Scott B Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 For all those interested in the Rumblings of War series of tournaments: I am very pleased to announce a formal partnership between the coordinators of the Rumblings of War tournaments and the Boots and Tracks scenario design team. Treeburst155 has pledged to run as many tournaments as Boots and Tracks can provide scenarios for; Boots and Tracks in turn has pledged as many scenarios as Treeburst155 can run tournaments for; and WineCape has pledged wine from his private cellar to future tournament champions. All in all, it is a vicious circle that can only repeat until no one plays in our tournaments anymore. The tournament threads will remain on the Battlefront.com Combat Mission forum, where they have been run in the past. Due to some... heh... issues with communication, Kingfish has volunteered to handle coordinating the tournaments in the ongoing thread. Kingfish will work with the B&T team, Treeburst155, and WineCape to ensure that things go smoothly. As an added feature, we hope to have non fog-of-war restricted information on a dedicated Rumblings of War tournament webpage, as a part of the Boots and Tracks webpage, within the next few weeks. A final note: Rumblings of War III has been scheduled. It will be the first Rumblings of War tournament to be played with Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin, and it will be launched in early January. This is later than we had hoped, but it is a realistic date that we expect that we can stick with - RoWII should certainly be complete, all participants will have been lined up, and all should have some experience with CMBB by this point. This gives the Boots and Tracks team adequate time to prepare scenarios specifically for the tournament, and this way the event itself will begin after the holidays, when many will be off on vacations anyway. Thanks to all the participants in these tournaments; the team really enjoys contributing scenarios and hearing your feedback, and we hope that you enjoy our battles. First round RoWII battles - and the identities of their designers - will be released in a matter of weeks, as soon as the first round is complete. Regards, Scott B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Three Cheers for the Team... Hip Hip Horaaahhh!! Counting the days to January... H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Originally posted by Holien: Three Cheers for the Team... Hip Hip Horaaahhh!! Counting the days to January... HScott forgot to mention that those who defeated Kingfish in ROW I would be excluded from participating in any future ROWs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White4 Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 WOO HOO!! Can we sign up now to participate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 KF you can hardly exclude the whole CM community!!! Fish on boy Fish on.... Now do some work and give us a meaningful update on the current tourney..... H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Ahoniemi Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Excellent. My addiction to scenario-based tournament playing needs to be fed! I just sent Another day-AAR to TB155 and will write more. I have the time now, Only Polish push is still under way... Waiting is the hardest part... Keep up the good work, guys! -Juha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Keratar Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 This is good to know. Tournaments organized here have been one of the brightest things about this community, and after last month's small troubles I got a little afraid for their future... Keep up the good work. I'm starting to think that bowing out of RoW II was a big mistake, as Nordic CM Champhionships were my best CM experience so far, hands down. -Lunael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMoo Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 This may be a dumb question, but where do we sign-up for ROWIII??? BTS, my moola is waiting to be spent!!! When oh when can I buy CM:BB????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauCoupDinkyDau Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 I'm so there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Originally posted by Kingfish: Does this apply to non-tourney games? If so, I'm in serious trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Great news! Thank you all for your work in the past, and I hope for more great fun next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I would be very interested in participating in the Rumblings of War III. Who do we need to contact for all those interested in playing RWIII? Chad Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Thanks Scott and Kingfish! A new development - for the better - has appeared and Treeburst will hopefully post here within the next couple of days As to entry for RoW III, Treeburst will decide in the near future the parameters/conditions of those applying as entrants. If I remember correctly, the RoW I/II veteran applicants that have proven their good PBEM turn arounds in the past will be weighted more as regard to qualifying for the RoW III tourney, but I cannot speak for Mike yet on this issue. Applying dates seem closer to Xmas, as the tourney will start in January 2003. Kind regards, Charl Theron [ August 22, 2002, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: WineCape ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 With regrets I have to ask for an increase in paranoia when admitting players. The dropouts in ROW II hurt a little much, not to speak of the nordic wannabee tournament where a whole section couldn't be rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Originally posted by redwolf: With regrets I have to ask for an increase in paranoia when admitting players. The dropouts in ROW II hurt a little much, not to speak of the nordic wannabee tournament where a whole section couldn't be rated.Aye, redwolf, This is one of our biggest concerns and Treeburst and I will look into this matter with earnest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Excellent news! Am so glad that this great tradition, established under CMBO, is now formalized and marches on to greater glory under CMBB. Am also glad that it doesn't start until January, as by then I will certainly have replaced my present computer (hoping for much, much sooner). Besides, it'll be my birthday midmonth. If chosen, I shall celebrate with a bang! Hmm, Katyushas or Nebelwerfers? Decisions, decisions! Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeburst155 Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 Originally posted by redwolf: With regrets I have to ask for an increase in paranoia when admitting players. The dropouts in ROW II hurt a little much, not to speak of the nordic wannabee tournament where a whole section couldn't be rated.So far (fingers crossed) we have seen about a 13% dropout rate for RoW II. Luckily, many of these occurred early on, so replacements were easy to find. The real problem occurs when someone drops out near the end. In these instances, I'm thinking I should finish the games myself. Using a timer, I would limit myself to 5 minutes per turn for giving orders. This would perhaps make up for any knowledge of the scenario I may have picked up from finishing other games for dropouts. Believe it or not, I would actually be quite blind the first time I had to finish a game. Right now, I'm playing Another Day with SuperTed and I'm blind as a bat. It is not necessary for me to study the scenarios in order to secure them for the tourneys. I get a glimpse of the setup zones, and that's it. I try to stay as blind as possible when doing the securing so I don't blow the scenarios for myself. I like to play blind. With a short time limit, I think we could arrive at a final score that is fair to the player stranded by the dropout. Feedback? Treeburst155 out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 Sounds good to me, but this only works because there is somebod (you ) who is willing to invest a lot of time. In ROW 2 I have completed all my games, so its not a problem there. But it was annoying, one game went through 3 commanders, all playing differently. Surprising flanking can hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 I think that was my fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Good idea TB and I would back you on finishing the games off if there was not many turns left. Usually at that stage the die is cast and there is not a lot to be done with the game anyway. As for the Sgt he was a pain in the bum and should be banned from any future ROW's as he might actually win one... H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeburst155 Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Yeah, Cpt. Carrot knows what he is doing, I think. He was a perfect replacement for that difficult slot. Treeburst155 out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Hehe. Hey I make mistakes, same as any one else. Holien can testify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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