1st East Prussian Infantry

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Title: Napoleon Total War Contest (CLOSED)
Post by: Brookmanz on March 07, 2011, 12:45:12 PM
March 14th - April 1st

The rules will be simple and the scheduling of games will be flexible.

*NEW*
Each participant will play 8 games over a 3 week period.  This gives each player a chance to face every other contestant once.  Once you have played your 8 games, the amount of wins you have accrued will determine the victor.
*NEW*

After each game is played the victor will take a screen shot of the final game stats and upload it to the appropriate gallery on the forums which can be found here:
http://www.1stepi.com/forums/index.php?action=gallery;cat=5
Please place in the description the names of the two people involved in the battle.

Results will be posted on the main page as soon as I can but no later then 1 day.

RULES:
Map: Player Choice
Unit Size: Large
Artillery: No Howitzers, Rockets or Mortars
Funds: Medium


There will be a victory medal awarded to the last man standing but various achievement badges will also be awarded.  Badges can be lost if you do not defend your title in the next tournament though.

More information will follow soon.

Participants


Avoric
Serrow
Rethmeier
Azrooh
Velocirapetor/The_Weapon
Killfreak
LawL_LawL
Furnie
Merius

Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 07, 2011, 12:51:14 PM
Whoa Whoa Whoa.  No Artillery?  Well there goes my gameplan...
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 07, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
No artillery makes it so much for interesting and tactical.  If not then people load up on howitzers and mortars and camp.  No fun there.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Koppari on March 07, 2011, 01:14:09 PM
Can there be 2on2 games?
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 07, 2011, 01:15:16 PM
Quote from: Brookmanz on March 07, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
No artillery makes it so much for interesting and tactical.  If not then people load up on howitzers and mortars and camp.  No fun there.

Then place a limit on Artillery, don't just abolish it.  Without artillery you are removing a vital piece of combined arms, not to mention drastically changing the gameplay. 
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 07, 2011, 01:32:57 PM
I'm reloading NTW on my computer right now so I will review the artillery situation and come up with the guidelines.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Adler on March 07, 2011, 05:59:38 PM
I'm prepared to get wrecked by everyone.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Azrooh on March 07, 2011, 06:39:08 PM
Quote from: Adler on March 07, 2011, 05:59:38 PM
I'm prepared to get wrecked by everyone.

Same here.

Quote from: Brookmanz on March 07, 2011, 01:32:57 PM
I'm reloading NTW on my computer right now so I will review the artillery situation and come up with the guidelines.

Just disallow howitzers and mortars then - I think the regular cannons are just fine.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Furnie on March 09, 2011, 04:56:44 PM
I bring my humble strategic knowledge, which his grown since Age of Empires first came, and offer it as competition for all!

-PS: The only reason you beat me Law_Lawl is because Argus kept making us do those restricting rules. I hope to see you upon the battlefield and rectify these doings.

Oh ya, I need to  be a good sport... so, Cheers! :D
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 09, 2011, 04:58:28 PM
You mean restricting rules such as... DISALLOWING ARTILLERY!  It's called NAPOLEON total war for christ sakes.  What would Napoleon think if he heard you weren't allowing his beloved guns to fight with his armies?
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 10, 2011, 10:37:05 AM
The roster for the tournament participants is updated.  As soon as I get NTW up and running on my machine i'll post the official rules.  Artillery WILL be allowed but there will be certain restrictions.  Basically no mortars or howitzers.  Stay tuned.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Furnie on March 10, 2011, 10:37:54 AM
No, I mean: Argus made me use exact formations of disadvantage against our opponents. I had half the men Lawl had due to replicating single battalions and trying to work together to smite grander foes... I rather don't like cannons myself, but I know how to use them regardless. :P That's not the kind of restrictions I was talking about. I don't use cannons to win, I usually don't use them altogether.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 10, 2011, 05:29:58 PM
I updated the original post with a new structure.  The tournament rounds were not working out since we did not have enough players for everything to split up evenly for a final 1v1 championship.  This new way will take some time but you have 2-3 weeks to coordinate and play games against 10 other contestants.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Velocirapetor on March 10, 2011, 08:41:00 PM
So when does the tournament officialy begin?
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 10, 2011, 09:36:24 PM
Updated with the start date of Monday, March 14. The tournament will go through the 28th of March.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 10, 2011, 09:38:46 PM
Just letting you know that next week is finals for me so I won't be playing anything until Thursday at the soonest.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 10, 2011, 09:41:00 PM
Modified again to reflect more time.  Tournament games will cease on Friday April 1st and stats will be compared even if you haven't completed all your games.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 10, 2011, 10:28:48 PM
Gallery created for game screen shots of the final battle statistics.

  If you forget to take the shot then the game is disqualified.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 11, 2011, 07:52:17 AM
Official Tournament standings is on the main page of our website.  It will be updated daily as games are played.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 12, 2011, 09:49:51 PM
Tournament starts in two days.  Get the steam names you need.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 14, 2011, 09:03:09 AM
Tournament has begun.  Each player will need to play 11 games now since Merius was added last minute.  The victor of each map is responsible for taking the screenshot of the end stats and posting it in the gallery. 

Have fun everybody!
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Serrow on March 14, 2011, 02:15:21 PM
I just got Napoleon total war, so I'll join as well if it's not too late.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Adler on March 14, 2011, 04:06:00 PM
So do we just challenge someone to a fight, and then fight that person?

Also: I'm gonna have to do all my fights on weekends. I have too much school work to do them on weekdays. So if you want to battle me, scheduale it for a weekend.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Velocirapetor on March 14, 2011, 04:51:58 PM
Anybody know glysrandir's steam name? I've messaged him and tried to ask him on TS for it, but no reply. He's the only one on the list who I'm not friends with on steam.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 14, 2011, 05:01:50 PM
Quote from: Adler on March 14, 2011, 04:06:00 PM
So do we just challenge someone to a fight, and then fight that person?

Yes, you are responsible for contacting and playing each person on the list.  This way everyone has a chance to go against each player once.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 14, 2011, 05:06:01 PM
Quote from: Serrow on March 14, 2011, 02:15:21 PM
I just got Napoleon total war, so I'll join as well if it's not too late.

I'll put you in for the next one.  I wanted to keep it at 10 games per person but I slipped Merius in since he posted before the tournament began.

On the next one I may have two separate groups and then have the winners of each group play each other in a championship.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Azrooh on March 14, 2011, 05:30:08 PM
My N:TW has decided to start crashing once every 1-30 minutes, so I dunno whether I'll be able to take part in this.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 15, 2011, 12:09:08 PM
You have a couple weeks so if the problem persists after a reinstall or something then i'll remove you from the list.  Keep me posted.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Furnie on March 15, 2011, 11:36:16 PM
I'm free tomorrow(Wednesday)! I'll be crack'n down on yall's steams and spamming you for battles tomorrow!

...be prepared.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Furnie on March 16, 2011, 06:11:32 PM
*Double post*

First Battle, first victory. I submitted the picture to the gallery... it apparently has to be approved first. :o
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 16, 2011, 07:12:14 PM
Quote from: Furnie on March 16, 2011, 06:11:32 PM
*Double post*

First Battle, first victory. I submitted the picture to the gallery... it apparently has to be approved first. :o

I fixed the permissions.  You should now be able to bypass the whole approval thing.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 16, 2011, 09:58:55 PM
Rethmeier 1-0 !!!!
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 18, 2011, 08:46:48 AM
Lets get these games played guys.  I'm working on a prize for the champion so get out there and do glorious battle!
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Azrooh on March 18, 2011, 03:44:42 PM
The problem with the crashing is my GPU getting insanely hot. I'm going to be opening my computer and checking out the problem - hopefully that'll stop the crashing in Mount & Blade as well.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: LawL LawL on March 18, 2011, 06:53:21 PM
Quote from: Rethmeier on March 16, 2011, 09:58:55 PM
Rethmeier 1-0 !!!!

Oh but sadly LawL beat Reth, Reth is now at 1-1 ;)
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 18, 2011, 06:55:25 PM
But then Reth beat LawL and got a medal!!!!
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 18, 2011, 07:16:20 PM
Quote from: LawL LawL on March 18, 2011, 06:53:21 PM
Quote from: Rethmeier on March 16, 2011, 09:58:55 PM
Rethmeier 1-0 !!!!

Oh but sadly LawL beat Reth, Reth is now at 1-1 ;)

Post the screen shot of the victory stats in the gallery.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Azrooh on March 19, 2011, 05:35:35 PM
My crashing problem has been fixed with the most elegant of solutions:

Putting a massive fan next to my open PC case.
Did a match against Koppari. 1-0. Woo.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Koppari on March 19, 2011, 05:52:51 PM
Quote from: Azrooh on March 19, 2011, 05:35:35 PM
My crashing problem has been fixed with the most elegant of solutions:

Putting a massive fan next to my open PC case.
Did a match against Koppari. 1-0. Woo.
Gj massing them light infantries.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 19, 2011, 05:55:28 PM
Quote from: Koppari on March 19, 2011, 05:52:51 PM
Gj massing them light infantries.

Cheap :P
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Azrooh on March 19, 2011, 06:11:45 PM
Quote from: Brookmanz on March 19, 2011, 05:55:28 PM
Quote from: Koppari on March 19, 2011, 05:52:51 PM
Gj massing them light infantries.

Cheap :P

Yeah, I was using fusiliers as line inf... He didn't enter melee once (except for an attempted cav charge, which ended in 50 of them dying while charging uphill and the other 10 routing)
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Koppari on March 19, 2011, 07:19:15 PM
Quote from: Azrooh on March 19, 2011, 06:11:45 PM
Quote from: Brookmanz on March 19, 2011, 05:55:28 PM
Quote from: Koppari on March 19, 2011, 05:52:51 PM
Gj massing them light infantries.

Cheap :P

Yeah, I was using fusiliers as line inf... He didn't enter melee once (except for an attempted cav charge, which ended in 50 of them dying while charging uphill and the other 10 routing)
Well I did get like 300 of your fusiliers with cav alone.. So i think it was worth it. :D
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 20, 2011, 10:53:07 AM
Standings have been updated on the main page as of 3/20/11.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Adler on March 20, 2011, 12:49:47 PM
Noone wants to fight me =[
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 21, 2011, 09:03:36 PM
Remember, you need to play everyone on the list in the original post just once.

Standings have been updated: 3/21/11
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: LawL LawL on March 22, 2011, 06:05:41 PM
Adler add LawL_LawL on steam, Id like to play you :D
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Avoric on March 22, 2011, 06:14:21 PM
Quote from: Furnie on March 16, 2011, 06:11:32 PM
*Double post*

First Battle, first victory. I submitted the picture to the gallery... it apparently has to be approved first. :o

Likely so they aren't missed on the scoreboard...
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 22, 2011, 06:15:10 PM
nah, it was a permissions thing.  It's been changed
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Avoric on March 22, 2011, 06:16:41 PM
Oh....I'm wrong?

Wow
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 24, 2011, 10:59:01 AM
Scoreboard updated as of 11:58am EST.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 24, 2011, 11:34:27 AM
You may want to drop Glysandir and Adler from the tournament.  Neither of them are active at the moment.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 24, 2011, 11:54:17 AM
It looks like its down to best of 8.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Sharpshooter on March 24, 2011, 08:59:58 PM
Hmm i have yet to buy napoleon total war although i do have empire
is it worth it or should i just buy shogun2
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 24, 2011, 11:49:27 PM
Scores updated as of 3/24/11 at 12:49am EST.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: LawL LawL on March 25, 2011, 05:40:45 PM
I've played Reth, Azrooh, Avoric, and Velo. Serrow, Killfreak, Furnie, and Merius, find a time to get our games in?
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 28, 2011, 08:37:35 AM
Tournament ends on Friday.  Currently Reth and LawL are tied.  If it ends with 4 wins for them both there will be a tie breaker game. 
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 29, 2011, 11:41:14 AM
Hrm.  I have learned that 8 to 10 games for a tournament is a bit much.  Next tournament will have 3 rounds so you only have to play a maximum of 3 or 4 games depending on participation.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on March 29, 2011, 05:47:25 PM
I may need an extention for my games.  The shit really hit the fan this week and I'm going to be busy...
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Avoric on March 30, 2011, 04:53:55 PM
Someone should sweep through tonight, play everyone, and steal the win from Reth or Lawl :P
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on March 31, 2011, 09:15:12 AM
Well its looks like we are going to have a tie between Reth and LawL since this tournament closes tomorrow.  To determine the winner they will face off in a final match at a time convenient to them.

Next tournament will be a little less bulky and awkward.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on April 01, 2011, 11:41:22 AM
Tournament Closes at 4:00am EST on Saturday April 2nd.  This should give our west coasters until midnight unless my math is wrong.  All game stats should be submitted to the forum no later then this time.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on April 01, 2011, 12:03:03 PM
It gives us until 1am.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on April 01, 2011, 12:14:55 PM
Math is hard.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on April 01, 2011, 12:32:42 PM
yup.  I know.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Brookmanz on April 01, 2011, 11:43:54 PM
Seems like I fixed my router/modem problem. A bit late though.   :-\
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest
Post by: Rethmeier on April 02, 2011, 12:18:45 AM
haha that's alright.
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest (CLOSED)
Post by: Brookmanz on April 21, 2011, 10:43:09 AM
Congratulations LawL_LawL!


I forgot to post winner...but I'm sure you guys knew anyway. :P
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest (CLOSED)
Post by: Rethmeier on April 21, 2011, 11:40:23 AM
What a freak.  No one should be that good
Title: Re: Napoleon Total War Contest (CLOSED)
Post by: Avoric on April 22, 2011, 01:28:27 AM
Oh noo!

Yeah, he's pretty awesome.