Conquer Club

#1 in the "Help Me Learn..." series:
Even after all these years, there are still a dozen maps that I haven't cross-mapped. There will be 12 tournaments in the series, one for each of these maps. In each tournament, you will attempt to teach me one map. This first one is for Classic Cities Sydney.

my worst maps

These are the maps I have not yet cross-mapped. There are a couple, like Krazy Kingdoms and Temple of Jinn, that I haven't really given a chance. There's others, like 1982, that I've tried over and over and over again but just can't figure out a winning strategy for. There's a few like WWII Eastern Front that I seem to understand but just seem to always have bad luck on. And then of course there's the vile mostrosity Hive, where just looking at the fucking thing is like driving a railroad spike between my eyes.

Pirates and Merchants ... 0 wins 0 unique kills
Rail Asia ... 0 wins 0 unique kills
Temple of Jinn ... 1 wins 1 unique kills
Krazy Kingdoms ... 2 wins 1 unique kills
WWII Eastern Front ... 2 wins (in 18 attempts!) 1 unique kills
1982 ... 3 wins (in 16 attempts!) 2 unique kills
Pot Mosbi ... 3 wins 3 unique kills
Vertex ... 3 wins 3 unique kills
Feudal Epic ... 3 wins (in 18 attempts!) 3 unique kills
Hive ... 2 wins (in 17 attempts!) 3 unique kills
2011 World Cup ... 1 wins 4 unique kills
Classic Cities Sydney ... 2 wins 4 unique kills

Just to be clear: each of the maps will be a separate tournament. THIS tournament is only for Sydney.

Eligibility: To play in this tournament, you must be Premium, and must MapRank positive on this map.

• The current patched version of MapRank can be found HERE. It works for me both with Firefox and and up-to-date Greasemonkey and with Chrome and an up-to-date Tampermonkey. (Keep in mind, if you want to use it in Game Finder, it must be the olde version of Game Finder, NOT the new one.)

Basic Games Procedure: 16 players will take turns teaching me the map in question. I will launch only one game at a time, and I expect it to be about 2 months to launch all 16 games. In each game, one player will be the Teacher, who will partner with me and attempt to explain the map to me. The Teacher will choose the settings. (No speed, no freestyle, and there must be a round limit. Other than that pretty much anything goes.) Two players will be randomly chosen to be the opponents. It's a limited random -- nobody will get their second game until everybody has had their first, and nobody will get their third until everybody has had their second. Thus, you will play a total of three games in the regular season, one as Teacher and two as Opponent.

I will be present in all the regular games, but I will NOT score and I am NOT eligible to win the tournament.

Finals: Once all the regular games are done, the top four players will advance to the Finals. The top will be decided by:

1. Total wins
2. Wins as Teacher
3. Solo wins (where you manage to pull out a win even though your partner has been killed)
4. Fastest wins (sum of rounds of all games where you won.)
5. Precedence (first to sign up.)

The top four players will play six games (every combination of four players possible) and for each pair of games I will ask the partners to jointly choose the settings.

Epiphany Points: If at any point when you are the Teacher you say something that makes me see things in a new way or understand something I didn't understand before, you will get an Epiphany Point. Epiphany points have absolutely nothing to do with winning the tournament. However, I will total them over the 12 tournaments in the series, and the player with the most Epiphany Points after all 12 tournaments will win a prize, probably 1 year of premium. Perhaps I'll get a GA approved for that also. After I see how the first tournament goes I'll give this more thought.


This is my 143rd!
For a complete list of my tournaments, click here.

The current patched version of MapRank can be found HERE. It works for me both with Firefox and and up-to-date Greasemonkey and with Chrome and an up-to-date Tampermonkey. (Keep in mind, if you want to use it in Game Finder, it must be the olde version of Game Finder, NOT the new one.)

players map ranked

[tr][td]Player[/td][td] MapRank points[/td][td]Win/loss[/td][td]result[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]agentcom[/td][td]+55[/td][td]7 from 10[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]bobzimmerman[/td][td]-4[/td][td]1 from 2[/td][td]not in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]nolefan5311[/td][td]+121[/td][td]13 from 18[/td][td]In![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]riskllama[/td][td]+8[/td][td]2 from 7[/td][td]in...squeeked through![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]lordlau1[/td][td]+4[/td][td]16 from 39[/td][td]in...another squeeker[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Duke_Spirey[/td][td]+82[/td][td]3 from 6[/td][td]In![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]benga[/td][td]+7[/td][td]5 from 8[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Witt13[/td][td]+29[/td][td]1 from 1[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]chedovix[/td][td]-18[/td][td]0 from 1[/td][td]not in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TX AG 90[/td][td]+8[/td][td]29 from 46[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sirius Kase[/td][td]not rankable[/td][td]no games played[/td][td]not in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]happyfeet[/td][td]+19[/td][td]5 from 7[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]molespe[/td][td]+75[/td][td]4 from 7[/td][td]in![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]chidone[/td][td]-146[/td][td]18 from 53[/td][td]not in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]King_Herpes[/td][td]+26[/td][td]5 from 8[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]mageplunka69[/td][td]-9[/td][td]5 from 11[/td][td]sadly, and surprisingly, not in [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]filopo[/td][td]-32[/td][td]0 from 2[/td][td]not in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]iAmCaffeine[/td][td]+191[/td][td]16 from 26[/td][td]definitely in![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]conquerhero[/td][td]a mind-blowing +566!!![/td][td]29 from 72[/td][td]definitely in![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Johnny Dickshot[/td][td]+28[/td][td]2 from 3[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]istanbul39[/td][td]+25[/td][td]2 from 3[/td][td]in[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]djelebert[/td][td]+105[/td][td]11 from 16[/td][td]definitely in![/td][/tr]
[tr][td]That makes 16 ins[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Donelladan[/td][td]+74[/td][td]5 from 7[/td][td]definitely in! --- 1st reserve[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Player[/td][td]MapRank points[/td][td]Win/loss[/td][td]result[/td][/tr][/table]

master list of players

agentcom
nolefan5311
riskllama
lordlau1
Duke_Spirey
benga
Witt13
TX AG 90
Happyfeet
molespe
King_Herpes
iAmCaffeine
conquerhero
Johnny Dickshot
istanbul39
djelebert

master list of teachers

agentcom
nolefan5311
riskllama
lordlau1
Duke_Spirey
benga
Witt13
TX AG 90
Happyfeet
molespe
King_Herpes
iAmCaffeine
conquerhero
Johnny Dickshot
istanbul39
djelebert

games

Game 1 TX AG 90
Game 2 Witt13
Game 3 Happyfeet
Game 4 Molespe
Game 5 Lordlau1
Game 6 riskllama
Game 7 conquerhero
Game 8 agentcom
Game 9 benga
Game 10 Duke_Spirey
Game 11 istanbul39
Game 12 King_Herpes
Game 13 djelebert
Game 14 nolefan5311
Game 15 iAmCaffeine
Game 16 Johnny Dickshot

in please

I'll take a shot although I doubt I can teach you much.

Sure, I'm in.

sounds neat. in, please.

Sure, Duka, put me in.

Do I rank positive on this map?



how do i check my results an each map


I need to be taught all WWII maps

in pls

Updated. Player eligibility checked to here. See 2nd post for details.

Sign me up please!

in, please

In please

in please, no, I don't want to do this, I was looking for someone to teach me the board

In please

So far only 8 players have qualified. See 2nd post for details.

in, please

molespe wrote:in, please

In.

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chidone wrote:in, please

Map Rank too low, sorry.

King_Herpes wrote:In please

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in pleas e

TX has won another game since he was first ranked and now qualifies.
TX AG 90,+8,29 from 46,in

Mageplunka69 wrote:in pleas e

I'm tentatively putting you in. MapRank crashed while trying to check you numbers. I'll try again Monday when I have more time.

in please