Re: International Players Desperately Needed

Chris Babcock <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:53:08 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.judge.dp.discussion
Message-ID <CAFpQuasoHiHFrsagoaq55Zdg=bk-ed-t+_YT97mipWvEW7BBtw@mail.gmail.com>
I'm terrible at remembering to include links...

Here's an article I wrote about the Diplomacy World Cup that explains
it very simply:

http://www.diplom.org/Zine/W2012A/Babcock/challenge.htm

If you hate tournament scoring systems because they award points for
silly things like 3-way draws, top of board or other things that
aren't solos, then you'll love this scoring system. :-)

Chris
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Register for the Diplomacy World Cup at http://aqmn.asciiking.com
Here's how you do it - http://youtu.be/hqvQJ8Mlbn4


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Chris Babcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> The third Diplomacy World Cup is in its first week of open
> registration. We already have 200 players registered and 20 boards
> running. Do the math and you'll see that leaves about 60 players
> (mostly Americans) who are unable to start their games for lack of
> suitable opponents (someone not on the same team). Just as important,
> there are several teams - Germany, Canada, Sweden, The Netherlands,
> Denmark, Japan, just to name a few - that need more players if they
> want to be competitive in this event.
>
> If you are player from outside the US and you would like to player in
> an international team tournament, please go to the AQMN-DWC3 website
> and follow the 3 steps under "Do this first:"
>
>  http://aqmn.asciiking.com
>
> If you are in the United States and would like to compete, please
> contact me for team information. I can either connect you to a
> regional team or help you form a new team.
>
> In either case, if you have any questions, please contact me. This is
> an absolutely huge play by email tournament. It's rolling registration
> and we expect upwards of 500 players before the event has run its
> course.
>
> Chris
> --
> Register for the Diplomacy World Cup at http://aqmn.asciiking.com
> Here's how you do it - http://youtu.be/1SoAtTzvmCY


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