Pursuit of Glory—the Middle East – 2020

itlnprd · 09-21-2020, 07:01 PM,

(08-06-2020, 07:10 AM)Scud Wrote:
Pursuit of Glory—the Middle East – 2020 Tournament

First round scenario is Jason Petho's "Shuneri at the Crossroads" (0-0-0). All optional rules on including fog-of-war and Extreme Assault (EA), except NO Variable Visibility (VV), per designer's briefing.

This is a mirrored tournament, you will play two games at once, one as side A, one as side B. Tally your points in case of a draw, the higher score will be the winner.

Players should expect to finish by September 9, 2020, based on ~3 turns a week. Please do your best so we can keep the tournament moving forward.

First round bracket is as follows. Please establish email contact with your opponent. Players in green get a bye this round.

The Rules

(These rules are tentative and subject to change, pending participant input)

NOTE: All participants must be on the latest release of CSME (v2.01) available at Matrixgames.com. If you own it, updates are available under "my subscriptions" on your page.

Tournament will start on or about August 15, 2020. We will be simultaneously playing mirrored games, so you will play two games at once (a match), one as the Side A player and one as the Side B player. If both players receive the same victory levels, then the one with the higher points will be declared the winner of the two-game match.

This will be a double-elimination tournament. Two two-game matches, resulting in two match losses will mean you're out.

We will be playing unplayed scenarios. So we're beta testing. Expect some pretty bad ones. :-) I urge players to fill out reports on what they thought about each scenario when reporting their game results.

All rules will follow the designers briefing recommendations. If no briefing or recommendations, then all optional rules on, except Extreme Assault (EA) and Variable Visibility (VV).

Non-Combatants:

Any non-combatant may be removed from the map. Non-combat units are any units that cannot fire and/or assault., i.e. unarmed trucks, wagons, horses. The idea here is less fodder to worry about = potentially faster turn rate = faster tournament.

Non-combat transport units cannot be used to surround, block movement, block line of sight, draw opportunity fire, or perform "recon" duties.

Please Remember and Play the Blitz's Eric Bonner Rule:
Play the way the late Eric Bonner would play. He never used "gamey" tactics. He always played fair. He always enjoyed the experience and the camaraderie he felt towards his opponent, more than a win. To Eric, a ladder stat was just not that important. Have fun.

All players, please make note. This is a tournament and it will be greatly appreciated by all players involved to keep moving it forward. Your turn rate is of the upmost importance. We all realize that Real Life (RL) takes precedence over any gaming. However, a lot of you have background games going on at the time of this tournament behind the scenes and we all understand and appreciate that. When this tournament starts we ask that any game turn received back from an opponent within this tournament take precedence over the other games you are playing. In other words, tournament game turns should be played first in order to keep this tourney going. We make this suggestion in order to keep this tournament moving forward and fun for all. Good luck to all!

Regards,
Scud (Dave Bracken)

Sorry Gents, I am going to have to drop out to to my increased work load at work.

**Big Ivan** · 09-23-2020, 03:42 AM,

That's to bad itlnprd. Good luck going forward with your work!! Wink

**Scud** · 09-23-2020, 03:59 AM,

(09-23-2020, 03:42 AM)Big Ivan Wrote: That's to bad itlnprd. Good luck going forward with your work!!

Sorry to hear, Phil.

John, that means you get the two wins due to forfeit. Go ahead and report and tick the "opponent forfeited" box. Phil's opponent in the next round will also be awarded two wins for the forfeit and you whoever that is will automatically advance.

Dave

RedDevil · 09-26-2020, 11:01 PM,

The "A" game is in play, Big John.. you know, the Dev wants to party with you.. Ole Josey gonna be a threat to that stage tho.. don't care what anyone says, about Mark, he's a gamer, and he has all MY respect.

Dev

**Warhorse** · 10-03-2020, 07:33 AM,

Tom and I just finished, I managed to pull of a minor win as the Israeli's, and a major as the Arabs, good fight Tom!!

**Scud** · 10-06-2020, 09:26 AM,

Ashley and I are done. It was really close. We both had minors as the Israelis, but mine did better by a hair. Amazed that Warhorse got a major with the Arabs. I would have thought that impossible.

Dave

**Ashcloud** · 10-06-2020, 05:50 PM,

(10-06-2020, 09:26 AM)Scud Wrote: Ashley and I are done. It was really close. We both had minors as the Israelis, but mine did better by a hair. Amazed that Warhorse got a major with the Arabs. I would have thought that impossible.

Dave

How did Warhorse do that? Amazing.

RedDevil · 10-10-2020, 10:07 AM,

Mike used nitrous in his MGs he's a Pennystate Bastage! Jester

RedDevil · 10-10-2020, 10:12 AM,

BIG Ivan.. Ole MarkyV is holding yours faithfully, to a 2 point draw advantage at this point, with 5 turns to roll thru.. |
just wanna get you all excited, an' kicking the cat, bro ... :P

Dev

RedDevil · 10-12-2020, 06:32 AM,

I think I got the masterful MarkyV this time around..? Last I saw was a majorV vs. a minorV
Bastage took every evil move I could toss at him... A final turn assault against his last holdout, his defending with 2 undisputed platoons.. I just rolled my devilish die and took him out!

Got your will prepared there, JohnnyP?
Dev is coming to par-tey :)

Dev