2017 League General Discussion Thread

[Witt]

Poor Mallery.
Must be a record though.

[gamerman01]

Like you said, you should probably give Mallery a mulligan  :-)

Never mind all the other results, I have never heard of anyone taking France and losing less than 4 infantry.  And you only lost 1.

[simon33]

@Odonis:

@simon33:

If possible. You could try downloading the file again too.

Not working for me either…

Hmm. Not sure what is going on then. I’m not having a problem.

@Shin:

Wow.  You even sent an extra sub to 106!  I never risk that anymore.

You give the Canadian TT >50% chance of living?

[JDOW]

the new version 7398 works for me now. Just a bit annoying that the battle calculator runs just 200 calculations by default now.

[Gargantua]

@JDOW:

the new version 7398 works for me now. Just a bit annoying that the battle calculator runs just 200 calculations by default now.

Relying on calculators instead of your GUT?  Pfftp; and I thought you were somebody JDOW! ;)

[Mallery29]

How do you fix the dice issue after installing the new program?  I have been using internal, but need it fixed….

[Mallery29]

@wittmann:

Poor Mallery.
Must be a record though.

France=Wolf359

At least I got some good insults on his mother before I died!!!

[wheatbeer]

I guess I’m the only one who upvotes Trek references  :lol:

On an unrelated note, quick question: are playoff games meant to count towards league standings?

[gamerman01]

@wheatbeer:

On an unrelated note, quick question: are playoff games meant to count towards league standings?

Yes.  That was the clear popular opinion at the time it was debated.

[simon33]

Similar to the ANZAC DOW loophole, there seems to be “feature” in the rules that if USA DOWs at the collect income phase of its third turn it can similarly block Japanese transports from loading. Is that correct? Pretty sure it is.

[wheatbeer]

@simon33:

Similar to the ANZAC DOW loophole, there seems to be “feature” in the rules that if USA DOWs at the collect income phase of its third turn it can similarly block Japanese transports from loading. Is that correct? Pretty sure it is.

Technically yes, but with a massive caveat.

This could only work with Japanese land units on German or Italian territory, because before it’s at war the US can’t end the movement of sea units in SZs adjacent to Japanese-controlled territory.

[simon33]

@wheatbeer:

@simon33:

Similar to the ANZAC DOW loophole, there seems to be “feature” in the rules that if USA DOWs at the collect income phase of its third turn it can similarly block Japanese transports from loading. Is that correct? Pretty sure it is.

Technically yes, but with a massive caveat.

This could only work with Japanese land units on German or Italian territory, because before it’s at war the US can’t end the movement of sea units in SZs adjacent to Japanese-controlled territory.

Yeah, just realised that.

[simon33]

Does anyone else find it odd that the top two tiers now have more ranked players than the other three combined?

Is there any thought to increase the PPG required to go up a tier, like another 0.5PPG? i.e. 6 for M, 5 for E etc. That would make it much harder to get into M & E.

Hope I haven’t posted this before.

[wheatbeer]

If every tier had a 0.5 PPG higher threshold than now, that might cause a chain reaction that leaving no players at all in tier M (admittedly, I’m not sure and I’m also too lazy to try to prove it  :lol:)

[wheatbeer]

@wheatbeer:

that leaving

• that leaves

GRAMMAR! ack!

[gamerman01]

Interesting - I just received a message from a guy who copied this system for their group, and he said they add .01 to the requirement of the bottom of the tier (in other words, 3.5 or 2.5 stays in the lower tier).  Right now we just have 2 players with a combined 12 games (at 5.5, 4.5), so not sure a little tweak like that would make much difference for us.  I will evaluate the rankings when forming the rules for the next league year - I’m certainly not going to change horses mid-stream.

Simon you know full well you just raised a tier and caused a huge chain reaction with your extreme 75 games, and this is a big reason why as of today there are 17 players with 8+ games finished that are in tier M or E while only 13 in #1-3  :lol:

Consider this - “ranked” players are those with 8+ games finished.  Players who play more games are more likely to be the more skilled players because they have more experience, and because the better you are at the game, the more you want to play it.

Just look at yourself, Mr. 75 games :) You’ve been improving the more you play the game, and have now risen to tier 1.  So it stands to reason that people who have 8+ games for the year would on average be ranked higher - they’re better players on the whole.

[gamerman01]

Actually, I think it’s great that we have 17 “ranked” players in M and E and very few tier 3.
Is there some reason it’s desirable to have an even distribution through the tiers? 
I do understand interest in making “M” and “E” rarer, so that it’s a more elite club.  After all, if everybody’s getting an “A” in the class, then getting an “A” in the class doesn’t mean anything.  If everybody’s a millionaire, then being a millionaire doesn’t mean much.

But I’ll put it to you this way - who in the “Master” tier do you believe is not a master of the game, and who in the elite tier do you believe is not really an elite player?  I don’t know of any  :-)

[wheatbeer]

@Gamerman01:

Simon you know full well you just raised a tier and caused a huge chain reaction with your extreme 75 games

Thank you for that simon! (I’m sure I’m not the only one who was rooting for you)

I get to bask in the 8th spot until Rubioton, Omega, Gamerman, and/or Gargantua complete the required quota for playoffs  :lol:

[gamerman01]

@wheatbeer:

I get to bask in the 8th spot until Rubioton, Omega, Gamerman, and/or Gargantua complete the required quota for playoffs  :lol:

I promise you and everyone else - I am not going to qualify this year  :-P

[gamerman01]

Oh, and last year Adam decided not to play in the playoffs, so there’s a good chance you can count him out.  And since that last win, you’re actually at #7 right now!!  And climbing fast.  I can see a Wheatbeer in the championship playoffs!!

You are back with a vengeance, my friend.