Official Passport Challenge: Year in Review 2013

[Jippd]

Well if that is easier for him then hats off to him! Just wanted to make sure I didn't need to submit anything.

[Dukasaur]

Well if that is easier for him then hats off to him! Just wanted to make sure I didn't need to submit anything.

Well, this event is being run by sempaispellcheck, so while I can make reasonable guesses as to what he is thinking, I don't actually know. So please, do NOT take my word as doctrine here. I'm sure sempai will clarify in a day or two; he's probably been busy with holiday stuff.

[chapcrap]

[game]13753167[/game] - join it!

[t4mcr53s2]

just a thought sempaispelchek:
i wouldn't think it much of an accomplishment to let bot wins also count as map, zombie parachute etc wins

anycase thanks for the nifty challenge ; Merry Christmas

[Jippd]

just a thought sempaispelchek:
i wouldn't think it much of an accomplishment to let bot wins also count as map, zombie parachute etc wins

anycase thanks for the nifty challenge ; Merry Christmas

That is not possible. You cannot play a bot on zombie or parachute. You also cannot get a map win from a bot with any of the maps he chose.

[sempaispellcheck]

My main reason for checking the games myself rather than having people send in checklists is that it will enable more people to get medals.
My theory is that if someone who doesn't know about the challenge gets a medal for it, they'll be on the lookout for future challenges, which will increase participation.
I think that's worth a little extra legwork on my part.

sempai

[Gamefreakguy]

My main reason for checking the games myself rather than having people send in checklists is that it will enable more people to get medals.
My theory is that if someone who doesn't know about the challenge gets a medal for it, they'll be on the lookout for future challenges, which will increase participation.
I think that's worth a little extra legwork on my part.

sempai

[betiko]

My main reason for checking the games myself rather than having people send in checklists is that it will enable more people to get medals.
My theory is that if someone who doesn't know about the challenge gets a medal for it, they'll be on the lookout for future challenges, which will increase participation.
I think that's worth a little extra legwork on my part.

sempai

Seriously mate, tell us you have some kind of automated data extraction thinggy from the cc server and that you aren t doing this manually.. If not, what a freaking nightmare...

[Dukasaur]

Stamps
There are 16 stamps in total, divided into 4 categories:

A: Farewells - win 1 game on each map to get the stamp for that map:
1. Gilligan - Island of Doom[game]13753100[/game]
2. lackattack - Treasures of Galapagos
3. AndyDufresne - Supermax: Prison Riot![game]13760248[/game]
4. rdsrds2120 - Conquer Man
5. El_Jefe - Cuban Missile Crisis

B: Bots:
6. 3 wins over whamBot
7. 2 wins over SassboT
8. 1 win over saxibot

C: Gameplay Settings - 1 win on each:
9. Polymorphic 2, 3, AND 4 (must win on all 3 to earn the stamp) [game]13766643[/game]
10. Parachute reinforcements [game]13759984[/game]
11. Zombie Spoils[game]13760248[/game]
12. No reinforcements
13. 4 OPTIONS - Pick ONE:

1. A 9-player game on a map from list A
2. A 10-player game on a map from list B
3. A 11-player game on a map from list C
4. A 12-player game on any map NOT on list D

[spoiler=list a]Arms Race!
Doodle Earth
Egypt: Lower
Luxembourg
New World
Treasures of Galapagos[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list b]Clandemonium
Cyprus
King's Court II
Route 66[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list c]Egypt: Nubia[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list d]Age of Realms 1: Might
Age of Realms 2: Magic
Age of Realms 3: Mayhem
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
Arms Race!
Baseball
Christmas
City Mogul
Clandemonium
Classic Cities: Madrid
Classic Cities: Pot Mosbi
Conquer 500
Conquer Rome
Cyprus
Dark Continent
Das Schloss
Doodle Earth
Egypt: Lower
Egypt: Nubia
Egypt: Upper
Feudal Epic
Feudal War
Jamaica
King's Court
King's Court II
Labyrinth
Lunar War
Luxembourg
Middle Ages
Monsters
New World
Peloponnesian War
Poker Club
Route 66
Saint Patrick's Day
Salem's Switch
Treasures of Galapagos
Woodboro
WWII Poland[/spoiler]

D: Maps:
14. 1 win on Africa II [game]13772967[/game]
15. 1 win on any Beta Map [game]13773114[/game] (plus others, of course)
16. 1 win on each of 4 different maps released in 2013 [game]13773467[/game] [game]13773114[/game] [game]13773466[/game] [game]13762039[/game]

[spoiler=Beta Maps]Conquer 500
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation
District of Alaska
Ethiopia
Spanish Armada
Three Kingdoms of China
Tribal War - Ancient Israel
USA 2.1
WWI Gallipoli[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Maps Released in 2013]4 Star Meats
Austrum
Classic Cities: Madrid
Classic Cities: Moscow
Conquer 500
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation
District of Alaska
Ethiopia
Labyrinth
New Zealand
Philadelphia
Spanish Armada
Three Kingdoms of China
Tribal War - Ancient Israel
USA 2.1
Vertex
WWI Gallipoli[/spoiler]

Dec. 20th -- 1 down, 15 to go.
Dec. 23rd -- got 4 done, 1/3 of the way to the 5th (Polymorph) and started my first No Forts game!
Dec. 26th -- got 7 done for sure now, plus 2 more that I think I am winning, plus the bots should be easy, for a total of 12. Biggest problem is that the 9, 10, 11, 12 player games are taking forever to fill, and of course I'm not sure if I will win any of them, so I keep joining more "just in case". My other problem is that I have no idea how to go about winning a No Forts game.

Anybody who has a reliable strategy for No Forts games, wants to take me under their wing in a Dubs game?

[hwhrhett]

got 15/16...

just missing the 9,10,11,12 player win... send invites if you got a game, none of mine are filling...

[chapcrap]

got 15/16...

just missing the 9,10,11,12 player win... send invites if you got a game, none of mine are filling...

If you make a 9 player Doodle Eart Triples game, I'll join with a team.

[chapcrap]

got 15/16...

just missing the 9,10,11,12 player win... send invites if you got a game, none of mine are filling...

If you make a 9 player Doodle Eart Triples game, I'll join with a team.

[GioDuce]

My main reason for checking the games myself rather than having people send in checklists is that it will enable more people to get medals.
My theory is that if someone who doesn't know about the challenge gets a medal for it, they'll be on the lookout for future challenges, which will increase participation.
I think that's worth a little extra legwork on my part.

sempai

Thats great thinking sempaispellcheck,
you must be very good in spreadsheets.... you have alot of data to work with i guess

I've got all 16stamps now,
i enjoyed the challenge and i played some maps i usually don't play wich i will play again.
I will keep track on further challenges and made a topic on the VVV clan forum.

[ckyrias]

waiting for a game to finish and i will have all stamps! great challenge sempai! enjoyed it
merry xmas to all!

[sempaispellcheck]

Glad to hear you guys are enjoying the challenge!
You can definitely expect more like this in the future - though I won't say when.
Keep your eyes peeled!

sempai

[Dukasaur]

Still have a shitload of 9, 10, 11, and 12 player games that haven't begun. If you have your 9,10,11,12 stamp please help me get mine.
[game]13172870[/game] Nuclear Assassin on Eurasia Mini
[game]13352588[/game] Manual on Brazil
[game]13361528[/game] default settings on 8 Thoughts
[game]13411398[/game] flat rate on Supermax
[game]13491876[/game] Parachute on Fractured China
[game]13689882[/game] Terminator No Spoils Doodles
[game]13769752[/game] Escalating Assassin on New World
[game]13785718[/game] Escalating Assdoodle


And besides the above, I still have [game]13781565[/game] No Forts Dubs
All of the above have filled. A big THANK YOU to everyone who signed up!

Two left:
[game]13745595[/game] Manual Terminator on Nubia
[game]13767268[/game] No Forts on Egypt:Lower

[dazza2008]

I joined a few. That is the last stamp I need.

[Dukasaur]

Stamps
There are 16 stamps in total, divided into 4 categories:

A: Farewells - win 1 game on each map to get the stamp for that map:
1. Gilligan - Island of Doom [game]13753100[/game]
2. lackattack - Treasures of Galapagos [game]13759889[/game]
3. AndyDufresne - Supermax: Prison Riot! [game]13760248[/game]
4. rdsrds2120 - Conquer Man maybe [game]13781505[/game]
5. El_Jefe - Cuban Missile Crisis [game]13784020[/game]

B: Bots:
6. 3 wins over whamBot [game]13794172[/game] [game]13794195[/game] [game]13794238[/game]
7. 2 wins over SassboT [game]13794271[/game] [game]13794300[/game]
8. 1 win over saxibot [game]13794335[/game]

C: Gameplay Settings - 1 win on each:
9. Polymorphic 2, 3, AND 4 (must win on all 3 to earn the stamp) [game]13766643[/game] [game]13759982[/game] [game]13759983[/game]
10. Parachute reinforcements [game]13759984[/game]
11. Zombie Spoils[game]13760248[/game]
12. No reinforcements [game]13785297[/game] [game]13785356[/game] for good measure...)
13. 4 OPTIONS - Pick ONE:

1. A 9-player game on a map from list A
2. A 10-player game on a map from list B
3. A 11-player game on a map from list C
4. A 12-player game on any map NOT on list D

[spoiler=list a]Arms Race!
Doodle Earth
Egypt: Lower
Luxembourg
New World
Treasures of Galapagos[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list b]Clandemonium
Cyprus
King's Court II
Route 66[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list c]Egypt: Nubia[/spoiler]
[spoiler=list d]Age of Realms 1: Might
Age of Realms 2: Magic
Age of Realms 3: Mayhem
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
Arms Race!
Baseball
Christmas
City Mogul
Clandemonium
Classic Cities: Madrid
Classic Cities: Pot Mosbi
Conquer 500
Conquer Rome
Cyprus
Dark Continent
Das Schloss
Doodle Earth
Egypt: Lower
Egypt: Nubia
Egypt: Upper
Feudal Epic
Feudal War
Jamaica
King's Court
King's Court II
Labyrinth
Lunar War
Luxembourg
Middle Ages
Monsters
New World
Peloponnesian War
Poker Club
Route 66
Saint Patrick's Day
Salem's Switch
Treasures of Galapagos
Woodboro
WWII Poland[/spoiler]

D: Maps:
14. 1 win on Africa II [game]13772967[/game]
15. 1 win on any Beta Map [game]13773114[/game] (plus others, of course)
16. 1 win on each of 4 different maps released in 2013 [game]13773467[/game] [game]13773114[/game] [game]13773466[/game] [game]13762039[/game] and a 5th for good measure: [game]13783434[/game]

[spoiler=Beta Maps]Conquer 500
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation
District of Alaska
Ethiopia
Spanish Armada
Three Kingdoms of China
Tribal War - Ancient Israel
USA 2.1
WWI Gallipoli[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Maps Released in 2013]4 Star Meats
Austrum
Classic Cities: Madrid
Classic Cities: Moscow
Conquer 500
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation
District of Alaska
Ethiopia
Labyrinth
New Zealand
Philadelphia
Spanish Armada
Three Kingdoms of China
Tribal War - Ancient Israel
USA 2.1
Vertex
WWI Gallipoli[/spoiler]

Dec. 20th -- 1 down, 15 to go.
Dec. 23rd -- got 4 done, 1/3 of the way to the 5th (Polymorph) and started my first No Forts game!
Dec. 26th -- got 8 done for sure now, plus pretty confident in my last 2 polymorphs, plus the bots should be easy, for a total of 12. Biggest problem is that the 9, 10, 11, 12 player games are taking forever to fill, and of course I'm not sure if I will win any of them, so I keep joining more "just in case". My other problem is that I have no idea how to go about winning a No Forts game.
Dec. 28th -- got 11/16 now, so I guess I should go do the bots games now and I'll have 14/16. I also have a ConquerMan game that's looking pretty good, and out of the 20 or 25 qualifying large games for item 13, I sure hope I win at least one.
Dec. 29th -- Okay bots done. I now have 14/16. Only ConquerMan and the big multiplayer remains. One of my ConquerMan games is looking like a probable win, and assuming I can win at least one of the many multiplayers I should have 16. Not going to stress about it, anyway. Don't need the 500 creds, so I could have stopped at 12; going for 16 was mainly an ego thing.

I can relax now. The two medals are in the bag. I'll probably end up with 16/16 anyway, but if I don't then no bother.

It's been one hell of a ride. Thank you, sempaispellcheck, for a very entertaining and challenging quest. Possibly the most exciting two weeks I've ever had on CC; certainly a contender for Top 5.

[sempaispellcheck]

Thank you, sempaispellcheck, for a very entertaining and challenging quest. Possibly the most exciting two weeks I've ever had on CC; certainly a contender for Top 5.

You're very welcome! Glad to hear it!
And thank you for participating!

sempai

[Eternal Shadow]

Yeah, this was awesome (and frustrating lol). Working on my final 1/4. I hope whatever your planning like this for the futures comes again soon

[Swifte]

9 player Doodle Trips, awaiting teams!
[game]13793545[/game]
[game]13793546[/game]
[game]13793547[/game]

[sempaispellcheck]

It has come to my attention that a new Beta map has been released!
Games on France 2.1 WILL count for this challenge (as long as they meet the challenge's start date criteria).

sempai

[Gilligan]

Sempai, just a heads up to look at my games yet because I have yet to complete #13

[Swifte]

I finished 12... gonna call that good

[spoiler= my tally]

Stamps
There are 16 stamps in total, divided into 4 categories:

A: Farewells - win 1 game on each map to get the stamp for that map:
1. Gilligan - Island of Doom [game]13805373[/game]
2. lackattack - Treasures of Galapagos [game]13800769[/game]
3. AndyDufresne - Supermax: Prison Riot! [game]13805923[/game]
4. rdsrds2120 - Conquer Man
5. El_Jefe - Cuban Missile Crisis [game]13801614[/game]

B: Bots:
6. 3 wins over whamBot [game]13752371[/game] [game]13752452[/game] [game]13753498[/game]
7. 2 wins over SassboT [game]13753534[/game] [game]13753581[/game]
8. 1 win over saxibot [game]13749164[/game]

C: Gameplay Settings - 1 win on each:
9. Polymorphic 2, 3, AND 4 (must win on all 3 to earn the stamp) 2-player: [game]13752934[/game]
10. Parachute reinforcements [game]13774083[/game]
11. Zombie Spoils [game]13800364[/game]
12. No reinforcements [game]13800769[/game]
13. 4 OPTIONS - Pick ONE:

1. A 9-player game on a map from list A
2. A 10-player game on a map from list B
3. A 11-player game on a map from list C
4. A 12-player game on any map NOT on list D

D: Maps:
14. 1 win on Africa II [game]13800364[/game]
15. 1 win on any Beta Map [game]13752934[/game]
16. 1 win on each of 4 different maps released in 2013

sempai

[/spoiler]


Thanks Entertainment team - another great event Looking forward to 2014!

[biscuit boy]

I'm going to finish 15 out of 16, but great challenge and have enjoyed it. Like most I've played maps I haven't played before in the farewells. Thanks for going the extra distance with this. Have a great New Year and look forward to many more challenges in 14.