Gauging Interest--Falklands Tourney

[Jeff Conner]

Well, gentlemen, I apologize for choosing such a lopsided scenario. I actually thought this one was fairly well balanced and it had the Argentines attacking as I wanted to flip the sides. Alas, I was very wrong. Would one of the players who played the Argentines play me a game so that I can see what it might take to fix this scenario?

I also have a situation that I thought I had solved, but in light of the recent scores, I have changed my mind. One of the players capitulated before the scenario was over. I looked at the screen and estimated what the final score would have been if he had pulled his troops back out of sight. It seemed reasonable at the time, but that is now one of the best scores for the Argentines. I don't normally have a problem with players capitulating, but with this system, it is necessary to have a point score. Consequently, I am not going to reward this player (and punish his opponent) for not completing the scenario, even though he was wise enough not to continue to attack when he thought it was hopeless. I have decided to give the pair the average score of players achieving the same victory level (which since all the British players have major victories, would currently be an average of all the scores, however, this could change if there are other results in the last two games to be completed). Since I govern with an iron fist, there will be no dissent.

I'll post the current standings later this evening.