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ELO ended:
Result: General23n8 (Allies) LOSER v tedstriker19 (Axis) WINNER.

After good defence in France, Allies had difficulties to stop German advance in UDSSR. Axis was fully comitted there with air and tank power. China was also overrun in 1942. After capitulation of UDSSR, China and India in Summer 1943, Allies capitulated in October 1943.

Thx for great game General23n8.

ELO started

Worr (axis) vs tedstriker19 (Allies)

I've played a bunch but still looking to find a strategy to slow the Nazi juggernaut into Russia. But I'm game to try again
Also, too late to get into the ELO tournament??
pwurzburger

I've played a bunch but still looking to find a strategy to slow the Nazi juggernaut into Russia. But I'm game to try again
Also, too late to get into the ELO tournament??
pwurzburger

I've played a bunch but still looking to find a strategy to slow the Nazi juggernaut into Russia. But I'm game to try again
Also, too late to get into the ELO tournament??
pwurzburger

New ELO game started:

tedstriker19 (Axis) vs General23n8 (Allies). Rematch:)

@pwurzburger: you can still join, just clarify with your opponent at start that you want to play ELO game and announce it here in this threat.

pwurzburger wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:40 pm I've played a bunch but still looking to find a strategy to slow the Nazi juggernaut into Russia. But I'm game to try again
Also, too late to get into the ELO tournament??
pwurzburger

Hi pwurzburger,
Welcome to ELO ratings. Even though the thread is titled "The World at War ELO Tournament", it's not a tournament. ELO is just a rating system. You can join anytime. Hopefully we'll get the title of the thread fixed to better describe our ELO gaming system.

Play an ELO game and earn a rating. To get started, post a challenge on the Multiplayer Sessions thread. Or reply to someone else's challenge.

See you over the game board,
LoneRunner

New game started HarrySmith (Axis) vs gronivaure (Allies)
New ELO rules

HarrySmith wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 1:53 am New game started HarrrySmith (Axis) vs Taifun (Allies)
Haven't played before but if I can make a good game out of it, I will be happy. Learnt a few things on the way Hasmat_slith plays axis so hopefully I can utilise some of those .

Taifun (Allies) defeats HarrrySmith (Axis)
December 1944: Soviet forces enter Berlin. Harry fought literally to the last man and the last unit, with only a single German garrison surviving by the end of the game.

Following a highly successful campaign in France in 1940, German forces turned their attention eastward, abandoning the Mediterranean theater and leaving their Italian allies to fend for themselves. Mussolini committed his finest armies to the defense of Libya, but they, along with much of the Italian air force, were annihilated by Allied forces in less than a year.

After a promising start to Operation Barbarossa, Harry's armies encountered fierce Soviet resistance around Smolensk, Voronezh, the Volga region, and Rostov. For two long years, the Germans launched repeated offensives in an attempt to break through Soviet defenses. Despite their efforts, they failed to make any significant progress and were eventually forced into a long retreat through Eastern Europe, falling back to Poland and Romania.

In 1943, American forces landed in Sicily and advanced on Rome, forcing Italy's surrender. They also attempted a landing in France, but a powerful German panzer counteroffensive drove them back into the sea and forced an evacuation.

By the summer of 1944, however, the Allies returned to France. Finding the country largely stripped of defenders, they advanced rapidly across Western Europe and pushed toward Germany's borders with little resistance.

Meanwhile, the Soviet war machine had become unstoppable. By late 1944, Soviet armies swept across Eastern Europe and the Balkans, crushing the last German formations that stood in defense of the Reich.

Japan never succeeded in breaking into the heart of China. Supported by American strategic bombers, Chinese forces gradually eliminated all Japanese troops on the mainland, while Soviet armies achieved the same result in Manchuria. Facing defeat on every front, Japan collapsed in the summer of 1944.

It was a fantastic game from start to finish, full of dramatic reversals and hard-fought campaigns. My thanks go to Harry for his time, commitment, and for being such a great opponent.

With help from Hubert & the support team at Matrix I've managed to get the title of this thread changed.

Hope it meets with approval and makes it clearer.

Thanks Taifun for a fun exciting game with some interesting and hard fought battles.
Learnt some things that hopefully I can apply.
Couldn't get my Barbarossa to hasmat_slith's excellent standard and ultimately that lost me the game.

Well done Pete with changing ELO confusion for new people.

petedalby wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2026 11:17 am With help from Hubert & the support team at Matrix I've managed to get the title of this thread changed.

Hope it meets with approval and makes it clearer.

Thank you Pete and Hubert. The title of the ELO thread makes a lot more sense.

I have one more idea Perhaps Firsteds could post the monthly ELO rankings in Pete's thread "Please join the World at War ELO Ranking System". That way the rankings could be all in one place and not disbursed through 110 pages of discussions. If so, maybe Pete could change the name of the thread to "ELO Ranking System Instructions and ELO Rankings".

Happy to do that if Chris agrees.

Will do.

All done with a slight change of wording that still should fit the bill.

Great work Pete, this makes things much clearer for the uninitiated

worr wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2026 9:58 pm ELO started

Worr (axis) vs tedstriker19 (Allies)

tedstriker19 is the winner

New ELO Game Started

Old_Shane(Allies) vs. General23n8(Axis)

ELO ended:

Result: Khunkwai (Allies) Winner v aquavita (Axis) Defeated.

Allies played an aggressive game from the start. The German invasion of Russia was stalled and didn't get rolling. Italy changed teams in 1943 , Germany surrendered mid '44 and Japan finally throwing in the towel in Oct '44.

Khunkwai open for a game as either side.