Federation Commander

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:42 pm**

Hi all, just coming back from honey moon

Sorry but I could'nt play before next week, I will concede to eric, because its all my fault.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:09 pm**

Congratulations.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:27 pm**

Well, we have until the 15th now to complete. Otherwise, let's call it a draw instead of a loss for you.

Hope the honeymoon never ends.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:47 pm**

Thus is the mark of a true sport

Posted: **Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:31 am**

Mojo, the mighty Federation commander defeats the insolent Klingon commander, Krellex. My C7 got torn to shreds, while I was able to barely scratch his shield and land one measly internal on the Tokyo. In other words, the Klingons got their posteriors handed to them on a latinum platter.

Posted: **Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:33 pm**

Round 4 Results as of 6/12/2011:

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  Match   Player 1                          Player 2                      Won           Lost
  -----   --------                          --------                      ---           ----
   4-1    Patrick Doyle   (Lyran)       vs  Paul Scott      (Hydran)      Paul Scott    Patrick Doyle
   4-2    JimDauphinais   (Gorn)        vs  Archer          (Federation)  Archer        JimDauphinais
   4-3    Storeylf        (Hydran)      vs  VulcanDropout   (Romulan)     Storeylf      VulcanDropout
   4-4    orgyockbo       (Tholian)     vs  Jiraiya1969     (Klingon)     orgyockbo     Jiraiya1969
   4-5    Krellex         (Klingon      vs  Mojo_billbo     (Federation)  Mojo_billbo   Krellex
   4-6    ericphillips    (Frax)        vs  Brazouck        (Federation)
   4-7    gar1138         (Tholian)     vs  Bye             (N/A)         Draw          Draw

Congratulations on your marriage Brazouck!

I am giving you and Eric until June 19th to complete your match.

Thanks,

Jim

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:45 pm**

Sorry, I was very busy all the time (still at work right now

), I concede because eric, I insist, have crippled a lot more my ship than myself.

I would like to play the next tournament, if I can spare time.

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:15 pm**

Round 4 Final Results:

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  Match   Player 1                          Player 2                      Won           Lost
  -----   --------                          --------                      ---           ----
   4-1    Patrick Doyle   (Lyran)       vs  Paul Scott      (Hydran)      Paul Scott    Patrick Doyle
   4-2    JimDauphinais   (Gorn)        vs  Archer          (Federation)  Archer        JimDauphinais
   4-3    Storeylf        (Hydran)      vs  VulcanDropout   (Romulan)     Storeylf      VulcanDropout
   4-4    orgyockbo       (Tholian)     vs  Jiraiya1969     (Klingon)     orgyockbo     Jiraiya1969
   4-5    Krellex         (Klingon)     vs  Mojo_billbo     (Federation)  Mojo_billbo   Krellex
   4-6    ericphillips    (Frax)        vs  Brazouck        (Federation)  ericphillips  Brazouck
   4-7    gar1138         (Tholian)     vs  Bye             (N/A)         Draw          Draw

I will post additional final results information this evening (US CDT).

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:25 am**

The 2nd FC Online Tournament has been completed!

The final player rankings for the tournament are as follows:

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  Final Rank      FC Forum Handle    First Name     Last Name          Empire      Points      Tie Breaker Points
  ----------      ---------------    ----------     ---------          ------      ------      ------------------

       1              The_Rock       Paul           Scott              Hydran         7                17
       2           Patrick Doyle     Patrick        Doyle               Lyran         6                21
       3               Archer        Brandon        Archibald        Federation       6                18
       4              storeylf       Lee            Storey             Hydran         6                15
       5             orgyockbo       Rikk           Mascia             Tholian        6                11
       6           JimDauphinais     Jim            Dauphinais          Gorn          5                15
       7           VulcanDropout     Phil           Moore              Romulan        4                18
       8            ericphillips     Eric           Phillips            Frax          4                10
       9              gar1138        Garrett        Turner             Tholian        3                13
      10            Mojo_Billbo      Bill           Barnes           Federation       3                 7
      11            Jiraiya1969      Denson         Conn               Klingon        2                19
      12              krellex        Fred           Kreller            Klingon        2                15
      13              Brazouck       Antoine        Sauliere         Federation       1                12
      14           Drew Klenotic     Drew           Klenotic         Federation       0                11
      15               tamari        Micheal        Marks              Klingon        0                 7
      16              terryoc        Terry          O'Carroll         Seltorian       0                 0

The final empire rankings were as follows:

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  Final Rank       Empire        Average Points        Avg. Tie Brkr Pnts.
  ----------       ------        --------------        -------------------

       1           Hydran             6.50                    16.00
       2            Lyran             6.00                    21.00
       3            Gorn              5.00                    15.00
       4           Tholian            4.50                    12.00
       5           Romulan            4.00                    18.00
       6            Frax              4.00                    10.00
       7         Federation           2.50                    12.00
       8           Klingon            1.33                    13.67

I have excluded the Seltorians from the empire rankings because they were never really tested in battle.

I thank everyone for their great sportsmanship and Garrett for his assistance in running the tournament.

It was pleasure to conduct this tournament.

Thanks,

Jim

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:39 am**

Wow, the Feds just did'nt hold up well. Makes me reconsider me taking them at the lower adjustment.

You Fed guys, what happened?

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:20 am**

What's happened ? Nasty things like fighters or drones

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:35 am**

I'm not that surprised by the fed performance. The first online tourney was heading the same way as well, they were 1 win and 5 losses at the point that tourney ended.

The Feds were a 1.05 handicap because?.. they were seen as good? or popular? or both?

Just because an empire can be 'competitive' when played by top players doesn't mean they are necessarily balanced (in a tourney sense) for those who are not top competitive players. The Feds are of course probably the single most 'indentifiable' empire and probably most popular at least in part for that reason. With enough people playing it's not inconceivable that Feds could be both the worst performing empire and the one that wins the tourney.

It is something to bear in mind when handicapping empires - popularity and performance are not the same thing, handicapping an empire might simply increase the gulf between top competitive players (who generally play the empires that appear competitive at a given adjustment) and players who may be just wanting to play their favourite (handicapped) empires.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:22 pm**

ericphillips wrote:Wow, the Feds just did'nt hold up well. Makes me reconsider me taking them at the lower adjustment.

You Fed guys, what happened?

What happened? I didn't listen to Commodore Doyle until round #4...
Then I did better.

I'm going to fly feds AGAIN in FCOL#3, since I'm slowly getting better at them.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:36 pm**

mojo_billbo wrote:
ericphillips wrote:Wow, the Feds just did'nt hold up well. Makes me reconsider me taking them at the lower adjustment.

You Fed guys, what happened?
What happened? I didn't listen to Commodore Doyle until round #4...
Then I did better.

I'm going to fly feds AGAIN in FCOL#3, since I'm slowly getting better at them.

I don't understand what you mean ?

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:40 pm**

Brazouck wrote:
I don't understand what you mean ?

I had a really great discussion with Commodore Doyle on Federation Tactics, and he sent me some notes... I didn't "get it" / understand the details of what he told me until about round #3 or round #4, and then I finally starting to get some success with photons.

It's now my opinion, like everything else, the more you practice something, the better you get at it. And following some basic federation tactics from a player who is much, much, much more skilled than I am, helped me to start to do better.

Federation Commander

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