TOURNAMENT STARTING!!!

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Sorry Guys - left an important fact off...

This tournament will be SPWW2.

If all goes well then we can do an MBT Last Man Standing after. I felt that WW2 was the most popular game, and frankly, it is mostly point and shoot - no worries about thermals, IR, TOWS, Thermobaric, etc. So, an easy place to start.

RE: Tourney mode - I wasn't aware of the issue low_bidder found, but I felt many don't have the CD version - so, we'll make do with a standard PBEM Battle format. The resetting of the VH's is really the only issue of significance, and it's not that difficult to adjust.

RE: Time Frames - I assume means dates of the battles. The battles will begin in mid-1944 and will progress based on the number of rounds. The final battle will be mid-1946.

RE: "RED" and "GREEN" - you can definately choose them in WW2.

RE: Troop Training - GB, I didn't see any difference when I made the purchases in some play testing...however, I really looked for set-up, purchase, and deployment issues. I didn't play it out with AI very far. I'll take a look at it before we start. Any adjustments to the preferences will be given by me prior to the start of each round. A lot of this will be based on player feedback during and after each round.

RE: "Opportunities" - Low_Bidder, if you want to play in it - I'd keep these to myself. This tournament may end up being very, very "gamey" - but on the otherside, it may display how the basic tactics continue to work the best. Whatever you can think of, that the game can do, is allowed.

I count 6 guys in, so far:

Roman - Low_Bidder - GreyBeard - 2ndLt_Fjun - dark_wing -Panama

That's half a bracket right there. I'll keep it open until around January 23rd or so...with a projected Kick-off date of January 26th.

Once I have all the players, I'll post a thread with the brackets or, if fewer than 12, the 1st opponents. I'll also post the round 1 preferences and other set-up info. This will be followed by an email to each player with the same information.

I can't promise much with this "experiment," but I can promise a lot of destruction and mayhem. And, who doesn't want that.