BrettspielWelt

1. Here (http://www.lakesidepark.de/) is the link to the website again.
2. Unfortuneately the VSL Puppet already chooses TuT, feel free to add it to the Autoskip command, play it, or skip it (remember that you _have_ to play the next game then). *wonders why they couldnt wait until after the season* ;)



Information on the 1.Emerald.City Diversity League:

What is a diversity league (or VSL as they call it in german)?
Well, the diversity league is about all the games you can play with 2 players. You play a match (bo9)against each of the other players in your group. The games are monitored by a puppet, which also chooses the games for you. This is an in-town league so you wont have trouble meeting the other players.

• min. 4 players
• max. players in each group are 10
• if there are more than 10 munchkins interested, there will be 2 equal groups, which will turn into league 1 and 2 next season.
  
• we play according the vsl rules, which i will specify on my website later :)
• short summary:
  • each match is bo9
  • each game is usually bo1 there are a few exceptions, but i will publish that later
  • the puppet chooses the games
  • win = 2 pts, tie = 1 pt
  • ties are possible
  • skipping only possible if both player agree on it, and never twice in a row
  • we play EC games only
• we use the VSL-Trainer puppet, the commands on how to use it will follow
  
• time frame: that depends on the number of players
• Example with 10 players/ group: => 9 matches, 1 week/match => 10 weeks/season
• there will be 2 deadlines: 1. after 5 weeks, 4 matches have to be FINISHED by then, 2. after 10 weeks, ALL matches have to be FINISHED by then.
• matches do not have to be played in any kind of order and do not have to be finished in 1 session. the puppet saves the games, which allows each of us a great deal of flexibility. you can also play several matches at once.

I will set up my website during this week.

Sign up starts now and ends next Sunday

Question? /tell me, im me, or email me :)

Jocy

:)Signed Up:
Esterio
Jocelyn25
SpaceSquirrel
Darknut
ratpfink

Elttil
Lord_Piet
Lardarse
Don_Quijote
porcupine

Nicias
Snapphane
Bromios
szwanger

Count me in!

Esterio ;)

Count me in.

SpaceSquirrel

I'll play. I don't know half of the games, so I'll just be fighting for not-last. ;)

Woohoo! I'm in!  ;D

I added two 2p games to my repertoire today so I've at least played most of them. I'm glad to hear a whole match doesn't have to be played in one sitting, but I'm still wondering if best-of-9 is doable in one week. For some games it'll be no problem, but a best-of-9 Funkenschlag could take a while to play out over several sessions. I hope I'm understanding the format correctly.

Is a bo9 match, one game played bo9, or is it 9 different games played 1 game at a time until someone has won 5?

I'm in!
But I also wonders what the bo9 means

It's 9 different games. You play what the puppet tells you to, feed it the result, and then it gived you the next game. It stops when someone has reached 10 points, which means 5 wins.

If you get really unlucky, and you manage to get all of the slow games (Caylus, TA, Funkenschlag, CCHuB, Tongiaki) then the match might take 6 hours or more, but the usual time is around 4 hours.

If however, you manage to get your arse kicked 10-0, it doesn't last anywhere near as long...

!add

LA

Lord_Piet hopes he get Tongi in every match  ;D

you can count me in, but it will really depend on the time frame (I will be away for 2 1/2 weeks from end of April to mid may). I might not have the time.

DQ

Dont worry, Don, the time frame is really generous and easily doable, and if you really should run into time problems, there is still the possibility of moving the deadline and/or giving you a extra week, or something similar.
After all this is supposed to be fun :)
And I will make it possibly for everyone, who is interested to take part in this :)

Jocy, who is really happy that so many are already interested in playing.

I'm in.
pine

me too.

Count me in !!
 8)


//Jonas

VSL.countIn(Bromios);
System.out.println("I'll be around more soon, I promise");

Brom
-who is very tired of his Computer Science assignments

I would like to play.  How do I sign up?

Done ;)

Sign up closed

Thank you all for signing up, I never thought we would have to have 2 leagues  :)

The website, with all the information needed, will be up no later than tonite and then i will give you the link in here.

You can start playing then.

Please post the results of finished matches in here. I will write in this colour from now on so that you can tell when it's me saying something easily.

Jocy

Thanks to Greg's help, the website is up. Have fun playing: VSL Rules and tables (http://www.lakesidepark.de/emeraldcity/vsl/)

Woohoo! League B rocks!  ;D

I assume it's ok to play multiple matches at the same time. For example, play three games against week 1 opponent, then two games against week 2 opponent, then back for more against week 1 opponent, etc.

I don't know how I'm going to get all these games in along with a healthy dose of Attika, Fuersten, TuT, but I'm looking forward to trying.  :)

Agreed ;)

Sure, the puppet can keep the results for multiple matches (I think you just can't have two started matches with the same opponent at a given time, but why would you want to do that anyway?).

Esterio

Skunked. (Darknut didn't record the scores, but it was never close)
Darknut - ratpfink (beendet am 13.4.)
10:0

ParisParis 2:0
SanJuan 2:0
CantStop 2:0
Heckmeck 2:0
Manitou 2:0

I am hoping for less luckfest games in future matches.  :P

Manitou ???

Did you not use the puppet command with "autoskip=BohnDuell,Dvonn,Go,Halali,Manitou,TopRace,TurnIt" at the end?

Not a big deal if you were both willing to play...I'm just wondering how it got selected.

Lardarse - Elttil (beendet am 16.4.)
4:10

Attika 26:30 EC VSL League B Week 1 (Lardarse)
SanJuan 42:38
Carcassonne 96:111 EC VSL League B Week 1 (Elttil)
SanktPetersburg 137:237 Did I ever mention how much I hate this game? (Lardarse)
StreetSoccer 2:6
6nimmt 28:0
Backgammon 2:3 match 3 (Lardarse)

I told Elttil that he didn't need to put the same comment as me. The only reason I put it there in the first place was so that I didn't forget...


Seeing that line gives me déjà vu, especially with the ??? after it...

LA

ratpfink - Esterio (beendet am 16.4.)
4:10

StreetSoccer 1:3
Transamerica 0:13
Manhattan 52:51
CCE 149:136
Bazaar 24:45
VerfliXXt 1:47
Backgammon 0:3 match points (ratpfink)

nice work all :)

I will update the website once im back home.

Keep playing  8)

Jocy

*gelesen*

szwanger - Jocelyn25 (beendet am 21.4.)
10:6

CafeInternational 121:129
VerfliXXt 20:43
Heckmeck 13:0
Manhattan 33:53
PiranhaPedro 3:0
CCHuB 175:127
Packeis 56:39
Clans 42:38

Good match, Jocy!

League B, week 7: Elttil - Esterio (beendet am 22.4.)
10:4

CCE 191:161
Heckmeck 14:10
CantStop 1:2
Ligretto -14:121 Close one ;) (Elttil)
Transamerica 8:0
Backgammon 5:0
CafeInternational 146:96

Yet another stroke of good luck for me. :)

*Updated*

Jocy

PS. please remember to write League A or B and the week in your post, that makes it a lot easier for me to put in the results. Thank you :)

League B, week 3
Lardarse - ratpfink (beendet am 22.4.)
4:10

CantStop 1:2
SanktPetersburg wurde übersprungen.
StreetSoccer 2:3
6nimmt 38:0
VerfliXXt -2:43 NO MORE DICE!!! (Lardarse)
CCHuB 151:156
Backgammon 3:2 match 3 (Lardarse)
Bazaar 41:63

League A

szwanger - Snapphane (beendet am 24.4.)
10:8

Manitou wurde übersprungen.
Dvonn 9:20
TopRace wurde übersprungen.
ParisParis 136:70
Manhattan 83:31
Backgammon 0:7
Halali 85:82
Bluff 7:0
Ligretto wurde übersprungen.
StreetSoccer 1:2
Heckmeck 2:11
Geister wurde übersprungen.
Bazaar 66:15

A very close match.

Group B, Week 4

Lardarse - Nicias (beendet am 24.4.)
10:0

Bluff 2:0
CafeInternational 117:109
CCJuS wurde übersprungen.
Geister 1:0
Bazaar 59:40
Yinsh 1:0

It could easily have been 6-0 to Nic, after the first 3 games...

LA

Nicias - Darknut (beendet am 24.4.)
8:10

Cartagena 36:16 (Darknut didn't know the rules) (Nicias)
Clans 59:48  (This game should not be played 2er.  Parity problems.)
Backgammon 2:0 (Nicias is too good at this game)
Ligretto 85:15 (Clicky-clicky-clicky)
CCE 137:147 (very close)
Attika 0:1 (gotta get that Harbor out earlier)
SanktPetersburg 116:157 (3rd round run on greens  ;D)
Bazaar 25:40 (God knows  ???)
VerfliXXt 0:2 (Again the game has ugly parity issues.)

  GGs,
   Darknut

Are you sure about that result? Ligo is usually over when someone reaches 100? Not that it really matters, but i am wondering... ;)

Jocy

Darknut begged me to end the torture, so we called it at 85-15

*Updated*

Dont be surprised, if you find your name in green, that only means that you already played enough games to meet the first deadline (May 8th).

Jocy

League A

szwanger - Lord_Piet (beendet am 26.4.)
10:6

Funkenschlag 19:16
Geister 0:193
Cartagena wurde übersprungen.
SanktPetersburg 194:178
CCE 189:119
Manhattan 58:39
StreetSoccer 2:3
Transamerica 0:13
Heckmeck 14:4 stupidest game ever (szwanger)

League A

szwanger - porcupine (beendet am 27.4.)
10:2

Manhattan 55:41
Clans 42:37
Carcassonne 128:113
Yinsh 1:3
PiranhaPedro 2:0
VerfliXXt 48:4

I was thinking about the league, and I was wondering which people would like better of the following six options: (Assuming a constant group in the league for simplicity)

• Randomly determine the groups each season.
  
• Have a two division system. Where the two high finishers in the bottom league go up and the two low finishers in the top league go down.
  
• Try and make both leagues have a mix of high and low finishers from the last season.
  
• Try and mix the leagues up as much as possible, to keep people playing new people.
  
• Try and set the leagues by play times, so that it is easier to meet your oppoenets online.
  
• Two divisions, competitive and non-competitive. More about attitude then skill.
  

I like the idea of randomly determining who goes in which league, but I don't have strong feelings about it.

Finding my opponents logged on hasn't been a problem for me, but I'm online a lot.

I like option 2 (and not only cause it comes closest to my plan ;) )

Jocy

porcupine - Jocelyn25 (beendet am 27.4.)
0:10

StreetSoccer 2:5
Yinsh 0:3
LostCities 3:4
6nimmt 0:1
ParisParis 88:130

week 3 and painful  ::)

I kind of like the high-and-low division league myself. It gives us lowies something to play for.

I also like the league that has Thurn und Taxis, and only Thurn und Taxis, in the game list.  ;D

Sign me up for rat's lowlie TuT league!  ;D

I kind of like the high-and-low leagues as well, but I think any of the first 4 options are fine.

*Updated*

The following players should speed up a bit to meet their deadline at May 8th. (Name, Games finished up to now)

SpaceSquirrel (0), Snapphane (1), Lord_Piet (1)

Brom and Don cant meet the DL due to RL :)

Jocy

League A

szwanger - Bromios (beendet am 3.5.)
10:4

Backgammon 0:15
CCE 144:98
CafeInternational 82:121
Tongiaki 35:28
SanktPetersburg 182:123
Ligretto wurde übersprungen.
SanJuan 46:43
Attika 1:0

League B

ratpfink - Nicias (beendet am 3.5.)
7:11

Yinsh 0:3
CCJuS 179:179
Clans 47:58
CantStop 1:2
Bazaar 46:25 so many whites for Nicias (ratpfink)
Cartagena 12:36
Ligretto wurde übersprungen.
SanktPetersburg 159:154
Manhattan wurde übersprungen.
Heckmeck 14:0 THE GAME THAT WOULDN'T END (ratpfink)
Caylus 93:152

League B

Elttil - Nicias (beendet am 4.5.)
10:4

Attika 1:0
Yinsh 3:1
Heckmeck 0:21
VerfliXXt 50:2
CantStop 0:1
CCJuS 201:150
EinfachGenial 07080912:07080910

League A
("Week 1" porcupine @ SpaceSquirrel)

SpaceSquirrel - porcupine (beendet am 6.5.)
10:4

Clans wurde übersprungen.
Backgammon 1:3
EinfachGenial 9:12
Funkenschlag wurde übersprungen.
Bazaar 55:35
SanktPetersburg 197:108
CCJuS wurde übersprungen.
SanJuan 40:38
StreetSoccer 4:3
CafeInternational 104:90

League A

SpaceSquirrel - szwanger (beendet am 7.5.)
8:10

SanJuan 36:43
CCHuB 150:208
Cartagena 36:20
LostCities 42:15
Funkenschlag 15:19
Clans wurde übersprungen.
Attika 1:0
Transamerica 0:12
Geister wurde übersprungen.
SanktPetersburg 102:67
CantStop 1:3

Many thanks to all my opponents for fun matches.
Good luck to you all!

Jocelyn25 - Lord_Piet (beendet am 10.5.)
2:10

ThurnUndTaxis 20:33
CCHuB wurde übersprungen.
Cartagena 18:36
Yinsh wurde übersprungen.
SanJuan 38:33
Transamerica 0:2
Ligretto 106:113
VerfliXXt 11:46

Lardarse - Darknut (beendet am 10.5.)
2:10

Packeis 0:2 best of 3
SanktPetersburg 160:293
6nimmt -73:-68 (Wierd game 2er)
Yinsh 3:0 (domination)
Ligretto wurde übersprungen. (thank god)
Caylus 100:127 (good fight)
ParisParis 70:96 (grab the middle and hope ftw!)

League B, day 3

Nicias - Esterio (beendet am 10.5.)
8:10

Packeis 0:1
SanktPetersburg 1:0
Manhattan wurde übersprungen.
Transamerica 0:1
Yinsh 1:0
Cartagena 1:0
VerfliXXt 28:43
Ligretto 71:115
Bazaar 46:38
CCJuS 186:206

League B

Elttil - ratpfink (beendet am 13.5.)
4:10

CCE 152:162
EinfachGenial 4:6
Cartagena 36:19
Geister 0:317 BSW was too scared to report a score for Elttil (ratpfink)
CafeInternational 128:60
Yinsh 1:3
Clans wurde übersprungen.
Bluff 0:7

League A (Week 4, Bromios "Home")
SpaceSquirrel defeats Bromios 10:4

SpaceSquirrel - Bromios (beendet am 15.5.)
10:4

Geister 0:1 score said 1228 (SpaceSquirrel)
VerfliXXt 32:29
Funkenschlag wurde übersprungen.
StreetSoccer 4:1
CCHuB 191:117
Yinsh 3:2
Packeis 47:50
PiranhaPedro 1:0

--SpaceSquirrel

I am back.

Sorry for all missed deadlines. Internet connections in Azerbaijan turned out to be slower than expected.

Looking forward to play again.

See you soon.

DQ

League A
("Week 6" Lord_Piet @ SpaceSquirrel)

SpaceSquirrel - Lord_Piet (beendet am 19.5.)
10:6

CCHuB 211:158
VerfliXXt 28:35
PiranhaPedro 0:1
Manhattan 33:47
Clans wurde übersprungen.
Caylus 190:143
Bazaar 46:38
Bluff wurde übersprungen.
Packeis 55:44
Tongiaki 31:17

--SpaceSquirrel

Here is our score.
Had to give the last game to Lord_Piet, as he had to leave early  ;D

League A
Snapphane - Lord_Piet (beendet am 21.5.)
2:10

CafeInternational 59:98
Yinsh wurde übersprungen.
Heckmeck 0:14 (Snapphane)
ParisParis 105:93 (Snapphane)
CCJuS wurde übersprungen.
Manhattan 31:72 (Snapphane)



//Jonas
StreetSoccer 3:4 (Snapphane)
LostCities 1:3 (Snapphane)

League B, day 6

Lardarse - Esterio (beendet am 1.6.)
0:10

Geister 0:2
CCHuB 149:201
Heckmeck 2:16
CafeInternational 63:134
Clans 40:45

Better late than never:

Nicias - Don_Quijote (beendet am 14.6.)
6:10

Caylus 50:30
CCHuB 143:202
CantStop 2:3
UmKroneUndKragen wurde übersprungen.
Transamerica 0:10
CafeInternational 54:123
6nimmt -57:-74
SanJuan 43:30
Packeis 45:55


All the games that have a strategic element Nicias won (Caylus with a far bigger margin then indicated  :-\). All others I won  ;D .

DQ

League B

Esterio - Darknut (beendet am 15.6.)
8:10

Yinsh 3:2
6nimmt 0:9
UmKroneUndKragen 61:75
CantStop 2:1
PiranhaPedro 1:3
Heckmeck 3:11
CCE 155:73
SanktPetersburg 92:70
VerfliXXt 4:41

Darknut finally realized a few days ago he was luckier than me and he should have no reason to fear playing against me. ;)

League B

Esterio - Don_Quijote (beendet am 21.6.)
10:4

CCHuB 205:135
Transamerica 0:2
Bluff 0:2
Yinsh 3:1
Packeis 51:47
Ligretto 127:60
ParisParis 90:85

League B

VSL-Trainer: The match between Elttil and Don_Quijote is being played as best of 9.

VSL-Trainer: Elttil versus Don_Quijote 10:8

VSL-Trainer: Attika 1:0
VSL-Trainer: Heckmeck 0:11
VSL-Trainer: CafeInternational 124:145
VSL-Trainer: CCJuS 139:153
VSL-Trainer: Ligretto 73:120
VSL-Trainer: Geister 2:1
VSL-Trainer: SanktPetersburg 166:94
VSL-Trainer: Funkenschlag 18:15
VSL-Trainer: VerfliXXt 47:-5

VSL-Trainer: The match is completed.

Don had me on the ropes, but I bribed the puppet with a box of toothpicks and a ball of string so it picked three nice games for me down the stretch. :)