IAAPA BATTLEFIELD REVIEW #5 - Aug 2001

ALERT ALERT!! Action Stations !!!!

Here it is again, the most underated A&A publication of them all, the IAAPA Battlefield Review. Not exactly a periodical more like a sporadical but still dedicated to bringing you all the club tournament results and scuttlebutt behind the scenes.



The 2001 Summer Open Safari theme seems to have awakened a frightening desire in Silex for Karaoke........

" Sign me up!

MacTabar

In the jungle the quiet jungle the Silex sleeps tonight....
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooeyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoommbbommbowe "

I can only be thankful that it wasn't voice mail for I would surely be looking for a new monitor screen.


______ BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2000 _______

I have compiled an informal list of the best performed players of 2000 thus far. The list is performance based. The most important criteria being tournament wins. (ie- best performance takes precedence over games won, for example KBell has won the most games but he has yet to reach a final in 2000 where Rewstr and Komp have both contested a final).

As Rewstr has won the only completed tournament of 2000 he tops the list however KBell may jump ahead as he is still participating in the late stages of a couple of events still being contested.

This list is just an UNOFFICIAL guide to the best tournament performers of 2000 and first made its appearance in the August edition of the Armchair revue, some place changes have occured since then and here is the latest standings.

Best of 2000 season so far....
1. Rewstr
2. Komp
3. KenBell
4. Razor1010
5. JBell49
6. AxisSpec
7. Buzz
8. roseandmike
9. Raist
10. Herr_Schmidt


_______ TOURNAMENT STANDINGS _______

Check out who's left and who's been left behind

1999 Fall Open

The championship final is now underway

Final game: Frogman10 vs HighCmmdr

Frogman10 is contesting his first IAAPA tournament Final whereas HighCmmdr has won a convention tournament. Good luck guys!


2000 Fall Classic

** note: numbers within ( ) are byes **

Semi Final (able): KenBell vs (Micwil or Boromir)

Ken has had a great season with a 14-1(1) record and is currently 3rd on the 2000 best performance list but is almost certain to move up the list as he is still contesting three Semi Final's out of four tournaments started.

With a 4-3 record in four tournament appearances the Fall Classic is Micwil's best 2000 tournament performance and a final appearance in this event will see him make the season's 10 best players list.

His QF opponent Boromir has played just the one tournament in 2000 and has a 2-0(1) record. A final appearance likewise will see Boromir leap into the top 10 list.

Semi Final (baker): Raist vs JBell49

Raist, 4-1(1) season record and JBell49, 6-2(1) season record are contesting the second semi final and can both improve their places on the top 10 list just by making the final.

2000 Summer Open

Semi Final (able): Buzz vs Razor1010

Buzz, a talented player with a 5-2 season record in three tourneys takes on Razor1010, 6-1(1) season who stopped JBell49 contesting his second 2000 season semi by defeating him in rd4.

Semi Final (baker): roseandmike vs KBell

roseandmike has a 4-0 record in his only tournament appearance of 2000. Ken is playing his second semi final of the season.

Millennium Tournament

Semi final (east v west): KenBell vs (WarlockLH, dandeman or Levahl)< 3 semi's for Ken in 2000!
Semi final (north v south): note: north winner advances to final

KBell and AxisSpec both won their QF games in their respective brackets but sadly, as you all know, Tom (AxisSpec) has passed away. His SF opponent (north bracket) will be advanced to the final.

North Bracket

Herr_Schmidt has won through to the QF stage. His record for 2000 is 4-2(1) in two tournament appearances. Henrik , 4-2(1) in three tourney appearances and UberRalph , 4-1 in two tournaments are contesting for a spot in the QF's against Herr_Schmidt

West Bracket

In his only tournament for 2000 WarlockLH has performed superbly with a 4-0 record (including a win against Rewstr) just sits out of the best performers list of 2000.

Dandeman , 7-2 season record in three tournaments and Levahl , 3-0 in one tournament, make up the rd4 pairing who are contesting for a place against WarlockLH.


2001 Masters Invitational

Rd1
Rewstr d. Herr_Schmidt
Spud d. JBell49
Levahl d. GBoak
Mat27 d. Yuugal
WarlockLH d. KenBell
Komp d. Frogman10
AATorpedo d. Col.Hogan
HighCmmdr d. Boromir

Rd2
Rewstr d. Spud
*Mat27 vs Levahl
Komp d. WarlockLH
AATorpedo d HighCmmdr

rd3
Rewstr vs (Mat27 or Levahl)
*Komp vs AATorpedo

2001 Spring Classic

rd2
Hoquista d. AxisSpec
KenBell d. Kierenbren
Warmonger d. Herr_Schmidt
*Raist vs Cnty9047
*Steiner vs ToddVomit
*Rewstr vs Diecaster
*roseandmike vs EtherealWarrior
*Spud vs Timothy
HighCmmdr d. Amgor
Byrons_Brigade d. NewDylan
GedeOne d. BlackWatch
*Frogman10 vs Bobbysams
GIJim211 d. HighFlyer
Col.Hogan d. GroeFaz
*Starchld vs HoganS
Komp d PFC_Plaid

rd3
Hoquista vs (Rewstr or Diecaster)
*KenBell vs Warmonger
*HighCmmdr vs Byrons_Brigade
GedeOne vs (Frogman10 or Bobbysams)
*GIJim211 vs Col.Hogan
Komp vs (Starchld or HoganS)

2001 Summer Open Safari

rd1 in progress.


The inaugural IAAPA Team SuperLeague season has really caught the imagination of the participants with some great team names as well as some great competition.

Points - As well as 2 points for a win, teams also receive 0.1 point for each win as the Axis.

Rating - If the situation arises where a tie breaker is required (i.e. - two teams finish the regular season equal 1st) then adding together all of the rating points of both teams winning games will determine which team will end the season top of the standings.

Prior to the season commencement each team added up the combined ratings for each team member to determine which Division their team would be entered ie - Field marshals were rated 1st, Exec A's 6th, Engineered Victory 1st (in div B) etc....

Div A (pre season rating)
1. Field Marshals (HighCmmdr, NobleKnt, Rewstr)
2. Kamikaze Squadron Reunion (JBell49, KenBell, WarlockLH)
3. Prairie Panzers (Herr_Schmidt, Raist, Spud)
4. Divine Wind (Buzz, RedDwarf, Sephorin)
4. The Warrior Fathers (Cnty9047, Frogman10, Leone)
6. Executive Assassins (JohnPin569, Micwil, Toddvomit)

Div A standings (mid season)
1. Kamikaze Squadron Reunion 3-0 (2 in progress) tot: 6.2 pts
2. Executive Assassins 1-0 (4 in progress) tot: 2.1 pts
3. The Warrior Fathers 1-1 (4 in progress) 2.0 pts
4. Prairie Panzers 1-1 (4 in progress) tot: 2.0 pts
5. Field Marshals 0-1 (5 in progress) tot: 0 pts
6. Divine Wind 0-3 (2 in progress) tot: 0 pts

KSR are comfortably leading Division A, while minnows Divine Wind have yet to stir up even a slight breeze at the bottom of the ladder with no points from three completed rounds. The Panzers sit outside the top three by a slightly lower rating than Warrior Fathers and the Exec A's have a toe hold on second place thanks to an axis win in rd1 courtesy of the Prez himself ToddVomit.

The Field marshals have yet to open their points account and need to prove that all the pre season hype about their ability (mainly coming from the Field Marshals themselves) is justified.

As far as individual performance go there have been no multiple game winners as yet but we have a long way to go till the end of the regular season.

Div B (pre season rating)
1. Engineered Victory (BlackWatch, Boromir, Hoquista)
2. The Blitz Brothers (General_J.D, roboprep, Starchild)
3. Triple Entente (HoganS, Stimpy, Tusk)
4. Cross of Iron (Ngadla, Diecaster, Steiner)
5. Der Generalstab (Arminius, Glorfindel, GroeFaz)
6. The Insurgents (Atulla, EtherealWarrior, normanoliver1)

Div B Standings (mid season)
1. Der Generalstab 3-1 (1 in progress ) tot: 6.3 pts
2. Cross of Iron 3-1 (1 in progress) tot: 6.2 pts
3. Engineered Victory 3-2 (0 in progress) tot: 6.1pts
4. Triple Entente 2-3 (0 in progress) tot: 4.2 pts
5. The Blitz Brothers 1-1 (3 in progress) tot: 2.0pts
6. The Insurgents 0-3 (2 in progress) tot: 0 pts

Der Generalstab lead a very competitive Div B with only 0.2 pts seperating 1st from 3rd. It looks like most teams are taking advantage of the bonus 0.1 point for an axis win as often as possible which could make the difference between playing in the post season finals or packing their bags for home.

BlackWatch and Steiner are both two thirds of the way to an individual award needing just one more win each during the regular season to become eliglible for the Combat Badge.


_________ PLAYER COMMENTS _________


Another selection of comments from the tourney combatants

Fall Classic Round 4 - Baker Bracket

Game 8565 - Raist vs frogman10@
After the first round, things were looking quite interesting. Russia took UKR, Germany took it back. Germany took AES, and killed most of the navy, but UK took AES back. Russia stacked Yakut, so Japan went West instead, taking CHI with 2 INF, SIN with 2 INF, 1 ARM, and IND with 1 INF. However, this is when the oversight happened. When it came back to Japan's turn again, NOV was stacked with 5 INF, 1 ARM, 2 FTR, SFE and YAK were picketed, and the rest was stacked in KAR. The oversight came in the form of leaving both KAZ and RUS mt. So on J2, the single ARM in SIN rolled into Russia. The Allies were unable to overcome this oversight, and conceeded on UK 4. Just goes to show that even the best of them make mistakes sometimes. Too bad it happened in this game though, as it was looking to be quite interesting.

I've heard old legends about this happening but i've always thought that it was just a story to tell young A&A players as they huddled around the gameboard on dark, stormy nights. Who would have thought it would ever happen to an experienced player like Frogman!.

# 8576 Hoquista (LT) defeats Scottly (CPT) rd1 2001 Spring Classic

comments by Hoquista
"Practically all of the Dice rolled the Axis way for this game contributing to the early victory. What sealed the deal was a trn, bb, 3 ftr, bmb vs. 7 trn, bb fleet off of WSp SZ. A ftr, bmb returned to tell the tale. With only 1 allied trn available and the Germans parked in Kar and the Japanese in the Kaz, Novo, and Eve, Scottly conceeded. Nice opponent with quick turns! "

A German naval victory after turn one?. 21 gun salute to Admiral Hoquista for this great victory for the Kreigsmarine.

# 8581 Newdylan (Rookie) defeats DeBruce (LT) rd1 2001 Spring Classic

Game comments by NewDylan
" Japan's capture of an IC in India the first turn proved to be the crucial factor of a freewheeling game on both sides.".

Its great to see guys play the Allies with some variety (even though the Axis went on to win with a Magic 84). Thumbs up to DeBruce for his employment of an Indian IC and to NewDylan for capturing it



_______ EDITOR'S OPINION _______



Realism

A&A is not a "hardcore" WWII strategy game which is part of the overall attraction, for me anyway. Its relatively simple but still provides enough strategic variety to keep me coming back. I sometimes shake my head in wonder when people start on about the lack of realism in A&A. It is not meant to be an accurate facsimile of those events and besides there are plenty of other games out there that do a better job in the realism department anyway.

I would describe A&A as more of an abstract strategy game loosely based upon WWII, kind of the same as it is with chess, a game which uses well known figures (Knights, Bishops etc) but has little to do with medieval warfare, c'mon, whoever heard of mobile castles sliding along the hills and valleys?.

RedDwarf
(BF Review Editor)

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_______ BANZAI AMERICAN STYLE _______

The most decorated unit in US military history was one formed with Japanese Americans. Despite being forced into camps during World War II, many of the Japanese Americans wanted to prove their patriotism.
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_______ WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... _______

The British listened to all of the US's transmissions via the Atlantic cable, secret and otherwise. They regularly tapped US communications, making them a greater security problem than the Germans were.
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Is that a fat lady I can hear singing? I guess that means its time to go.....But I shall return and it won't take me three years.....Stay tuned to your sets.

RedDwarf
(IAAPA Tourneys)