History of Nuclear War [GF] [complete]

[Dukasaur]

Final scores: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=207611&start=25#p4608808

This is the Grand Finale tournament of the History of Nuclear War Series. It is only open to those who have qualified.

[spoiler=eligibility and preliminaries]Preparation for the History of Nuclear War Grand Finale:

Nine players will play in the Grand Finale. It will follow the same format as the regular Finales in the series: Nine simultaneous terminator games on nine maps. Unlike the rest of the series, these games will be 9-player, not 8-player. Each of the nine tournaments in the series will be represented by one player. The Champion of the tournament will have first dibs on representing that tournament. If he is unable or unwilling, then the spot will be offered to the player who came second, if he is unable or unwilling, then the spot will be offered to the player who came third, and so on.

Basic eligibility: In order to play in this Grand Finale, there are some basic requirements:

• You must be a member of Conquer Club in good standing (not under any bans.)
• You must be a premium member (nine games simultaneously, speaks for itself.)
• You must indicate a willingness to play in the Grand Finale sign-up thread and select a map.

Choosing maps: The player representing a tournament will choose a map representing that tournament. Obviously, it must be one of the maps that was used. At least I hope it's obvious. If you are representing HNW VIII, you must choose a map from HNW VIII, not VII, even though your favourite map of all time was used in HNW VII.

You can always visit the History of Nuclear War Series InfoCentre for links to all the tournaments to review which maps go with which.

Players who have won more than one tournament in the series (basically Junior Bee) cannot appear more than once in the finale. He will have to choose which tournament to represent, and will be ineligible to represent the others. However, he will get a special bonus: the right to ix-nay four of the maps used in each of the tournaments that he chooses not to represent.

So, let's work an actual example. Junior Bee won HNW III, IV, and V. He might still win VIII, but let's ignore that for now. In the Grand Finale, Junior decides to represent HNW IV. He is thus ineligible to represent HNW III or V, and the baton in those tournaments is passed to PaRKoN, who was second in HNW III, and Marshallbobby, who was second in HNW V. Marshallbobby has vanished from Conquer Club, so his spot would in turn be passed to Morleyjoe, who was third in HNW V. Junior Bee, as his special perk for the two places he vacates, would get a veto over four maps from III and four maps from V. So, PaRKoN and Morleyjoe would each only have five maps to choose from.

Nobody has won more than one except JB. However, several players appear on more than one list, and it is conceivable, depending on the acceptance/denial of those above them, that they will still end up having a choice to make between different tourneys.

Fog or Sun: If you are representing one of the first three tournaments, you will get to choose fog or sun when you choose a map. If you are representing the all-fog tournaments HNW IV and V, then your map will be played foggy. If you are representing one of the last four tournaments, your map will be played sunny.

In accordance with the Grand Finale Policy, the winner of the Grand Finale will receive a General Achievement medal and not a Tournament Achievement medal.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=potential qualified players]Only one player will represent each tournament. I have listed five or six for each, but only ONE of those will actually qualify. The reason for listing more is to establish a succession in case the player at the top of the heap can not or will not play.

HNW I
Culs de Sac
Soldier4Christ
zissou
darkbluesky
Risk_Averse

HNW II
Fuzzy316
SirSebstar
Musteriuz
Perchorin
chidone

HNW III
Junior Bee
PaRKoN
bearshark3
Grandilof
Vaicius

HNW IV
Junior Bee
PaRKoN
overlander
uckuki
Gilligan

HNW V
Junior Bee
Marshallbobby seems to have left the site
morleyjoe
Silly Knig-it
Ratrin
fuzzy316

HNW VI
Contreras.ale
Junior Bee cannot qualify
P4Ssoa
uckuki
morleyjoe
blonderic

HNW VII
GreenBaize
Junior Bee cannot qualify
ZionT
Osman76
spartacus65
PaRKoN

HNW VIII
Junior Bee
Beko the Great cannot qualify
zips5000 declined
Osman76
Ginger Dragon
Risk_Averse

HNW IX
Beko the Great
GreenBaize cannot qualify
BarkingAjax
PaRKoN
kevlove102[/spoiler]

[spoiler=acceptances and maps chosen thus far]HNW

1. Culs de Sac -- Pearl Harbor (fog)
2. Fuzzy316 -- Japan (fog)
3. Junior Bee -- Cuban Missile Crisis (fog)
4. PaRKoN -- Lunar War Solar System (fog)
5. morleyjoe -- RailAsia (fog)
6. contreras.ale -- Germany (sun)
7. GreenBaize -- Canada (sun)
8. Osman76 -- Arms Race! (sun)
9. Beko the Great -- World 2.1 (sun)

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=final player list]Culs de Sac
Fuzzy316
Junior Bee
PaRKoN
morleyjoe
contreras.ale
GreenBaize
Osman76
Beko the Great[/spoiler]
[spoiler=games and randomized player order]There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861762
contreras.ale
Fuzzy316
morleyjoe
Osman76
GreenBaize
Culs de Sac
PaRKoN
Beko the Great
Junior Bee

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:43:12 UTC

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861763
Culs de Sac
Junior Bee
PaRKoN
Osman76
GreenBaize
Fuzzy316
Beko the Great
morleyjoe
contreras.ale

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:43:46 UTC

You have randomized this list 2 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861765
PaRKoN
morleyjoe
contreras.ale
Junior Bee
Osman76
GreenBaize
Culs de Sac
Fuzzy316
Beko the Great

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:43:57 UTC

You have randomized this list 3 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14863349
Junior Bee
Culs de Sac
PaRKoN
contreras.ale
Beko the Great
Fuzzy316
Osman76
GreenBaize
morleyjoe

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:44:08 UTC

You have randomized this list 4 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861768
Junior Bee
Fuzzy316
morleyjoe
GreenBaize
Culs de Sac
Osman76
contreras.ale
PaRKoN
Beko the Great

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:44:18 UTC

You have randomized this list 5 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861770
Beko the Great
contreras.ale
GreenBaize
morleyjoe
Junior Bee
Fuzzy316
Culs de Sac
PaRKoN
Osman76

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:44:33 UTC

You have randomized this list 6 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861771
Fuzzy316
GreenBaize
PaRKoN
Culs de Sac
contreras.ale
Beko the Great
Junior Bee
Osman76
morleyjoe

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:44:54 UTC

You have randomized this list 7 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861772
Junior Bee
contreras.ale
Osman76
Fuzzy316
morleyjoe
Culs de Sac
PaRKoN
Beko the Great
GreenBaize

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:45:04 UTC

You have randomized this list 8 times.

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Game 14861773
morleyjoe
GreenBaize
Fuzzy316
PaRKoN
contreras.ale
Osman76
Beko the Great
Culs de Sac
Junior Bee

Timestamp: 2014-09-19 07:45:15 UTC

You have randomized this list 9 times.[/spoiler]

[Junior Bee]

Ok thanks Duk I will choose HNW 111 to represent me in the Grand Final

[Dukasaur]

Ok thanks Duk I will choose HNW 111 to represent me in the Grand Final

Okay, JB take HNW III.

That leaves the current tops of the heaps as:

1. Culs de Sac
2. Fuzzy316
3. Junior Bee
4. PaRKoN
5. Marshallbobby
6. Contreras.ale
7. GreenBaize
8. Zips5000
9. Beko the Great

Please POST IN THE THREAD if you accept. PMs are NOT acceptable substitutes!

You can go ahead and choose your map if you wish, or you can wait if you want, but you MUST post in the thread to confirm that you will represent your tournament!

[PaRKoN]

I'm in! Lunar War from HNW IV for me

[contreras.ale]

Hi Duk, yes I wil join the GF. My map is Germany. Cheers

[Fuzzy316]

I am game... I will take Japan ... foggy

[Beko the Great]

Very well, I will take World 2.1

And of course I accept to participate in this tournament

[GreenBaize]

I'm in and i will choose Canada

[Junior Bee]

I know I have the right to veto some maps but I am happy to forgo this option.

I will choose fog for My map from HNW 3 - Cuban Missile crisis

[Dukasaur]

acceptances and maps chosen thus far]HNW

2. Fuzzy316 -- Japan
3. Junior Bee -- Cuban Missile Crisis (fog)
4. PaRKoN -- Lunar War (fog)
6. contreras.ale -- Germany
7. GreenBaize -- Canada
9. Beko the Great -- World 2.1

Updated.

[Culs De Sac]

accept. map choice later

[Dukasaur]

accept. map choice later

Ok, we have 7 of 9 players and 6 of 9 maps.

Marshallbobby seems to have left the site and zips5000 has declined to participate, so the baton for HNW V passes to [player]morleyjoe[/player] and the baton for HNW VIII passes to [player]Osman76[/player].

Sending PM now.

[morleyjoe]

I accept - Rail Asia it is. Great series!

[mcshanester29]

A GA medal has been approved for the winner of the GF

[osman76]

I ACCEPT. Arms race plz

[Dukasaur]

Okay! We have acceptances from nine players representing the nine tournaments!

Still waiting for a map from Culs, but otherwise we are ready to rock and roll!

acceptances and maps chosen thus far]HNW

1. Culs de Sac -- map TBD
2. Fuzzy316 -- Japan (fog)
3. Junior Bee -- Cuban Missile Crisis (fog)
4. PaRKoN -- Lunar War (fog)
5. morleyjoe -- RailAsia (fog)
6. contreras.ale -- Germany (sun)
7. GreenBaize -- Canada (sun)
8. Osman76 -- Arms Race! (sun)
9. Beko the Great -- World 2.1 (sun)

[/spoiler]

[Culs De Sac]

Pearl Harbor Fog

[Dukasaur]

Pearl Harbor Fog

Updated.

[Dukasaur]

bump?

[FULL]

[Dukasaur]

Okay, we have all our acceptances, and we have received tournament privileges. Ready to start, but I have one question for you guys.

In the past, I always just randomized the player list once, and then everybody in every game was placed in the same order.

Would it make it more interesting if I was to randomize the order separately for each game, so that your turn doesn't always come after the same person?

[Junior Bee]

Would it make it more interesting if I was to randomize the order separately for each game, so that your turn doesn't always come after the same person?

agree It would seem to be a fairer way doing it

[Culs De Sac]

going after the same person would be irrelevant based on map positioning regardless as it would already be random. I dont know if play order has any effect.

[Dukasaur]

Would it make it more interesting if I was to randomize the order separately for each game, so that your turn doesn't always come after the same person?

agree It would seem to be a fairer way doing it

(from PMs)

absolutely

Hi Dukasaur, yes I vote for the "full random" concept, in which everygame has a different order. Makes the whole thing "more random". Thanks! Cheers

going after the same person would be irrelevant based on map positioning regardless as it would already be random. I dont know if play order has any effect.

Okay, we have 3 strong "yes" votes and one "maybe/no" vote, with 5 members abstaining.

The ayes have it! Play order will be randomized separately.

[Dukasaur]

Games have been sent out!

We hit a bit of a snag, as Lunar War is restricted to only 8 players. I've sent a message to PaRKoN to choose a new map ASAP.

Best of luck, everyone! You're already champions!


Also, this is my 97th!
[spoiler=My list of tournaments thus far]My FIRST tournament: Dukasaur's Knucklehead Tournament
My SECOND tournament (and still my personal favourite): Intensities in Ten Cities!
My THIRD tournament: DK's 3-3-3
My FOURTH tournament: DK's CC Scrabble
My FIFTH tournament: A Fifth of Dukasaur
My SIXTH tournament: DK's koontz-style tourney
My SEVENTH tournament: Jules Verne Contest(new thread) (rescued from its original creator [player]DJENRE[/player])
My EIGHTH tournament: LOTTERY V (rescued from its original creator [player]DJENRE[/player])
My NINTH tournament: History of Nuclear War I
My TENTH tournament: DK's Friendship Festival
My ELEVENTH tournament: DK's koontz-style II
My TWELFTH tournament: History 101 (rescued from [player]Blinkadyblink[/player])
My THIRTEENTH tournament: My First Tourney (rescued from [player]Sword Master[/player]: it was HIS first tourney, not mine, lol)
My FOURTEENTH tournament: Guojia Anquan Bu TPA2 (my first TPA!)
My FIFTEENTH tournament: History of Nuclear War II
My SIXTEENTH tournament: Dukasaur's First Anniversary
My SEVENTEENTH tournament: DK's Christmas Quads
My EIGHTEENTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 I - No Spoils
My NINETEENTH tournament:1v1 Conqueror of the Americas (rescued from [player]eagleblade[/player])
My TWENTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 II - Flat Rate
My TWENTY-FIRST tournament: History of Nuclear War III
My TWENTY-SECOND tournament: WKRP in Cincinnati
Cancelled: DK's Easter Quads
My TWENTY-THIRD tournament: Whom or What Version 1
My TWENTY-FOURTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 III - Nuclear
My TWENTY-FIFTH tournament: The Clan League Vase (the first not run under the Tournaments area of the site.)
My TWENTY-SIXTH tournament: Assassination by Fours [TPA2] (rescued from [player]MrGlassB[/player])
My TWENTY-SEVENTH tournament: Jim's Tourney Series #8: Fighting the Fog (rescued from [player]jimfinn[/player])
My TWENTY-EIGHTH tournament: Friendship Festival Special Edition [TPA2]
My TWENTY-NINTH tournament: Slacker Time 1
My THIRTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 IV - Escalating
My THIRTY-FIRST tournament: In and Out: The Assasin - The Orient{sic} (rescued from [player]Eternal Shadow[/player])
My THIRTY-SECOND tournament: In the Trenches: 8 Thoughts (rescued from [player]Campin_Killer[/player])
My THIRTY-THIRD tournament: wm's 1st CC Tennis Open (rescued from [player]wesleymilo[/player])
My THIRTY-FOURTH tournament: History of Nuclear War IV
My THIRTY-FIFTH tournament: Salient Assassinations in History [TPA3]
My THIRTY-SIXTH tournament: History of Nuclear War V
My THIRTY-SEVENTH tournament: History of Nuclear War VI
(History of Nuclear War Series Information Centre created Nov 18, 2012)
My THIRTY-EIGHTH tournament: DK's 2nd Annual Christmas Quads with WC4J (WC4J=[player]WorldCup4James[/player])
My THIRTY-NINTH tournament: Your Favourite Way for the World to End! (My first OFFICIAL tournament!)
My FORTIETH tournament: Slacker Time 2
My FORTY-FIRST tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 01
My FORTY-SECOND tournament: DKs Best of 2011 V - Randomized
Best of 2011 Series Infocentre created Jan 14, 2013
My FORTY-THIRD tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 02
My FORTY-FOURTH tournament: MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix (rescued from [player]tokle[/player])
My FORTY-FIFTH tournament: The Forgotten Nine
My FORTY-SIXTH tournament: History of Nuclear War VII
My FORTY-SEVENTH tournament: DKs Best of 2012 I - Flat Foggy
My FORTY-EIGHTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 VI - SoC Settings
My FORTY-NINTH tournament: "Gratuitous Transfer of Wealth"
My FIFTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2012 II -- Sunny Nukes
My FIFTY-FIRST tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 03
My FIFTY-SECOND tournament: 21st Century Clash of the Statesmen (rescued from creator [player]WorldCup4James[/player])
My FIFTY-THIRD tournament: A Chance to Write History WWIII (rescued from creator [player]WorldCup4James[/player])
My FIFTY-FOURTH tournament: Dissolution of the USSR (rescued from creator [player]x-raider[/player])
My FIFTY-FIFTH tournament: DKs Best of 2011 VII - DYFS
My FIFTY-SIXTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 04
My FIFTY-SEVENTH tournament: Symbol of the Galapagos [TPA 3]
My FIFTY-EIGHTH tournament: History of Nuclear War VIII
My FIFTY-NINTH tournament: History of Nuclear War IX
My SIXTIETH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 05
My SIXTY-FIRST tournament: DKs Best of 2011 VIII - Optimum Settings
My SIXTY-SECOND tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 06
My SIXTY-THIRD tournament: Slacker Time 3
My SIXTY-FOURTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 07
My SIXTY-FIFTH tournament: Our World at Four Magnifications
My SIXTY-SIXTH tournament: DKs Best of 2012 III -- Randomized
My SIXTY-SEVENTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 08
My SIXTY-EIGHTH tournament: DKs CSFR series 01 - Tábor
My SIXTY-NINTH tournament: SOS Africa Qualifier -- The Battle for the Cape (Official)
My SEVENTIETH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 09
My SEVENTY-FIRST tournament: DKs CSFR series 02 - Olomouc
My SEVENTY-SECOND tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 10
My SEVENTY-THIRD tournament: DKs Best of 2012 IV -- Foggy Escalator
My SEVENTY-FOURTH tournament: SOS Africa Qualifier -- Bread and Beer (Official)
My SEVENTY-FIFTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 11
My SEVENTY-SIXTH tournament: Struggles in the Snow TPA4
My SEVENTY-SEVENTH tournament: DKs CSFR series 03 - Prešov
My SEVENTY-EIGHTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 12
My SEVENTY-NINTH tournament: JK's RCMC III- Terminator (rescued from [player]JamesKer1[/player])
My EIGHTIETH tournament: DKs Best of 2013 I - Flat Foggy
My EIGHTY-FIRST tournament: "Vive L'Empereur"
My EIGHTY-SECOND tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 13
My EIGHTY-THIRD tournament: 7 maps for 7 game types [TPA 4 Major]
My EIGHTY-FOURTH tournament: The Championships - Triples (my first site championship)
My EIGHTY-FIFTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 14
My EIGHTY-SIXTH tournament: GLGH Crossword (rescued from creator [player]Greenoaks[/player])
My EIGHTY-SEVENTH tournament: DKs Best of 2013 II -- Randomized
My EIGHTY-EIGHTH tournament: Slacker Time 4
My EIGHTY-NINTH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 15
My NINETIETH tournament: Dukasaur Plays Baltic 16
My NINETY-FIRST tournament: DKs CSFR series 04 -- Banská Bystrica
My NINETY-SECOND tournament: DKs CSFR series 05 -- Košice
My NINETY-THIRD tournament: DKs Best of 2013 III -- Sunny Nukes
My NINETY-FOURTH tournament: 56 for '56 (CC Olympics event)
My NINETY-FIFTH tournament: DK's koontz-style III
My NINETY-SIXTH tournament: DK Plays Baltic 17
My NINETY-SEVENTH tournament: History of Nuclear War [GF] (The triumphant conclusion to the History of Nuclear War Series)[/spoiler]

[Dukasaur]

Solar System will be.