Journeys of Discovery – 8; Erik the Red (Winner: Gillipig)

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Journeys of Discovery – 8; Erik the Red (Winner: Gillipig)

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Journeys of Discovery – 8; Eric the Red

Congratulations to Gillipig who won 4 of his final 6 games! BluU was second with 3 wins and traffic133 third with 2 wins

Erik the Red (c950 – c1000) was a native of Norway and the founder of the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik's family left Norway, exiled on account of manslaughter, and they settled in Iceland but Erik was himself exhiled around 982 for killing two men. For three years he sailed around and explored the southern part of a somewhat mysterious and little-known land. When he returned to Iceland after his exile had expired, he brought with him stories of "Greenland", deliberately giving the land an appealing name in order to lure potential settlers. In 986 he left Iceland with more than 20 ships and around 400-500 people. He arrived in Greenland with 14 boats and an estimated 350 colonizers.

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As other explorers, he looks like he is eating unripe gooseberries and presumably his long unkempt hair was red.

Although the settlement eventually disappeared, it opened the door to centuries of occasional explorations of the area and colonization attempts by northern Europeans. Eric the Red's son was Leif Ericsson, who went on to become one of the first Europeans to sail to North America.

Can you be the person who comes out on top after exploring Nordic Countries, Iceland and Greenland?

Good Luck!

Dave

[spoiler=Gameplay]48 players playing best of three knock-out. The final three then battle it out in 3 games with each person and the player with the best record then wins the tournament.
Nordic Countries, Iceland and Greenland Maps; all games will be Standard, Automatic, Sequential, Chained, Flat Rate and Foggy.
Three games will be sent out each round, so freemium players can join providing they keep three slots open.
Reserves will be used for the first round only. Matchups for the first round will be random.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Players]calicus
Moonchild
sandman175
greenoaks
friesuschrist
hmsps
canona85
General Brewsie
azak848
MrPinky
smegal69
DaveH
Dukasaur
Lord Zod
Dark Sheet
smithrog
shaolin dragon
BlackZ
Fuzzy316
dazza2008
fairman
Sniper 08
Will Lee
BluU
193roadster
Leatherhead
dprsetrob
aalii
cptbeefalo
danalan
traffic133
shoop 76
stollmike
crazycolin
Guderian09
ganguscalm
Jimmy V
thehippo8
MoB Deadly
bmusic
Milen83
rmjw10
TheTrueNorth
Gillipig
Crarg
phillipm
General Bax
samgrossy[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 1]azak848 & friesuschrist; 9483621, 9470139, 9470166

crazycolin & Fuzzy316; 9470108, 9470138, 9470164

TheTrueNorth & BlackZ; 9470089, 9470137, 9470163

aalii & Crarg; 9470088, 9470136, 9470162

Dukasaur & Milen83; 9470087, 9470135, 9470159

BluU & calicus; 9470086, 9470131, 9470158

phillipm & fairman; 9470085, 9470129, 9470157

MoB Deadly & DarkSheet; 9470084, 9470128, 9470156

rmjw10 & Will Lee; 9470083, 9470127, 9470155

ganguscalm & canona85; 9470082, 9470126, 9470154

smegal69 & samgrossy; 9470081, 9470125, 9470153

1931roadster & MrPinky; 9470080, 9470124, 9470152

danalan & greenoaks; 9470079, 9470123, 9470151

hmsps & dazza2008; 9470077, 9470121, 9470150

sandman175 & General Bax; 9470076, 9470120, 9470149

Moonchild & thehippo8; 9470074, 9470119, 9470148

Guderian09 & shaolin dragon; 9470073, 9470118, 9470147

bmusic & DaveH; 9470072, 9470117, 9470146

Lord Zod & Gillipig; 9470071, 9470116, 9470145

General Brewsie & shoop76; 9470070, 9470115, 9470144

Jimmy V & Sniper08; 9470069, 9470114, 9470143

dorsettrob & cptbeefalo; 9470067, 9470113, 9470142

Leatherhead & smithrog; 9470066, 9470112, 9470141

traffic133 & stollmike; 9470065, 9483628, 9470140[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 2]shoop76 & shaolin dragon; 9555254, 9555351, 9555401

MoB Deadly & thehippo8; 9555251, 9555349, 9555398

TheTrueNorth & Dukasaur; 9555249, 9555348, 9555395

ganguscalm & Will Lee; 9555246, 9555347, 9555393

DaveH & smegal69; 9555243, 9555346, 9555391

sandman175 & fairman; 9555240, 9555345, 9555390

Gillipig & Jimmy V; 9555239, 9555344, 9555389

BluU & cptbeefalo; 9565269, 9555341, 9555388

1931roadster & azak848; 9555235, 9555339, 9555384

crazycolin & traffic133; 9555234, 9555338, 9555382

hmsps & Leatherhead; 9555233, 9555337, 9555381

greenoaks & aalii; 9555232, 9555336, Game 9555379[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 3]MoB Deadly & BluU; 9612059, 9612053, 9612046

aalii & Will Lee; 9612058, 9612052, 9612045

TheTrueNorth & 1931roadster; 9612057, 9612051, 9612044

hmsps & Gillipig; 9612056, 9612050, 9612042

traffic133 & DaveH; 9612055, 9612049, 9612041

shoop76 & sandman175; 9612054, 9612048, 9612040[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 4]BluU & Will Lee; 9678273, 9678267, 9678271

1931roadster & Gillipig; 9678403, 9678400, 9678402

traffic133 & shoop76; 9669256, 9669251, 9669247[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Finals]BluU & Gillipig; 9723534, 9723539, 9723544

BluU & traffic133; 9723533, 9723584, 9723543

Gillipig & traffic133; 9723530, 9723582, 9723542[/spoiler]
Last edited by DaveH on Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:39 pm, edited 36 times in total.
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