Oh I am wondering if I am doomed in this game already.
2017 League General Discussion Thread
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:)
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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.
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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 :-)
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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:
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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
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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.
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Most of my open games are tough slogs now, but I’m gonna try.
No matter who goes, they’re gonna be brutal!
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Always!! You don’t want to be #7 or #8 seed, I know that!
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Wanna be FAMOUS?
I have been making some youtube videos and I want to start doing something called Play of the Week.
Here is the first one I did to show off a cool move by Dashofpepper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pn7cHYpzIc
I am hoping that if I could showcase some slick or unusual moves that come up in league games it might help generate interest from the wider population of axis and allies players who are out there but maybe don;t play online (yet) :wink:
Please PM me if you have an especially creative or cool move to show and if I have time I will try and make a video of it. I am particularly interested in ones that may teach newer players some advanced tactics (sub blocks, weird carrier maneuvers, that kind of thing)
Let’s show the world our league players at their best, and hopefully draft some new recruits!
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Nice one.
I am not sure if I got it: Why did you start filming the board game and then switched to the tripleA client?
I clearly prefer screen capturing of the triple A client over filming a messy board game:)
the resolution was quite low though, difficult to see something.Regarding the content: Nice spot you have selected. Worth a video, well done :)
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Thanks JDOW. After that video rendered it came out with poor video resolution and audio quality and I’m not sure why. The other ones were OK. I must have had some setting set wrong maybe I dunno.
The idea of having both the physical board and triplea is that a lot of the people who watch axis & allies videos on youtube are people who play exclusively on the physical board. I am hoping to introduce them to triplea and demonstrate that it is not difficult to play this way.
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ok, thanks for the explanation.
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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:
I’m actually not clear on how I went up a tier. Someone else must have gone up a tier and raised my PPG. I didn’t post any wins recently.
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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 Â :lol:
I’m actually not clear on how I went up a tier. Someone else must have gone up a tier and raised my PPG. I didn’t post any wins recently.
I think this whole ranking logic is confusing. So If I played someone in January and I won and they were say tier 2 at that time I am gaining extra points in November if they suddenly go up a tier??? Is this correct?
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