That...was a blast.
TVS was awesome, we all had a great time. Can't wait to write with them again in the future!
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That...was a blast.
TVS was awesome, we all had a great time. Can't wait to write with them again in the future!
We had the longest fight/thread .... shaweeeet!!
Gl to everyone!
Now that finals are over, I'm hoping next round will go smoother. We had some serious issues with availability in my fight.
Eager to see the judgment for this one. Though it didn't end on the note we all wanted it to, I'm sure there are some points of this battle both my opponents and my team are proud of.
Wow. I LOVED this round. TVS did an amazing job, and our battle, sheesh. I'm still trying to see how much I like it. It was a blast. And I copy Jericho: can't wait to write with them again.
I'd just like to echo the comments of Kryos and Jericho. BEST BATTLE EVER. I would welcome the opportunity to write with them again.
No matter which team wins this round, I'll be satisfied with the result.
Jolly Good show, gents! Pats on the backs all around, with perhaps a "good game" where appropriate. Smashing good time and all that.
Ha ha! Ha! Ha...'cause it's a combat tournament...get it?Quote:
Smashing good time and all that.
*crickets*
So, umm, do we have a vague idea when the judging will be up? Not to rush you guys, (but kinda ;) ) but I'm anxious to see who won ours. It was so epic and all . . . And with only two that hit 12+ posts, well, that is only 2 required judgements, although I know you guys like to judge some of the others as well.
Rock on, people!
I am wondering who will win my fight. Technically, my team got the most posts...I had posted in our OOC thread asking them if they'd support requesting a judgment, no matter who had the most posts, but they never responded. So, I don't know.
Doesn't mean you will win because of it.Quote:
Technically, my team got the most posts
http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=17647Quote:
All threads must reach at least 12 posts to qualify for a judgment. Those that do not will be declared incomplete and the team with the most total posts will win by default.
*Shrugs*
I do owe you guys an apology for the lapse in communication. Settling things via judgement would have been nice, but frankly neither myself nor my partner (I haven't seen her online for weeks >< ) were able to put much effort into the round. Real life and all.
So here's my tuppence worth of congratulations, and good luck.
Yeah, this round came over finals for me and NightCast, so I think we all got pretty fucked. But hey, it was fun while it lasted.
I meant assuming that each team had the minimum amount Shadowed.
*Shrug*
:p
Petoux, how does that make any sense? If you have the minimum amount, you get a judgment, which determines the winner. What else would we have been talking about?
I'll give a brief report on the situation regarding the judgments. Judgments are to be done within the next couple of days. Then by next week the semi-finals will go up. At that time the winners for the arena competition will get their gold.
With that said, I have my judgment halfway done and my notes are extensive. I see my judgment being done later today, the 20th.
I'm shocked in all honesty, of how low I scored. Imo ... I thought I did a shit load better job than last time.
No offense to the judge btw, just saying.
I appreciate all the feedback and stuff, but seriously ... THAT low?
wow ...
:(
I honestly thought I was getting better ... not worse.
Also, don't we get double gold and exp in this round according the rules and all that? .. speaking of which, we didn't earn any gold.
1 more question:
How come the exp gain was pitifully low? Last time we got a lower overall score, won, and earned 500 exp ... now we had a higher overall score than last time, lost and earned 150 exp.
Wth?
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Congrats Stalin For Time. Good game! We will get you next time!
;)
I can sum up easily why my mechanics and grammar were so skewed in a couple of my posts in this battle. My computer was broken, and the ones I used while I waited to have it fixed didn't have any microsoft word on it. Cory gave me a spell check site to use, but that sucked too. I agreed that things needed to be better read and checked for errors, but at least there were good reasons for why it hadn't been.
EDIT: I was also curious about the EXP we gained. I know when we battled last time and won it was almost doubled from that. I'm guessing the reasons behind that were because we didn't manage to finish round 3 like we did round 2, in which case that's understandable.
Your judgment seemed spot on to me, Petoux.
Losers of battles get a lot less EXP than the winner, Petoux. That makes the IC win something to strive for, so that your character can level up sooner, rather than the minimal OOC "prestige" of 'my character beat theirs.' It means that competitors can communicate to make a battle something with an awesome storyline, and it means that if you and I got into a battle, I would be trying to write better than you, rather than to fight better than you.
Sometimes, no matter what you think, You just score balls
That's the breaks.
One of the things about the rubric is that its subject to the Judge's experiences. In this case the poetry detracted, I had no feel for Sarah and there was a few flagrant errors in your posts. Arsene had much the same effect, so it might have just been one of those weeks where you're tired you throw up a post and magically its full of typos the next morning.
Semi-finalists do. Semi finals requires there be only two fights. This was the Quarter Finals unless I'm missing something Christoph promised.Quote:
Also, don't we get double gold and exp in this round according the rules and all that? .. speaking of which, we didn't earn any gold.
The battle formula awards based on the winners score, if you score in roughly the area Stalin did, they got 500, if you LOSE you only get a percentage of what the winner gets.Quote:
1 more question:
How come the exp gain was pitifully low? Last time we got a lower overall score, won, and earned 500 exp ... now we had a higher overall score than last time, lost and earned 150 exp.
Wth?
Hopefully you stick around and get to work on a character like Sara. I'd like to see how you stack up for the next one of these.Quote:
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Congrats Stalin For Time. Good game! We will get you next time!
;)
:(
Do I at least get to throw all my fate points and xp and stuff onto Patrick, whenever I finish that Scara Brae quest?
Or, alternatively, we've got an assload of fate points, can we buy back into the next round?
Fate point buy-ins only exist when there'll be an open slot during the next round. Since the next round will consist of four teams - Whole Glory, Stalin for Time, Body and Mind, and whoever wins in Penumbra Intersect vs. Tvier Velka Seula - there won't be an open slot unless one of those teams drops out between now and then. Whichever two teams make it through that round will be going for the gold, so once again, no fate slots.
But, you can use those fate points for experience to level up your character on Althanas.
I'm no judge, nor anyone important for that matter, but I would guess no in this case. We're down to semi-finals with four teams left; two threads apiece. Unless we had another four teams buy back in, and extend the tournament by another round, we'd be left with a wholly uneven balance in team pairings. This would serve to complicate a number of things: the procession of the tourney to a satisfying and fair conclusion, the complication of just how the rankings of the teams are formatted, among a variety of trivial nuances that would inevitably become nuisances.
EDIT: Shadowed's reasoning is more effective in this case. Ignore my rambling. =D
Two things.
1) It turns out that while my judging was sound, my math was not. There is a tie on Stalin for Time vs. Whispers in the Wind. A second judge will merely look over the thread and decide who he believes should win to break the tie. Since a tie is in an of itself a rare occasion I do not feel a full second judging will be necessary.
2) There will be no buying in from here on out. If a team drops out, the team that actually reached 12 posts and didn't have to rely on "who got more posts" will get the bye. This will allow the teams who won due to time out a chance to actually warm up and be prepared to fight for the finals.
3) At the end of this round I'll be putting up a thread for people to post in and receive EXP for their fate points. I believe the rate is 50 EXP per point?
Mind explaining how you managed to mess up your math by that kind of margin and posted the results after the fact? Did you even check and re-check it multiple times to make sure you're correct on either account here?
Having some random judge inquire on who wins based on their opinion in the event of a tie is bogus, even for a tournament like this. I'm a little skeptical about this and the ethics behind having a former opponent judge our battle in the first place.
If you want you could probably have Arsene check it. He's a mod and would be able to check the versions and what was changed. I find it laughable that you think I have something out for you and that I'd actually change numbers on a scoring just to make you lose.
In fact, if the purpose was to make you lose, why didn't I change the numbers to make Whispers win then?
I'd say get over yourself if you're going to call bias on me. Atop this getting a second opinion at ALL on this judging is a rare event. You know that it usually only happens in a case of clear bias. The fact I'm calling in a second opinion to break a tie is only fair. I'm not going to ask our already beleaguered judges to have to trudge through and judge another thread within 48 hours.
And really its simple, when you're doing mental math over and over, you can and most times will mess something up. Especially when you're adding a long string of numbers together. Its a simple adding error Saxon. Even you could make those.
I generally dislike having to enter threads where my name was mentioned, but I believe we should all cool down and hold any accusations or insults we may have for one and other.
If only to save face to the forum as a whole.
I've said it before, I'll say it again;
this is a game. Arithmetic errors happen, and it's silly to assume it's because someone is out to get you.
There's absolutely no bias on Tainted's part. I double-checked the addition (because I hate losing) - found the lack, and pointed it out.
I did it over PM because I knew this would be touchy, and didn't want some kind of public exposition over it.
So, any word on when the judging is gonna be done for TVS and Penumbra Intersect?
Yes, yes! When will judgement be in?? I'm way excited to see who won, but kinda scared too. The battle was amazing, and I loved working with TVS. It reminded me of our last battle, eh, Shadowed?
Keep coming Penumbra. Shadowed and I have got your number if you come against Shadowed again. =D
Heh. I would love to throw Jericho and Honuse in the same box again, now that Jericho has the Light back >:]
If we meet again, I won't go easy on you this time. hehe
you guys sound like the next chance you get to fight won't be for months or years...
go to the citadel and fight again
:D I should hope not! I'll get my fireworks!Quote:
If we meet again, I won't go easy on you this time. hehe
@Viola:
We may have to, but it would be far less epic. Honuse carries a significance for Jericho that is very relevant to his development over the course of the tournament--another confrontation at the end would be very fitting, and an awesome wrap-up.
So here's hoping!
I can see how that would go.
Honuse walks up. Jericho mutters "Oh, fuck." Jericho gets sliced in half. Honuse walks away.