USA vs. Euro

samuel · Posted: 04.02.2014 20:00 Post subject:

Jens - why not call it the 'Rising Stars' competition? I think we'd all agree that whoever wins it is certainly on the path to becoming a good player!

sadistic · Posted: 14.02.2014 15:34 Post subject:

Ruben made a good suggestion of having 4 teams; USA vs. Germany vs. Holland vs. France/Belgium etc

ruben87 · Posted: 15.02.2014 17:26 Post subject:

sadistic · Posted: 18.03.2014 00:07 Post subject:

Ok, so far, we have confirmation from;

USA - Zach, Sadi, Tableplay

Euro - ruben, flieger

If any of you top euros want to attempt to stop the USA from gaining the upper hand for recognition, you better step up now!

ukdevilz · User Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 27

so when is this tournament?????

sadistic · Posted: 27.03.2014 19:38 Post subject:

Well we need 4 players on each side for each tier.
This is who we have so far;

Top Ranking - Euro team - fonias, ruben, wellington
USA team - Zach, Sadi, tableplay

Mid ranking - Euro team - UK Devilz, jen
USA team -

We need more players, then we can set a weekend to battle it out.

samuel · Posted: 27.03.2014 19:56 Post subject:

Why not just go 3 on 3 instead of 4 on 4?

jensneuij · Fortgeschrittener Joined: 01 Feb 2013 Posts: 90

Think Blacksheep is up for this tournament aswell.

ruben87 · Posted: 27.03.2014 21:09 Post subject:

hardrain_lenny · User Joined: 09 Aug 2011 Posts: 29 Location: Netherlands

No Tournament for me Ruben.

I'm not able to play these Tour games. Sorry. gl with further recruitment.

sadistic · Posted: 29.03.2014 13:18 Post subject:

I get fonias and Flieger confused but my fear with Flieger is, all his games will be draws. I don't know who can stand to play the guy when, as soon as he goes down a piece, he chases runs etc. for a draw.

I would like to see the best euros playing, which of course, means Sohal (Razoa). Otherwise, if USA wins, it won't mean as much.

samuel · Posted: 29.03.2014 16:36 Post subject:

Hmm, Flieger went behind against me the other day and turned to lotto rather than going for a draw - annoyingly it worked as well. I mean who the hell looks at a bunch of pieces that haven't moved and for all the world look like the classic 3 bombs around the flag formation, and thinks "yes, I'll use my best piece to attack this cluster" - if you're going to lotto at least be intelligent about it. But of course he was lucky as it wasn't 3 bombs at all, and he got a couple of pieces.

It's worse to lose a lotto game against someone ranked ahead of you when you know you should have won than to lose a lotto game to a low ranked player, because the record books just show the result and everyone will assume you got beat fair and square by a higher ranked player.

Anyway just wanted to get that rant out, now back to the tournament.

zach21 · Posted: 01.04.2014 18:36 Post subject:

my rank dropped 40 points thanks to fighter our second marathon the first dropped it 100+ points... fighter is my kryptonite

Also:

If you get lottoed and lose it is typically youre own fault unless its an open flag you can not get back to defend in time to take a piece you needed to take to get the lead big enough to win the game, than it is just dumb luck. What you describe Sammy just shows why you have not improved at all in this game in years and are still afraid to play real opponents

samuel · Posted: 01.04.2014 21:28 Post subject:

Try reading my post again Zachary - I never mentioned that he found my flag. Lotto can also take place against moveable pieces that are yet to move. Of course you already know that, being the expert at it.

Also try actually researching my ranking history "over the years" before making dumbass comments. You'll see a steady improvement over the last 3 years. Tosser.

sadistic · Posted: 03.04.2014 03:10 Post subject:

This is a fine example of the glorious animosity that should precede every worthy tournament. Keep it going, Zacharias and Samuel. God provided us with two hands, not for making peace signs and gathering but rather, for engaging in humiliating fisticuffs.