Alzir

tbh you shouldn’t read too much into final ticket counts, even though the games we’ve been playing have focused on them. When you watch expert replays and shoutcasts of expert games ticket counts are very rarely referenced, as games tend to be conceded a lot sooner than tickets run out. When you’re opponent has had the time to cap all 3 VPs, then that’s an indication that you’re being dominated slightly, but the best way to gauge how well you did after a defeat is to consider how long it was until you felt you were running into a brick wall at every turn.

Of course you can’t completely ignore tickets, but generally speaking a game is won long before tickets really become a deciding factor.

Oh and a wee tip if you’ve got opposing fronts. Don’t select the random option for your team, unless you’re really feeling ambitious 🙂 I ended up playing as Panzer Elite last night in a game, and didn’t have a clue what I was doing.

@=XDC=sPUNKer wrote:

may be around in fact more likely sooner than later as its the final and Spain are goin a bit mental. + early night for work tomorrow and of course my inevitable usual hangover 😕

hehe, same here, although obviously not in Spain for what’s likely to be a mental night 🙂 I stupidly agreed to do overtime the day after the world cup final, and have to be up at 6 🙁

I’m about this afternoon though, nursing last night’s hangover.

V. good game stalker… you are a natural.

I agree Ben, and I’m not trying to flatter you by saying that. The first game I had against you was really close, and while the next game was a bit more decisive, when I ran the replay, you lost basically because you lacked some experience of game mechanics, such as the effect of Wehrmacht veterancy and upgrades vs your rifles. I’m scared to help you out in that respect, but I imagine if I did, you’ll be walking all over me in the not too distant future.

On another point, I don’t like to add a rule in at the last minute, but I realised a flaw in the scoring system. Potentially a player could be losing on ticket count, but achieve a headquarters victory. If that loser had won or wins the reverse game, then it’s likely his ticket tally will be higher than the person who razed his HQ, which effectively renders the HQ win as self defeating. There’s maybe a better way of fixing this, but if we make it simple and just say that any remaining tickets are not counted on the losers side of a HQ win. HQ wins are rare, but if achieved, mention it when reporting the scores.