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

@simon33 said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

I don’t understand why you liked both my post and Adam514’s contrary post.

I appreciate your statement.

The way I view likes - I don’t have to agree with a post to like it. I will like/heart posts when I’m glad they posted rather than staying silent. Or when I think the poster communicated something well/effectively. Et cetera

As for default game, I think it has to be the version that’s available to the world outside this site (out of the box version, basically) - we have very few players who refuse to play “balanced mod”, although of course it does happen, and I think it’s the way it should be… Makes more sense to force someone to play the “public” version than to force someone to play a mod, even if 95% of players only play that mod on this forum. It’s not welcoming to potential newcomers if they have to learn a different version of the game than they’ve been playing.

Crockett has videos of 1 hour interviews with
(chronological order)

AndrewAAGamer
AndrewAAGamer interview

ArthurBomberHarris
ArthurBomberHarris interview

Gamerman01
Gamerman01 interview

The Good Captain
The GOOD Captain interview

JDOW
JDOW interview

Oztea
Oztea interview

The Captain (NOT The Good Captain)
The Captain interview

Gargantua is interviewed 15 minutes by dtroy
Gargantua interview

Game reviews

OOB CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 ArthurBomberHarris v Farmboy (+41)
Video commentary by Crockett36 and ArthurBomberHarris senior,

Rounds 1-8
ArthurBomberHarris v farmboy 2023 OOB championship

Game thread and save file here

OOB AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy (+60)
Video commentary by Crockett 36 and Gamerman01

Round 1-3
AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy rounds 1-3

Round 4-5
AndrewAA Gamer v Farmboy rounds 4-5

Game thread and save file here

BM Adam514 v Gamerman01 (+22)
Video commentary of 2023 Semi-final game by Crockett36, Adam514, and Gamerman01
Game thread and save file here

Rounds 1-4
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 1-4

Rounds 5-8
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 5-8

Rounds 9-14 (end)
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 9-14

OOB UHD Tech Oysteilo (+40) v Gamerman01
A “crazy” “fun” game agreed to, radically different Triple A map, quickly becomes serious
2024 regular league game
Video commentary by Crockett36 and Gamerman01

Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 1-2
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 3-4
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 5-6
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 7-9

Game is ongoing, G13
For the game thread and save file,
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 UHD thread

Balanced Mod introduction, explanation, review
and some highlights of @Adam514 /Gamer semi-final discussed, partly to demonstrate Balanced Mod features

BM introduction video

At the risk of turning people off because of my self-promotion,

You may want to know,

@Adam514 !
Does a game review with Crockett36 and myself
On the recently completed BM playoff semi-final game

Go to the stickied thread - “video interviews of league players by Crockett36”

We are amassing quite a collection of fun interviews on the opening post of that thread. Don’t miss out!

HOLY COW

All 2021 playoffs wrapped up - not bad! considering there were four brackets of 8

Also etched in the league history for ever, but a recap:

BALANCED MOD CHAMP

Axis-Dominion

BALANCED MOD 2ND CHAMP - crowned today :crown: :crown:

Oysteilo

PATH TO VICTORY CHAMP

Ghostglider

2ND EDITION RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX

AndrewAAGamer

ALL DEFINITELY worthy champions! Another round of applause
:clap: :clap: :clap:

It’s not hard in Excel, so I graph the TUV from round to round in my games. Then I look back at who won or lost and the graph shows TUV is HIGHLY indicative of who will win.

If 2 people look at this, I will be happy.

Third and final installment of a joint game review starring @Adam514 @crockett36 and me
This was the semi-finals of the BM tournament for the 2023 season.

Link added above

We need to petition @farmboy and @Adam514 to do the same with the recently completed championship game, assuming @crockett36 wants to keep spending his time this way!

It’s pretty special to hear from great players around the world, insights into A&A and their own game as well as their reactions to others. It’s the next level!

Congratulations to @Ghostglider !!

Your 2023 League Season Path To Victory Champion!! 🙌

The only one standing at the end.

Congratulations to @Daaras as runner-up. 🙌

Both are entered in the league history of championship winners and 2nd place finishers, and deserve all due awe, honor and recognition ✨✨✨

If you want to learn, to observe brilliance, or both, then you should review the game in Triple A

Ghostglider is so much on his game, he is about 110 points ahead of the next active Path to Victory player.

Path To Victory popularity has taken hold, believe it or not,
We have 79 finished games in little over 10 months of 2024 to 52 for all of 2023. You read that right.

Now get back to shooting each other with dice!

Mainah, at first that sounds very exciting and fun, but thinking about it a bit, there’s a big problem with that. If there’s money on games, there’s an incentive for people to try and help a player in the tournament to make better decisions, and also an incentive to try and sabotage a player (maybe by giving suggestions to make poor decisions disguised as clever ones).

Would mess with the integrity of the games, so as league moderator I’d have to say no.

You’ll always be prepared going forward!
Pretty major rule

Well, I would if I had time. Honest.

The thing is, there IS such a thing as economic victory and it’s a big part of the game and affects both players strategy, unless 1 player forgot about it - then it affects 1 player’s strategy.

I haven’t talked to him at all, so no influence, but you could ask the_Good_Captain to take a look and see what he thinks if you’re curious and if it’s bugging you. He’s way more experienced with Classic than I am.

Thanks! Would be nice to have a 4th game, yes.

I’m afraid even if you stopped Egypt I could get 84. I could go East Africa. Not sneaky at all.

I’m quite sure there is no way the Allies were going to win this game, it was not a sneaky win. I’d love to prove it, even though I have other games waiting on me, especially a semi-final playoff game that hasn’t even started. But I could be persuaded.

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 5

    Research Technology - Japanese
        Japanese spend 10 on tech rolls
            Japanese roll 5,5 and gets 0 hits

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        6 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug
        1 armour moved from India to Kazakh S.S.R.
        1 transport moved from South Africa Sea Zone to Red Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Persia to Red Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Red Sea Zone to Anglo Sudan Egypt
              Japanese take Anglo Sudan Egypt from British
        1 infantry moved from South Africa to Kenya-Rhodesia
              Japanese take Kenya-Rhodesia from British
        1 armour moved from Persia to Syria Jordan
        1 infantry moved from Persia to Syria Jordan
        1 infantry moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R.
        1 bomber moved from Soviet Far East to Evenki National Okrug
        1 fighter moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Kazakh S.S.R.
        1 fighter moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R.
        2 fighters moved from Persia to Syria Jordan

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in Evenki National Okrug
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber and 6 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber and 6 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 1/7 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Evenki National Okrug
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Evenki National Okrug
            Japanese win, taking Evenki National Okrug from Russians with 1 bomber and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Kazakh S.S.R.
            Japanese attack with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kazakh S.S.R.
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Kazakh S.S.R.
            Japanese win, taking Kazakh S.S.R. from Russians with 1 armour and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Syria Jordan
            Japanese attack with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry
            British defend with 1 armour
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Syria Jordan, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour in Syria Jordan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 armour owned by the British lost in Syria Jordan
            Japanese win, taking Syria Jordan from British with 1 armour, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for British: 1 armour

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        2 fighters moved from Syria Jordan to South Europe
        1 fighter moved from Persia to West Europe
        1 bomber moved from Evenki National Okrug to West Europe
        2 infantry moved from India to Persia
        1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Ukraine S.S.R.
        2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Yakut S.S.R.
        2 battleships and 1 carrier moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Red Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Red Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to East Europe
        2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to French Indo China
        1 transport moved from Alaska Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 transport moved from Mexico Sea Zone to New Zealand Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Wake Island to Yakut S.S.R.

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 aaGun and 2 infantry placed in India
        1 aaGun and 2 infantry placed in French Indo China
        1 transport placed in Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun and 1 fighter placed in Japan

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 59 PUs; end with 60 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -1.00
Russians regular : 1.33
British regular : -0.33

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        3 infantry moved from South Europe to West Europe
        5 fighters moved from Germany to West Europe
        2 bombers moved from East Europe to West Europe

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in West Europe
            Germans attack with 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry
            Americans defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry in West Europe, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in West Europe, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans lost in West Europe
            Germans win, taking West Europe from Americans with 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        8 infantry moved from Germany to West Europe
        1 armour moved from Germany to West Europe
        2 fighters moved from West Europe to East Europe
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to South Europe
        2 bombers and 2 fighters moved from West Europe to Germany
        6 armour moved from East Europe to Germany
        1 armour moved from Germany to South Europe

    Place Units - Germans
        4 infantry placed in South Europe
        6 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 28 PUs; end with 29 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Germany: 1 armour
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to West Europe: 1 armour
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from East Europe: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Germany: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Germany: 1 armour
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to West Europe: 1 armour
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.67
Germans regular : 0.67

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        3 infantry moved from South Europe to West Europe
        5 fighters moved from Germany to West Europe
        2 bombers moved from East Europe to West Europe

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in West Europe
            Germans attack with 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry
            Americans defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry in West Europe, round 2 : 5/10 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in West Europe, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans lost in West Europe
            Germans win, taking West Europe from Americans with 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        8 infantry moved from Germany to West Europe
        1 armour moved from Germany to West Europe
        2 fighters moved from West Europe to East Europe
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to South Europe
        2 bombers and 2 fighters moved from West Europe to Germany
        6 armour moved from East Europe to Germany
        1 armour moved from Germany to South Europe

    Place Units - Germans
        4 infantry placed in South Europe
        6 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 28 PUs; end with 29 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Germany: 1 armour
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to West Europe: 1 armour
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.67
Germans regular : 0.67

Savegame

Looking at it for a second -

You probably won’t miss this but since it’s been 1/2 a year -

The USA must take 3 IPCs of territory back or the Allies lose right now.

Absolutely, that will be fun,

Your move

@Superior said in 2026 Classic Tournament:

@gamerman01 I’ll drop out so Thier can be a 12 man Tournament my computer is Down so triple A wont work

Likewise, for you there is time. If you can get a computer up in the next couple weeks, I hope you’ll play @elche. He’s a super guy, it would be a shame if you can’t play him.

@dawgoneit @hiijohnson

Your decision whether to play or not right now does not affect anyone. Not a problem to give dawg a bye, but in the coming weeks we’ll be seeing how many of the other matches are getting done.

I encourage you to keep the door open. Winner between you two plays @amnykon who has a bye.

If dawg gets a bye, then it’s him vs amnykon. Winner of that will be waiting awhile most likely.

That means no need to forfeit your spot any time soon. Let some weeks or a month pass, then see. No one is gaining from your bowing out, not right now anyway.