GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Pilot Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Originally posted by GreenAsJade: BTW, do we need to do something to help get the next round of AARs up on the web? I just need to find the time to PDF the handful that aren't PDF files, then I can upload them. Didn't Robert have to do some coding first? Is he still available to do that? It's been so long, I've forgotten the process. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigduke6 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 AcePilot, I just sent you another copy of my Tiger Valley AAR. Hope this works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 ...Using the same process I show the runner ups in groups 2 & 3 as not having enough even with max bonus applied to overcome the leaders in their respective groups. Therefore, unless I've made a mistake somewhere, the winners for The Rumblings of War V tournament are: Victor Charlie in Group 1 Walpurgis Night in Group 2 Steve S in Group 3 Kingfish, Do you mind forwarding the winner e-mails to me so that I can start preparing the freight of wines to the winners' respective addresses? Sincerely, Charl Theron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Originally posted by WineCape: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> ...Using the same process I show the runner ups in groups 2 & 3 as not having enough even with max bonus applied to overcome the leaders in their respective groups. Therefore, unless I've made a mistake somewhere, the winners for The Rumblings of War V tournament are: Victor Charlie in Group 1 Walpurgis Night in Group 2 Steve S in Group 3 Kingfish, Do you mind forwarding the winner e-mails to me so that I can start preparing the freight of wines to the winners' respective addresses? Sincerely, Charl Theron </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 E-mail sent to Charl. He is personally stomping the grapes for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Calling Cpl Carrot: are you there? (I'll follow up by email: yes, we need some new sections to hold the new scenario AARs coded) GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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