"Battle for Europe" Competition (PS3 SIM Players) "Year: 1946"

[edal86]

Originally Posted by STINGERSIX78

STOP !
NO CHANCELING !!

pls wait for a day.

sorry,
I know you were a loyal supporter my friend. You guys can pick new teams and start again, hopefully, you are more lucky then me. If I wait, I will only be waiting for a USSR victory due to a forfeit.

This week results:
Air Superiority: USSR won (13 deaths) UK (24 deaths) 3 matches played
Strategic Bombing: 1 match only (12 targets destroyed)
Territory Capture: zero matches???
Why continue? I am not mad about this, I just feel that this is pointless now.

* Decision is Final, I am sorry. To wait 1 day, or to wait 1 week, this wont make a difference. The solution is to start from scratch with new teams but I leave that decision to you guys now.

[STINGERSIX78]

stop moaning !!
keep fighting !!!

maybe the uk will get eager support till the evening...

[edal86]

Originally Posted by STINGERSIX78

stop moaning !!
keep fighting !!!

maybe the uk will get eager support till the evening...

You clearly dont understand what it takes to organize this and manage it. From a participant's perspective it is simple because all you need to do is play (this is why I was a little disappointed). However, it is difficult when you depend on others to be able to do what you have to. I have no more time for promises (undestand that I have dealt with them since the First Tournament that I created "Ace of Aces").

* Since the very beginning I asked for commitment. I knew this tournament would mean work for me, but I was willing to do this anyway, all I asked for was participation. No participation from you guys = no commitment from me. Why bother doing all this work for 4 matches? You all knew what to do. The first week had better results because I was constantly posting and contacting players to participate. I cant do this anymore, sorry.

* I recommend that you continue this tournament with new teams, and maybe you will see what I mean. I hope that you get better results if you do this by the way.

[MACADEMIC]

Edal,

I am very sorry it had to come to this, and I share your disappointment. You have put a huge effort into this tournament, and the idea behind it is still brilliant. Once again a big thanks to you.

It's very generous of you to even hand out prices, of course I'd love to have a P-47 but cannot access the store in Malta.

On a more happy note, I have spoken to the publishers about the sponsoring of a future tournament, and they said yes. They obviously have realized the momentum your tournaments have created for their product.

There is a future for tournaments here on IL-2 Birds of Prey, and I hope we can work together to create another one some time.

Best,

MACADEMIC

[haitch40]

1. its a shame it didnt work out i was quite enjoying it

2. i already have the p47 although its nice to offer prizes

3. DONT LEAVE THE FORUM PLEASE

[P-51]

Pitty to see you leave mate. I would love the P-47 and bonus but there is no need to offer prizes though mate (not saying i wouldnt mind it!)! Your stay here is prize enough!

If there is an official torny - like MACADEMIC said - would you please concider rejoining the site?

Anyway, sorry to see you leave dude. youll be missed!

Chris (P-51/reaper1526)

[philabong2]

no need to hand out prizes mate - and its a shame it had to end like this - but all in all u did one hell of a job organizing these tourneys. It really gave this game and community the push it needed to stay alive.

I kno I havent played alot of match in this tournament (never was enough raf pilots or i was too drunk to fly when the timing was right) but it gave us the chance to meet and get some really nice flights with our fellow ussr pilots - and it also filled the games lobbys so any newbe that tried this game online for the first time would actually find some games and get to meet some great peeps.

again great job my friend, all this wasnt done in vain
Cheers

[kozzm0]

This is what I expected, as team USSR was on continuously from 6pm to 1am gmt on wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday - 5 days in a row - and not once did team UK accept a match, even during the rare times when enough of them including an officer were online.

There's a word in war for refusing to fight: surrender. Even in a game, it's still called quitting. Team USSR showed up to fight and team UK did not, and that's victory by forfeit.

Thanks team VVS for all the hard work and tactical preparation. You all were amazingly motivated.

Now for a competition that will work. I'm partial to a ladder-type system with 3 or 4 player teams.

[P-51]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

This is what I expected, as team USSR was on continuously from 6pm to 1am gmt on wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday - 5 days in a row - and not once did team UK accept a match, even during the rare times when enough of them including an officer were online.

There's a word in war for refusing to fight: surrender. Even in a game, it's still called quitting. Team USSR showed up to fight and team UK did not, and that's victory by forfeit.

Thanks team VVS for all the hard work and tactical preparation. You all were amazingly motivated.

Now for a competition that will work. I'm partial to a ladder-type system with 3 or 4 player teams.

Want help to set it up?
To be honest i think that this failed because there were no set times for battles meaning people were to laid back.. If only that could be changed!

[Spitfire23]

Originally Posted by P-51

Want help to set it up?
To be honest i think that this failed because there were no set times for battles meaning people were to laid back.. If only that could be changed!

Yup, thats exactly what killed it