The World at War ELO Tournament

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Game Ended:

petedalby (Axis) defeats ElvisJJonesRambo (Allies)

Surrender August 1941 --- Forgot to garrison Lennigrad after using T-34 stationed there to free units in Riga. Paratroops landed. Lost Lennigrad. Trapped units HQ + 2 Armies North of Lennigrad. Units in Riga trapped also. Game was just getting going, Reds cannot overcome lost of 7 units.

I give credit to petedalby for his Northern Exposure attack. He went with the Sub/Maritime attack on North Pole + he sent Panzer to grab that import port. He had to send extra troops into Helsinki also. He started Barby in March 1941. Did encirclements on major cities to drain supply.

Note to self: If you use the T-34 in Lennigrad, don't leave it open, dumb.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

New game starting (REMATCH):

petedalby (Axis) defeats ElvisJJonesRambo (Allies) --- I gotta get my mind right. I was trying some funky stuff, but I gamble too much & not be lazy.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Game Ended:

ThundarLizard2 (Allies) defeats ElvisJJonesRambo(Axis) --- Went to defeat Vichey France and screwed it up. Romania/Hungary won't join.

[SirVival069]

New ELO game started:

SirVival069 (Allies) vs smckechnie (Axis)

[Schuki92]

Game completed:

Schuki92 (Axis) vs arikogut (Allies), Axies victory, March 1943

Ari surrendered after Axies conquered Perm and the allied invasion in France didn't go quite as planed. In my opinion I could win as Axies because France was conquered very early and Allies couldn't inflict enough damage on German forces early in the game. Maybe Ari wants to give his opinion, too. For us both it was our first comnpleted ELO-game, but I had a headstart because I'm playing three very experienced multiplayer gamers right now and they're teaching me a lot and also they're beating my ass. Anyway, we started a second game:

Schuki92 (Axis) vs arikogut (Allies)

[firsteds]

New ELO game started:

mcaughey (axis) v firsteds (allies)

Both newish ELO players so it should be interesting.

[ThunderLizard11]

ELO Completed:

ThunderLizard2 (Axis) versus DrZom (Allies). Axis victory by default in February '41. Quick victory in France set stage for strong Barbarossa. Allies stalled in North and East Africa. DrZom made no move for a month and PBEM timed out.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

New Game(s) started:

ElvisJJonesRambo (Axis) vs comradepanda (Allies)
ElvisJJonesRambo (Axis) vs ThundarLizard2 (Allies)

[DmitryN]

DmitryN (axis) won Rudolf Steiner (allied) january 1942. Fast advance in Russsia, China is in 2-3 turn from surrendering. Egypt and Abissinia taken etc.

[firsteds]

ELO game completed:

firsteds (Allies) defeated Schuki92 (Axis)

Axis struggled in China and the Med. Fell just short of Moscow.

[redrum68]

New ELO game started:

comradepanda (axis) v redrum68 (allies)

Both pretty new players so should be interesting...

[ThunderLizard11]

ThunderLizard2 (Axis) won versus DmitryN (allies). Battled until August '46. Allies bogged down in Western France. Paris see-sawed. Italy gone and Allies stuck at foot of alps. Russia finally fell July 46 which spelled the end for Allies. London and Southern England taken by Axis. Tokyo in danger Korea taken and China almost retaken. Axis making a push in middle east. Excellent match!

[DmitryN]

The math was very interesting. Never played until so late game. Actually i thought that minor victory conditions apply to 1945 not 1947. And in 1945 i got them strongly. That is why i stopped researches 1944 which was a big mistake. Learned a lot of things from ThunderLizard.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Game Ended:

petedalby (Axis) defeats ElvisJJonesRambo (Allies) --- Axis used minimalist cookie cutter against Allied tech buying. Russia got cracked. Axis must have put x2 chits into Spying & Intelligence. Russia took forever to get level 2 infantry tech. Impossible to fight Level 3 Panzers. Opponent played well and I got lazy in North Africa. Brits spend all their money on Air.

Brits went heavy on Royal Air Force. I got lazy on North Africa. Didn't think Panzers were coming. So when they did, I just left, no way to stop the Super Panzers (you sent two Level 2). The Chinese played dumb too. Instead of buying an extra Army at death discount, got Artillery, dumb.

Yanks/Brits did capture France is a suicide paradrop mission. Game was way over. Russia was so far behind in tech. Germans barely took damage.

Japs turned the Pacific Ocean into their personal swimming pool. Yanks had to send everything to France. Didn't game was over when Russia couldn't get level 2 infantry before too late.

Figured I'd let Axis have some fun & blast the Allies, but I knew it was already over.

Indian Army trapped in Africa, their homeland toast. Japs took no damage.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Game ended:

ElvisJJonesRambo (Axis) defeats comradepanda (Allies) --- Nice guy, learning the ropes as a rookie. Helped him enter the league. Had to give him the customary SeaLion better cover them back ports.

[Schuki92]

Game completed, Schuki92 (Axis) vs Thunderlizard2 (Allies), Allied victory, Summer 1942

That was one of my first mp games and I guess I made some very typical beginners mistakes. Anyway, in 1942 the red army started their counter attack and western Allies landed in Italy. At that point I didn't see any chance of winning anymore. However, we just started the game over again giving me a chance to show what I learned from playing more experienced players. Here's the announcement:

Schuki92 (Axies) vs Thunderlizard2 (Allies)

[petedalby]

New ELO game started:

ThunderLizard2 Allies vs petedalby Axis

[petedalby]

New ELO game started:

rafaelmbaez (Allies) vs petedalby (Axis)

Allies win in September '43. Great aggressive play from rafaelmbaez knocked the Axis off their stride. Barbarossa started in March '41 but stalled when the UK hit France & the Netherlands in Sept'41 with forces including 4 tanks. I wiped most of them out but the US reinforced France with another 4 tanks just 2 turns after a poor Pearl Harbour.

The Axis were on the back foot thereafter despite taking Leningrad & Archangelsk the continuous drain in the West stopped a knock out blow. The Japanese did well with the US totally focused on Germany.

A most enjoyable game with huge attrition and losses on both sides. I am always secretly pleased when the Allies win even if I'm on the losing side as it restores my belief in the balance of the game.

[rafaelmbaez]

Thanks petedalby!

Great game, suffered a lot in China and Japan was an unstoppable war machine. I had nothing to contest it, and it was fun to battle in India and the Pacific with my minor forces, while I focused in Europe.

In Europe, seeing that you abandon NA, I knew you will put all your effort in Barbarrosa. Was a shock to see Germany with 8 tanks. My priority as the Soviets was to focus on destroying as many panzers as possible to delay the push, while UK and US were just building land units. I setup the usual defense in Pskov-Smolenks and in the Dnieper although this line was quickly crushed.

As Soviet I also made a few mistakes in Kiev, Vladivostok and Leningrad defence... I will do better next time.

But the main thing is that I saw you left undefended a few ports in France using air recon ( I think this is a fatal mistake ) and I landed without opposition in Normandy and Holland. Then you lost another turn without surrounding and destroying those forces ( another fatal mistake ), and having the ports allowed me to reinforce in full and quickly.

Then it was just a hard hard hard push into France and then Germany with lots of lost units. You completely destroyed my forces in Belgium and Holland but in France I advanced so it was just a matter of time, US economy was very strong ( 1000 MP ) plus UK was doing 500 MP.

The US and UK airforce proved to be a massive asset too, countless of Axis units destroyed with them.

Great game, learnt a lot too.

PS: With the Allies I have learn that its a must to be as aggresive as possible against Germany, its the key to victory, while focusing in Italy or Japan is a distraction. And the Soviets must focus all their efforts in delay the Germans,trading units for space, and focus in destroying the panzers at all cost.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

[STARTED]:

ElvisJJonesRambo (Axis) vs KlasE (Allies)