SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Author Share Posted May 5, 2002 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Author Share Posted May 5, 2002 Okay, here is more information than you need: Average age-32.58 Age Range-12 to 72 Countries/States Represented- Australia Canada England Finland Germany Netherlands Norway Scotland Spain Switzerland United States-Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusets, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington. That's all I have to say about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Author Share Posted May 5, 2002 Well, I am finally able to make the big announcement I have been hinting at making for a few weeks now. Thanks to the guys at Battlefront.com, the Newbie Tournaments now have prizes for the winners! Each of the four group winners will win a special Battlefront.com Panther G print. So, that's one for each of the winners from the SuperNewbies, the GV Newbies, the Newbie Rejects, and the Alterna Bowl. But, wait! There's more! The above four winners will enter the Newbie Finals to determine who the Ultimate Newbie is! The Ultimate Newbie will receive the ENTIRE SET of prints from Battlefront.com! If you would like to take a look at the prizes, go here: http://www.battlefront.com/products/prints/prints.html Enjoy and good luck to all! [ June 07, 2002, 01:05 PM: Message edited by: SuperTed ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Author Share Posted May 5, 2002 Here are the results for the completed scenarios: Blind Man's Bluff Games Played-21 Ave. German Score-47.14 Ave. Polish Score-52.76 High German Score-71 High Polish Score-75 Mighty Mouse Games Played-20 Ave. German Score-49.00 Ave. French Score-51.00 High German Score-76 High French Score-81 Medium Rare Games Played-5 Ave. German Score-51.00 Ave. British Score-27.20 High German Score-82 High British Score-36 Give and Take Games Played-12 Ave. German Score-41.08 Ave. Canadian Score-50.17 High German Score-86 High Canadian Score-82 Give and Take-modified Games Played-12 Ave. German Score-20.75 Ave. Canadian Score-25.25 High German Score-43 High Canadian Score-41 A Bridge Too Close Games Played-5 Ave. German Score-41.80 Ave. Polish Score-47.20 High German Score-56 High Polish Score-65 Rabbit's Foot Games Played-5 Ave. German Score-34.4 Ave. US Score-51.4 High German Score-56 High US Score-77 The Long and Short of It Games Played-6 Ave. German Score-51.67 Ave. Canadian Score-31.67 High German Score-88 High US Score-55 Crash Landing Games Played-6 Ave. German Score-50 Ave. British Score-40.67 High German Score-79 High British Score-71 Ricola! Games Played-6 Ave. German Score-56.17 Ave. US Score-33.33 High German Score-70 High US Score-48 Ricola!-modified Games Played-6 Ave. German Score-44.17 Ave. US Score-45.33 High German Score-58 High US Score-60 Breaking Through Games Played-3 Ave. German Score-46.33 Ave. US Score-48.33 High German Score-59 High US Score-60 "X" Marks the Spot Games Played-2 Ave. German Score-53.4 Ave. British Score-41.50 High German Score-68 High British Score-51 The Crucible Games Played-3 Ave. German Score-47.33 Ave. US Score-48.33 High German Score-53 High US Score-55 Low Ground Games Played-1 Ave. German Score-47 Ave. Polish Score-39 High German Score-47 High Polish Score-39 Note: since aggregate scores are used to determine winners, the outcome of one scenario will undoubtedly affect how another scenario is played. So, unlike playing scenarios individually (i.e. in a "vacuum"), it is difficult to extrapolate useful play-balance information from these numbers. (The exception is when the scores are VERY close to 50 for each side. Then it's just good scenario design. :cool: ) [ September 07, 2002, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: SuperTed ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 5, 2002 Author Share Posted May 5, 2002 Here are the match-ups for the Newbie Final Four: Smoky vs. Dinga YankeeDog vs. Voidhawk Loser Pile Lord Dragon Commander RedBastard Rucrazee Sir Uber General Humus B. Chittenbee Toran29 Chasd ASLer Von Viniga Zitadelle Dan Buttar Pfc. Dunsel Bruce Bowes Flammenwerfer Major Catastrophe Vadr CombatGeneral Dize Haohmaru Bog Dfgardner Donkey Hotay Bruce Robert Stormhouse Leta Bobbaro DL Vader's Jester Hawk Eric Alkema DStone Icedog42 Hobo Newlife Dave H Ligur F1shlips Bad Monkey! White4 Mortar SPLASH Austin Bowie Andrewguy R.C. Witko Silvio Manuel Walker Darknight_Canuck Jim Liang Scenarios Available for Exhibition Play Blood & Steel (VERY LARGE!)-all-armor conflict that makes many computers cry. Medium Rare-a road separates the enemy forces. A Bridge Too Close (revised)-two bridges separate the enemy forces. Give and Take (revised)-a village fight in the snow. Blind Man's Bluff-an ME in the woods. Mighty Mouse-opposing light armor and infantry battle. Rabbit's Foot (revised)-Germans must capture village and bridge from US forces. The Long and Short of It (revised)-Germans and Canadians meet at an intersection. Ricola!-US Airborne and German Mountain troops mix it up in the hills. Crash Landing (revised)-A British landing zone is contested during Market-Garden. Breaking Through-US forces try to stop Germans from escaping the collapsing "Bulge." "X" Marks the Spot-SS troops make a stand against British forces north of Hamburg. Low Ground-Polish airborne troops meet SS units at a section of sunken road south of Arnhem. There is no deadline for games in the Final Four. However, I am sure players would like to play CMBB eventually. Good luck! Note: Player scores in bold indicate the final tally for the round. If the score is not bold then it does not include both scores. [ September 07, 2002, 12:51 AM: Message edited by: SuperTed ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 High Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 Originally posted by SuperTed: But, wait! There's more! The above four winners will enter the Newbie Finals to determine who the Ultimate Newbie is! The Ultimate Newbie will receive the ENTIRE SET of prints from Battlefront.com! Great Prizes. Good on you and the guys at Battlefront. Hey, I'm a newbie, errr yeah, can I play? "These aren't the droids your looking for move along." Great idea. BlackFive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 6, 2002 Author Share Posted May 6, 2002 More results from the GV Newbies: Walker (German) defeated White4 (British) by a score of 54-22 in Crash Landing. So, Walker wins Round 3 with an overall score of 109-54 and advances to the GV Newbies Finals! Congratulations to Walker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Ted, you are Super! Those are some great prizes... I bought the Tiger print and I love it! Am I still on the waiting list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 6, 2002 Author Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by Herr Kruger: Ted, you are Super! Those are some great prizes... I bought the Tiger print and I love it! Am I still on the waiting list?Herr K, Agreed. Yup, you're still on top of the pile. However, nobody seems to want to leave. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 How Green is My Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by Splash: How Green is My BumpSplash, That's way too much information! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 More results from the Newbie Rejects: Voidhawk (German) defeated Mortar (British) by a score of 55-38 in Crash Landing. So, Voidhawk wins Round 3 with an overall score of 97-79 and advances to the Newbie Rejects Final! Congratulations to Voidhawk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Brother Sun, Sister Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Yay, me thinks I dont fit along anymore, so when the next one is comming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 10, 2002 Author Share Posted May 10, 2002 Originally posted by SpaceHamster: Yay, me thinks I dont fit along anymore, so when the next one is comming?SH, This is the best I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 11, 2002 Author Share Posted May 11, 2002 From the GV Newbie Alternates, thewood has bowed out and is being replaced by Herr Kruger. Welcome aboard, Herr Kruger! [ May 11, 2002, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: SuperTed ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 Originally posted by SuperTed: [QB]From the GV Newbie Alternates, thewood has bowed out and is being replaced by Herr Kruger. Welcome aboard, Here Kruger!Ted, chk sp on above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 11, 2002 Author Share Posted May 11, 2002 Originally posted by Silvio Manuel: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SuperTed: [QB]From the GV Newbie Alternates, thewood has bowed out and is being replaced by Herr Kruger. Welcome aboard, Here Kruger!Ted, chk sp on above.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Top Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 16, 2002 Author Share Posted May 16, 2002 Look what I found on page 3! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 17, 2002 Author Share Posted May 17, 2002 More results from the SuperNewbies: Splash (German, 42) and Witko (British, 40) played to a draw in Crash Landing. This was not enough for Splash to overtake Witko's lead from the first leg of Round 1. So, Witko wins Round 1 with an overall score of 97-68 and advances to the SuperNewbies Final! Congratulations to Witko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 Is anyone still playing Long & Short or Crash Landing? (Well it's better than a bump...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 18, 2002 Author Share Posted May 18, 2002 Originally posted by Walker: Is anyone still playing Long & Short or Crash Landing? (Well it's better than a bump...)Chris, YankeeDog and Austin Bowie are the only two Players still doing battle and they have both scenarios nearing completion. As always, you are free to post in the AAR thread. Just be sure to add spoiler warnings where appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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