First Panzer Battles Tournament

[Dog Soldier]

This is confusing. First you wrote that the patch wouldn't affect the outcome, and now you want us to play the pre-patch version.

It would be helpful to post if we can patch before the patch is released, as it wasn't clear and I patched, based on your comments that it wouldn't affect the outcome and Ricky B's comment that the changes would be applied normally.

This is ones of the reasons why I wanted to wait with starting until the patch was released, to prevent such a misunderstanding.

As to forfeiting having an effect on the tournament score: if casualties are counted for points, it would have an effect if the game was forfeited as fewer casualties will be caused. The same goes for objectives, as fewer might be captured, so wouldn't it always have an effect?

The scenario I sent out is from the first patch. What I was saying was the first patch scenario file and the one I provided are one and the same. Since the third round started well before the release of the first patch, and all the pairs of players would be at different point in their games, it seems only fair that no one patch until the current game for the third round they are playing has ended.

The patch now includes changes to the game engine. Those game engine changes came after I made the comment here at the blitz. Strela detailed those game engine changes out very carefully in his post with the link to the patch.
Now if anyone already patched, I would prefer you remove the patch by loading the original game in a separate directory to finish the third round. Since members are competing against each other playing the same side, and some are nearly finished, it would not be fair for some to play the round with the patch installed while others finished without it.
If you made a mistake by applying the patch and played a turn or two, just copy the PBEM file to the directory with the game installed without the patch and finish that way. A single turn or so played with the patch will not be the end of the world.

The scoring method was developed with forfeits already considered. I can not take all the credit. It is a modified version of the one used in the recent Squad Battles tournaments. I made a few modifications to handle forfeits and the unique way Panzer Battles games tend to go. It is a very fair system.

I have not heard from 10-3 in over 2weeks and have sent and have sent a few emails and have not heard back.

When we started we were moving along at a pretty good pace now have not heard anything.

I will contact him and see what has happened.

I can be a DH if needed. I don't care about not having a chance to win

Richie61, I will put you down as my second alternate if someone drops from the tournament. I already have someone in the wings as first alternate.

Dog Soldier