My two cents, been doing this a LONG time here, seen a few playoff, year end, and league changes.

Any games played in the league thread count in the standings, BM, OOB, P2V. People who choose to play here agree to their opponent and which version is played. Simple.

For year end tourney or playoffs, players can agree to the version of the game played, and if they can’t decide a standard is selected at the beginning of the year, let’s say the most popular version played the previous season, as an example BM.

That’s it. One league thread, One league standings, let’s keep it simple.

Is @gamerman01 still around? is he still maintaining the league standings doc? If so has he chimed in?

@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:

Guys, I’m thinking about resigning as league moderator and scoreboard operator. I don’t want to leave you in the middle of a year so intend to finish this year out and set up playoffs and everything, but maybe somebody should come alongside me and learn some of the ropes, or maybe you guys have an idea of another direction to take all this.

Contributing to this decision is that I did have my first manic and depressive episodes this year since 2005 (still pretty depressed - trying to get the right meds) but I wanted to get out anyway, since I haven’t found the time to play any league games myself.

I intend to help make a smooth transition if someone else is eager to moderate and score games (maybe a team) - I’d been doing everything with no partner for years now (Although having a partner can mean more work if they have differing ideas than you)

Please think about it - sorry - I guess this day had to come sooner or later. Thanks for understanding

Gamer

I remember the day you took the reigns, our league benefited greatly from it, and in numerous ways! Your leadership will be greatly missed but I hope we may someday play a game again. Thank you for everything and take care my friend.

@Karl7 I just had a nice tenderloin filet the other night, that is the only cow i’ve seen…

@Karl7 said in League General Discussion Thread:

@simon33

After the holidays, I will see where I am at time-wise and perhaps jump back in.

The last couple years I have been doing BBR, which people play via YouTube (don’t get me started) and in person.

BBR is wild, more like poker than chess. But you all would be proud, me and Gargantua when to a bunch tourneys in Atlanta and St. Louis and stomped nerds into dust.

Anyway, thinking of getting back to something more cerebral/serious.

Love this…“stomped nerds to dust.”

@JDOW said in JDOW (allies) v 666 game 3:

Where have you been for work or vacation?

Hanover, Nuremberg, Ditzingen and Stuttgart for fairs and client meetings…took a river boat cruise down the Danube, hit all the towns, and went to all the Christkind markets…

hello everyone, first let me say how nice it is that there are active players who want to improve & grow our league! I have been playing here for a long, long time, before there was any formal league, which we first formed, I believe, around 2005, anyway, we began with a playoff type format which was changed, years ago by the most active amongst us to the system we have today, which was developed by, and continues to be administered by Gamerman. Thank you @gamerman01! Personally I think the system is perfect as is, but with that said, I do think there is room for more tournaments. There is a league post season tournament based on the current league scoring system. If someone is willing to put in the work to get this started I am sure Gamerman of DJensen would help get it running. That might provide the “fix” some of you are looking for right now.

@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:

Obviously every year that goes by and we’re playing the same version year after year, the interest wanes.
And as Karl said, G40 games take a lot of time and commitment. Compared to earlier versions of global A&A, well, there is no comparison as most of you know.

G40 was such a leap forward for A&A in so many ways, it’s no wonder at all there was huge interest for the first few years, and a great observation by Simon that Balanced Mod was a big improvement that breathed new life and stoked a lot of interest, but it loses its new car smell too, like anything.

Someone, design a new global version of A&A that raises our heart rate again!

I have played A&A&Zombies and it is a hoot, a perfect “beer and pretzels game” as players used to say. But most of us probably wouldn’t play it very many times.
FABULOUS entry level A&A game, and also VERY interesting for veterans.

Has the total number of players decreased year over year? I can understand why less games are being played, for reasons already noted.

@simon33 said in League General Discussion Thread:

Yes it has. Less players, harder to get games, some give up in frustration.

Although League games are normally finished unlike online games

I used to play games w/newbies just to get them going. Maybe I/we could do more…

@gamerman01 a Commander Jenn reference, nice!

The pit that forms in your stomach when you are ready to ask people for a game and you notice @Adam514, has just done the same…do I want to lose to Adam again?!? Maybe I should take a short vacation, or pretend I didn’t notice he just asked to play a PTV game…hmmmm Still unsure what I want to do here…

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 18 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 116 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 116 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Denmark
        3 infantry moved from Western Germany to Denmark
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Denmark
        1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Leningrad
              Germans take Leningrad from Russians

    Combat - Germans
        Germans creates battle in territory 128 Sea Zone
        Battle in 116 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
            Russians defend with 1 cruiser and 1 submarine
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 submarine in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 cruiser in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 116 Sea Zone
            1 fighter owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans retreated
            Russians win with 1 cruiser and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
            Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
        Battle in Denmark
            Germans attack with 2 bombers and 4 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 marine
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 4 infantry in Denmark, round 2 : 1/6 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 marine in Denmark, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 marine owned by the Russians lost in Denmark
            Germans win, taking Denmark from Russians with 2 bombers and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for Russians: 1 marine
        Trigger Germans Destroy Factories Leningrad: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Germans in Leningrad

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        Trigger Leningrad Has Fallen to Germans Switch: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_Russian_Leningrad_Factory_May_Be_Destroyed attached to Germans
        6 artilleries moved from Baltic States to Leningrad
        19 infantry moved from Baltic States to Leningrad
        4 infantry moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
        2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
        6 armour and 6 mech_infantrys moved from Poland to Leningrad
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 116 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        2 bombers moved from Denmark to Western Germany
        1 armour moved from Poland to Baltic States
        3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
        1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Baltic States
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Gibraltar to Southern Italy
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 94 Sea Zone
        2 transports moved from 94 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from Southern France to 95 Sea Zone
        4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from France to Southern France
        7 infantry moved from Germany to Western Germany
        3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France

    Place Units - Germans
        10 infantry placed in Western Germany
        3 infantry placed in France
        3 infantry placed in Southern France
        2 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 45 PUs; end with 45 PUs
        Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 48 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : 0.00
Germans regular : -2.17

Territory Summary for Germans :

Western Germany : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 17 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
Holland Belgium : 1 infantry
Germany : 1 factory_major and 2 infantry
Denmark : 4 infantry
Eastern Poland : 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 6 infantry
Baltic States : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 4 armour and 3 mech_infantrys
Northern Belarus : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Leningrad : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 6 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 harbour, 20 infantry and 6 mech_infantrys
Gibraltar : 2 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 8 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
Southern Italy : 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
Southern France : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 6 infantry
Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
France : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 6 infantry
94 Sea Zone : 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 transports
Bulgaria : 1 flag, 2 infantry
128 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
Yugoslavia : 1 flag
Greece : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 45 / 53
Russians : 49 / 64
Japanese : 51 / 62
Americans : 53 / 73
Chinese : 12 / 17
British : 36 / 45
UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
Italians : 14 / 18
ANZAC : 10 / 17
French : 1 / 0
Dutch : 0 / 0
Mongolians : 0 / 0
Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
Neutral_True : 20 / 0

Savegame

@Stucifer smart

@Stucifer does the R ss submerge or fight?

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 5

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 18 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 116 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 116 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Denmark
        3 infantry moved from Western Germany to Denmark
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Denmark
        1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Leningrad
              Germans take Leningrad from Russians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 4

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Southern France to 95 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Algeria
        1 infantry moved from Italian Somaliland to Kenya
              Italians take Kenya from British

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Algeria

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Libya to Tunisia
        1 transport moved from 94 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Southern France to 95 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Gibraltar
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
        1 artillery moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
        1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Italians
        2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy
        1 infantry placed in Northern Italy
        2 infantry placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 74 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,1
        Italians collect 13 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 13 PUs
        Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 18 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Southern Italy: 1 aaGun
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Northern Italy: 1 aaGun
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Territory Summary for Italians :

Southern Belarus : 1 flag
Eastern Poland : 1 flag, 2 armour
Bessarabia : 1 flag
Kenya : 1 flag, 1 infantry
Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 3 fighters, 1 harbour and 9 infantry
British Somaliland : 1 flag
Malta : 1 flag, 1 airfield
Northern Italy : 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Southern Italy : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 6 infantry
Italian Somaliland : 1 artillery
Southern France : 1 artillery and 5 infantry
Tunisia : 1 flag, 2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Algeria : 1 flag, 1 infantry
94 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 3 transports

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 41 / 54
Russians : 53 / 64
Japanese : 51 / 62
Americans : 53 / 73
Chinese : 12 / 17
British : 36 / 45
UK_Pacific : 7 / 7
Italians : 14 / 18
ANZAC : 10 / 12
French : 1 / 0
Dutch : 0 / 0
Mongolians : 0 / 0
Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
Neutral_True : 20 / 0

Savegame

@Stucifer said in PTV 25 playoff rd2 Stucifer v 666 (axis+10):

@666 said in PTV 25 playoff rd2 Stucifer v 666 (axis+10):

@Stucifer I’m back! You can get to your turn when you are ready!

Welcome back! Hope you had a good off-grid vacation!

All planes in sz93 on US carriers, marine in 83 is on the battleship

Thanks it was nice, but long…

@Stucifer I’m back! You can get to your turn when you are ready!

@GeneralDisarray said in PTV 26 GeneralDisarray v 666 (axis +8):

@666 Ok to scrub this game just let it die

OK

@GeneralDisarray and as an FYI…for whatever reason, I haven’t received Marti dice results for a long time, maybe a few years, so I don’t notice when an opponent roles dice, this is why I didn’t respond when you started rolling.

It’s probably a spam setting, but the results don’t even go into my spam/junk folder?

@GeneralDisarray I thought we could save the file in between dice rolls? Perhaps, not? But yeah, I get that, sorry for my part in this. So here is what I suggest, we can scrub this game, I guess the easiest solution.

or, you can roll everything here in the forum. there is a dice formula, I forget what it is exactly, and we can do this old school. Type out the defensive rolls by unit, recording hits etc…this allows for slow play, or we could do this and commit to being online at the same time, which would speed thing up. Once we know the outcome of this battle, you could go back to triple A and proceed through the entire American turn and edit the results of this battle.

For future games I would suggest that when we encounter a battle that needs OOL to be called out perhaps we can both agree to be online at a specific time.

Let me know what you think.