1st Annual Languish Twilight Struggle Tournament

[Tamas]

vm I refused your intive and sent you a new one because you had 1 day set as limit

[bogh]

FYI, I'll be out of touch for the weekend (Bay of Islands, here we come) but will return more powerful than you could ever imagine.

[Tamas]

vonmoltke (US) vs. Tamas (USSR)
Game ID #148843

[Berkut]

Sorry I didnt get any plays in yesterday. Had my sons volleyball banquet last night, and they won the state title this year, so it went on FOREVER. Then I fell asleep while opening Hearthstone packs...so tonight.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Yeah, 1 day only works if you are going to basically play a live game.

What was totally non-obvious on the setup screen is that this was the time limit for the entire game.  I thought it was an action timer.

[Drakken]

Nels (US) vs. Drakken (USSR)
Game #148137

The other two have been mentioned.

[Drakken]

Drakken (US) vs. Berkut (USSR)
Game #149403

[sbr]

Well I just got stroked in my game with mkiefte. I am USSR, T5 I headline Lone Gunman he puts out 5 Year Plan.  The random draw is Defectors, cancelling my own Headline. 

[Drakken]

Lost against Habs - DEFCON suicide.

[Drakken]

Nels wins by forfeit on T10. On T9 I had a 7VP lead and Wargames, but he had the SC giving him enough VP to survive. Went downhill from there.

[Nels]

I was never so happy to see 4 scoring cards in my hand. T9 went from 7 USSR to I think 10? US. Chernobyl in EU to start T10. Earlier USSR lead of 18. Wild game.

[Drakken]

Truth be told, I am considering retiring from the tournament. I am no contest if I lose by DEFCON-suicide or losing a 18VP lead.

[Nels]

FWIW, the board position wasn't as favorable as the 18 VPs indicated. Decent lead, then wham, Decol headline and Afr scoring first round, and ouch, I was in trouble. The board in general favored me, so there's no shame in the loss after 18. I actually felt like I was in the driver's seat, then I saw 18, and then there was the turn where I couldn't prevent a wargames win if you drew it and I didn't have anything in my headline to help. I actually thought you played great from behind in board position. Yeah, if you were telling me this, I might not feel great about it, either. But had I lost that game, I was going to be really disappointed, because I thought I had a strong position that kept leaking VPs.

[Berkut]

Truth be told, I am considering retiring from the tournament. I am no contest if I lose by DEFCON-suicide or losing a 18VP lead.

I've been playing this game a long time, and *I* lost by Defcon suicide.

Shit happens. Don't worry about it.

PLaying Habs sucks, because he rarely makes mistakes. But you learn a lot by playing him.

[Drakken]

The irony is, I was surprisingly holding my ground good against Habs. 

My biggest weakness is, that I find myself out-dominated and locked out on the majority of the board by Mid-game. When Asia or Middle East is dominated, there is not much left to do than to hope for the upset Event card. And the number of times I have lost to Habs by DEFCON-suicide, I am not sure I am learning that much.