Territorial Battle [Winner: WladTheImpaler]

[anamainiacks]

Territorial Battle
Original Thread: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=187031

This is going to be a tourny that is a bit larger then I usually do, these small repetitive tournies are getting old

Note: Freemiums are welcome to join, but please keep at least one slot open (preferably two as there will be two games if you make it to part b of any round), but at least one. If you don't keep at least one slot open when I'm sending out the games, I will most likely find a replacement for you

Each group will get signups of 44 players. When you sign up, please state which group you want to be in. If you do not state which group you will be in, I will place you in a group myself

[spoiler=groups]Group 1: Small Maps
Small maps are, in my eyes, maps with 30 territories or under. Here is a list of those maps:

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Doodle Earth (18), Luxemburg (19), Egypt: Lower (20), Madagascar    (24), Classic Cities: Madrid (24), Duck & Cover (24), USA West (24), Egypt: Upper (26), Eurasia Mini (27), Cyprus (28), Egypt:: Nubia (29), Greater China (29), Circus Maximus (30), Haiti (30)

These maps will be your home maps.

Group 2: Large Maps
Large maps are in my eyes, maps that are larger than 100 territories. Here are a list of those maps (I took out certain maps, which are Hive, Kings Court II, Clandemonium, King's Court, Colosseum, Feudal Epic, Das Schloss, Salem's Switch, Age Of Realms : Mayhem. They are taken out either for being overly huge, or is a map with starting positions, which is not what I want this tourny to be about) :

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Cricket: Silly Mid On (100), Classic Cities: Pot Mosbi (102),Waterloo (104), Antarctica (107), WWII Europe (110), World 2.1 (113), Conquer Rome (119), First Nations Americas (127), Eurasia (131), Supermax: Prison Riot! (143), Oasis (147), Conquer Man (151)

These maps will be your home maps[/spoiler]

Here is how the rounds will work:

[spoiler=rounds]Settings for all games are: Standard, Auto, Seq, Esc, Chained, Sunny, No Trench, 20 Round Limit
Round 1a:
In round 1a, each group acts independent of each other. One map from the home maps is picked at random, and that is what the map will be from that round. You will be randomly matched with another player in your group, and play one game on that map. There will be 22 winners, and those winners will get the chance to score points for their group.

Round 1b:
In round 1b, the winners from each group will play against each other, one game each on the maps used in Round 1a. Every victory on your groups home map is one point. Every victory on your enemys home map is 2 points.

Rounds will continue like this, and once a map is used it cannot be used again, unless all other maps have been used up (This wont happen).

First team that scores 100 Points will move to the next phase.


Now to find out who is the master of the winning group, the top 16 players in the group will play a series of games verse each other. I will determine who is the top 16 based on the number of points they scored for their group throughout the tourny.
Those 16 players will play in a mini-tourny on their home maps, preferably maps that werent used yet but this may or may not be possible. Each round will be a different, random home map, and you will play a best of 5 game verse a random opponent. Winners move on, until the final 2, where they will play 3 games each on 5 randomly decided home maps.
Winner of that set of 15 games is victor[/spoiler]

[spoiler=singups group 1]RISKMAN82
TOBIASAN
withmejulie
draza123
nielison
Greg Bishop
Jurasu
Fakyras
azak848
schiballs
halbhalb
igotaished
rmjw10
generalhead
farinelli
Will Lee
lordlau1
Leverpuller
GreenBaize
Marshallbobby
krysys
Gawddog
jlo71
Kingandcountry
joeaggie98
TheSaxlad
slickstick
Evil Semp
Taylor Bishop
Nicholasflak - expired
Megane
Enter Smith
dustin800
GhostofDeath - expired
Wizz00
Lyndir
WladTheImpaler
cryinlion
Googilibear
Lensois
Liliputanac
plurple
DaveS_WI
ttblanch
lawz21
durruti1936
richochetuk[/spoiler]

[spoiler=singups group 2]ScootChina
Calaber
Lucky6
General Smithas
dropthesoap
rgrjoey001
adj0008
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avanzera
deanof7
mr. CD
wendall2000
Dew8Bank - expired
srdjoni - declined
giannikas
waauw
windy81
Epitaph1
jaxdadio
rjhankey
C.J
chidone
Dancer187
DBandit70
overlander
HOWITZERHAL
musicalmaven
Charle
Ratrin
Silly Knig-it
osman76
fersum
Kondrad
allinpoker1980
genucu
wampeter
judge_reinhold
harvmax
agentcom
Nath77440
cazmart
Darin44
Fewnix
General Bax
P4Ssoa
clowncar
baddestbrute
mrsbaddestbrute
philephant
tanjyr[/spoiler]

[spoiler=player list]Greg Bishop
Jurasu
Fakyras
azak848
schiballs
halbhalb
igotaished
rmjw10
generalhead
farinelli
Will Lee
lordlau1
Leverpuller
GreenBaize
Marshallbobby
krysys
Gawddog
jlo71
Kingandcountry
joeaggie98
TheSaxlad
slickstick
withmejulie
Evil Semp
Taylor Bishop
Nicholasflak
Megane
Enter Smith
dustin800
GhostofDeath
Wizz00
Lyndir
WladTheImpaler
cryinlion
Googilibear
Lensois
Liliputanac
draza123
plurple
nielison
DaveS_WI
ttblanch
lawz21
durruti1936
avanzera
deanof7
mr. CD
wendall2000
Dew8Bank
srdjoni
giannikas
waauw
windy81
Epitaph1
jaxdadio
rjhankey
C.J
chidone
Dancer187
DBandit70
overlander
HOWITZERHAL
musicalmaven
Charle
Ratrin
Silly Knig-it
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osman76
fersum
adj0008
Calaber
Kondrad
allinpoker1980
genucu
wampeter
judge_reinhold
harvmax
Lucky6
agentcom
General Smithas
Nath77440
cazmart
dropthesoap
rgrjoey001
Darin44
Fewnix
General Bax
P4Ssoa[/spoiler]

reserves:

[anamainiacks]

Bracket Stage
Finals - Circus Maximus, Cyprus, Egypt: Upper, Egypt: Lower, Haiti
[6-9]. (16) Evil Semp vs. (14) WladTheImpaler

Round 3 - Luxemburg
[3-2]. (16) Evil Semp vs. (5) igotaished
[3-2]. (14) WladTheImpaler vs. (7) dustin800

Round 2 - Classic Cities: Madrid
[3-2]. (16) Evil Semp vs. (8) Marshallbobby
[3-2]. (5) igotaished vs. (4) Googilibear
[5-0]. (14) WladTheImpaler vs. (11) TheSaxlad
[5-0]. (7) dustin800 vs. (2) Fakyras

Round 1 - Madagascar
[2-3]. (1) Leverpuller vs. (16) Evil Semp
[1-4]. (9) Jurasu vs. (8) Marshallbobby
[3-2]. (5) igotaished vs. (12) DaveS_WI
[2-3]. (13) GreenBaize vs. (4) Googilibear
[1-4]. (3) Megane vs. (14) WladTheImpaler
[3-2]. (11) TheSaxlad vs. (6) azak848
[5-0]. (7) dustin800 vs. (10) Kingandcountry
[2-3]. (15) Lyndir vs. (2) Fakyras

Qualifier Tiebreaker - Egypt: Nubia
[2]. cryinlion
[4]. Evil Semp
[3]. Gawddog
[0]. joeaggie98
[2]. krysys
[4]. Lyndir

Overall Group Score
[126] Small Maps vs. [123] Large Maps
[spoiler=Small Map Leaderboard][7] Fakyras
[7] Leverpuller
[6] azak848
[6] dustin800
[6] Googilibear
[6] igotaished
[6] Megane
[5] Jurasu
[5] Kingandcountry
[5] Marshallbobby
[4] DaveS_WI
[4] TheSaxlad
[3] GreenBaize - 5 home wins
[3] WladTheImpaler - 5 home wins
[3] cryinlion - 3 home wins
[3] Evil Semp - 3 home wins
[3] Gawddog - 3 home wins
[3] joeaggie98 - 3 home wins
[3] krysys - 3 home wins
[3] Lyndir - 3 home wins
[3] generalhead - 2 home wins
[3] Greg Bishop - 2 home wins
[3] slickstick - 2 home wins
[3] Wizz00 - 2 home wins
[2] halbhalb
[2] jlo71
[2] lawz21
[2] Liliputanac
[2] plurple
[2] rmjw10
[2] schiballs
[2] ttblanch
[1] durruti1936
[1] farinelli
[1] GhostofDeath
[1] lordlau1
[1] Nicholasflak
[1] Taylor Bishop
[1] Will Lee[/spoiler][spoiler=Large Map Leaderboard][10] allinpoker1980
[10] DBandit70
[9] overlander
[8] fersum
[7] Charle
[6] judge_reinhold
[6] Kondrad
[5] windy81
[4] deanof7
[4] Dew8Bank
[4] giannikas
[4] jaxdadio
[4] Ratrin
[4] rjhankey
[4] Silly Knig-it
[4] waauw
[3] agentcom
[3] chidone
[3] osman76
[3] rgrjoey001
[3] wendall2000
[2] Fewnix
[2] General Smithas
[2] Lucky6
[2] Nath77440
[1] cazmart
[1] Dancer187
[1] Darin44
[1] Epitaph1
[1] General Bax
[1] mr. CD
[1] tanjyr[/spoiler]
Group Stage - Doodle Earth, Duck and Cover, Eurasia Mini, USA West

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[anamainiacks]

Update

As you guys could probably tell from the PM you received yesterday, I'm currently still in the process of getting this tournament back on track. We're currently still short of 4 players (1 Small, 3 Large), and if we manage to get them, the number of players on each team will drop slightly to 42 each, instead of 44.

Round 2B scores are still trickling in, and the overall score so far has been updated. The respective team leaderboards are still only correct as of Round 1B.

I won't be sending out games for Round 3B until ALL games for Round 3A are at least filled. Please, help me get this tournament back on track! If you can find people who are interested in joining, please PM them to let me know!

[philephant]

I'd like to get in.

[anamainiacks]

We just need ONE more reserve for the Small Map team! If anybody can help to refer a friend to join the tournament, that'd be amazing!

[JJ41375]

You can add me to whichever team you need a player for.

[Dukasaur]

I'd like to play on the small maps side.

[anamainiacks]

You can add me to whichever team you need a player for.

I'd like to play on the small maps side.

Thanks a lot guys, but I'm no longer in need of players! We managed to fill up at the end of last week. I can still add you in as reserves though, if you're interested!

[anamainiacks]

Update

At the end of Round 2B, the Large Map team held a small lead over the Small Map team, barely edging them out with a final score of 32-29 in Round 2B for a total score of 64-61.

However, both teams are still in heated competition, and it's anybody's guess as to which team will be the one to progress to the next stage of the tournament. With Round 3B well underway, the Small Map team has surged to a sizeable 5-point lead at 26-21 presently, making up for their loss in Round 2B and taking the lead for now.

The Small Map team needs a whopping 39 points in Round 3B to get to the 100 point target, while the Large Map team needs 36. Each team can still score a maximum of 17 points for their side out of the remaining games - Small Maps need 13 more, while Large Maps need 15 more. Games for Round 4A will be withheld until it's impossible for both teams to achieve the target within Round 3B.

[anamainiacks]

8 players have not accepted their invitations for Round 4A. They risk elimination if they do not accept their second set of invites!

[anamainiacks]

Update

With Round 3B finally coming to a complete closure, the Large Map team extends their lead over the Small Map team from 3 points to double that - 6 points. However, neither team has reached the necessary 100 point mark, and thus we'll enter our 4th and final round of the first phase.

As 4 players declined or did not respond to their invites after 48 hours (2 from each team), there will only be 20 matchups in this round. These players have not been eliminated, and can still progress to the next phase if they qualify, but they forfeit their chance to compete in this round.

The Small Map team definitely has a lot of ground to cover, but it's still not over yet!

[anamainiacks]

Update

In an extremely surprising turn of events, the Small Map team makes a strong comeback in Round 4B, trampling over the Large Map team with a 9 point lead at 35-26, giving them more than enough points to surge ahead of their opponents in the final round. The final score stands at 126-123, to the Small Map team.

We'll now be moving on to the Bracket Stage now.

The top 12 players from the Small Map team have been determined based on their raw scores earned across the Group Stage. Seeding has been done in order of points, followed by Random.org.

The remaining 4 spots was then a toss-up between the 12 players tied at 3 points apiece in the Group Stage. As a first round of tiebreakers, the players were ordered in terms of the number of Home games (i.e. Small Map games) they've won across the entirety of the Group Stage. That gives 2 more players their spot in the Bracket Stage with 5 wins, to make the top 14; while 4 players are out of the running with only 2 wins.

We are thus left with 6 players vying for the last 2 spots in the top 16. The tiebreaker will be as such: each player will play 5 games on Egypt: Nubia - 1 against each of the other 5 players. The 2 players with the most number of wins will earn those spots.

Tiebreaker games have been sent. Round 1 of the Bracket Stage will run concurrently, and will be sent out tomorrow, hopefully.

[azak848]

TheSaxlad still has not joined any of his games, been awhile....

forfit?

[anamainiacks]

TheSaxlad still has not joined any of his games, been awhile....

forfit?

He did say he was on holiday with bad internet a while back, but hasn't got back to me about when he'll be back from his holiday. If the tiebreakers are done and he's still not back, I'll replace him with the 3rd placed player from the tiebreaker.

But just for now I'm still willing to wait, because the other matchups have to wait for the results of the tiebreaker too anyway.

Sorry for the delay!

[azak848]

TheSaxlad still has not joined any of his games, been awhile....

forfit?

He did say he was on holiday with bad internet a while back, but hasn't got back to me about when he'll be back from his holiday. If the tiebreakers are done and he's still not back, I'll replace him with the 3rd placed player from the tiebreaker.

But just for now I'm still willing to wait, because the other matchups have to wait for the results of the tiebreaker too anyway.

Sorry for the delay!

no problem!

[anamainiacks]

Update

The tiebreaker is completed, and saw Lyndir and Evil Semp moving on as the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.

Much of Round 1 of the bracket is also completed, with 6 of the 8 matchups finished. Just 2 matchups remain, for our quarter-finalists to be decided.

With that, our matchups for Round 2 are forming up quickly, and 2 of them have begun.

[anamainiacks]

Update

We're now in the middle of Round 3 - one of the matchups has finished, while the other has yet to begin.

16th seed Evil Semp caused yet another upset by taking out the 5th seed igotaished to make it into the finals of the tournament, after previously causing the upsets of 1st seed Leverpuller and 8th seed Marshallbobby. Each of these 3 battles were won in a narrow 3-2 victory, but it's still a victory nonetheless.

The highest seed left standing is 7th seed dustin800, who will now face 14th seed WladTheImpaler, who comes off an easy victory after his opponent unfortunately missed some turns in their games. Will dustin800 keep the flame alive, or will those that scored big to bring the Small Map team to the Bracket Stage end up being unrepresented in the finals?

[anamainiacks]

Update

In a tournament full of upsets, 14th seed WladTheImpaler books the last berth in the finals, fighting for the tournament win against 16th seed Evil Semp.

I personally find it amusing that the finalists of the tournament earned only 6 of the 126 points accumulated by the Small Map team in the group stages, but that just goes to show that anything can happen!

The finals will be played on 5 different maps, and is a best of 15 series. Games will be sent in sets of 5, and the first player to reach 8 wins will win the tournament!

[anamainiacks]

Update

After a long fought series of battles, 14th seed WladTheImpaler emerges victorious in the Small Map Team! Congratulations!

[WladTheImpaler]

Thanks. gg all