My game with @Macomber just concluded. I was able to build some early warp gates to be able to swing around both flanks early in the game. I might not have been able to hold them indefinitely, but long enough to snag the advantage and the win. Thanks @Macomber
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uh i sort of accidently quit the game at some point and I just realized when i tried to submit a turn.I think the bot will probably still win in time even though my opponent isnāt submitting turns.
Edit: i just noticed i won tho idk will you count it as panzers win because i quit therefore lost first?
@Solfyre played well and my empire folded like a wet napkin in the face of his onslaught. Thank you for the brief but stimulating game. He indeed made good use of warp gates to secure the flanks of the map as he expanded. I made the key mistake of throwing away ships in the early game as I tried to take control of the centre - these were futile efforts as my opponent had ensured he had enough ships there to defend. I realized later those ships wouldāve been better spent pushing out to the flanks which were still, at that early point, contested. Once he gained control of them, warp gates were placed and the writing was on the wall for my looming defeat as he racked up his star count and overwhelmed thinly defended border areas.
I prioritized industry while my foe went more for economy - a fact that wouldāve really caused me trouble had the game gone on longer. However, in the shorter term I had more ships but somewhat neutralized that advantage with these fruitless kinds of attacks. An area of improvement for me is understanding when an attack will succeed or when it is wiser to bide my time and move around to seek a more advantageous moment. Thanks for your tips in this area, @Solfyre.
Your win. Itās a pretty obvious case looking at the stars. Hoping @PanzerSherman will be back and more active in the 4th round!
Hey @Trucriot this Swiss tournament looks super fun! Would greatly appreciate an @mention next time you run one.
Thanks, glad to hear it looks fun! I pinged you in the previous LLL thread among the other participants in February - limiting myself to pinging only the most recent tournament participants in both formats so I donāt annoy people too much. Hope to see you join next time!
Oops my bad for missing it then! Iāll look forward to the next one.
Congrats to @iippabella for taking the victory in our last game! It was very fun and tough game with quite a few āGotcha now!ā moments, followed with even more āHuh, got me good on this oneā.
@iippabella was always able to keep the upper hand in tech and industry but somehow I managed to hold on for most of the game. But with every turn I had a harder job of keeping incoming ships at bay.
Thanks for the game @iippabella!
Thanks for the game. There were some great wrap gate moves on @MLaZz part but I managed to keep the advantage in industry and tech that I gained early on. All in all I the game was well played on both parts.
Seems @Generic mustāve had some stuff happen irl as heās missed three turns now and if he misses another one Iāll have enough stars to win. A shame as the game war fairly close before that with me having a slight lead, hoping everything is alright on his end and maybe weāll get a proper rematch at some point down the line.
I managed to edge out @limemaster in game 37 - my opponent made some epic raids behind my lines, but in the end my ship numbers began to count. I got lucky with one initial skirmish which gave me a slightly better map position after the early rush. Thanks for the game!
I came out victorious against @tenerezu I believe my early focus on Manufacturing and a few early Warp gates allowed me to get a strong hold on the Eastern stars for constant attacks, while I just hunkered down and defended the West.
@limemaster took the victory in our long-running, home-star-swapping game. Well played, it was a fun game to the end.
I just took the win against @SteelyPhil. It was looking to be a good match, but then they seemed to go AFK, conceding at tick 92.
Grats to all the winners! Hoping to see @Generic and @SteelyPhil back in action in the upcoming round.
I was out, but Iāll cut the two remaining matches that are still ongoing now. Will try to post results, latest table and the upcoming 4th round later tonight.
Here are the results of the games that did not conclude yet (both did not hit the 196-ticks treshhold, so wait times are assessed) - calculated relative advantages are given in brackets:
@DarkDragonwing [DE-5] vs. @Skilly146 [US] 60-49 WIN DarkDragonwing (-162) after 138 ticks*
@BlueChicken [US] vs. @Grayman 55-36 WIN BlueChicken (-344) after 114 ticks**
*) DarkDragonwing submitted significantly faster on average.
**) Wait time divergence between the players was within the .728-threshold.
As itās past the deadline, these results will be permanent. If both players want to, the games can still be continued. Otherwise feel free to quit and make room for the upcoming next round.
Tournament Table after Round 3
# Player Won BHā BHā Pkt 1 Dr_Gaming 3 19.99 6.67 12 2 wint3ermute 2 21.99 6.66 10 3 Solfyre 2 19.33 6.66 10 4 DarkDragonwing 2 19.32 6.66 10 5 plug 2 17.98 5.33 10 6 Generic 2 16.01 8.00 8 7 BelSon 2 19.34 6.66 8 8 iippabella 2 20.00 4.66 8 9 BlueChicken 2 18.01 4.66 8 10 Kaine 2 18.67 4.00 8 11 Satirael 1 17.98 8.00 6 12 Macomber 1 16.65 8.00 6 13 Skilly146 1 19.33 6.66 6 14 limemaster 1 17.99 5.33 6 15 SteelyPhil 1 18.65 7.33 4 16 sarcophagus 1 17.31 6.00 4 17 MLaZz 1 17.31 6.00 4 18 SummerSiren2331 1 16.66 5.34 4 19 Demikus 1 16.65 5.34 4 20 OneBlue 1 18.66 5.33 4 21 Grayman 1 16.65 4.67 4 22 gaz123 0 17.33 5.99 0 23 tenerezu 0 14.01 5.33 0 24 PanzerSherman 0 16.00 4.66 0
I will prepare the maps and match-ups for the next round as soon as possible.
@DarkDragonwing Sorry about being so slow that game, Iām not really sure what happened. I felt like I was submitting at least a couple times a day (other then this weekend when I didnāt have a chance to play) and also for some reason thought this was still the start of the second week? Dragonwing was almost definitely going to win that though regardless, good game
No worries, time sometimes flows in mysterious ways. Wishing you good luck and pace for the next game.
Side note, @sarcophagus also won his game (missing record was noticed when cross-checking my rankings with entries here).
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Sure thing, donāt think I elaborated on them before - just briefly mentioned their existence in the rules. Those are Buchholz scores used for tie-breaking if players have the same points.
BH1 basically evaluates the result-based strength of your previous opponents within the tournament. BH2 puts a number on the result-based strength of your previous opponentsā opponents.
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