Declaration of War I: Central-Eastern Europe (Abandoned)

[Krissan]

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Round 10

Battle of Germany: sonicsteve(4) vs. mwaser
Battle of Czech Republic: YUT vs. sonicsteve
Battle of Slovakia: YUT vs. sonicsteve
Battle of Hungary: sonicsteve(2) vs. mwaser

Games sent

Round 9

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Invites sent

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Battle of Poland: mwaser(3) vs sonicsteve
Battle of Czech Republic: YUT vs. sonicsteve vs mwaser
Batte of Ukraine: mwaser(2) vs. sonicsteve
Battle of Austria: sonicsteve(3) vs YUT
Battle of Hungary: sonicsteve vs. YUT vs mwaser
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Round 7

Round 7

Battles underway

Battle map:

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Round 6

Round 6

Pre-round map
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Now collecting orders.

Round 5

Round 5
Games

Game 7796702 Battle of France: (sonicsteve vs. happyflowers)
Game 7796705 Battle of Belgium (sonicsteve vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7796715 Battle of Germany I (Jobiwan vs. sonicsteve)
Game 7796717 Battle of Switzerland (sonicsteve vs. happyflowers)
Game 7796718 Battle of Austria (happyflowers vs. sonicsteve vs. YUT)
Game 7796721 Battle of Slovakia (YUT vs. Jobiwan vs. rishark1969)
Game 7796726 Battle of Italy (happyflowers vs. sonicsteve)
Game 7796727 Battle of Hungary (YUT vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7796728 Battle of Ukraine (Jobiwan vs. rishark1969 vs. YUT)
Game 7796729 Battle of Belarus (rishark1969 vs. mwaser)
Game 7796731 Battle of Latvia (rishark1969 vs. mwaser)
Game 7796732 Battle of Estonia (mwaser vs. rishark1969)

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Round 4

Games

Battle of Estonia: Estonia vs. Russia (rishark1969 vs. mwaser)
Battle of Latvia: Latvia vs. Belarus (rishark1969 vs. mwaser)
Battle of Slovakia: Slovakia vs. Hungary (Jobiwan vs. YUT)
Battle of Russia: Russia vs. Estonia (mwaser vs. rishark1969)
Battle of Belarus: Belarus vs. Latvia (mwaser vs. rishark1969)
Battle of Poland: Poland vs. Lithuania (Jobiwan vs. rishark1969)
Battle of Germany: Germany (supported by The Netherlands) vs. Czech Republic vs. Poland (sonicsteve*2 vs c224! vs. Jobiwan)
Battle of France: France (supported by Belgium) vs. Switzerland (sonicsteve*2 vs. happyflowers)
Battle of Italy: Italy vs. Austria vs. France (Jobiwan vs. sonicsteve vs. happyflowers)
Battle of Switzerland: Switzerland vs. Germany (happyflowers vs. sonicsteve)
Battle of Austria: Austria vs. Italy (happyflowers vs. Jobiwan)
Battle of Czech Republic: Czech Republic vs. Slovakia (c224! vs. Jobiwan)
Battle of Hungary: Hungary vs. Ukraine (YUT vs. Jobiwan)

Map
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Round 3

Round 3
Games

Game 7510343 Battle of Belgium: sonicsteve vs. DJ Teflon
Game 7510348 Battle of France: DJ Teflon vs. sonicsteve vs. happyflowers
Game 7510354 Battle of Switzerland: happyflowers vs. sonicsteve
Game 7510359 Battle of Italy: happyflowers vs. Jobiwan
Game 7510362 Battle of Austria: Jobiwan vs. happyflowers
Game 7510363 Battle of Slovakia: Jobiwan vs. c224! vs YUT
Game 7510365 Battle of Hungary: YUT vs. Jobiwan
Game 7510371 Battle of Poland: ETROPAL vs. Jobiwan vs. rishark1969
Game 7510372 Battle of Ukraine: Jobiwan vs. mwaser(2)*
* Game 7539486 Battle of Ukraine II: Jobiwan vs. mwaser
Game 7510373 Battle of Belarus: mwaser vs. ETROPAL vs. rishark1969
Game 7510377 Battle of Russia: mwaser vs. rishark1969

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Round 2

Round 2
Games
Game 7412375 Battle of Austria (YUT vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7412374 Battle of Ukraine (amazzony vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7412373 Battle of Lithuania (rishark1969 vs. jigger1986)
Game 7412371 Battle of Latvia (rishark1969 vs. jigger1986)
Game 7412357 Battle of Germany (Yojimbo28 vs. sonicsteve)
Game 7412341 Battle of Italy (happyflowers vs. DJ Teflon vs. benga)
Game 7412333 Battle of Belarus (mwaser vs. Chewie1 vs. amazzony vs. ETROPAL)
Game 7412312 Battle of Hungary (Jobiwan vs. YUT)
Game 7412303 Battle of France (benga vs. Yojimbo28 vs. sonicsteve vs. DJ Teflon)
Game 7412297 Battle of Russia (Chewie1 vs. mwaser vs. rishark1969)
Game 7412292 Battle of Poland (ETROPAL vs. c224!)

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Round 1

Round 1

Games
Game 7346190 Battle of Belarus (mwaser vs. amazzony)
Game 7346194 Battle of the Netherlands (Genoke vs. Yojimbo28 vs. sonicsteve)
Game 7346195 Battle of Switzerland (happyflowers vs. DJ Teflon)
Game 7346196 Battle of Poland (c224! vs. ETROPAL vs. deathcomesrippin)
Game 7346197 Battle of Latvia (mwaser vs. rishark1969 vs. Chewie1 vs. Anders2004 vs. jigger1986)
Game 7346198 Battle of Belgium (benga vs. Genoke vs. sonicsteve)
Game 7346199 Battle of Slovakia (deathcomesrippin vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7346200 Battle of Lithuania (Anders2004 vs. jigger1986)
Game 7346202 Battle of Czech Republic (ETROPAL vs. c224!)
Game 7346203 Battle of Hungary (YUT vs. Jobiwan)
Game 7346204 Battle of Italy (happyflowers vs. DJ Teflon)

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Format/Rules

This is not a regular format tournament. Please read and understand the insctructions before signing up. If anything is unclear, feel free to ask questions.

The premise is a war in Central-Eastern Europe where the participants will begin by getting control over one country drawn randomly out of the following list:

France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia (17 countries total)

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There are two phases to every round in the tournament: The Declaration Phase and the Battle Phase.

Declaration Phase
In each round, all remaining players will receive a PM with the current map situation and a list of the countries they control. For each country you control, you can then choose between Declaring War or Supporting a neighbouring country. Obviously, you can only declare war on enemy territories and only support neighbours you own. War declarations are sent in PM to me and must be sent within 24 hours from the moment I send the PM. Failure to state your declarations of war will result in you not being able to attack during the round. Please note that your war declarations are to be confidential. Publicly stating your war declarations during the declaration phase may result in punishment (ranging from not getting to attack to being kicked out of the tournament for repeat offenders).

If you have control over two countries that both neighbour the same enemy country, you may declare war on the enemy country with both of yours. See below in the Battle Phase for how this will be handled.

A country cannot choose to Support itself. Also, you may not choose to Support any of your countries unless you are attacking with another.


Battle Phase
Games will then be made based on which countries have wars declared on them. If two players declare war on the same country, there will be a three player battle over it, etc. Whoever wins the battle gets control over the country. Losing a game means your force is eliminated, and the battle for the country will continue between the forces left contending for it. Even though you may have several forces contending for the same area, you can only use them one at a time until you either you or your opponent loses all their forces. When you no longer control any countries, you are eliminated from the tournament. Total winner is the last man standing, controlling the entire map.

A basic example with three players (A, B, C):

Example 1

A controls France
B controls Germany
C controls Switzerland

France(A) declares war on Germany(B)
Germany(B) declares war on France(A)
Switzerland(C) declares war on Germany(B)

Two games will be made from this:
Battle of France: A and B will play a 1v1 game for control over France
Battle of Germany: A, B and C will play a 3 player game for control over Germany

In this scenario, A and B must win one of their games or they will be eliminated. However, C may lose the war in Germany and still be alive as no-one declared war on Switzerland.

Another basic example with two players (A, B)

Example 2

A controls Estonia and Latvia
B controls Russia

Estonia(A) and Latvia(A) declare war on Russia(B)
Russia(B) declares war on Estonia(A)

Three games will now be played:
Battle of Estonia: A and B play a match over the control of Estonia
Battle of Russia: A and B play two matches over the control of Russia (Estonia v. Russia, Latvia v. Russia). B needs to win both to stay in control over Russia, while A only need to win one to take over the country. Both these matches will be played simultaneously to speed thing up.

A complex example involving three players (A, B, C)

Example 3

A: Germany, Austria
B: Netherlands, Belgium
C: Poland

Netherlands(B), Belgium(B), Poland(C) declare war on Germany(A). Austria(A) Supports Germany(A). Germany(A) declares war on Poland(C).

Two countries will now be contested - Germany and Poland.
Battle of Germany
First game will be a 3 player game: Netherlands(B) vs. Germany(A) vs. Poland(C).
Two of the forces will be eliminated by the winner.

* If Poland wins the first game, the second game will also be a 3 player game: Poland vs. Austria vs. Belgium. Winning player of this game will get control of Germany.

* If Netherlands wins the first game, the second game is 1v1 between Netherlands and Austria. If Austria wins this one, it's a third game: Belgium vs. Austria.

* If Germany wins the first game, the second game is 1v1 between Germany and Belgium. If Belgium wins, there will be a third game between Belgium and Austria.

Battle of Poland
1v1 game between Germany(A) and Poland(C). Winner gets control over Poland.

Alliances
NO ALLIANCES! This means no publicly stated or privately discussed alliance/bartering/non-attack agreement neither during the Declaration Phase nor during actual matchplay. While there might arise situations later on in the tournament where you consider it good strategy not to go to war with a certain player, that decision must be made entirely by yourself and you'll have to take a leap of faith that the other player have come to the same conclusion. Offenders will either be warned, miss attacks or get kicked out of the tournament depending on the severity of the offense.

Maps & Settings
Battles take place on one of five different maps:

WWII Western Front - France, Germany, Italy
BeNeLux - Netherlands, Belgium
WWII Poland - Poland, Slovakia, Russia
Europa - Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland
WWII Eastern Front - Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

All games will be Auto, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, Sunny

How to sign up
Post in this thread. The tournament is open for premiums with 97%+ attendance record only. I'll be taking some reserves for the first round. After that, replacements will be evaluated on case-to-case basis. Note: This tournament might take some time.

List of players
1. benga
2. sonicsteve
3. Jobiwan
4. Yojimbo28
5. rishark1969
6. ETROPAL
7. DJ Teflon
8. Anders2004
9. Chewie1
10. amazzony
11. jigger1986
12. c224!
13. deathcomesrippin
14. Genoke
15. mwaser
16. happyflowers
17. YUT

Reserves:
1. taxmanjle
2. demodad
3.

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I'm not sure if this type of game have been done before, but if there is anything that is unclear, please ask and I'll explain more in detail. Please do not sign up unless you understand how the tournament works.

[benga]

if I can choose I take Estonia

[Krissan]

I'm signing you up, but the starting country will be randomized for fairness to those signing up towards the end.

[sonicsteve]

slightly crazy but also brilliant.

Having read the instructions very carefully it all seems clear and well thought out - will take you a bit of calculating once we're a few games into this...

...and I'm definitely IN

Cheers,

Sonic

[Jobiwan]

in plz

[Yojimbo28]

in please

[johnboss13]

in please

[rishark1969]

in please

[Krissan]

in please

Sorry, too low attendance record.

[ETROPAL]

in

[Teflon Kris]

Nice tournament format - in please

[Anders2004]

In please.

[Chewie1]

In please

[amazzony]

if I can choose I take Estonia

Wanted to thief Estonia? I'll get you for that I want Estonia!

Nevertheless, I'll hope for the luck of draw and sign up

Nice idea, good to see more of these kind of tournaments. I wish you strength to deal with it, I know that these tournaments quite a lot of time and patience!

[jigger1986]

I want in but i do have a couple questions question.

In your complex example with 3 players. Players B and C combined have 3 countries and all three countries attack Germany (A).
(A) has 2 countries and supports Germany with Austria, however (A)did not make an action with Germany, his other country.
Why did Germany not take an action? Where (A)'s options with Germany not to attack a player of his choosing OR support any of his other bordering countries?

An example using 2 players. A-Germany and Nethrlands. B-France and Belgium

Player A attacks France with Germany and Netherlands.
Player B attacks Germany with Belgium
Player B supports Belgium with France.

In this scenario player I understand that there will be two battles in France and one in Germany. However because France decided to support Belgium his action is lost correct? Also because France decided to support Belgium, does this mean that because France was attacked it is automaticlly defeated?

Sorry for this being a long question, but I really do want to play this tourney, I just want to understand it first. Thanks

jigger1986

[c224!]

Im in

[deathcomesrippin]

in plz

[Krissan]

I want in but i do have a couple questions question.

In your complex example with 3 players. Players B and C combined have 3 countries and all three countries attack Germany (A).
(A) has 2 countries and supports Germany with Austria, however (A)did not make an action with Germany, his other country.
Why did Germany not take an action? Where (A)'s options with Germany not to attack a player of his choosing OR support any of his other bordering countries?

I think I'll change that in the example to clarify. I didn't include Germany's action, because I wanted to use the example to show what will be the resulting battles over Germany. Germany's action is irrelavant for what battles will take place there (since he can't support himself).

An example using 2 players. A-Germany and Nethrlands. B-France and Belgium

Player A attacks France with Germany and Netherlands.
Player B attacks Germany with Belgium
Player B supports Belgium with France.

In this scenario player I understand that there will be two battles in France and one in Germany. However because France decided to support Belgium his action is lost correct? Also because France decided to support Belgium, does this mean that because France was attacked it is automaticlly defeated?

Sorry for this being a long question, but I really do want to play this tourney, I just want to understand it first. Thanks

jigger1986

Yes, France's support of Belgium means that his attack force is "lost" during that round (i.e. won't be involved in any battles).

France is not automatically defeated, it will be:
Battle of France: Germany vs. France & Netherlands vs. France (two 1v1 games).


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I hope that answers your questions, otherwise just ask again.

[jigger1986]

thanks alot for the clarification. Although in the example germanys action was irrelavent i just wanted to make sure that germany ded indeed get an action. anyway thanks again, and i would really like to be in this tourney

[Genoke]

Good thinking, a nice strategy tournament!
you can count on me!

[mwaser]

(Cool concept!) In please

[happyflowers]

In Please

[Krissan]

Just need one more (plus some reserves in case someone bails)

[YUT]

I'll try this out - sounds fun yet complicated. always good.

[Krissan]

Good!

The tournament is now full, but I want a couple of reserves before applying for privileges.