TOURNEY: Rubiks Rampage

[brianstheman]

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528950/

Brian vs Sann in Far East Asia
Armor ready!

 

[brianstheman]

Mesopotamia: Cardinalsrule vs brianstheman
https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528756/

NUKES! Cardinalsrule vs brianstheman
https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528758/

Brian has some key favorable skirmish victories, leading to capture of both Nukes & Meso from Cards.

 

[brianstheman]

South America: sannheten vs brianstheman

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528889/

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528950/

Brian vs Sann in Far East Asia
Armor ready!

Philosophical Question: If two territory battles take place, with a victor claiming new land in each, but then the territory is immediately Scaptured by the losing opponent, did the initial battle ever really happen?

Sann prevails in Far East Asia.
Brian succeeds in South America.

Both victories nullified by Scapture, as Brian reclaims Far East Asia, and Sann regains South America.

 

[d-flat]

Philosophical Question: If two territory battles take place, with a victor claiming new land in each, but then the territory is immediately Scaptured by the losing opponent, did the initial battle ever really happen?

Sann prevails in Far East Asia.
Brian succeeds in South America.

Both victories nullified by Scapture, as Brian reclaims Far East Asia, and Sann regains South America.

It's a good point - but then philosophical questions are dangerous things - after all: is any of this really happening Brian?

 

[brianstheman]

It's a good point - but then philosophical questions are dangerous things - after all: is any of this really happening Brian?

Yes. I read in the New York Times about someone rolling a 4v3 on a boat in the Sea of Japan successfully, and confirmed in game log of a Sea of Japan game that it actually occurred.

 

[Cardinalsrule]

By my count, sannheten at the end of this round will have at least 14 terts. Congrats.

 

[brianstheman]

By my count, sannheten at the end of this round will have at least 14 terts. Congrats.

Depends on Forgotten Kingdom / Rivals of Rome / Conflict Africa outcomes.
Sann started with 10.
He lost 2 (Classic Massive & Euro Massive).
He has won, or will shortly 5 (1984, Barbarossa, North America, Sea of Japan, USA).

So winning one of the three above gets Sann the tournament.

ZORBS: The 120 points to runner's up - do they get divided in accordance with number of squares held?

 

[periwinkle]

Well...I'm out...it's been a slice! :lollypop:

 

[Zorbmonkey]

To answer brians philosophical question....

Normally you would be right. This actually happened last round with sann and Cards swapping territories.
Unfortunately for you though, periwinkle lost USA and thus sann's newly acquired Far East Asia is no longer a lone cube, making it unscaptureable

and his awards question....

The 120 points get split evenly. With periwinkle out, there are currently 6 runners-up. (20 points each) However, xsb and Cards are still in danger so this could drop to 5 or 4 runners-up (24 or 30 points each).

Btw, sannheten now has 14 cubes according to my calculations. Unless he loses all three remaining games, he will win.

 

[brianstheman]

Btw, sannheten now has 14 cubes according to my calculations. Unless he loses all three remaining games, he will win.

Congrats to Sann! Many well played games, well deserved.

 

[d-flat]

Yes, congratulations to Sannheten, well done indeed! ...and congratulations also to Zorbmonkey - for having the brilliance to conceive of, and create such an ambitious and complex tournament, and then to actually manage to administrate such a beast!

 

[xsb1977]

Conflict Africa: Cardinalsrule vs sannheten vs xsb1977 (3 players)
https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528755/

xsb1977 wins

Rivals of Rome: xsb1977 vs sannheten (2 players)
https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528804/

xsb1977 wins

 

[xsb1977]

I don't know if my wins avoid anything but in case sann is the winner, congrats dood, well played!!!

Edite: sorry for forgot it!!! AND THANKS SO SO MUCH TO ZOB, supernice and fun tourney proposal, thanks so much dood, keep it up!!! :beerglass::top:

 

[brianstheman]

Depends on Forgotten Kingdom / Rivals of Rome / Conflict Africa outcomes.
Sann started with 10.
He lost 2 (Classic Massive & Euro Massive).
He has won, or will shortly 5 (1984, Barbarossa, North America, Sea of Japan, USA).
....

Sann Terts

1. 1984
2. Mars
3. The Twelve Domains
4. The Forgotten Kingdom
5. Barbarossa
6. Far East Asia
7. Mexican American War
8. North America
9. Philippines
10. Sea of Japan
11. South America via Scapture (Asia/Mexico/Antiquus)
12. Classic Antiquus
13. Classic MINI
14. USA
15. Classic Massive via Scapture (Mars/Mexico/Antiquus)

Equals 15 terts for Sann and the victory.
Also Cards is KO'd. Interestingly a Peri win in Antiquus would have prevented 2 Scatpures and kept this one going slightly longer.

 

[sannheten]

Thank you Zorb for organising! Fun set up!

 

[sannheten]

Defended
Philippines: https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528887/
Classic Antiquus https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528769
Mexican American War https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528768
The Forgotten Kingdom https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528886
Twelve Domains https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528884/

Captured:
1984: https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528772
Barbarossa https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528817/
North America https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528757/
Sea of Japan: https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528759/
Far East Asia https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528950/ (was sure until just now reading the message from Zorb that this would swap back to Brian)
USA https://www.majorcommand.com/games/528847/

 

[Zorbmonkey]

Well done sann and thanks all for playing! I'm on holiday but in a couple of days I'll be back and make a full debriefing of the tournament, award points and such.

 

[Hortik]

Well Done Sann

 

[markattax]

Congrats to Sann and thanks again to Zorb. Can't wait for the sequel!

 

[periwinkle]

Yes, thank you zorb for organizing this! And congrats sann ! :beers: