International Thud Tournament 2008

Well my first reaction was "HURRAH"

My second reaction was more filled with terror... I don't see myself defending my title successfully, and it has been nice to be able to say I'm the world champion in something . All in all, though, looking forward to it.

MS

you'd still be world champion, only not the current one . *will need some time to think about wether she should join, so someone gets an easy warm-up*
wb, btw.

Dang, forgot to practice. I cant enter anyway, exams
November through to march, i probably wont show much, unless time allows...unlikey!

Hey there,

What???? ITT08???? Yes. I will make sure not to miss anything.
You can count me in.

Greetings, Palm

Hey Y'all,

Just back from thudgame central, so to speak. I have had word that Lee is too busy with his new job, and Dewi is too busy coding. So you'll have to settle with me. I know, I know, I'm not nearly as handsome, but hey, can't have it all, right? But I have full support of both of them, so it's OK.

Soooo, my first decision as official head of ITT08 is: y'all need to sign up with me. Visit my site (see the signature) for contact info, if you don't already have it. Please do not email Lee or Dewi, all contacts must go by me this year.
Also on my site: a new page concerning ITT08, with a new slightly improved set of rules. Please read it carefully (I have provided a download). A detailed timetable can be found over there as well. If all goes according to plan we'll have a new Thudmeister 08 a few days before Christmas.

Dewi and I also agreed that you should know and understand that there is a probability that this years ITT is Forum Only!!! Dewi is working like crazy to get the client fixed, but he can't promise anything. So now more than ever do you need to understand that you probably have to stick to the 24-hour rule from two to six or maybe eight weeks. Duration depends on how far you get onto the ladder to Thudmeistership, and number of players. You need to know this, and have to be sure!
I repeat: live games are probably not possible for the duration of the entire ITT08!

Well, having said that, there's only one thing for you to do now. Go to my site, or contact me directly, and let me know you join the International Thud Tournament 2008. As ever, only paying thudgame dot com members, AKA The Thudguild, need apply.

Also I would like to thank Dewi and Lee for their trust and confidence. I will try my best to not let them down.

Happy Thudding!

This is what I've been waiting for all through the year. Although I haven't been online for quite a while, i just have to find room for this event. Count me in and don't make me loose too badly

Hi Y'all,

The list so far:
1. Mr Scrub
2. Altogether Andrews (awaiting confirmation)

Not bad for the first day, one Thudmeister and one ITT newbie. Let's hope for a lot of inbetweenies .

Happy Thudding!

does my librarianship classify me for this? if so, i'll enter, but will be knocked out in the first round.
Dont have the cash to splash ona membership right now

Gotta get that board out, I supppose

Hi Hexon,

There's a pic next to your message, and a paper scroll thingamajig, so yes, I would say that makes you Thudguild.
Please send me an email (no PM please) confirming you have read the Rules, and confirming that you are aware this might be a Forum Only ITT, and you're in.

Happy Thudding!

Hi Y'all,

The list so far:
1. Mr Scrub
2. Altogether Andrews
3. Palm
4. Hexon (awaiting confirmation)

Sign up! We have a Round One, Heat One, let's go for another Heat!

Happy Thudding!

Huh, if noone else signs up, at least I will be at least 4th. That's not too bad considering it beeing a International Tournament

Yeah, when I tell people I'm international champion in a boardgame, I tend not to mention that there were only 8 players... and that arguably the best player couldn't finish the tournament...

MS

i think i might sign up after all. who knows, i might make it 4th. the 24 hour rule is worrying me a bit, but i'll make it happen somehow. at least i'm back in germany by the 9th. i will get into trouble if i make it into round 2 though.... but then again, just how likely is that

Yay Ratty!

Hi Y'all.

It occurred to me that some of you might consider joining ITT08, if not for the 24-hour rule and Hogswatch Wincanton.
Well, I've had a word with the people who already joined, and they all agree that a pause in ITT08 for Wincanton Hogswatch is a good idea. So y'all please have a look at the new timetable on my site, and maybe you can join us in ITT08.
The ITT08 will be paused on friday 28th of november, 11 am sharp, and restarted on december 1st, 11 am sharp (plus any hours left of your 24). The rest of the tournament will move accordingly, with the end of (semi-)Final one day before Roundworld Hogswatch.

List of ITT08 players:
AltogetherAndrews, Mr Scrub, Hexon, Palm, and Ratdeath. Five. An odd number, and what's worse, a prime. We need at least one more please, many would be even better, lots I can only dream off.

Happy Thudding!

won't you play?

Hey Ratty,

Thank you for your vote of trust, but honestly, I can't. I'm referee, remember?
If I would play we'd have a Thudmeister in a day or two, mwuhahahahaha!!
Just kidding .

Happy Thudding!

*sigh* oh well...make it six! my first for 2 years...i am a bit rusty but i shall give it a bash!

i haven't really played more than maybe a handful of games since... last hogswatch . i guess most of us are a bit rusty, but who cares?

@ob: yeah, i just though there's not that much where you could actually cheat, since it's about the points, not sympathy. except maybe pick easy opponents for yourself... *shrugs*

Dearydearyme, OB, I don't think you'll be able to cheat, because Om will be watching you all the time. On the other hand, if you join it's a prime again...

Ponder, good joice
As you know it's not taking part, it's winning that counts

Hi Y'all,

So with Ponder (thank you mate!), and SANEAlex (yes! 3 Thudmeisters in one ITT!) it's the much dreaded prime number again (7).
Come on, bring some friends for cannon fodder, what do we care as long as we can have an ITT. We can't with a prime number for players.

Happy Thudding!

working on "iaa", so as long as he doesnt see himself as fodder, we're fandabydozy for atleast two heats, right?

Or, i guess, we have a league system ...a league of 3 and a league of 4...Then the winner from each plays in the final, for example. Not perfect but it works.

Just Two Rounds? Where's the fun in that? Nah, let's just wait a few more days, and if that is inconclusive I could probably write a message to former players/enthousiasts (Magrat springs to mind, Aine as well) to see if they can be coaxed into joining.

Happy Thudding!

Hi Y'all,

Oh gods....
It seems I missed the most important part...
I was under the impression that we had another week. My timescale (I had to check myself) says today should have been the start. Oh bugger.
I'm deeply, deeply ashamed. This is inexcusable.
Please, please, please allow me to think this through, and see how we can get seven players to start tomorrow?
And please allow me to keep this short, I feel very stupid and exposed........

Hi Y'all,

The terror was too much... I couldn't stand making such a terrible mistake.
I figured out a way to get ITT08 started in a few minutes, and acted accordingly.
I will play in Round One. There is no other way I could think of in such short notice. However, all of the players will play three simultaneous doubles as usual. All it needed was one extra, to complete the set. So: very randomly, AltogetherAndrews was chosen to be the one to play one double against yours truly. I won't make it to Round Two, the statistics are against me from the start, but I will do my best to make it a good game, promised.
Posts have been started, whoever sees first gets first post.
Good luck to everyone, and

Happy Thudding!

It's an honor to play you OB

I'll be posting tonight. It's kind of hard to tell my working-mates why I really have to look at a thudboard while i am supposed to be working

Hi Y'all,

Thank you AA, likewise.

The page on my site for Round One was uploaded a few minutes ago, please scroll down from ITT08 page to find the Rounds page(s). The gamesave links are dead links, set up for later convenience. Unless there's a (midgame) score, it's no use clicking gamesave links.

Happy Thudding!

Yay I'm second in the score sheet, may this never change (one can dream, of course)

@AA: LOL!

Hi Y'all,

Tomorrow evening I'm making time to get the saves page up and running. Could y'all please send me saves tomorrow afternoon?

It would be a great help if you could stick to this format:

date and time of last moves
node-ITT08a-firstdwarf-firsttroll and
node-ITT08b-seconddwarf-secondtroll
(node = the number your game has in the URL)

example:
nov 12, 21 pm GMT
1895-ITT08a-OB-AA.thud
1895-ITT08b-AA-OB.thud

This little effort on your side could save me tons of work* checking and rechecking, and renaming. Thanks for the help!

*first moves tend to be the same in most games, it's very hard to tell games apart!

Happy Thudding!

i assume you only want one of the two players to send you the saves and not both?

weeeeel you could make all the players post the game where they are dwarfs first...

yeah, why not make it more complicated than it already is.

Well you could also say the person who first moves a figure on E14 has to post the game.

now that's a good idea. but does from e14 count aswell?

no, that's too early

*brain melts*

well done, andy *high five*

Hi Y'all,

Psychological Warfare! I like it, keep it up folks.
A copy from an e-mail I sent a few minutes ago:

Happy Thudding!

Oh and by the way: too many is always better than too few, ask any student . So everyone send in all saves please, I'll know how to filter out the doubles.
Thanks!

Happy Thudding!

Uh, we coud start making small changes (like using underscore) so the deleting of the doubles would take ages

Hi Y'all,

Message from referee: AltogetherAndrews disqualified for being a SMARTAlec!

I'm joking, of course.

Two updates on save pages. Both from SANEAlex (vs Ratdeath and vs AA).

Happy Thudding!

Now I know why you didn't want to play while being referee

one hurdle less on my path to victory... mwahahaha *continues plotting*

SMARTAlec! that used to be my job !!!!

Now there are two, no limits to what we can do

Oh gods...two of them...*runs away screaming*

Heh heh heh. Maybe I should disqualify you as well

This is a fun ITT. Even if it is 7+1. Uh oh, I did it.... mentioned the mentionable, as opposed to the unmentionable in all other posts.
Anyone else who wants to be disqualified before becoming forever and for all eternity The Thudmeister 7+1?

Happy Thudding!

not me, but you may go on disqualifying my opponents. i only got two left now. mwahahaha

Hi Y'all,

I'm sorry, but I've got a bit of bad news...
Hexon sent me an e-mail to tell me he had to resign:

Sooooo, what I need first is savegames by all involved; ie Ratdeath, Palm and Mr Scrub (no need MS, yours arived today).
The trouble is, in a system like last years all players in Hexon's Heat would have been equally involved and all it needed was to take him out of the equation. This year however, with all players randomly playing each other, some are involved and some are not.
I do not know of a fair way to solve this problem. The only thing I can do is score the games Hexon was in, as far as they got. Not much points for Ratty, MS and Palm, but at least some. Doling out compensation points would not be fair to others.
Unless someone has any better ideas (please?) this is the best I can do.
In the meantime, all of Hexons games are locked.

Uploaded today: three Mr Scrub games.

Happy Thudding!