Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-10-27 14:17:47 |
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Welcome to Promotion Relegation League Season 26! Once again, we have a new winner of the Tournament, Beren! However, the last 3 winners have been cursed with relegation immediately after winning (almosttricky, Timon, Buns). We will see if Beren can avoid the same fate! There is still time to join if you sign up soon! Slight changes to rules are in effect. Any player inactive 15 days at the beginning of a season will be removed. Concept The Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin Warzone tournaments, always on the classic “strategic middle earth” map and settings with 0% weighted random luck. (This is not the same as the template currently used for the 1v1 ladder.) Players are grouped into 7 player groups, each group sorted into a tier. At the end of each season, the top players of each tier are promoted to the next tier above. Bottom players are relegated to the next tier below. Middle players remain in the same tier. The league is meant to appeal to players who want to see, over the course of several seasons, where their natural level of competition might take them. For new, skilled participants, this means patience in getting to the levels where they will be challenged. Hopefully, that is part of the fun. The idea is to see how quickly you can progress, how long you can stay high, or how long it takes to stop a skid. Rules The league is run with a balance of predictability and flexibility. Final decisions are made by the league administrator with an attempt to consider input of league players. For season 23, the following model is employed: A (1 group): 2 demote B (1 group): 2 promote, 3 demote C (2 groups): 3 promote (1 each group plus 2nd place playoff between C1 and C2), 4 demote (2 each group) D (2 groups): 4 promote (2 each group), 6 demote (3 each group) E (3 groups): 6 promote (2 each group), 9 demote (3 each group) F (5 groups): about 10 promote (2 each group) There are exceptions to this model. Where there is default – a player becoming inactive or asking to bow out of the league – there can be more promotions to fill in the vacancy. The principle, though, is to usually have at least one player from each group relegated. Several retirements mean fewer relegations and more promotions to keep the groups filled. There are usually a lot of dropouts every season, especially in the lower tiered groups. This means that players should always try to do the best that they can because 3rd place can sometimes mean a promotion and 2nd to last isn't always a relegation! Any player inactive for more than 15 days at the beginning of a new season will be removed from the league (unless they are on vacation). This rule is intended to move the league along more quickly. Players must also join any tournament related to the league within 2 weeks or face removal (again players on vacation are excluded). The league administrator reserves the right to speed up the league by deciding games by turn speed to prevent players from stalling the league. Placements in a round-robin are determined by number of wins. In the event of a tie, placements are determined by head-to-head results among the tied. Occasionally, there are loops of ties that cannot be resolved by the head-to-head rule. A tie-breaking tournament then takes place unless all the players involved agree to otherwise settle the tie. If players are still tied after the tiebreaker tournament, tiebreaker tournaments will continue to be created until the end of the season (minimum of 1 tiebreaker tournament) or until any player forfeits. If the end of the season is near, tiebreaker tournament boot times can be adjusted to 1 day 10 hours, or ratios of Fizzer's metric can be used to break the tie. Fizzer's metric is calculated in the final turn of the game, and is equal to a player's controlled armies plus income times two (A + 2*I). The ratio then is the metric for one player divided by the sum of metrics for both players. I will cap the metric to be a minimum of 0.51 for the winner and a maximum of 0.49 for the loser. The tie will then be broken according to the sum of ratios of Fizzer's metric among games involved in the tie. (If still tied, I will disregard the 0.51/0.49 limits) Anyone can join the league, members and non-members alike, simply by request in the most recent “Promotion/Relegation League” forum thread. If you ask to join on a past P/R league thread, I will not see it and likely won't add you. New players begin in the bottom group or in an expansion group. Promotions from expansion groups depend on numbers within the new groups. For players with multiple accounts, transferring your spot in the league to another account is allowed. You must send me the request from both the accounts involved in the transfer and both accounts must have the same flag (and state if applicable). This is an effort to prevent players from transferring their spot in the league with someone who hasn't earned that spot. Before the beginning of each season, a summary of the movements will be announced to allow for questions or corrections. The league works most smoothly if those who wish to bow out of it let the administrator know before the new season begins instead of simply declining to play after the groups have been determined and tournaments begun. Links to Tournaments: Group A https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26524Group B https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26525Group C1 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26526Group C2 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26527Group D1 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26528Group D2 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26529Group E1 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26530Group E2 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26534Group E3 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26535Group F1 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26537Group F2 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26538Group F3 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26539Group F4 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26540Group F5 https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=26541
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-10-27 14:19:00 |
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-11-06 22:45:01 |
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hey almosttricky
i would like to join
Edited 11/6/2018 22:45:15
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-11-08 09:25:26 |
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@tito - you have been added to F2 @Farah - I don't have a for sure spot for you, but there is like a 90% chance you will have one.
Groups started so far - A, B, C2, E1, E3, F1, F3, F5 Only 6 groups have yet to start.
** - players who haven't joined yet
Group A Beren Master of Desaster Deadman Timinator Master Jz Timon92 Phoenix
Started! No results yet.
Group B Buns 1-0 FlyingBender Hunta Min34 awesomeusername JV Edge 0-1
Started! Buns defeats Edge to start group B moving.
Group C1 Octane Mifran krunx [WG] Reza Math wolf **The Adversary Rocky
Group C2 Krzysztof 3-1 Doron Hoh 1-0 Mike |GG| 1-0 Dry-clean-only 1-0 Njord 2-1 Milly 0-2 Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello 0-4
Ok, wow so this group has really started charging forward. Krzysztof has the most wins so far beating Milly, Marechal, and Njord. His only loss is to Doron Hoh. Marechal, however trails with 4 losses and is in danger of relegation.
Group D1 **Star of the East Platinum Mirror Hasdrubal kicorse **BADA **ferede
Group D2 Xenophon Nemo Baer **Jefferspin almosttricky Bigchps Matt431
Group E1 GuestNWHSzY 2-0 butterfly94 MoneyMakingMitch Ssese Ƨillynamenace Robert E Lee 0-1 Graemes 0-1
STARTED! No new results.
Group E2 Chiger Cata Cauda **Cluster **Rubin Sloppyfatginger Half Moon Koopa Troopa
Group E3 [*Voo*] tomn555 Tof Pink ARand0mPlayer le Marseillais Cowboy (declined, removed from league) In4fun Medna
Started! No results yet.
Group F1 Petruski 1-0 NoobSchool (AHoL) • apex Coyote machine-washed-bliss Coronel Gavilan THE AWESOME OTTERYCAT Meldarion 0-1
STARTED! Petruski wins the first game of the group against Meldarion.
Group F2 Summer Bayern München is the best! **Gyver {{NeRo}} Prophet **Hypothet
Group F3 Investor 2-0 tokloid 1-0 Kevin Turner 1-1 Le Count H 2-2 Janek Angel Bob 0-1 Andre Lafmöller 0-2
STARTED! Tokloid beats Le Count, who beats Kevin Turner.
Group F4 Lucien Muller **Cato PresidentMDW Soldier of Orange Twyla Great Expanse Terence Kill
Group F5 Markus 1-0 Bob Grenderman 1-0 Etienne Doc Wiz Wizz Wizznson Dimitris_Wingo DrowningManatee 0-2
Started! No new results.
Edited 11/8/2018 09:26:35
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-11-12 13:40:20 |
almosttricky
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November 12th Update
Groups started so far - A, B, C2, D2, E1, E3, F1, F3, F5 Only 5 groups have yet to start.
** - players who haven't joined yet
Group A Beren Master of Desaster Deadman Timinator Master Jz Timon92 Phoenix
Started! No results yet.
Group B Buns 1-0 Hunta 1-0 Min34 awesomeusername JV Edge 1-2 FlyingBender 0-1
Started! Hunta beats Edge and Edge beats Flying Bender.
Group C1 Octane Mifran krunx [WG] Reza Math wolf **The Adversary Rocky
Group C2 Krzysztof 3-1 Doron Hoh 1-0 Mike |GG| 1-0 Dry-clean-only 1-0 Njord 2-1 Milly 0-2 Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello 0-4
Ok, wow so this group has really started charging forward. Krzysztof has the most wins so far beating Milly, Marechal, and Njord. His only loss is to Doron Hoh. Marechal, however trails with 4 losses and is in danger of relegation.
Group D1 **Star of the East Platinum Mirror Hasdrubal kicorse **BADA **ferede
Group D2 Xenophon Nemo Baer Jefferspin (dropped out) almosttricky Bigchps Matt431
Started! No results yet.
Group E1 GuestNWHSzY 3-0 Ssese 1-0 Ƨillynamenace 2-1 butterfly94 1-1 Robert E Lee 1-2 MoneyMakingMitch 0-1 Graemes 0-3
STARTED! GuestNWHSzY extends his lead to 3-0 with a win against butterfly. Ƨillynamenace gets on the scoreboard with wins against MoneyMakingMitch and Graemes and a loss to butterfly. Robert E Lee beats graemes, but loses to Ssese.
Group E2 Chiger Cata Cauda **Cluster Rubin Sloppyfatginger Half Moon Koopa Troopa
Group E3 ARand0mPlayer 1-0 Medna 1-0 [*Voo*] tomn555 Tof Pink le Marseillais Cowboy (declined, removed from league) In4fun 0-2
Started! ARand0mPlayer and Menda both post wins against In4fun in the opening games of the group.
Group F1 Petruski 1-0 NoobSchool (AHoL) • apex Coyote machine-washed-bliss Coronel Gavilan THE AWESOME OTTERYCAT Meldarion 0-1
STARTED! No new results.
Group F2 Summer Bayern München is the best! **Gyver {{NeRo}} Prophet **Hypothet Tito
Group F3 Investor 2-0 tokloid 1-0 Kevin Turner 1-1 Le Count H 2-2 Janek 0-1 Angel Bob 1-1 Andre Lafmöller 0-2
STARTED! Angel Bob beats Janek. Everyone in this group has completed a game now!
Group F4 Lucien Muller **Cato PresidentMDW Soldier of Orange Twyla Great Expanse Terence Kill
Group F5 Bob Grenderman 4-0 Doc 2-0 Markus 2-1 DrowningManatee 3-2 Etienne 0-1 Wiz Wizz Wizznson 1-3 Dimitris_Wingo 0-5
Started! Okay, so this group is now the fastest moving. Bob is crushing it with wins against everyone but Doc and Etienne. As the only other undefeated player, Doc is in 2nd.
Edited 11/12/2018 13:44:07
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-11-19 14:14:42 |
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19 November update - all the groups have now started! If you want to sign up, you will have to wait until next season.
Group A Beren Master of Desaster Deadman Timinator Master Jz Timon92 Phoenix
No results so far. You guys know it started, right?
Group B Buns 3-0 JV 1-0 Hunta 1-1 Min34 0-1 awesomeusername Edge 1-2 FlyingBender 0-2
Buns grabs 2 more wins against Hunta and Flyingbender to put him up to 3-0. JV completes his first game with a win vs Min34; good enough for 2nd place for now!
Group C1 Rocky 2-0 Mifran 1-0 [WG] Reza 1-0 Math wolf 1-0 krunx 1-1 The Adversary 0-2 Octane 0-3
Rocky, a former group A competitor, takes the lead here with wins against The Adversary and krunkx. Reza, Math Wolf, and Mifran all post wins against Octane. krunx also wins a game against The Adversary.
Group C2 Krzysztof 5-1 Doron Hoh 3-1 Dry-clean-only 1-1 Njord 3-2 Mike |GG| 1-2 Milly 1-3 Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello 0-6 RELEGATION
This group is moving so fast I can hardly keep up with it. Krzysztof wins his 2 last games to finish 5-1. However, since there are other players with only 1 loss and he has a loss to Doron Hoh, a 3 way tie for first is possible. Maréchal Lannes loses every game and will relegate.
Group D1 Platinum 1-0 ferede 1-0 Mirror Hasdrubal kicorse BADA 0-2
Star of the East drops out of the league. Platinum and ferede both beat BADA in the opening games of the group.
Group D2 Xenophon 1-0 Nemo 1-0 almosttricky 2-1 Matt431 1-1 Baer 1-2 Bigchps 0-2
Xenophon and Nemo beat Baer, who beats almosttricky. almosttricky beats Bigchps and Matt431. Matt31 also beats Bigchps.
Group E1 GuestNWHSzY 5-0 WINNER! PROMOTION! Ƨillynamenace 3-2 Ssese 1-1 butterfly94 1-2 MoneyMakingMitch 1-2 Robert E Lee 1-3 Graemes 1-3
GuestNWHSzY wins the group! With 5 wins and a win vs Ssese, he has an insurmountable lead. Now we will have to see who emerges in 2nd place.
Group E2 Koopa Troopa 1-0 Chiger Cata Cauda Rubin Half Moon Sloppyfatginger 0-1
Cluster drops out of the group. Koopa beats sloppy in game 1 of the group.
Group E3 ARand0mPlayer 1-0 Medna 1-0 [*Voo*] tomn555 Tof Pink le Marseillais In4fun 0-2
No new results.
Group F1 Petruski 1-0 NoobSchool (AHoL) • apex 1-0 machine-washed-bliss 1-1 THE AWESOME OTTERYCAT 1-1 Meldarion 2-2 Coronel Gavilan 1-2 Coyote 0-1
machine-washed-bliss beats colonel galivan, but loses to THE AWESOME OTTERYCAT. Meldarion beats Coyote and Colonel Gavilan, but loses to NoobSchool.
Group F2 Summer 1-0 Bayern München is the best! {{NeRo}} Prophet Hypothet Tito Gyver 0-1
Summer beats Gyver to start the group up.
Group F3 Investor 5-0 PROMOTION! Angel Bob 2-1 Kevin Turner 2-2 Le Count H 2-2 Andre Lafmöller 1-2 tokloid 1-2 Janek 0-4
Investor has won 3 more games since the last update, which guarantees him a promotion spot. He can't be declared the winner of the group until Angel Bob loses a 2nd game. We don't have a solid 2nd place, but Angel Bob has the spot for now.
Group F4 Soldier of Orange 3-0 Lucien Muller 1-0 PresidentMDW 1-1 Twyla Great Expanse 1-2 Terence Kill 0-1 Cato 0-2
Soldier of Orange is off to a great start with wins against Cato, Persident, and Great Expanse.
Group F5 Bob Grenderman 4-1 Doc 3-1 Markus 2-1 DrowningManatee 4-2 Etienne 0-1 Wiz Wizz Wizznson 1-3 Dimitris_Wingo 0-5
This group has some pretty stiff competition for the tops spots. Bob, Doc, Markus, and Drowning Manatee are all doing pretty well. Everyone has lost at least one game.
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-01 03:56:16 |
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December 1st update. Sorry for the big gap in updates. Iv'e been a little busy.
Group A Deadman 1-0 Phoenix 1-0 Beren 2-1 Timon92 Master of Desaster 0-1 Timinator 0-1 Master Jz 0-1
This group is now underway with some early results. Beren is on his way to avoiding the relegation curse (that claimed the last 3 p/r league winners).
Group B Buns 4-0 JV 1-0 awesomeusername Edge 2-2 Hunta 1-2 FlyingBender 1-2 Min34 0-3
Buns again extends his lead to 4-0. There are still 3 undefeated players, though, so the group is far from over. The bottom 4 players here have all lost at least twice.
Group C1 Rocky 3-0 [WG] Reza 3-0 krunx 3-1 Mifran 2-1 Math wolf 1-2 The Adversary 1-3 Octane 0-6 RELEGATION
The competition is fierce in this group. Rocky and Reza have now increased their leads to 3-0 since the last update. krunx beats Mifran to keep himself near the top as well. Octane loses all his games and will relegate.
Group C2 Krzysztof 5-1 PROMOTION/PROMOTION PLAYOFF Doron Hoh 3-1 Njord 4-2 Mike |GG| 3-2 Dry-clean-only 1-3 Milly 2-3 Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello 0-6 RELEGATION
With only 2 players having lost 1 game, Krzysztof is now guaranteed at least a promotion playoff. With a h2h win vs Krzysztof, Doron Hoh can still get 1st if he wins his last 2 games. Njord and Mike are also vying for 2nd place. The Dry-clean-only vs Milly game is likely to determine the 2nd relegation spot.
Group D1 Platinum 2-0 Mirror 1-0 ferede 1-1 kicorse Hasdrubal 0-1 BADA 0-2
This group is moving pretty slowly, but since this group only has 6, 2-0 is a pretty good start for plat.
Group D2 Xenophon 4-1 PROMOTION Nemo 2-1 almosttricky 3-2 Baer 2-3 Matt431 1-3 (1-0) Bigchps 1-3 (0-1)
So, in this group we have the top 3 trying to promote and the bottom 3 trying to avoid relegation. Xenophon will get at least 2nd place since he has only lost to Nemo. Nemo is the wildcard in the top 3. He lost to almosttricky, so he needs to win both of his final games to promote. Among the bottom 3, a tie for last is still possible. Most importantly, I will not relegate 4 seasons in a row!
Group E1 GuestNWHSzY 6-0 WINNER! PROMOTION! Ƨillynamenace 3-2 Ssese 2-2 butterfly94 3-3 MoneyMakingMitch 2-3 Graemes 2-4 RELEGATION Robert E Lee 1-5 RELEGATION
Only 2 games left here. GuestNWHSzY has finished with a perfect 6-0! 2nd place will probably go to Silly or SSese, whoever avoids getting 3 losses. If they both end up 3-3, there will be some crazy tiebreakers. Robert E Lee and Graemes have already relegated since there are 3 relegations from E groups.
Group E2 Half Moon 2-0 Koopa Troopa 2-1 Cata Cauda 1-1 Sloppyfatginger 1-1 Rubin 0-1 Chiger 0-2
Half Moon takes the lead here with 2 straight victories with Koopa as a close 2nd place. Still, nobody has lost or won more than 2 games so far.
Group E3 Medna 3-0 Tof 2-0 ARand0mPlayer 1-1 Pink le Marseillais 1-1 [*Voo*] tomn555 1-2 In4fun 0-4 (dropping out of league)
Medna and Tof are the early leaders here. In4fun is dropping out and surrendering his games.
Group F1 Petruski 3-0 Meldarion 3-2 NoobSchool (AHoL) • apex 1-1 machine-washed-bliss 2-2 THE AWESOME OTTERYCAT 1-1 Coronel Gavilan 1-2 Coyote 0-3
Petruski is the leader here after 2 straight wins. Meldarion is in 2nd for now, but nobody is a clear threat to Petruski as of now.
Group F2 Summer 4-1 Farah 2-0 Tito 2-1 {{NeRo}} 1-1 Gyver 1-2 Bayern München is the best! 0-2 Prophet 0-3
Hypothet dropped so Farah was added to this group. Anyway, this is a very competitive F group. Summer and Farah lead with Tito close behind.
Group F3 Investor 6-0 PROMOTION! Kevin Turner 3-2 (1-0) Angel Bob 3-2 (0-1) Le Count H 3-3 Andre Lafmöller 2-3 tokloid 1-3 Janek 0-5
Investor finishes with a perfect 6-0. Congrats man! Kevin Turner is best positioned for 2nd place with a 3-2 record and a win against Angel Bob.
Group F4 Soldier of Orange 3-0 Lucien Muller 2-1 PresidentMDW 3-2 Twyla Terence Kill 1-1 Great Expanse 1-2 Cato 0-4
There isn't a lot of change here since the last update. Soldier of Orange is still in first with Lucien and President in 2nd and 3rd. Twyla needs to finish some games!
Group F5 Bob Grenderman 5-1 WINNER! PROMOTION! Markus 4-1 DrowningManatee 4-2 Doc 3-2 Etienne 2-2 Wiz Wizz Wizznson 1-5 Dimitris_Wingo 0-6
Bob Grenderman wins F5 with a 5-1 record, congrats man! There are still 4 people contending for 2nd. Markus can clinch it if he beats Etienne.
Edited 12/1/2018 03:57:06
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-01 04:23:01 |
Investor
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Thanks. I've been wondering who would end up with the other promotion spot, it's been a tight race for second!
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-01 08:00:08 |
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very very cool i wish this thread was more active but i love the info :)
if you participate in the season try participating in thread ;P
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-01 17:11:46 |
Investor
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Perhaps some game analysis in this thread would be nice? I've been watching a few of A and B's matches.
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-01 17:57:44 |
Love
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Are you ready to be loved? I want to join
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-02 08:41:30 |
almosttricky
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@Investor - I would like to do game analysis but I find myself short on time/energy to do it (each group has 15 or 21 games). If you or anyone else wants to post some interesting games I'm sure we could analyze them, though. Waiting list Love - https://www.warzone.com/Profile?p=2549715390powerbalance - https://www.warzone.com/Profile?p=9216407215
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Promotion Relegation League Season 26: 2018-12-02 13:12:46 |
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I'd be happy to. Starting off, we have what looks to be the most important game of group A so far: Phoenix vs Beren. Thanks to Phoenix, Beren is now 2-1, eliminating the chance for a perfect score and narrowing his odds, while broadening the chances for several other players. Deadman and timon are still undefeated (though more due to slowness, with zero unfinished games), so they potentially stand to gain the most from this match. Now, on to the board https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=17021689A very open Europe, with Antarctica/Australia/South America being the other, main playable option. Beren double picks Ant, with third at East China and a 4, 5, 6 combination on West/Central Russia. Phoenix also double picks Ant but with third pick Scandinavia, and a much different idea with his later picks (SEA, East China, East Africa). As a result of picks, turn 1 Phoenix has SEA, South America and Scan vs Ant, East China and West Russia. Beren's safest income is EC, so he goes for it. Likewise, Phoenix goes for his safest option, Scandinavia. They meet at SEA/EC's border turn 2, and Phoenix takes a risk and finishes SEA. The next turn is 11-9 favoring Phoenix, and Beren has no easy way to block Phoenix from dual threats in Ant & East China. The match could have played out differently if Beren had prevented SEA from completion, as he would have been left with a 9-8 income advantage and options against Scandinavia. Splitting turn 3 and hitting Tibet, in hindsight, probably decided the game's outcome. Another minor note or two: Turn 3, Beren didn't have enough income to attempt breaking Antarctica Turn 4 was similar, as he didn't have enough of an advantage in Scandinavia to force anything, so he had no choice but to give ground. Despite this though, Phoenix did make a good call adding a few armies to Scandinavia's defense turn 4, to keep risks low.
Edited 12/2/2018 13:17:00
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