League General Discussion Thread

[gamerman01]

@simon33 pointed out I mixed up 7-8 seeds in BM

@farmboy plays simon
@axis-dominion plays @fasthard

I hope it’s straightened out in time that no one suffered

[GeneralDisarray]

@gamerman01 Can someone link the postings please.

[gamerman01]

Is a sheet in the ELO Rankings spreadsheet, and that link is located in the league rules but also

On the opening post of this thread

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy you two related?

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion lol. Not that I know of

[axis-dominion]

like father like son

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion said in League General Discussion Thread:

like father like son

we seem to follow each other around here. We will have to get him to join league.

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy said in League General Discussion Thread:

@axis-dominion said in League General Discussion Thread:

like father like son

we seem to follow each other around here. We will have to get him to join league.

lol yeah i seem to notice you two online together. just having some fun

[zlefin]

How do I find a particular game given the game number? I’ve been trying to understand the high bids in OOB Global tourney games over here, which are so different from what I’m used to. So now I used the spreadsheet to see the tourney results, and it shows the game ID numbers for the tourney games, but with that I still have trouble actually finding that particular game thread so I can get the save from it and really look it over. Manually looking through the long list of threads hasn’t worked, the sites’ search features hasn’t worked, nor has googling this site worked.

[Panther]

@zlefin Welcome to this forum, @zlefin.

The game number (game ID) is identical to the thread/topic number.

So for example find game # 42331 here:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/42231/

[zlefin]

Thank you; now is there a way to get the game number from the player query tool? Not all the tourney games had a game number listed in the playoffs tab, so I searched them in the player query, but while that lists the game results and data, I can’t find the game number in it.

[gamerman01]

Agh! You’re probing into my deficiencies so rapidly.

Consider it a bonus that the game ID was in any of the playoff cells - that was my idea and no one has ever given feedback and said they appreciate it. I tended to prioritize the hotter matches between top players in there.

I’ll start putting game ID’s in for every single game result - that’s easy since players are posting the link. @Panther gave you one of the more wonderful and overlooked features of A&A.org - the ID# in the URL.

I’ve never been asked to track ID numbers of games, believe it or not. The benefits are immediately obvious and the cost is minimal. Good ol’ gamerman01 will pick up the tab

[gamerman01]

@zlefin you’ve really oriented to our system quickly. We have players who haven’t noticed the ELO spreadsheet for months after playing their first league game.

Are you going to play here? or maybe you’re just gleaning valuable information from a good sized pool of avid G40 players and going back to your group.

[zlefin]

@gamerman01

Just looking to glean valuable info; mostly really just trying to understand and analyze the factors that lead to such a high bid for OOB here, which contrasts with what I encounter.

[Martin]

@gamerman01 OK, I will make it official: I just LOVE when you put the game IDs! Thank you :-)

[zlefin]

While it’s not at all necessary for me, I do wonder how well less proficient users could get to the game link from the game number; I’m not familiar with what google forms can do and allows, but also having a hyperlink column, in addition to the game number column, or just a copyable piece of text which has the web address, might make it easier for such users to get to the game thread. Not sure if enough people would be helped by that to be worthwhile, though it should be fairly simple to code on a spreadsheet.

[gamerman01]

zlefin posted several deep questions about G40 and the bid and strategies in the G40 section of Axis&Allies.org

I think it’s begging for attention from league players. Definitely a fun challenge to answer. I don’t have enough game war experience in the past few years to try to answer it. Our top 10 players are frankly probably the only ones really qualified to answer it well, and even then, it’s difficult.

zlefin wants answers about bids and strats G40 OOB

[Jacob16]

Question. OOB global 1940, turn 2 germany builds 8 transports and a destroyer planning for a sea lion. turn 2 UK stack SZ 110 with 3 DD, 5 Subs. Theorhetically if germany invades SZ 110 with 1 DD and, 2 fighters, 3 tacticals, and 2 bombers, and the 8 fully loaded transports what happens when round one UK subs get 2 hits, and Germany only gets 4 hits. This results in there being german airpower and transports left, with 4 UK subs also left heading into round 2 of combat. It is my understanding that subs cannot be hit by air unless there is a destroyer present. it is also my understanding that transports cannot unload into a territory containing enemy subs. You should understand my confusion with now with how this battle is to proceed. Anyone with more game knowledge know how this works?

[simon33]

Basically the battle continues until Germany retreats or loses all its transports. Each round, the surviving sub(s) take pot shots at the loaded transports. Germany also loses a loaded transport in the first round. Of course, you are assuming that Germany has lost its BB and Cruiser somehow.

[barnee]

@Jacob16 said in League General Discussion Thread:

t is also my understanding that transports cannot unload into a territory containing enemy subs

Hi Jacob

I believe it is unescorted Trprts that cant Amphib when subs present and that the German Air would be considered escorting in this situation.