Season 1: 'Official' Tourney Pyramid

[KorutZelva]

ORIGINAL: YohanTM

I challenge Sugar - I will take Allies

Advise welcome

Read the KZ-Sugar AAR and don't repeat my mistakes. [8D]

[MrLongleg]

ORIGINAL: YohanTM

I challenge Sugar - I will take Allies

Advise welcome

You deserve a medal for this. I will root with the Allies here. @Sugar - I have a thing for the underdogs, I wish I could master the Axis like you do

[Sugar]

Sorry for the delay, gents! Some Log In issues on my side.[&:]

I challenge Sugar - I will take Allies

Very nice! I`ll set up the challenge and contact you.

[YohanTM]

For what we are about to receive...

[Rannug61]

Rannug(Allies) wins over Bullet(Axis) May 1943

Axis holds NA and western Syria/Jordan and Palestine, the Allies has firm control over Iraq and has control over the ME skies. Spain is Axis. In Russia Leningrad/Moskwa/Rostov/Kharkov and Stalingrad are in Russian control. Leningrad would have gone down during the next couple of turn though.
UK/US was slowly preparing a D-Day for the summer(July) of 43. Axis was not doomed but it was starting to be an uphill battle and Bullet had enough.

[KorutZelva]

ORIGINAL: Rannug61

Rannug(Allies) wins over Bullet(Axis) May 1943

Axis holds NA and western Syria/Jordan and Palestine, the Allies has firm control over Iraq and has control over the ME skies. Spain is Axis. In Russia Leningrad/Moskwa/Rostov/Kharkov and Stalingrad are in Russian control. Leningrad would have gone down during the next couple of turn though.
UK/US was slowly preparing a D-Day for the summer(July) of 43. Axis was not doomed but it was starting to be an uphill battle and Bullet had enough.

Wait I thought your game with bullet was already over (Game #18) or is that a rematch of some sort?

[Rannug61]

It's game # 18 but I just wanted give a short "picture" of how the game ended. I been on holiday and got back yesterday and found out that Bullet had resigned.

[KorutZelva]

gotcha!

[Taxman66]

I'm willing to give this another go.
Though I can't guarantee I'll get a turn done every day (though some days, usually Thurs - Sun US time, I might be able to do more than 1), obviously early war will be quicker/easier.
Also not likely to do another AAR, or if I do it will have to be with my opponent's approval as it will reduce turn frequency.

I'd also like to start off accepting a challenge instead of making one (unless I get bumped to the bottom?)

[KorutZelva]

ORIGINAL: Taxman66

I'm willing to give this another go.
Though I can't guarantee I'll get a turn done every day (though some days, usually Thurs - Sun US time, I might be able to do more than 1), obviously early war will be quicker/easier.
Also not likely to do another AAR, or if I do it will have to be with my opponent's approval as it will reduce turn frequency.

I'd also like to start off accepting a challenge instead of making one (unless I get bumped to the bottom?)

Yeah, we put the rule to bump down one pyramid level upon reactivation from retirement. I know its not your case but its to avoid situation where people would 'retire' to dodge challenges.

I think Rannug said he was going on vacation for a week so maybe challenge Irishguard to reclaim a spot on the second level? Or wait a week and do a rematch with Rannug!

[Taxman66]

OK, I challenge Irishguard.
I'll play the Allies as I'm still too chicken to try the Axis. [:'(]

Do I have to PM him?

[KorutZelva]

ORIGINAL: Taxman66

OK, I challenge Irishguard.
I'll play the Allies as I'm still too chicken to try the Axis. [:'(]

Do I have to PM him?

Yeah, might as well. I don't know how often he checks the forum so at least a PM will get to his email.

[IrishGuards]

yup pm received ... game accepted
waiting for his reply
IG

[room]

Tourney Game #22: PJL1973 (Allies) vs room (Axis)

PJL has resigned... I am a bit dubitative and have no info from him as of why atm.

I don't think the game was quite decively decided yet even if I felt confortable.

We were sept or nov 42 and I did not have any of the 3 SU key cities yet. Just took Rostov and started caucasian et Stalingrad approach while starting the siege of Leningrad fortification and had access to Moscow fortification only from the South. Had started to invadade Persia but no solid attempt has they were russian there and I prefered to destroyed the anglo-US in South Persia. Had Spain and Finland on my side too. Finally U-boat were doing a remarquable job for sure and losses ratio was good for me. However I do not feel it was over by any means.

[PJL1973]

I resigned because you were essentially winning everywhere. You were winning the naval war, the war in Russia & Persia, the air war, the economic war. I tried to make a stand with the Western Allies in southern Persia, but your air superiority made that impossible. The only reason why I was still doing well in Russia was that you were focusing on the south. But I knew once you had taken that threat out, I was toast in Russia. Even without the focus you were slowing pushing me back.

Even so, had I felt I had control of the naval war I might have carried on. But there was very little I could do to your subs, and they were not only strangling my convoys but hitting my infrastructure in North America too. As a result your economy was nearly as big as mine anyway.

As a result I knew the writing was on the wall. Yes you hadn't captured any of the Soviet victory cities, but you were in a position to take all 3 of them by the end of 1943. All I could do at that point was delay the inevitable.

Personally I think you are a very good player, in the top 3, along with Sugar and Korut.

[PvtBenjamin]

Wow Another Axis victory in the tourney (and many in the works) !!!!

When high level players engage seems the Axis ALWAYS wins

I'm sure some [:-] will continue to try to recruit new players to get a beat down to say the Allies are favored

The conundrum is for newer players the Allies have an advantage

Adding difficulty levels like in the AI game anyone?

[KorutZelva]

ORIGINAL: PJL1973

Personally I think you are a very good player, in the top 3, along with Sugar and Korut.

Ha! It's still funny to think I'm seen up there. I'll take the compliment. [:)]

[KorutZelva]

Room challenge Rannug to a game before Sugar or I finish our game. The game will allow one of you to move up a level!

[Rannug61]

I'm here waiting for you Room....

[room]

Thanks PJL, I think most of what you said is correct. I am just kind of a hard finisher, my 2 best games imowhere miracle comeback game with the allies (one victory and one draw). However I am far from KZ and even further from Sugar, the guy beated me in DEC 42 [:D] [:D]

Please challenge me Rannug, my only condition is that you setup the game and password [;)]