I will admit that going 17/17 with ssorenn was a ton of fun.

Bump

Any nominations for gameID=155365?

Hm, no don't think there were anything i would consider a monumental stab in that one.

Back at you jmspool

To be a truly great stab it needs to be dramatic and, above all else, to actually achieve something. Such stabs have been depressingly few and far between in this tournament.

One more game will complete the tournament. We can look at stabs that occurred in board 9 as well: gameID=155365

I stuck it to Mapu pretty good though

In Game 1?

Si

I like Spring Stabs so I'll give you credit there, but really that would be jsmpool stabbing Mapu by letting you do that and not punishing you by taking the solo for multiple phases waiting for you to mop Mapu up...but that's how I see things ;).

Was S04 planned? because if so that was pretty brilliant. If not, that was incredibly stupid.

Valis I really don't remember without going back and reading all the press, but I believe spring 04 was the initial set up for the stab. Engalnd and I tried to put up a facade, to make people believe they got us to fight. The next season England moves all his units west. That lead to the stab in 07.

Thanks for the response. Very impressive. To me. I rarely set up fake stabs, I think that's a barrier to taking my game to a higher level.

Last game is finished. I think I did what have to be done, if my Math is not wrong, but I still feel really bad about it.
I promise I will never, never, ever play a game that isn´t trully WTA again in my life.

I think so too. How I laughed. :p

It is a fitting end to the tournament. Very apt. And, in the circumstances, I don't think you could have done anything else. Dirty feelings aside, very well played.

Well, the irony in it is really amazing and it´s a fitting end is some weird and twisted way.

But I still don´t feel great.

Yeah, a congratulations to sherincall for the final board.

I have already thought about the system for next time doing the board averages but in the event you solo, you score your center count (maybe with a bonus score) and everyone else scores 0 although normal center counts are maintained for the sake of average scoring.

I will end up putting a surveymonkey out there to take opinions and suggestions. Later tonight, I will have the final scores for this tournament. A HUGE thanks to those that put the money forward and to everyone who participated in one facet or another.


I will have another thread starting so that this post isn't lost in the shuffle, but I will collect addresses of those that will receive plaque awards.

Oh rd, you had to go that one last turn

game link for stab nominations:
gameID=155329

Regarding the last game (board 8), I'd like to apologize to everyone for all the things I did to piss you off. This was usually pisspoor press, though sometimes it was just repeated stabs. For example, ssorenn wrote: "Do you lie, just to hear yourself lie. Holy shit."

Mostly this was a tactic, though at least a couple of times I was too busy to respond. Also, I think I've stabbed everyone in that game at least once. Chronic backstabbing disorder seems to have payed off.

Thanks all, it was a lot of fun.

I'm glad I got the same country all 3 games. Regardless, it was fun. Congrats to all the winners.

I will close the suggestions for stabs on the morning of Monday, May 4th.
I will then take one or two suggestions per board and we will nominate the top few stabs that are noteworthy before final voting.
During the final voting process, you are not allowed to vote on your own stab, although you may vote for a stab you were on the receiving end of.


Thanks again to everyone who made this tournament possible. Many of you put in a lot of time and energy, and I'm thankful for that.

I am struggling with Sherincall's stab of Turkey and Germany near the end (if indeed it was a stab of Turkey). On the face of it, it looked great, but at the end of the day the stab itself fell short of the win. Only rd's cunning understanding of the scoring system did that.

Regardless, it should be on the voting list. Compared to the others it may well win

Wow... Just realised I've nominated Sherincall twice.

God, you're stabby :p

Here within an hour or so, I will compile the suggestions. Let's get them down to the final 3 nominations via vote. Vote for any stab other than one you were the aggressor for.

We're voting on which final three to vote on?

Yes. That way. Voting is more contained instead of spread out with the winner receiving 2 votes as opposed to 1.