This tournament is a survivor series tournament. Each round you play 3 games. You only need to win 1 to survive in the rubble of Stalingrad. Some will be killed in battle, some starvation will get them, some it will be disease, but only 1 can survive to become the Victor of Stalingrad.
This is possibly the finest 2 player boards on Stalingrad. As well as being a great multi-player map. With 100% honesty no board on Conquer Club manages to capture the actual events of what actually happened in the battle and replicate it in the game play. A massive shout out goes to cairnswk, the map creator.
HISTORY:
German soldiers call the battle Rattenkrieg, War of the Rats.
The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the largest and deadliest battles in World War II. It was a turning point in the war. After losing the battle, the German army lost so many soldiers and took such a defeat that they never quite recovered.
Stalingrad was located in Southwest Russia on the Volga River. It was a major industrial and communications center for the Soviet Union in the south. Also, it was named after the Soviet leader Josef Stalin. This made the city important to Stalin and also important to Hitler, who hated Stalin.
Stalingrad was called Tsaritsyn until 1925 when it was renamed Stalingrad in honor of Josef Stalin. In 1961 the city's name was changed to Volgograd, meaning Volga City.
The battle took place during the last part of 1942 and early 1943. After months of fighting and finally nearly starving to death, the Germans surrendered on February 2, 1943.
The battle began with the German air force, the Luftwaffe, bombing the Volga River and the then the city of Stalingrad. They reduced much of the city to rubble. Soon the German army moved in and was able to take a large portion of the city.
However, the Soviet troops were not ready to give up. Fighting in the city of Stalingrad was fierce. Soviets hid all over the city, in buildings and even the sewers, attacking the German soldiers. This brutal battle began to take its toll on the Germans.
In November, the Soviets gathered and made a counter attack. They trapped the German army inside of Stalingrad. Soon the Germans began to run out of food. Finally, weak from lack of food and freezing from the cold winter, the majority of the German army surrendered. Hitler was angry with General Paulus for surrendering. He expected Paulus to fight to the death or commit suicide, rather than surrender. Paulus, however, surrendered and later spoke out against the Nazi's while in Soviet captivity.
Both sides had large armies of over 1 million soldiers. They also each had hundreds of tanks and over 1,000 planes. It is estimated that around 750,000 soldiers from the German army died and nearly 500,000 Russians.
The German army was led by General Friedrich Paulus. He was promoted to Field Marshall right before he surrendered to the Russians. Hitler was hoping that promoting Paulus would boost his moral and cause him not to surrender.
The Soviet Union army was led by General Georgy Zhukov.
Interesting Facts:
Adolf Hitler was very angry at General Paulus for losing the battle. He stripped Paulus of his rank and held a national day of mourning for the shame Paulus had brought on Germany by losing.
German tanks had trouble fighting in the streets of Stalingrad. Much of the city was turned into rubble which the tanks could not go around or over.
General Zhukov would lead the Soviet Union to many more victories by the end of World War II. He was one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Soviet Union.
Around 91,000 German soldiers were captured at the end of the battle.
A great book on the subject is "War of the Rats" by David.L.Robbins. Made into the film "Enemy at the Gates.
TOURNAMENT:
Each Round up to the Quarter Final, Semi-Final and Final will be 3x2 player games. Quarters will be 3x2 player gaames, Semi will be 5x2 player games and final will be best of 7.
To survive, you simply need to win one of your 3 games. Up to the Quarters where it becomes a KO.
Scoring will be 3 points for winning all 3 games, 1 point for winning 2 games, 0 points for surviving and winning 1 game. If you lose all 3 you are out of the tournament regardless of how many points you have amassed.
The player with the highest cumulative points will get a bye in the next round. If points are equal it goes to the most points gained in the current round, then previous round then the one before that. If it is still a draw it goes down to who finished all 3 games first. To be clear, this is by time the games finish. So it's in your interest to play as quickly as possible.
If an odd number of players are left after that then the next highest scoring player will also get a bye.
Play continues until there are only 8 players left then it is a straight knockout in the quartersm semi and final. 3 games in the quarters, 5 in the semi, and 7 in the final. If we go from 9 players to 7,6 or 5 remaining then the highest scoring player/players gets a bye like in previous rounds.
SETTINGS:
No of Players: 2
Map: Stalingrad
Initial Troops: Auto
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Flat Rate
Reinforcements: Adjacent
Special Gameplay: Sunny
No Round Limit
So, who can survive the masacre of Stalingrad to win???
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ROUND 1: The battle commences, the Luftwaffe take to the skies for the bombing of the Volga. We have 68 soldiers brave enough to enter the battle. Only 1 will survive to become the Victor of Stalingrad. As usual, Round 1 is seeded, top half of the Tournament (By Rank) versus bottom half. After that it's drawn by score then Rank in Round 2. For this Round the higher ranked players in the Round (Red) are the Luftwaffe. Pretty safe in their planes but for sure, some Russian is going to get lucky and down a German Pilot. The lower ranked players are the Russians, pouring into Stalingrad across the Volga as the Germans relentlessly bombarded and bombed them. Things to note in Round 1: - We have enough entrants so that there will be 2 gauranteed byes in Round 1 for the Round Champions. (Players who win all 3 games and finish them 1st by time). - A possible 3rd Bye for the next best player if there are an odd number of players remaining (the 'odd man bye') - We have a shark swimming with the fish in this tournament. greengo ranked 3294 has waded into battle. Ranked 622 points above the 2nd Seed. - william tennant is his unfortunate Round 1 opponent! William, there is an ace pilot in a plane filled with bombs with your name on them. Good Luck! The entire draw and scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Forum. Game Numbers are on the right of the spreadsheet. GOOD LUCK ALL! Remember, a good Tournament is a fast moving one. So take all shots as often as your time will allow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 1 UPDATE: A very competivie battle so far. But the Luftwaffe is winning by a mile. Of the 5 match ups completed so far, German Pilots (The higher ranked player) have won all 5. Its not all been plane (-: sailing though. Enough Russians (lower ranked player) have made it across the Volga and survived to fight another day in the battle for Stalingrad. Highlights so far: Russian Survivors: - FOBOSS Survived v 3rd seed craig25, tournament organiser and ranked 773 points above him. )-: - Killerz999 (40th Seed) Survived against 4th seed Maroshka851. - King Schu II Survived against Frank Martel (12th Seed), 816 points above him. - VonBeseler Survived against Scarlet Lady, 1027 points higher ranked. German Ace Pilots: - actorday was 1st to take out a Russian. Eliminating jphoc 3-0. actorday is the 1st Round 1 Hero. Getting a Bye in Round 2. And finally, the Scum of the lot. The deserters, - RYP wasn't brave enough to face battle, a deserter. Entered the tournament but never accepted Round 1 Invites. There is 1 other gauranteed bye left to play for and an 'Odd Man Bye' if an odd number of players make it through to the 2nd Round. Up to date Scoreboard is attached. The players highlighted Red have completed Round 1 Games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 1 UPDATE (CONTINUED) In this update, I am leaving the very best to last. Here goes............................................ WOW, amazing. What a turn around from the previous update. Things have already started to turn sour for the Germans. But, prior to that, Das Schloss badly needs entrants guys. To enter you can find it under the Tournaments Tab at the top of your page. PLEEEEAASSE JOIN! First of all, congrats to the Round Heroes, those winning all 3 games and finishing them 1st by time: - uyumaykimaw and actorday get the automatic Byes in Round 2. - Shoe555 is on the 'odd man bye' if there are an odd number of players in Rd 2. Okay, The story so far in Round 1, in the previous update we only had 1 Casualty. A Russian (Bottom half of the draw players), but things are about to change: - Wow, just wow. Silly Knig-it Kills 18th Seed and Map Specialist Profits. A Plane down for the Russians!. 1 dead German (Top half of the draw players) pilot. - Genghis Khunt causes Epic Upset, knocks Larry46 out of the Tournament. Larry was ranked 753 points above him and was 20th seed. Another German Pilot blown out of the skies over the Volga. - czech59 Took Out Latore 743 points above him - The 1st Russian to Down a German Plane. Craig25 Awards czech59 'The Order of the Red Star', the highest Russian Military Medal in WWII. In an interview to massed reporters czech59 said "These Tournaments Rock". Russian Casualties, bombed as they tried to get into Stalingrad when crossing the Volga: - Furio took out Potter The Great. - uyumaykimaw Eliminated Cooper12, Winning himself a Bye in Rd 2 as a Rd Hero. Beating Shoe55 to it by 9 hours. - Shoe555 Eliminated NapoleonII, but not quite fast enough to be a hero of the skies. Instead he is on the 'Odd Man Bye'. - stollmike took out Captain Bonehead. - JSeal (5th Seed) had thepordage for breakfast. A tough draw for theporadge. - Greengo Took out the unluckiest player of Round 1. William Tennant. Bill was graded 1327 below Greengo(1st seed). And as top rated player in the bottom half William had to play Seed number 1 in Round 1. So thats 7 dead Russians, 3 shot down German Planes, and one 'Order of the Red Star'...................so far. In other news: - jonesthecurl Survived against Coors1, 817 Points above him. - aad0906 Beat Map Specialist Free Syrian Army 2-1. FSA Survives though. - Trailofdead333 Survived against Spider.Ear, 754 points Higher Ranked - Lord Arioch Beat BadData 2-1, 750 points higher ranked. Couldn't finish the job though. - RudeDude74 Survived v WeaselShane, 808 points higher ranked. - anasazidreamer Survived agsinst b00060, 1051 points Higher Ranked So thats 20 Match Ups completed in Round 1, 14 are still to finish. Up to date Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread. Please download it, I have got 1 score wrong in another Tourney so best to check. Players highlighted Red have completed Rd 1 games. For those of you wondering why GeneralBax has 'THE GENERAL GOES NUCLEAR' as his class on the spreadsheet you will need to go looking at the Random MAP - Survivor Series Tournament. The full explanation can be found under Round 1 Update. So, as I was saying, DAS SCHLOSS - JOIN!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ROUND 1 COMPLETE, ROUND 2 DRAW Firstly, Complete Round 1 Scoreboard can be downloaded from the Tournament thread. How to find it: Click on Tournaments at the top of your page. Click on Tournament Finder Search by Tournament Organiser: craig25 Under the Tournament Page you will also see I have a World Cup - KO Edition - Survivor Series up. SO JOIN THAT WHEN YOU ARE AT IT!! So lets start with completing the Round 1 Highlights, after early shocks the Luftwaffe pull things back from the brink: - simplyred60 had a tough draw. Falls to 2nd seed Barking Ajax (2nd Seed). Dead Russian. - The next Russian to bite the dust was Mageplunka69. Eliminated by 7th Seed Tin Trumpet. Another tough draw. - Gematria74, Due to a substitution, 9th Seed faced of v 8th Seed in Rd1. Gematria74 beats sparrticcus 2-1. Both survive. - UPSET, Just like the real thing. The participants are dropping like flies. 10th Seed a6mzero falls to that pesky Russian boow. Dead German. - Avi8or (14th Seed) takes care of the 1st of 2 NewZealand representatives at the Battle of Stalingrad Uglykiwi. Dead Russian. - Bentelbow (15th Seed) Takes Out Beano66 3-0, a tough draw for The Beano. Dead Russian - Keefie (Map Specialist) eliminates rickmorales 3-0. Another Russian floating face down in the Volga. Dead Russian - Kevi Causes upset of Earthquake Proportions. Shoots down marand. Marand exits the tourney early doors with a 3-0 defeat to a player 744 points lower ranked. Dead German. - Handsomewhitecat Batters, Deep Fries then rubs salt in the wounds of Alec.Ramsden (The brother of Harry). Wins 3-0. Dead Russian. - ViperOverLord Takes care of the Russian with the best name, beats redonkulosness 3-0. Dead Russian. - u suck Takes out GeneralBax. But the General had Went Nuclear anyway and was already removed from the Tournament. For more on that see: Random - Survivor Series, Round 1 Update. U suck wins 3-0. Dead Russian. - LordBudrick Takes out the underdog of the Tournament Stephen Francis (Seed 68). Dead Russian. - dragon dor Takes out 66th Seed Riskmom. A Mom playing Risk, how cool is that! Dead Russian. What a quality 1st Round, Summary below: - 69 Brave Souls started the Round facing the Battle of Stalingrad. - 1 Desserted, leaving 68. - 16 Russians met their end in Round 1 (Players ranked in the bottom half of the draw) - Compared with 5 German Pilots blown out of the skies over the Volga (Players from top half of draw). - So 22/69 had their Tournaments ended before it started. - The 2 Hero's of the Round were both German. 1st players to KO there opponents (by time) and get Automatic Byes in Rd 2: actorday and uyumaykimaw. - Runner Up to the Auto Byes and winner of the 'Odd Man Bye' was Shoe555 (Also German). As 47 Players Remain, (2 getting Byes), an odd number of players remain, so the Odd Man Bye is 'Live', Congrats Shoe555. - The biggest fish to falter in Round 1 was a6mzero (10th Seed). - The lowest ranked player to progress to Round 2 is anasazidreamer (Seeded 64/68) ROUND 2: After the Russians had managed to fortify Stalingrad. Ferrying their troops across the Volga as the Germans bombed them relentlessly. The Luftwaffe turned their attentions to the city itself. The bombing began with the heavy bombing of the city by Generaloberst Wolfram von Richthofen's Luftflotte 4, which in the summer and autumn of 1942 was the single most powerful air formation in the world. Some 1,000 tons of bombs were dropped in 48 hours, more than in London at the height of the Blitz.The exact number of civilians killed is unknown but was most likely very high. Around 40,000 civilians were taken to Germany as slave workers, some fled during battle and a small number were evacuated by the Soviets, but by February 1943 only 10,000 to 60,000 civilians were still alive. Much of the city was smashed to rubble, although some factories continued production while workers joined in the fighting. The Stalingrad Tractor Factory continued to turn out T-34 tanks literally until German troops burst into the plant. Draw & Highlights: With fewer than 50 players surviving, we are now down to 1 Round Hero Bye, and 1 'Odd Man Bye'. - Greengo (1st Seed) 3 Points versus Frank Martel (12th Seed) 1 Point - Barking Ajax (2nd Seed) 3 Points versus Coors1 (13th Seed) 1 Point - Jseal (5th Seed) 3 points versus aad0906 (17th Seed) 1 Point. - anasazidreamer (64th Seed) 0 Points versus Gematria74 (9th Seed) 1 Point. A tough draw for the lowest ranked player remaining to make it to Round 3!! The full Round 2 draw is attached on the Scoreboard. Note, sort by 'Game Number' Column and it will put the table into draw order. Good Luck for the Round Guys. Now, go back and join the World Cup Survivor Series! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 2 UPDATE: This battle is raging! Of the 22 Match ups in Round 2, 13 are completed and 9 remain. 'Live' Round 2 Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread. Players highlighted Red have completed Round 2 games. The highlights so far in Round 2 are below: - czech59 (55th Seed) Eliminates Trailofdead333 (56th Seed). TrailofDead eliminated at the Round 2 stage on Zero points. The crazy American Czech wins himself a bye in Rd 3, he's on max 6 points and was 1st to finish all games. - greengo (1st Seed), ranked 3294 starts to shows his class by KO'ing Frank Martel (12th Seed) 3-0 and moving onto Max points. All is not lost though folks, he has been taking a severe shafting in other Tournaments (-:. Plus, we may all be safe in Round 3, he beat Ghengis Khunt to the 'Odd Man' Bye by 6 hours. - stollmike Is another on max points, taking out Maui (22nd) Seed in a tough Match up. Mike has got to be a contender for the title. - Keefie continues his attack on the tournament beating b00060 3-0. Moving up to be joint leader on 6 points. - Lord Arioch, 57th seed survives against Handsomewhitecat. Loses 2-1 but survives against a player 742 points higher ranked. - ViperOverLord Moves onto 4 points, beating sparrticus (8th Seed) 2-1. Nice Result. Sparrticus yet to get off the mark. - badata2d (25th Seed) wins 2-1 against Furio (33rd Seed) and Round 1 Joint Leader. - Killerz999 gets off the mark by beating Rd 1 Joint Leader boow 2-1 - Great result for Genghis Khunt. In what shouldv'e been a close match he scuds JonesTheCurl 3-0. It was 53rd V 46th Seed. Genghis moves onto Max points and is the 3rd player to do so, so just misses out on the 'Odd Man' Bye. - Kevi (54th Seed), In a close match up Kevi comes out on top winning 2-1 v Free Syrian Army (50th Seed). Both Survive. Kevi on 4 points. - RudeDude74 is very unlucky. He comes up against a 3rd seed re-discovering his top form. Craig25 wins 3-0. Onwards and upwards, moves onto 4 points. - maroshka851 KO's 63rd Seed Von Beseler. Maroshka is one tough cookie on this map. BEWARE! - Gematria74 Takes out the outsider anasazidreamer 3-0 to go onto 4 points. Good Luck for the rest of the Round guys! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 2 Complete / Round 3 Draw: The remaining highlights of Round 2 are below: - We get a decisive result in one of our Rd 2 featured matches. BarkingAjax eliminates 13th Seed Coors1 to move onto Max points. - Aad0906, 17th seed beats 5th Seed Jseal 2-1 in one of the televised matches. Both survive. - 14th Seed Avi80r shows his class by KO'ing 28th Seed WeaselShane to move onto Max Points. Way too slow for a Rd Hero Bye though. - Predicted Score: Bentelbow beats Scarlet Lady 2-1. The 15th Seed moves onto a very creditible 4 points. - Predicted Score: Usuck (29th Seed) scuds AllBlack Rugby (11th Seed) 2-1 to move onto 4 points. The All Blacks are going through a rough patch, scraping into Rd 3 on ZERO points. - simplyred60 off the mark onto 1 point by beating joint Rd 1 Leader dragon dor 2-1. It was close 38th v 34th Seed. - Predicted Score: FOBOSS comes out on top in a close run thing v LordBudrick. 39th Seed beats 36th Seed 2-1. - King Schu II beats Sill Knig-it 2-1 in a very tight affair. It was 45th Seed v 51st Seed, the 45th Seed coming out on top. Both through. Round 2 Summary: - The crazy American Czech, Czech59 is the Round Hero of Rd 2 and gets a bye in Rd 3. He was the 1st player by time to get onto Max points. - Greengo was the winner of the 'Odd Man' Bye, being 2nd player to blast his way onto 6 points. Will the top seed actually get a bye though????? - We moved from 49 Players in Rd 2 to only 37 making it into Rd 3. - A common occurence here, Lord Arioch is the lowest seeded player to survive, ranked 57/68 pre-tournament. Round 3 Preview: The Germans assualt Stalingrad with Ground Troops. The Soviet Sixty-second Army was pushed back into Stalingrad proper, where, under the command of Gen. Vasily I. Chuikov, it made a determined stand. Meanwhile, the Germansā concentration on Stalingrad was steadily draining reserves from their flank cover, which was already strained by having to stretch so farā400 miles (650 km) on the left (north), as far as Voronezh, and 400 miles again on the right (south), as far as the Terek River. And back to business........ An ODD Number of players remain, 37!!!! But, with that crazy Czech getting a bye it leaves 36 playing Rd 3. So NO 'Odd Man' Bye. Unlucky Greengo! 18 Match ups take place. The 'Live' Scorboard and entire Round 3 draw is on the Tournament Thread. Players with orange blocks have predicted Rd 2 Scores. Actual scores will be updated if different. To see draw, sort scoreboard by Match Number Column to sort it into draw order. Highlights are below: - 33rd Seed Furio takes on Top Seed Greengo. - OOOOOOOFFF! 3rd Seed Craig25 goes up against 17th Seed aad0906, how the hell did that happen??? - Tie of the Round, jseal (5th Seed) v Sparrticcus (8th Seed) - 19th Seed v 11th Seed, Shoe555 v AllBlackRugby, Don't be intimidated by that Haka Shoe. - Lord Arioch (57th Seed), and bottom Seed remaining gets a good draw v Kevi (54th Seed). Good Luck All, NJOY! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 3 UPDATE: The Ground Assault by the German Army on the City of Staligrad. 54 Games were taking place this Round. 41 are COMPLETE. Leaving ONLY 13 games to nail the Round. If still playing get these games put to bed troops! The 'Odd Man' Bye is still up for grabs and it'll probably come down to who finishes 1st!!!! Highlights of Round 3 so far.......................................................... - Furio (33rd Seed) got a tough draw v 1st Seed Greengo. He couldn't survive Greengo's ferocious attack on the streets of Stalingrad. Goes down 3-0 and exits the Tournament on 3 points. Greengo is the 1st player to reach Max Points so is the Round 3 Hero! - Keefie beats that pesky Russian Boow 2-1 to move onto 1st position and 7 points (overtaken by Greengo). Boow progresses on 3 points. - Craig25 makes steady progress onto 5 points. Beating 17th Seed Aad0906 2-1 - Upset: Scarlet Lady (31st Seed) beats Gematria (9th Seed) 2-1. Couldn't finish him off though, both through. - ViperOverLord moves onto a commanding 7 points, taking out 40th Seed Killerz999 who's sent to the stands in Round 3 - 45th Seed Beats 29th Seed 2-1. King Schu II Beats U Suck. U Suck was 530 points higher ranked, but ended up being lucky to make Rd 4. - 8th Seed Sparrticus has a nightmare Tournament. He crawls to Round 3 on Zero points before being put out his misery by Jseal. This Tournament doesn't follow the Script of the Film. In this Tourneyā¦.............Nobody wants to be Sparrticus. - All Black Rugby off the mark in Rd 3, beats Shoe555 2-1. All Blacks on 1 point, Shoe remains on 3. - 2 Map Specialists Faced off in Rd3. Free Syrian Army beats Jnt Rd 1 Leader uyunaykimaw 2-1 to get his tourney started. Onto 1 point. Round 3 Scoreboard is 'Live' on the Tournament Thread. Its attached at the bottom of the 1st post. Players highlighted Red have completed Rd 3. It's called Temp. The next file on the list when I upload is my Tax Return. If I ever upload my Tax Return, somebody please let me know!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 3 COMPLETE / ROUND 4 DRAW: This Battle is absolutely Brutal! The remainder of Round 3 highlights are below: - 2nd Seed Barking Ajax moves into a commanding position on 7 points with a 2-1 win over Dragon Dor. - 6th Seed StollMike also up to 7 points with a 2-1 win over ActorDay. The Actor remains on 3 points. - Maroshka851 (4th Seed) has scored in all 3 Rounds. This Time he beats 24th Seed spider.ear 2-1 to move up to 5 points. The Spider os still surviving on 1 point. - 7th Seed Tin Trumpet is another to score in all 3 Rounds. He beats 25th Seed BaData2D to also move up to 5. BaData is on 1 point. - HandsomeWhiteCat plays like a Boss. In what shouldv'e been a close game, 26th Seed Scuds 39th Seed FoBoss 3-0 to send him reeling out of the Tournament on 1 point in Rd 3. - Predicted Score: Avi8or has got this game in the bag. 14th Seed Ko's 36th Seed LordBudrick who exits the tournament on 3 points. Avi80r is the 2nd player up to the MAX 9 points. Avi80r is Flying!!!!!!!!! - Predicted Score: 2-1 to Bentelbow v SimplyRed60, looks like they have won 1 game each but the 3rd game is v.close, so this is a predicted score which may change. However, The show must go on!!! Predicted scores will be updated if different, and if the holiest of holiest miracles happen, LordBudrick will be re-instated back in the Tournament. ROUND 3 SUMMARY: 37 Players Took part in the assault on Stalingrad which saw some of the most Brutal fighting during WWII. 5 players fell in this phase of the battle, leaving 32 remaining for Rd 4. - 1st Seed Greengo is the Round Hero as the 1st player to move on to 9 points and gets the Round Hero bye. - 14th Seed was the 2nd player to move on to MAX points. With 32 remaining and the Round Hero Bye, an odd number of players remain. So the Odd Man Bye is 'Live' for Avi80r. - Highest Ranked Player to fall in Stalingrad so far is Sparrticcus (8th Seed). - Lowest ranked player still standing is Lord Arioch, Seeded 57/68 at the start of the Tournament. - Greengo and Avi80r are the only 2 players on Max points. - 5 Players share Jnt 2nd on 7 points. Too many to mention. - Every Player remaining in the Tournament has scored. Nobosy is surviving on zero points. The Scorebaord is attached to the Tournament Thread which is at the bottom of the 1st post. Players with Orange Blocks are the predicted Scores.To see the full Round 4 Draw sort the spreadsheet by Game No to put into draw order. ROUND 4 Preview: The German advance. August 23, 1942 Gen. Gustav von Wietersheim's XIV Panzerkorps penetrates the Stalingrad suburbs, and that night they reach the western bank of the Volga River. Within a month, Soviet forces under Gen. Vasily Chuikov are backed into a 9-by-3 mile strip along the Volga, and combat has devolved into some of the most brutal street fighting the world has ever seen. 32 Players Survive, 30 take part in this Rd. 15 Match Ups, 45 games. All without the use of a calculator. The televised matches are below: - StollMike (6th Seed, 7 Points) v Shoe555 (19th Seed, 3 points) - Woooooffffffff, Maroshka851 (4th Seed, 5Points) v All Black Rugby (11th Seed, 1 Point) - Lowest Ranked Player remaining, Lord Arioch (1 point) up against USuck (29th Seed, 4 points) Okay folks GL for this Round. May the Battle commence. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 4 Complete / Round 5 Draw: Round 5: Uranus (-: November 19th 1942: Gen. Georgy Zhukov launches Operation Uranus, a massive Soviet counteroffensive. Instead of assaulting the battle-hardened Sixth Army and Fourth Panzer Army in Stalingrad itself, the Soviets strike at the flanks of the overextended Axis line. The under-equipped Romanian troops defending the lines north and south of the city can do little but delay the Red Armyās advance, and the Germans are unable to effectively deploy any kind of mobile reserve to prevent an encirclement. Round 4 ran at lightning speed. Or, a Blitzkreig if I must. Highlights are below: - 51st Seed survives against 2nd Seed BarkingAjax. Goes down 2-1 but Barking was a huge 1172 points higher ranked so not bad at all. Barking up to 8 points, Silly remains on 4. - We potentially have Our Round 4 Hero. Stollmike moves up to 10 points with his Glorious 3-0 Victory over Shoe555. 19th Seed Shoe is outta here, exiting in Rd 4 on 3 points. - Woooooffffffff, Keefie KO's Map Specialist UYuMayKimaw. Kimaw I had down as a contender, but, he's out in Rd 4. Keefie up to Jnt 1st on 10 points. Bye's will be very close this Round. - 26th Seed HansomeWhiteCat shoots into the lead on 10 points with all 9 lives intact. He's scored in every Round, this time, 34th Seed Dragon Dor is the victim. Dragon scored Max points in Rd 1, but had clearly shot his bolt, he never scored again and leaves us in Rd 4. The Cat is on a handsome 10 points! - 5th Seed scudded by 44th Seed. Not a proper Scudding, just a 2-1 Scudding. But that pesky Russian Boow beats a player ranked 1008 points HIGHER. Jseal was the loser in this Match Up. - aad0906 gets his 1st KO of the Tourney to move up to 5 points. He took out one of the tournamet contenders!! Genghis Khunt was on a huge 6 points, but loses all in Rd 4. - Scarlet Lady starts her charge. She scuds Czech59 3-0 to move up to 5 Points. The crazy American Czech was having an amazing tournament. Max points after 2 Rds, Bye in the 3rd, only to go from hero to zero in Rd 4. - King Schu II survives against 3rd Seed Craig25. Craig was 1086 points higher ranked. Schu on 2 points, Craig has scored in every Rd and is up to 6. - One of the televised games totally lived up to it's star billing. 4th Seed Maroshka851 gives All Black Rugby (11th Seed) 3 Rapids to send him reeling out in Round 4. In the after match interview, conducted at board-side immediatly after the match, All Black was dazed and confused after the mauling. Totally Speechless. Map Specialist Maroshka up to 8 points. - Predicted Result: BaData2d beats Bentelbow 2-1. Although, this may be a 3-0. Score will be updated with actual score if different. - Warning, The Free Syrian Army is a player well capable of causing upsets in this Tournament. In Round 4 he eliminates Gematria74 who was 9th Seed and on a massive 4 points after 2 Rounds, but, this Tournament Format is Brutal. Gematria OUT, FSA up to 4 points. - 57th Seed Lord Arioch survives again, v 29th Seed U Suck. U was 703 points higher ranked. I am predicting the Lord will make it to the Quarters of one of the Survivor Series Tournaments, he's almost impossible to KO!. ROUND 4 Summary: 32 Soldiers took part in the German assault on Stalingrad proper. This was one of the most savage assults in World War II. This was reflected in our results. 32 Players started the round, with 2 Byes 30 were in the battle. 8 are out! That leaves 24 for Operation Uranus: - 3 Players share the lead on 10 points. Courtesy of the 3 points HandsomeWhiteCat got in Rd 3, he is the Round Hero and gets a bye in Rd 5. - StollMike and Keefie are also on 10 points with an indentical record, 3,3,1,3 points in the 4 Rounds so far. So, its down to finish time in the last Rd. StollMike: 2020-10-30 17:02:27 - stollmike won the game. Keefie: 2020-11-01 06:23:17 - Keefie won the game. So, by 11 hours, StollMike is on the 'Odd Man' Bye, will it be 'Live' though??? - The biggest fish to fall in that Rd was Gematria74, SEEDED 9th! - The Biggest Fish remaining in play is Greengo, 1st Seed. - The lowest ranked remaining in play is Lord Arioch, Seeded 57/69 Pre-Tournament. Surviving on 1 point. - 3 Players share the lead on 10 points, all remaining players have scored, nobody survives on Zero points. Round 5 Draw - Uranus: Scoreboard attached to Tournament Thread is live. It contains the Rd 5 draw. You know where to find it and what to do with it by now!!! Ask if you don't. 24 Survivors, 1 Round Hero Bye leaves 23, so..........The 'Odd Man' Bye is 'Live', very very lucky StollMike! Mike joins The Cat in Rd 6! Televised Matches: - Greengo (1st Seed, 9 Points) v Tin Trumpet (7th Seed, 5 Points). Greengo straight off a bye into a fight to the death!! - aad0906 (17th Seed, 5 Points) v Lord Arioch (57th Seed, 1 Point). This time, a tough draw for the lowest ranked player remaining....The Lord. Good Luck Troops! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 5 UPDATE: What a round this is, some HUUUGGEEE Results so far. Keefie has won the Round Hero Bye already and is on a huge 11 points. Scoreboard attached to Tourney Thread is 'live'. Players highlighted Red have completed Rd 5 games. 11 Match Ups were taking place this Round, consisting of 33 games. 27 are COMPLETE. ONLY 6 games remain, so guys, if still playing Scud your games ASAP. Tail Ender mails will be tomorrow.................................................. The highlights so far: - GreenGo is going nowhere, other than to the Exit door of the Tournament. Tin Trumpet scuds the 1st Seed 3-0 to send him packing. Greengo went from hero to Zero scoring Max Points, Max Points, Max Points, Bye, ELIMINATION! - Avi8or gets a 2-1 win V Map Specialist Free Syrian Army. FSA 866 points lower ranked, but on this map, his Rank should be waaayyyy higher. - That Pesky Russian Boow just won't die. This time he survives V 2nd Seed BarkingAjax, who, was a massive 1043 points HIGHER ranked! - Silly Knig-it complained about ViperOverLord breaking Fog Rules in a Sunny Tournament. When I wouldn't enforce it, he demanded he withdraw from the Tournament. (-: Craaaaaazzzzzyyy. - ViperOverLord scuds the crazy horse Silly Knig-it 3-0 to move onto 6 points. - Craig25 continues his run of scoring every Rd. This time it was BaData2D who went down 2-1. - A MASSIVE 921 points lower ranked pre-tournament, Lord Arioch gets his 2nd point of the Tourney by beating 17th Seed Aad0906 2-1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 5 COMPLETE / ROUND 6 DRAW: This is turning out to be an absolutely Brutal Tournament. The remaining Round 5 highlights are below: - This Tournament is cruel. 54th Seed Kevi has scored in EVERY Round up to now. But, In Rd 5 he goes from Hero to Zero. 24th Seed Spider.Ear eliminates him. The Spider up to 5 points. - Predicted Score: King Schu II survives V 5th Seed Jseal. Although he lost 2-1 the Seal was an incredible 1063 points HIGHER ranked pre-tournament. - Predicted Score: This match up was tighter than a badgers bum. Scarlet Lady (31st Seed) was up against 38th Seed SimplyRed60, there still playing, but Scarlet has edged it 2-1 to move up to 6 points. Simply surviving on 1 point. On the 2 predicted scores to complete the Round, Actual Scores will be updated if different. Round 5 Summary: 24 Warriors survived to contest Round 5. Only 3 were eliminated, leaving 21. The highest ranked player to fall on the streets of Stalingrad that Round was the 1st SEED GREENGO. - Keefie is the Round Hero, bagging himself a Bye in Round 6. He is the only player on 11 points. - 4 Players are on 10 points. The Odd Man Bye goes to 27th Seed ViperOverLord, courtesy of his MAX points in Rd 5. Will an odd number of players remain?????? - Highest Ranked Player remaining in play is 2nd Seed BarkingAjax on 9 points. - Lowest ranked player remaining is Lord Arioch, seeded 57/69 Pre-Tournament. He survives on 2 points. - Every player remaining in the Tournament has scored at least 1 point. 'Live' Scoreboard is attached to Tournament Thread. Orabge blocks are players with predicted scores. Its attached at the bottom of the lengthy 1st post. ROUND 6 DRAW, The Cauldron: November 23, 1942 Following on from the Russian Counter Offensive, Operation Uranus. The two Soviet pincers meet at Kalach, a vital Don River crossing about 60 miles west of Stalingrad. The operation is a textbook execution of the kind of Kesselschlacht (ācauldron battleā) that the Germans had carried out throughout the war thus far. 21 Players take part in 'The Cauldron'. 1 Round Hero Bye leaves 20. So.......No Odd Man Bye this Round. Unlucky Viper! The big match ups this Round: - Avi8or v aad0906 - 14th v 17th Seed - 10 points v 5 points - Tin Trumpet v Lord Arioch - 7th Seed v 57th Seed - Can the lowest ranked player still alive survive the Cauldron? - Craig25 v badata2d - 3rd v 25th Seed - 7 points v 2 points Good Luck Troops. Hopefully see some of you in Rd 7!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 6 UPDATE: Already 3 players are KO'd. But, do not be despondent. And to everyone else thats already been KO'd from this Tournament............... The European Super League is about to start. IT WILL BE TOURNAMENT OF THE CENTURY!!! Reply to this mail if you want in and you hav'nt joined already. 15 Divisions, 120 Runners, Promotion, Relegation, Play Offs, it's got everything!!!! Okay folks, thats the adverts over, now back to the action. In Round 6 30 games were taking place, 24 are COMPLETED. If still playing you need to get theose games Scuded Pronto! The highlights so far: - UPSET, REICHTER SCALE 7: A Map specialist starting to show his class here. 50th Seed Free Syrian Army scuds 6th Seed StollMike 3-0. FSA up to 7 points, and how cruel is this, Mike heads for the exit door of the Tournament on a MASSIVE 10 points. To make matters worse, MIKE was 1100 Points HIGHER RANKED than the battle hardened troops of the FSA! - You know this Tournament is a Tough Gig when that that Pesky Russian Boow is leaving us in Rd 6. He was KO'd by the 2nd Seed BarkingAjax who moves up to 12 points. Bye material! - 7th Seed Tin Trumpet Sounds the Charge. He scuds 57th Seed Lord Arioch and advances up the table to 11 points! Potential Bye material. SCOREBOARD attached to the Tournament Thread is 'Live'. Players in Red have completed ALL Round 6 games. You guys know where to find it by now! Right Troops, I await NEW entrants to the European Super League Tourney!!!!! GL for the rest of the Round!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 6 COMPLETE / ROUND 7 DRAW: Round 6 'The Cauldron' was absolute carnage, there is no 2 ways about it. Here are the remaining highlightsof the Round: - JSEAL seals the deal in Rd 6. The King is Dead. 45th Seed King Schu II leaves us on 2 points. Jseal destroys him 3-0. King Schu II will forever be remembered as 'King Schu II Points'. - Predicted Result: And it's huge. On paper, a tight Match Up. In reality, a walk over. 31st Seed Scarlet Lady destroys 38th SimplyRed60 3-0 to move onto 9 points. Clearly a contender. Simply leaves us on 1 point after 6 Rounds. - Predicted Result: Cruel, Cruel, Cruel. That pretty much describes all 3 games in this Match Up. 17th Seed Aad0906 on 5 points squared off V 14th Seed Avi80r on a massive 10 points. But, Avi8or crashed and burned. Aad wins 3-0 to move UP to 8 Points. As with all predicted scores, Actual scores will be updated if different and players will be re-instated if by the holiest of holiest miracles they survive!! ROUND 6 Summary: 21 Players entered the Cauldron, 15 Survived it. 6 Players died in that Round....................Carnage. - The Biggest Fish to fall that Round was 6th Seed StollMike. - The Round Hero of Rd 6 was BarkingAjax who gets the bye in Rd 7. He is the stand alone leader on 12 points. - Tin Trumpet is on the 'Odd Man' Bye. He is Tied in 2nd with 2 other players. But thanks to the MAX points in that Rd he gets it. Will an Odd Number of players be left though???????? - No players are surviving on Zero points, everyone has scored. - Lowest Ranked Player still standing is Free Syrian Army, Seeded 50/69, He's on 7 points. Totally under-ranked on this map though!! ROUND 7 Preview, Operation Winter Storm: 16th Seed Keefie re-enters the fray after his Round 6 Bye. 15 Players contest this Round, an ODD Number. But..............With the Round Hero Bye to come off an EVEN number of players remain so NO ODD MAN BYE this Rd, get ready to enter battle once again Trumpet! December 12, 1942 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, arguably Germanyās most gifted field commander, launches Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to breach the encirclement from the southwest. Operation Thunderclap, the proposed breakout plan for the desperate Sixth Army, is vetoed by Hitler, and Paulus is ordered to defend Stalingrad to the last. Televised Games: - Tin Trumpet (11) v aad0906 (8), 7th v 17th Seed. - Keefie (11) v Free Syrian Army (7), 16th v 50th Seed..........Will the Black horse of the Tourney FSA make it to Round 8??????? The Full Scoreboard is attached on the Tournament Thread (Bottom of lengthy 1st post in a white box). To see the full Round 7 Draw, just sort it by the 'Game Number' Column on the right. GL for Operation Winter Storm!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 7 UPDATE: OPERATION WINTER STORM: Right Troops, we are getting to the business end of this Tournament! 21 games were taking place this Round, 12 are complete. So, time to pick up the pace if you are still playing. The highlights so far are below: - The Map Specialist and 50th Seed. Free Syrian Army beats 16th Seed Keefie 2-1 to move up to 8. Keefie temains on 11. Keefie was 866 POINTS HIGHER RANKED. The FSA are not to be messed with on this map! - For those of you who don't know, ActorDay is a retired Movie Actor. A big one!. When he was in films, because of his stardom, he was always in them to the end. His Risk skills don't compare to his acting skills. In survivor series Tournaments, he's just another punter. In Rd 7 he falls into the claws of HandsomeWhiteCat who destroys him 3-0. Actor out, the Cat up to 1st place on 13 points! 'Live' Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread. Players in Red have completed ALL Round 7 games: GL for the rest of the Round! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 7 COMPLETE / ROUND 8 DRAW: First, 3 predicted scores to finish Round 7. They all look nailed on, but actual scores will be updated if different: - Prdicted Score: Biggie, the Trumpet scuds aad0906 3-0 to take the Tournament Lead on 14 points. Wins the Round Hero Bye at the death. As they say in Russia, Hasta La Vista Aad! - Predicted Score: Jseal beats Usuck 2-1 to move up to 11. Usuck survives on 6. - Predicted Score: Maroshka beats Spider.Ear 2-1 to move up to 11. The Spider still on 5 points. Round 7 Summary: 15 Troops started that Round, 13 finished. The biggest fish to fall in Operation Winterstorm was 17th Seed Aad0906. - Tin Trumpet is the Stand Alone Leader on 14 points so is the Round Hero and goes straight into Rd 9! - 27th Seed is on the 'Odd Man' Bye, thats looking particularly ropey though. - Highest Seed remaining alive is 2nd Seed Barking Ajax on 12 points. - Lowest Seed still standing, and this dopesn't look like it'll chabge for a while: 50th Seed Free Syrian Army. - Lowest scoring player still in, 25th Seed BaData2D on 2 points. Round 8 Preview, The Surrender: January 30, 1943 The German position in Stalingrad is all but lost. Hitler promotes Paulus to field marshal, reminding him that no German commander of that rank has ever surrendered. Paulus reportedly tells his generals, āI have no intention of shooting myself for this Bohemian corporal.ā He surrenders the following day. We are nearing the end of the Battle guys. 15 players are within sight of surviving the Battle of Stalingrad. Who will be the last to go? Note:The Survivor Series doesn't stop. The Tourney does continue! 15 Players start, 1 Rd Hero Bye down and 14 remain, so no Odd Man Bye. The full scoreboard and draw is attached to the Tournament Thread: But Draw Highlights are below: - 27th Seed ViperOverLord v 50th Seed Free Syrian Army, will FSA's number be up this Round? - BarkingAjax (2nd Seed) 12 points v Craig25 (3rd Seed) 8 points GL to All (apart from the 2nd Seed)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 8 COMPLETE / ROUND 9 DRAW That was a blistringly quick Round. Take note players, As we get to the Business end of the Tournament Competitors are scudding their games pronto. As a player in one of my Tourneys, it is down to you to moderate your speed of play to keep pace with the majority of the Tournament. Understood Spider.Ear? (-: For the Germans Surrender at Stalingrad, we started off with 13 players. Only 1 fell, Our 50th Seed Free Syrian Army literally took the last bullet of the Battle and is the last player to die in the Battle of Stalingrad. Prior to the Round Summary and the Round 9 Draw.................................. This is a call to Action for EUROPEAN Players. The Ryder Cup Tournament starts in 6 DAYS. This Tournament is sitting at 172 PLAYERS. Only 1 problem, the YANKS have 98 of them, Europe 74. IF YOU ARE EUROPEAN JOINING IS MANDATORY. Join Below: ROUND 8 Summary & Highlights: - Our 27th Seed ViperOverLord brings the Map Specialist Free Syrian Armies run to an end. The Viper wins 3-0. FSA leaves the scene on a creditable 8 points. The Viper up to a massive 15 POINTS! - Predicted Result: Maroshka851 2 v 1 Spider.Ear. Looks like a dead cert for 2-1 to the 4th Seed wjo's up to Jnt 2nd on 12 Points. ACTUAL Score will be updated if different. 13 Players down to 12. Quarter Finals start at 8 Players, so we are within Touching distance! Only 4 Players need to die. - 27th Seed ViperOverLord is the Round Hero. He stands aone at the Top of the Table on 15 Points. - That leaves 11 to compete in Round 9 so 'ODD MAN' Bye is 'Live'. Tin Trumpet Gets it, he's in clear 2nd on 14 Points. - 31st Seed Scarlet Lady is the new outsider. She was 31/69 Seeds Pre-Tournament and is on 11 points. - 2nd Seed Barking Ajax is the biggest fish still fighting. 12 Points. ROUND 9 Draw: 5 Match Up's take place this Round. 4/5 must fall for the Quarters to start, possible. SCOREBOARD and DRAW are attached to the Tournament Thread: Draw Highlights are below: - jseal v Craig25, 5th Seed v 3rd Seed, 12 Points v 9 Points. - Handsomewhitecat v Scarlet Lady, 26th Seed v 31st Seed, 13 v 11 Points. A decent Draw for the Tournament Outsider! Right Troops, if EUROPEAN, get into The Ryder Cup!!!!!!!!! GL for this Round!
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 9 COMPLETE / ROUND 10 DRAW: With only 12 players remaining to fight it out in Rd 9 this Tournament is at squeaky bum time! We only had to drop to 8 players for the Quarter Finals to start. We didn't make it, only 1 player blinked!: - 25th Seed BaData2D may have survived the Battle of Stalingrad, but he did'nt survive the war. Eliminated by 2nd Seed BarkingAjax who moves into pole position. Baring a 3-0 for Spider.Ear, he is on a Round Hero Bye in Rd 10! Spider-Ear didn't win 3-0! Round 9 Summary: - Only 1 player eliminated as we approach the Climax of the Tournament and the KO stages: 25th Seed BaData2d, unlucky M8! - 2nd Seed BarkingAjax is jnt Tournament Leader on 15 points and gets the Round Hero Bye courtesy of his KO in the last Round. - 27th Seed ViperOverLord is the other player on 15 points. Even although he was on a Bye last Round, he retains the 'Odd Man' Bye. - 31st Seed Scarlet Lady is the lowest ranked player still surviving. She was ranked 31/69 Pre-Tournament and is on 11 points. Round 10 Preview: 11 players have made it this far. 1 Round Hero Bye to BarkingAjax and that leaves 10 to fight it out for a place in the quarters. So no 'Odd Man' Byue this Roud. 3 Players Need to fall for the Quarter Finals to start................................................ Televised Matches: - Tin Trumpet (7th Seed) v Craig25 (3rd Seed) - 14 v 10 points - Handsomewhitecat (26th Seed) v Scarlet Lady (31st Seed) - 14 v 11 points. Can the 31st Seed make the Quarters? The Scoreboard and entire draw is attached on the Tournament Forum: GL!
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 10 Complete / Round 11 Draw: 11 Players had made it up to Round 10. With only 8 players going through to the Knock Outs and the Quarter Final this is now a game of who is going to blink first! And, only 1 player blinked! - If we don't make the quarters this Round, Jseal has given himself a great chance of a bye into the quarters. He Scuds 29th Seed U Suck 3-0 to move into Jnt 1st on 15 points and is currently in pole-position for a bye. U Suck departs after 10 Rounds on 6 points. Another to survive the Battle but not the War. With only 5 Match Ups, that was the ONLY KO. TY to the Tail Enders for finishing there games quickly to allow this Round to start. Round 10 Summary: With only 10 Players remaining there is no build up to the 'Odd Man' Bye. It is going to be 'LIVE', so 2 players will get a bye this Round! With only 2 players required to be KO'd for the Quarter Finals to start, who gets them is going to be pivotal! - We have 4 players TIED for 1st Place: JSeal, ViperOverLord, HandsomeWhiteCat and Barking Ajax ALL on 15 Points. - JSEAL hets the Round Hero Bye courtesy of his MAX Points last Round. - HandsomeWhiteCat joins him in Round 12/QF with the OMB. Congrats to you both! - 29th Seed USuck was the highest and only player to fall Last Round. - Scarlet Lady is the lowest Ranked players still standing, Ranked 31/69 Pre-Tournament, She is on 11 Points. - Biggest Fish still fighting, 2nd Seed Barking Ajax on 15 Points ROUND 11 Preview: 2 Players need to fall for the Quarters to start. It's squeaky bum time in Stalingrad. Who will blink this Round? With only 4 Match Up's taking place this Round, they are all Highlights, in effect, this could be the Quarter Quarter Final! If we don't make the QF, 4/8 Players competing in Round 11 have a chance of winning a BYE! - BarkingAjax v Keefie - 2nd v 16th Seed - 15 v 13 Points - ViperOverLord v Craig25 - 27th v 3rd Seed - 15 v 11 Points - maroshka851 v Scarlet Lady - 4th v 31st Seed - 14 v 11 Points - Tin Trumpet v spider.ear - 7th v 24th Seed - 14 v 6 Points Good Luck All, the end is nigh!
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 11 COMPLETE / ROUND 12 DRAW: Round 11, 10 Players started the Round. We had to get to 8 for the Quarter-Finals to start. Only problem is, it's veterans fighting it out now, and none of them blinked. So, 10 Players remain!!!! Bye's are absolutely crucial now. And with 10 players remaining there are 2 for Round 12. 1 Round Hero and one Odd Man Bye. Stand alone Tournament Leader is 27th Seed ViperOverLord on 16 Points. So he is in Rd 13/QF. 5 PLAYERS share 2nd on 15 points. So, it goes to scores in Current and previous Rounds, and 4th Seed Maroshka851 wins it. This dude has won EVERY Round, most definitely a Stalingrad Specialist! 'LIVE' Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread. It included the Full Round 12 Draw, Just Sort it by 'Game Number' to put it into Draw Order: Right Troops, Have a great Christmas and stay safe for the New Year. Round 12 will be set up after Christmas and before the New Year!
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 12 Complete / Round 13 Draw: Only 8 players were still fighting this out in the final days of the war. With 2 Byes, we needed 3 to fall to start the KO Stages. It's only battle hardened troops left though, 1 of them blinked, it cost him his tournament and life: - 5th Seed Jseal was 1st to blink. Tournament Organiser Craig25 SCUDS him 3-0 to Seal the Deal (-:. He exits the Tournament on a HUGE 15 Points, Craig25 moves UP TO 14 Points. Round 13 Preview: From 69 Troops starting the Tournament, we are down to the last 9! 1 Player ain't going to make the Quarter Finals - Which player dies this Round????? I'll tell you who it ain't. Tin Trumpet gets the Round Hero Bye. He is Jnt Leader in 16 points and wins the Round Hero Bye courtesy of his 1 point in Rd 11. Barking Ajax is the other Jnt Leader on 16 points and was unlucky to miss out on a Bye at this crucial stage. Doubly unlucky considering the Round 13 Draw!! If nobody is eliminated this Round, 16 Points will be the minimum requirement for a potentil Bye. You need to be on 15 points or above to have a chance! Complete Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread. This includes the full DRAW!: To put you out your misery, here is the draw: - BarkingAjax v Craig25 - 2nd v 3rd Seed - 16 v 14 Points - ViperOverLord v Keefie - 27th v 16th Seed - 16 v 14 Points - maroshka851 v Scarlet Lady - 4th v 31st Seed - 15 v 13 Pooints - Handsomewhitecat v spider.ear - 26th v 24th Seed - 15 v 6 Points Good Luck in this Round. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 13 COMPLETE / QUARTER-FINAL DRAW: Wow, somebody blinked to take us down to 8 players and a quarter final!: - Last but not least, a predicted score, and a biggie! The Cat kills the spider! HandsomeWhiteCat destroys Spider.Ear 3-0 to take us down to 8 Players and the Quarter Finals! I never even knew Spiders could blinkā¦......never mind blink 1st! Score looks nailed on but if it changes, scores will be re-adjusted and Spider re-entered. QUARTER FINALS PREVIEW: A lot of highly ranked players are still standing. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Seed: BarkingAjax, Craig25 and maroshka851. Scarlet Lady, seeded 31st / 69 Entrants is the lowest seeded player to get to the KO Stages. An excellent performance! 8 Remain, draw is below, and below that, your route to the Final!: 1- Handsomewhitecat v Craig25 - 26th v 3rd Seed 2- Tin Trumpet v Keefie - 7th v 16th Seed 3- BarkingAjax v maroshka851 - 2nd v 4th Seed 4- ViperOverLord v Scarlet Lady - 27th v 31st Seed Semi: 1 v 3 Okay Troops, it's best of 3 for the Quarters, Best of 5 for the Semi's and Best of 7 for the Final. GOOD LUCK!!!! The Final Scoreboard is attached to the Tournament Thread as we are nw in the KO's: 2 v 4
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEMI-FINALS: Wow, what a Round taht was. Here are the highlights of the Quarters: - 27th Seed ViperOverLord is the FIRST Player to reach the Semi-Finals with a 3-0 destruction of the 31st Seed Scrlet Lady. Scarlet outlasted 62 other players and leaves on an amazing 13 points! With the 3-0 in the QF 'The Snake' is looking good for the TITLE of ' STALINGRAD CHAMPION'. - Predicted Score: And it's a biggie, Craig25 3 v 0 HandsomeWhiteCat. Score will be changed and th Semi re-set up if the Cat can come back to win. That would probably require me to catch a bad case of Covid Pronto and even that might not be enough. To get to the Quarters it was a magnificent performance by 'The Cat', unlucky! - 7th Seed Blows Away the 16th Seed In the Quarters. It was Tin Trumpet 2 v 1 Keefie. That is another map specialist biting the dust right there! - The GOD of this map and Tournament FAV wins his QF 3-0. Whoever plays Maroshka851 are going to seriously need to play out there skin to beat him! He takes out the 2nd Seed BarkingAjax with ease for crying out loud! SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: - 'The Snake' v 'The Trumpet' - ViperOverLord v Tin Trumpet - 27th v 7th Seed - 19 v 17 Points - 'The Organiser' v 'The GOD of Stalingrad' Craig25 v maroshka851- 3rd v 4th Seed - 18 v 18 Points The Odds: Favourite - Evs - Maroshka851 - He has won 13/14 Rounds, being beaten 2-1 only once. THE MAP SPECIALIST on Stalingrad! Jnt 2nd Fav's - 7/4 - Nothing can split the performance of 'The Snake' and 'The Trumpet', but the bookies think this will be the game that decides who will be beaten in the final! 3rd Fav - Craig25, with a tough route to the Final, 'The Organiser' is the least likely to lify the Title of STALINGRAD Champion. The bookmakers feel Maroshka has 1 foot in the final already! Okay Troops, SEMI is best of 5, GOOD LUCK! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE FINAL PREVIEW:
The 2 Semi-Finals were sooooo close (As expected). But here is what happened:
- Wow, this match up couldn't have been any closer. ViperOverLord 3 v 2 Tin Trumpet. An amazing tournament from 'TheTrumpet' but it's 'The Snake' in the FINAL!
- Oh Dear, the 4th Seed Maroshka851 fell for the old 'Blowing Smoke up Ass' Routineā¦..... The Heavy Favourote fell at the Semi-Final stage to 'The Organiser' Craig25. So close though, it was 3-2 with Craig25 getting a slight advantage in the number of starts. Maroshka couldn't come back! Surviving 15 Rounds and only being beat twice was a mirculous performance from the Tiger from Turkey!
Final Preview:
ViperOverLord v Craig25 - 27th Seed v 3rd Seed - 22 v 21 Points - 2039 v 2592 Ranking
Nothing to split us. 'The Snake' ViperOverLord accumulated an extra point over 15 Rounds and 47 games of Survivor Series Risk. Craig25 'The Organiser' has a healthy 543 Point lead on Ranking Points.
'The Snakes' 20 Points were made out of 4 KO's (Excluding Q+SF), Craig25 only had 2!
We have a favourite, due to Craig25's destruction of Map GOD Maroshka and a more steady progress through the Tournie, he is the Pre-Match FAV!
Odds:
Craig25 'The Organiser' = 4/6
ViperOverLord 'The Snake' = 5/4
There can be only 1 Stalingrad Champion!
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WINNER:
We have a Champion of Stalingrad!!!
What looked like an amazing Match Up for a final wasn't even close, from a 6/7 start, the player starting 6 pressed home his advantage!
Before the final, on paper there form was almost inseperable! It was so close. In reality, it was a coronation of the Champion.
It ended .
The Victor, The Stalingrad Sniper, The Master of Disaster, The King of Sting, The Brox Bomber, The Stalingrad Snake............................I give You...........
ViperOverLord
Commiserations to Craig25 (Me), I had an amazing 16 Rounds of Survivor Series Rik and am delighted to have come 2nd while facing of versus so many map specialists!
THE STORY OF THE SNAKES HISTORIC VICTORY:
- Round 1 - ViperOverLord Takes care of the Russian with the best name, beats redonkulosness 3-0. Dead Russian.
- Round 2 - ViperOverLord Moves onto 4 points, beating sparrticus (8th Seed) 2-1. Nice Result. Sparrticus yet to get off the mark.
- Round 3 - ViperOverLord moves onto a commanding 7 points, taking out 40th Seed Killerz999 who's sent to the stands in Round 3
- Round 4 - He was actually DEFEATED 2-1 in this one! ActorDay beat the Champ!
- Round 5 - ViperOverLord scuds the crazy horse Silly Knig-it 3-0 to move onto 6 points.
- Round 6 - The Snake eats thge Spider. ViperOverLord 2 v 1 Spider.Ear.
- Round 7 - Just another 2-1 victory V Me!
- Round 8 - Our 27th Seed ViperOverLord brings the Map Specialist Free Syrian Armies run to an end. The Viper wins 3-0. FSA leaves the scene on a creditable 8 points. The Viper up to a massive 15 POINTS!
- Round 9 - BYE
- Round 10 - He survived his 2nd defeat, a 2-1 v Keefie!
- Round 11 - This is unfair I have to write this!!! He Scudded me 2-1 again!
- Round 12 - BYE
- Round 13 - Another defeat versus his Bogey Player Keefie!
- Quarter Final - 27th Seed ViperOverLord is the FIRST Player to reach the Semi-Finals with a 3-0 destruction of the 31st Seed Scrlet Lady. Scarlet outlasted 62 other players and leaves on an amazing 13 points! With the 3-0 in the QF 'The Snake' is looking good for the TITLE of ' STALINGRAD CHAMPION'.
- Semi Final - Wow, this match up couldn't have been any closer. ViperOverLord 3 v 2 Tin Trumpet. An amazing tournament from 'TheTrumpet' but it's 'The Snake' in the FINAL!
- FINAL - Just another SCUDDING of Craig25!
I've given it my best shot to capture Glory in a Tournament Mail, but truth is, my writing skills cannot capture the sheer excellence of ViperOverLord's Risk Skills on Stalingrad.
As such, no words can compare to his fellow competitors thoughts on his Brilliant Victory:
TY for taking part all, and KEEP SCUDDING!