Kingfish Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 “The guns are rumbling...the war is on” Wild Bill Wilder So it begins... Welcome one and all to the Rumblings of War Tournament. As with previous ROWs we begin with the Tournament Manual. This will describe the details of how ROW is organized and run, so please take a moment to read up on it. OK, first on the list: Deadlines The deadline for the regular season is June 7th. This gives you 4 months to finish 5 scenarios, so you do the math as to file exchange rates with your opponents. Although TCP is not a requirment, I do suggest looking into organizing a session or two with each opponent if at all possible. Exchanging one e-mail a day will require three days to complete one turn using PBEM. A one hour TCP session may complete 5-10 turns. AARs AARs are mandatory, as in everybody writes one for each game. A minimum of 5000 words and 30 screenshots...each. Ok, I was kidding about that last part, but not about the mandatory requirment. Look at it this way, you get to play in a very challenging and entertaining tournament. You get to play scenarios designed just for you. You have a chance at winning a case of the finest South African Wine, delivered to your door free of charge. What do we ask in return...feedback. Let us know how you did, what you thought of it, and ways we can improve it. We appreciate your feedback. If you need an idea of what we are looking for in an AAR, let me know and I can e-mail you a couple of good examples. FOW The moment the first file goes out the tournament is in full FOW lockdown mode. Loose lips sink ships, and they also piss off the tourney organizer :mad: . Do not discuss anything about the tournament with anyone, even your dog. If you have a question that is FOW sensitive, e-mail me. Dropouts & MIA The Nabla scoring system cannot handle incomplete games, so we require all games to be finished. If for whatever reason you need to withdraw please let us know right away. You will not be penalized in any way by informing us in a timely manner. If you plan on being offline for an extended period of time please inform your opponents. Also, if an unexpected problem arises that prevents you from informing us (computer problems), have a backup plan so that a message can be sent. In this day and age everyone has a friend or relative with internet access. Have them e-mail me explaining the situation. Lets see..anything else...? Oh yeah, first files go out tomorrow [ February 08, 2005, 03:56 AM: Message edited by: Kingfish ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadr Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 A -- looks like Boots & Tracks is down? B -- Oh yeah, first files go out tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 re: Reserves: Kingfish, have you considered sending all the general briefings (only) out to the reserves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Sounds good Where can I sign up, that's if I'm not too late already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 Vadr, I'll try to get WWB to fix the link. As for "B", why the frown? Jon, To be honest, I have not. This to get them up to speed on the tactical situation? PK, Go here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadr Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I'll try to get WWB to fix the link. As for "B", why the frown?'cause I'm ready to go man! No files out on Saturday night? What? You have a life or somefink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Originally posted by Kingfish: Jon, To be honest, I have not. This to get them up to speed on the tactical situation?Basically yes. Basic awareness of the tactical situation, information on what's going on, a feeling of 'inclusion', etc. Being starved of information - particularly info that you know others have - sux0rs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 'PK, Go here [/QB] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleekit Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Jeez, ROW kick and SuperBowl all in one day! I'm in hog heaven Go Packers! (err sorry, we got stuffed! :eek: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yacinator Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 ROW5 is probably gonna be better than the superbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Mailed all in group 6. Seem a decent bunch. See ya in the trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTN Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I know I won't be on the computer when the game is on. Unless it's a blow out! Since I live in Green Bay it's football all year long for me and I love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kulin Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by yacinator: ROW5 is probably gonna be better than the superbowl. Not if the Eagles Win!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webs Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 50 quatloos on Vadr's opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McClaire Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Kingie, What's John Kettler's status? I haven't heard anything from him via email -- did he confirm if he is going to have a machine to use or not? If not, at what point will a replacement be brought in? Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Good to see that all of Group 5 has checked in so we're apparently good to go. Only problem.....lack of game files. Regards Jim R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 Lack of game files? Well who the hell is responsible for that??? Nevermind, I'll take care of it myself :mad: OK, First files going out now. We are in lockdown, so Shhhh... For our new players I will now explain how we get started, so please listen carefully. Over the course of today and tomorrow you will receive e-mails from either myself or Spanish Bombs. These will most likely be a bulk e-mail for 12 people at a time, and will have the 'ROW V" tile. Inside you will see a list of opponents, a scenario password, and an attachement. What is inside that attachement depends on whether you are an axis or allied player for that scenario. If you are the Axis player you will receive the seperate overall and axis briefings, and the saved game file. You will be responsible for starting the game. Just open the file using the password, setup your forces, and then send to your opponent. From that point on the game proceeds as a normal pbem game. If you are the Allied player you receive the overall and allied briefings. You wait for your axis opponent to send you the files. Reserve players, you will receive the overall briefings as well. Thank JonS for the excellent idea. We will begin with the smallest scenario first, and slowly work our way up. Ok, any questions? You know who to e-mail Steve McClaire, I haven't heard from him either. I'll try to get a hold of him today. Either way, we will have G1/S1 up and running on all games by tommorrow evening at the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 The Axis go first? Is there any precedent for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadr Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeburst155 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 The Axis has ALWAYS gone first. After all, they started the war, right? Treeburst155 out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 As I patiently tap my fingers on the table top and saying, "Where Oh where can those files be, Where Oh where can they be " JohnO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I just received the Allied Briefings for ACTION AT WET TRIANGLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Wet Triangle is quite a name. Almost as good as Squeezing the Melons. Put 'em together and what have you got? Sorry, I just remembered that this is a family forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammenwerfer Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Hey, Ted, ease back on the throttle, a little... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Yeah. I wonder who designed that one. But I must say some of these RoW scenarios sure do get me hot. Usually just under the collar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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