Peter, can I make a suggestion - announce a deadline for name/ship choices, and the Captains can relay that down to their teammates. You know, to make things happen!!

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Thursday, August 03, 2017 - 09:54 am: Edit

Huh. Well, the implication was that the deadline was "now".

Like, it should take about 35 seconds to respond to the e-mail that says "Hey. What ship are you going to be."

Coming up with a team name might take more than 35 seconds, but isn't so important that it should be holding anything up.

So far, I have info from:
-Bakija
-Kingzilla
-Evans
-Cheng

I need info from:
-Bill
-Andy
-Ken
-Ron

By Andrew J Koch (Droid) on Thursday, August 03, 2017 - 11:14 am: Edit

I sent you the team info for WL Peter.

I will begin to start Masters after WL is in Round 2. By the time it's up and running WL *should* be in the championship round..

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Thursday, August 03, 2017 - 11:18 am: Edit

Our choices (Bill's team) are all made but obviously, it isn't official until it comes from the Captain.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Thursday, August 03, 2017 - 12:02 pm: Edit

Ok, now I got:

-Bakija
-Kingzilla
-Evans
-Cheng
-Bill
-Andy
-Ron

Just need Ken, and we are go!

By Ken Lin (Old_School) on Thursday, August 03, 2017 - 09:56 pm: Edit

Email is sent!

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Friday, August 04, 2017 - 10:14 am: Edit

I got everyone! I'll try to get matches posted this weekend (I'm on vacation with family currently).

Basically, I'm gonna divide the teams in half to make two pools; each player will play one player on each other team once, so it is gonna be, like:

A1 vs B1; C1; D1
A2 vs B2; C2; D2
A3 vs B3; C3; D3

B1 vs A1; C1; D1
B2 vs A2; C2; D2
B3 vs A3; C3; D3

C1
C2
C3

D1
D2
D3

And so on. Matches should be posted by Sunday if not sooner. I'll send out a massive e-mail to everyone when it is up.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, August 07, 2017 - 10:33 am: Edit

Ok, after a weekend of delay and a lot of driving, I'm putting together the pool matches. Should be done today!

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Monday, August 07, 2017 - 11:36 am: Edit

World League is Go! The Pool Games list is on the web at:

http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6/WorldLeaguePools2017.htm

Find your opponent, e-mail them, play a game, report me the results. I don't need to see e-mails that you are contacting your opponent unless you are having trouble contacting your opponent. Team captains, please encourage your team to play games and try to keep track of things.

You have two months to complete 3 games. The initial round will abruptly end at October 7th at midnight (i.e. the Oct 7th 11:59 into Oct 8th at 12:00 kind of midnight. But I won't be up checking, so the practical time limit is "finish your games before October 8th in the morning").

If you are having trouble getting games done for whatever reason, you can (with the agreement of your opponent) declare a draw, and you both get 2 points for a draw. Which is like you both lose (as you get 4 points for a win and 2 points for a loss), but also better than getting a no show (0 points). Or, if you feel you are clearly losing, and don't have time to finish a game, just resign, and get 2 points for the loss. Hopefully, however, most folks will just play games and someone will win and someone will lose, and then someone will e-mail me the results.

Good luck!

If you have trouble finding an opponent's e-mail, let me know. I'm not 100% convinced all my call signs are case sensitivity correct.

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Monday, August 07, 2017 - 08:18 pm: Edit

I look forward to watching the battles.

By David Schultz (Ikvavenger) on Tuesday, August 08, 2017 - 08:41 pm: Edit

Rom vs. Zin

IKV Avenger TKR vs. Sleepy Cat TCC next Tuesday 8/15/17 8pm est.

By David Zimdars (Zimdarsdavid) on Tuesday, August 08, 2017 - 10:34 pm: Edit

FYI I am out of country 8/15-8/25.

By David Cheng (Davec) on Monday, August 14, 2017 - 08:49 pm: Edit

Bakija (Gorn) vs DaveC (Hydran)

... will happen the old-fashioned way, face-to-face, when Battlefleet SWA invades Ithaca in 12 days.

Saturday, August 26th

Come join us!

http://sfb.swa-gaming.org/Star-Fleet-Battles-Ithaca-Cup-2017

By David Schultz (Ikvavenger) on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 08:55 am: Edit

IKV Avenger and Sleepy Cat have finished four turns and saved at the start of T5. So far shield damage only for both of us and quite a bit of fancy flying on both of our parts!

Continuation is scheduled for Friday 8/25 at 8pm est.

Fun first four turns!

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 05:32 pm: Edit

So far, I have gotten game results from:

-Grraven over BigSlowTarget

That's it. Which is fine, but I want to make sure that folks are e-mailing me results (please title result e-mails "World League" not "WL" or some such; helps with my filtering. Thanks!)

By David Cheng (Davec) on Saturday, August 19, 2017 - 04:08 pm: Edit

Pool B Action

Old_School - Team Orion Oldies in Bikinis
Acheo-Tholian

vs

DaveC - Battlefleet SWA
Hydran

Tuesday, September 5th
7:00 PM

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Saturday, August 19, 2017 - 04:57 pm: Edit

As of press time, games reported:

-Grraven over BigSlowTarget
-Nicholander over Falrun
-CrasnandBurn over krieg

I'll update the website at some point.

Make sure to send me an e-mail when a game is finished.

I'm playing OldSchool (GRN vs ATC) Tuesday morning at 9:00am EST.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 11:30 am: Edit

OldSchool (ATC) over bakija (GRN)

T1: I move 16 all turn with standard torps and 14 energy in general. He moves 15/28 with 3 overloads and 2 in contingent HET (I'm always amazed and surprised at how much power that ship has on T1). We close some, I launch an off side S torp and turn off, he speeds up, turns in, and closes. He just gets the S torp off his #3 shield and phasers it for -7, eating it for 23 on his strong flank shield, but it was fake anyway. I launch the other facing S. I slip away some, he closes in. We end up at R4, my #5 to his #6. He blasts me with 2OL (he fired the 3rd a little earlier before turning, but missed), 10 point fist, 7xP1, hits with everything, does 19 internals through my general and shield, hitting 3 warp, 4 phasers, F torp, and a tractor for good measure. I fire back with S+F bolts, 5xP1, hit with both bolts, do ok on phasers for 42 damage, scoring 10 internals through 2 reinforcement. I hit a warp, a disruptor, a couple P3s. Next impulse, I HET the rest of my guns at him, really hoping he doesn't have batteries left (which is super unlikely, but I could dream), and he HETs away. We end the turn at R6 or so, me facing E, him A.

T2: I move 16/24 maybe? He moves some sort of 15/21 plot. I turn after him, he just runs off. Later in the turn, he turns and launches a web wall that will solidify on the next turn. We get to R4, my #1 to his #2 with the web between us on impulse 31. He takes down most of my #1 with 7xP1 (I use some batteries to keep it up). I hit him with S+F bolts, 4xP1. Both bolts hit again, I do 42 damage, do, maybe, 11 internals this time, hitting a couple more P3s and maybe a warp. We end the turn at R5 or so, web between us, down shields not facing. We both fix some P3s.

T3: I move 16/12, he moves 21 most of the turn. We both launch a bunch of shuttles and fly around/through the web. We both kill all the shuttles--all 4 of mine are dead before they shoot; his get to shoot, but all that happens is I take 4 damage to my full #2. He just wanders off, I follow him, having sped up to 24 late in the turn. We end at about R9. He gets 2xP3 back, I get a tractor back.

T4: I move 12/22/12 and finish a standard S torp. He moves 15/28. He turns at me and launches another web wall between us. He goes down one side, I approach the other side. He speeds up to 28, and I am mostly hosed, as he is going to get an unanswered phaser shot through the web, and I'll never get the opportunity to crash the web for a shot on his down shield. But I keep moving. He gets a R4 shot on my #2 from next to the web, taking it down and doing 3 internals (nothing important). I have to slip, then turn away to avoid getting pasted in my down #2 with all 4 of his P3s through the web at R2, so he turns off. I do a second HET to pursue, and don't break down (5-5 on important die rolls of 1-4 at this point. My luck is bound to run out soon...). He turns and slips south to get his P3s and last P1 into my down #5. We get to R3, he does 4 internals with his P1, I shoot him with S bolt, 2xP1s, and a couple P3s. The S bolt misses, and that's pretty much the game, so I analyze the situation and resign. If the bolt had hit, I could have possibly scored a few internals the next impulse by turning away and getting a few more P1s in arc, which would have either forced him to second HET (and possibly break down), or accept the possibility of me rolling hot and doing some damage, even through battery reinforcement. But, well, the S bolt inevitably missed, so I surrendered--I could have played another few turns and possibly pulled it out, but it was really unlikely--I was down 3 shields and significant power and weapons; he was down 2 shields and only missing a couple power and two disruptors that were completely irrelevant past T1.

Good game!

By Ken Lin (Old_School) on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 02:16 pm: Edit

Well played, thanks for the game Peter!

By Paul Franz (Andromedan) on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 10:33 pm: Edit

Andromedan (WAX) defeats falrun04 (GRN)

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 10:07 pm: Edit

Peter Bakija,

I now have a full account (1 year subscription) to SFBOL, so if needed I can now use any type of tournament ship (I am still really liking the Federation TCC).

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 11:14 pm: Edit

Ok, I'll let you know if anyone bails. Thanks!

By David Schultz (Ikvavenger) on Friday, August 25, 2017 - 07:44 pm: Edit

The Rom vs Zin game has moved to August 26th at 12:30pm EST.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 08:22 pm: Edit

bakija (GRN) over DaveC (HYD)

We play this game a lot. He won last time. I got him this time.

T1: I move, like, 17/24, have an enveloper, a standard held S, and some reinforcement and a suicide shuttle. He moves really fast--31/26 for 28 moves, has 2 standard HBs, and 2 suicide shuttles (no weasels). He comes at me. At about R12, I launch the enveloper. He shoots both standard HBs at me, but they both miss. He turns and runs from the plasma, I waddle after him. Late in the turn, he hit the enveloper with a R2 gatling.

T2: I move 24/17 for 22 moves, rearm my torp, put 5 in tractor and a couple in HET. Hydran moves some sort of 26/20/26 plot, and has some tractor power. He runs from the enveloper, but ends up running into my corner of the map instead of his. I just close on him. The enveloper hit him for 0, and he starts turning out of the corner. I turn at him. He launches his fighters, with I mange to cripple both of using 4 of my P1s before they can shoot. We get to a point where I want movement precedence, so I use 4 batteries that I really didn't want to use to speed up to 28 till the end of the turn, when the Hydran is stuck at 26, as he just recently sped up. He just plows into me, and we end up at R1, my #2 centerline on his #1. We both tractor each other--I don't fight his 1 point tractor, he fights my tractor up to 3, but I get him. We both slow down. We spend time hunting down the Net Effective Vector Effective Speed rule to see what happens to suicide shuttle inside tractors, but finally find it, as Brian has the EMRB with him. No one launches any shuttles, but I zing his #1 with a rear P1. Next impulse, I move and can turn to face him, #1 to #1, so I do that. His crippled fighters move to R0. I launch 70 plasma, he shoots me in the face with 3 std fusions, 4P1, and a full gat, plus the two P3s from his fighters. I take about 30 internals through my full #1, but don't get too mangled, losing among other things, the tractor holding his ship. Next impulse, he is hit for 40 some odd internals (maybe 43?) from the plasma, which kills all his hull, some power, a fusion, a HB, and 4 phaser 1s. I fight his 1 point tractor for a couple points, and break it. He launches a couple suicide shuttles in opposite directions, so I have to eat at least one of them unless I shoot them down, but I don't. I launch a couple shuttles that will hit him in the case, so he shoots them down with his gat. I fire 2xP1 and 2xP3 into his ship for another 16 internals, killing more weapons and power. After that volley, he is down to a single gat and 3 fusions as guns on his ship. He shoots me with his last phaser for another 7 internals. I slip into one of his suicides for 18 damage on my #6, and get away from him some by the end of the turn. Hydran resigns, as I'm ahead, like, 20 internals, but he is almost completely out of guns.

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 08:51 pm: Edit

bakija (GRN) over romwe (KLI)

T1: I move 17/24 with an enveloper, a standard torp, hold a weasel, and put some reinforcement on my #1. Klingon moves 21/26 (I think?) with 4 standards. We close, he turns across my bow, I launch the enveloper. He considers shooting my #1, but declines, I turn off, speed up to 30 till the end of the turn (to keep him from R8), so he shoots my #6 for 9 with 3 of 4 standard disruptors, and he runs away from the plasma for the rest of the turn. I turn back at him and chase, ending at about 12 hexes or so. He launches a couple drones.

T2: I move 24 all turn, have a couple power in HET, recharge my torp and batteries, and hold the weasel. He moves 21 most of the turn that I see. He runs the plasma out some, shoots it with a couple P3s, eats it for, like, 20+ damage spread around. I'm surprised as he turns back at me, launching 2 fast drones. I end up at R4, my #1 facing his #2. He pastes me in the face with 3 of 4 OLs, 5P1s, doing about 14 internals, hitting an F torp, a P3, and a couple power. I turn my down #1 away, get to R3, my #6 to his #2. He emergency decells. I kill a couple of his slower drones with a P3 and an off side P1 as a P3. I shoot him with an S bolt and 5P1, roll well, do about 14 internals, including a couple batteries. Next impulse, I HET away, I launch my destroyed F tube, get a couple more P1s in his ship for 7 more internals. He has two fast type IVs (ID-ed at some point) closing on me, but one is killed by my F torp, and the other is tractored. I launch my other F torp at him, so he weasels that, removing the tractored type IV from the map. I just move off the rest of the turn. At the end of the turn, we are at about R12. He launches his scatter pack. I'm down 2 power, my #1, a torp and a P3. He is down his #2, 4 power, a couple batteries, his ADD rack, 4 (?) phasers.

T3: I move 12 all turn, rearm stuff. KLI moves 10 all turn with standard disruptors. I just move away from him. His SP opens and launches 6 speed M drones. They close some. Late in the turn, he zings my #3 with a few standard disruptors. At the end of the turn, I get a P3 back and a box on my #1, he gets 2 boxes on his #2 and 2 P3s fixed.

T4: I move 4/12, finish an enveloper, and have some reinforcement, rearm guns, and start a second weasel. He closes a bit, but I launch the enveloper and launch a weasel. He shoots my weasel with some disruptors and P1s at R10+, crippling it, but mostly irrelevant. His drones kill my weasel, I speed up to 12, He turns off and runs from the enveloper. It eventually catches him, doing about 12 damage spread around after some phasers. I just slowly follow him. End of the turn, I get an F tube fixed.

T5: I move 12/24, finish another enveloper, have some reinforcement. He moves 15 most of the turn. He comes in some, I launch the enveloper, he zings my #5 with some standard disruptors, he turns off and runs. I kinda follow, the enveloper closes in, he phasers it a bunch, and takes another 18 or so damage, which is starting to add up. We end the turn at about 12 hexes.

T6: I move 17 all turn are rearm torps. He moves 10/15. I just turn off to turn around, have rearming time, and get my soon to be armed torp facing him the long way around. He follows some, zings me with standard disruptors, but hits reinforcement mostly. He launches 2 drones. He fixes a P1 and another P3.

T7: I finish a standard S torp (so I have an armed S and F on the right side of my ship), put some power in tractors, and move 17/24. He moves 15 all turn. I close in, slipping towards him to avoid giving my my 1 box #1, he lunches a couple drones. I end up killing all his drones with, like, 5 phasers during the turn. I turn in and we end up at R1, my #6 to his #1. I tractor him. Neither of us move the next impulse, so I launch 50 plasma. He launches a shuttle, shoots me with OL, 3 standards, 5P1s, a couple P3s. I take about 20 internals through a mostly full #6. Next impulse, he takes about 30 in through his damaged #1, followed by a couple phasers for 8 more after I drop the tractor, and I cripple his shuttle with another P1. I move off a bit, he get a couple P2s in my 1 box #1 for another 10 internals, I get another handful through his 2 box #2 with my last two P1s as I fly over him. He resigns at this point, as he has no shuttles and is down a couple shields and a lot of power. I am still in pretty good shape, and impulse 1 of the next turn, I launch an enveloper he can't do anything about that will demolish him.

Two good games, played FtF at the Ithaca Cup!