Finally, here's what we've all been waiting for: TT2006!
This is a standard post to give you some thoughts before you start this game. Please read this carefully, there are some additional last moment rules and clarifications below:
1. this game is intended for the players named in the topic.
2. it doesn't matter which one of you two posts first.
3. if you're the first one to post, use it to post a move, just to be sure; if you'd like to play online give any details like probable times online etc. and hope your opponent will be able to play online as well; otherwise, he will post a response move.
4. REMEMBER: THE DEFAULT IS FORUM!. If your opponent would like to play forum, there's no way to it but to agree.
5. (if played on forum) this game needs to be double unlimited!
6. both of you need to play a couple of other games, with other opponents, simultaneously; if this is the first topic you found, check the forum for any other TT2006 topics with your name!
7. the game needs to be ended at monday july 24th, 23.59 BST. That's British Summer Time. The game and thread will be locked at that time. If the game has not ended yet, the scores of the game still stand. Should the topic still be open: all posts after that time will be disregarded.
8. if there should be any disagreement, or breaking of rules, please notify the referee (Oograh Boike) by email or PM. I can't monitor all games, so please notify ASAP if a referee is needed.
9. (if playing on the forum) make sure you have "email notification on posts" on; that way you will get an email every time there's been a post in this thread.
Things we forgot to mention in the rules, and/or things we'd like to clarify a bit further:
10. The scores of all of your games in each round will be added up to give your final score. If you make it to the next round you will start with a 0 score again.
11. A list of all players can be found on oograhboike.com , in a few hours from now.
The rest of this post is only for those who decide to play the game online:
12. Dewi is working hard on a new client, to be released before the start of TT2006, but be wary anyway: most second half savegames used to screw up. If you'd like to suspend a game, do so in the first half preferrably.
13. the one who challenges, gets a notification of game number. Remember that number! If you're the one who's been challenged, you won't see that number. Remember to ask your opponent for it! All this refers to database, use this number in any posts, emails to OB, and savegames (should you have them).
14. Yes, if you could save games in ThudBoard while you play, that would be so much easier for OB. It takes a bit of work to make savegames out of database, so any bit of help is much appreciated.
One last remark: there's eight of you who signed up. I made two heats of four players. Missus OB was kind enough to pull the names out of a hat.
Best two of both heats go on to the next round. Best two of that round will play the final; runners up will play semi-final.
Good luck, and Happy Thudding!
Greetings!
This is our first meeting, and i hope it goes well. the very best of luck to you my dear chap!
i will set the ball rolling off here, but feel free to suggest live times...
1. d P6 - G14
2. ????????*
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*not as bad as !!!!!! let me tell you
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Hello there Ponder:
I'd prefer to play this game online, if that's OK with you - I can be on any evening, and most daytimes from 7pm (BST) this week, then from saturday 15th to thursday 20th it'll be very difficult (maybe possible on the wednesday 19th). Then I think I'll be around more or less any time from friday the 21st til monday the 24th (which is the end of our window). In fact, I'd also be up for a meet up (as Lee suggests in this post) on thurs/fri this week, or from the 21st to the 24th
(I checked out the thud member's map, and you are at least in the UK 
)
Otherwise, I'd respond with
T H9 - H10
d E14 - J14
Mr Scrub
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
meeting up would be ideal, but thats only slightly harder than running across water singing "doo a diddy diddy dum diddy doo", whilst playing a trumpet with your feet - which is hard, trust me
I am laying DAS tomorrow night at 10pm, so how about thursday coz i think i may be busy on wednesday night.
i will not post any more moves as yet...
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I am laying
bit of a spelling mistake there
probably should be playing, not laying - thats just wrong 
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meeting up would be ideal, but thats only slightly harder than running across water singing "doo a diddy diddy dum diddy doo", whilst playing a trumpet with your feet - which is hard, trust me
Righto - that's a non-starter
I am laying DAS tomorrow night at 10pm, so how about thursday coz i think i may be busy on wednesday night.
Sounds good - tho is it OK if we make it a little earlier than 10? Perhaps 8/8:30?
Good luck
Mr Scrub
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
that sounds grand as they say in yorkshire!
8:30 on thursday it is!
Its a raisin! or is that sultana - i forget
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Nah, a fig...
Mr S
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
just thought id keep posting so we don't get brought up on the 24 hr rule thingy jig.
so...how the weather in england today?!
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Not too shabby, thanks - just officially reached the end of the school year (year12), which has really just slowly disintegrated over the last few weeks, rather than everyone breaking up at the same time
What're you up to?
I think we might be supposed to be putting down a few moves now in case the live match falls through (see OB's post).
I suspect that I'll forget any moves we make here, so AFAIC it's easier not to say we'll repeat them once we get online, but I'll do anything to make OB's life easier
Mr Scrub
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
ive just finished Yr 13!!!!!! i am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee etc
Roll on August 17th!!!
I will just put a few moves down, we can follow them if we want i am not fussed
d P7 - H14
T H9 - H10
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I'm less keen on the prospect of the 17th, though I'm not really sure why - I think I did fine in the exams...
Are you going off to uni next?
T H10 - H11
d J14 - P8
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
i am hopefully! if i get my results...which i plan on doing
d E2 - E13
T J8 - K8
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As the moment of our fateful meeting draws nigh....
T H11 - H12
d J15 - J11
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
indeed, i cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
so are we decidin to replay these moves ont onlineness or start a fresh?
d F1 - F13
T H10 - J10 x J11
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I'm quite happy either way - I think things are fairly even so far, since I'm doing a little better than I'd expected as dwarves but less well as trolls.
T H12 - G13 x F13 x G14 x H14
d O11 - O8
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
In the end, we decided to start from scratch. The game was begun on online, live thud at 8:30pm BST 13/7/2006, the first half was played, then part way through the second half, at around 10pm BST, something crashed at my end, and we couldn't get the game to behave when we tried to resume.
Fortunately I was recording the business on Thudboard, so we're going to continue from the point that everything died.
1ST HALF Ponder (d) 3 vs 24 (T) Mr Scrub
this score is agreed, but towards the end of my thudboard file I've made a mistake which I need to try to make sense of, then I'll provide the .thud file
2ND HALF begins as follows, until the client crashed:
(Mr Scrub plays dwarves, Ponder plays Trolls)
dE14-J14
TH9-H10
dJ14-P8
TJ8-K7
dM3-J6
TK7-K6xJ6
dN4-G10
TG9-H9xG10
dO5-O8
TK6-L7
dO11-O9
TJ7-K6
dN12-N9
TL7-L8
dF15-O7
TK6-K7
dN9-N10
TJ9-K9
dA6-N6
TK9-K8
dF1-N8
TL8-M7xN6xN8
dO9-M7xM7
TK7-L7xM7
dG1-N7
TL7-L6
dN10-O9
TH7-J6
dN7-N8
TK8-L9
dN8-L6xL6
TJ6-K7xL6
dG15-N9
TL9-L8
dN9-N10
TL8-L7
dN10-N7
TL7-M8xN7
dO8-M8xM8
TK7-L8xM8
dO7-H1
TL8-L9
However, this final move was a mis-click on Ponder's part, and I was just about to make a random move to allow it's reversal. Instead, it makes sense here to simply ignore that move.
Thus it is now Ponder's turn
Hope this is all correct
Mr Scrub
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
i concur with those moves
i only wish i conquer with them to
my next move therin: T G7 - G6
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I've sorted out the problem with the thudboard file - there was a point where the same side moved twice, one of the two moves never having actually happened in real life.
Hope that is, again, as you expect Ponder
Mr Scrub
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
aye, tis allreet
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d H1 - A8
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T G8 - F8
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d J1 - B8
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T F8 - C5 x C4 x B5
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I've checked back through the moves that I listed, and if those moves are right, then you don't have a troll at G9, so cant shove F8.
If I'm right in that, but your strategy has been based around it, I'm quite happy to go back a few moves so that you dont suffer any disadvantage. Just as long as we don't edit any posts* it'll be alright :- )
Mr S
*Otherwise OB will come after us with a big stick
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
bugrit!
i will have to check tomorrow as im tired now and i need sleep. you may wish to have a look if you would like
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oh dear. it appears i messed up way back
should be start from where you put all the online moves down? i messed up copying in the middle of it somewhere
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right - sorted.
if we carry on at the end of the long list of moves then my next move is:
T G8 - F8
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Righto
d P7 - K2
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T G7 - G6
many apologies again
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No problem at all
d P8 - J2
I'm going to be off on a residential until wednesday evening, and I may not be able to get online from there. If I can't, I'll phone moves home and get someone else in my family to post them here, with enough frequency to stop me breaking the tournament rules but probably not much more. Apologies, therefore, if things slow down a little at this end - and it'd be a great help if you didn't need to wait until the last minute before posting one of your moves - things might slip too far if I push them
Thanks
Mr S
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
no probs old bean! you should PM OB to say such things as well and he may be kind (coz he is such a great fellow
)
T G6 - G5
and do have fun!
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Unfortunately OB's apparently away til monday - I'll just work round it (to that end I wont post my next move til tomorrow morning... how irritating am I
)
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
ah. tis a problem.
and yes you are annoying. but in a nice and fluffy kinda way. like most people really.
But seriously its no probs, i have all the time in the world...which is only about another 6 hours... ah. problem.
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lol
d E2 - H2
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T F8 - G7
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d P9 - J3
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T L8 - K7
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d J3 - G5 x G5
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
how did i not see that!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
T G7 - G6 x G5
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d D3 - K3
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T G6 - G5
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d J15 - J3
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T G5 - H6
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move
d O9-H3
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
T K7 - J7
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The real, genuine Mr Scrub* is back.
I fear you may have missed something here:
d H3 - H6 x H6
sorry :- (
Mr S
*accept no substitutes. Except i just asked you to accept moves via the approved substitute of my mother... I got some very strange looks wandering around the campus on the residential trying to find somewhere with enough reception so that I could say "d J15 - J3"...
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
bum eyes. yes that was again another silly mistake. i have done two many of them this tournament
welcome back though
T J7 - H7 x H6
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bum eyes
spanner magnet?
d P10 - H3
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
don't get it...
T H10 - G10
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I've only heard the exclamation "bum eyes" used once before, in a weebl & bob episode, in which the insult "spanner magnet" was also prevalent, so I guessed you might've taken it from there. But it appears you had developed it independently...
d D13 - D8
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"