Holy crap I'm first? Edal is that accurate or does the leaderboard need to be fully updated?

I'm printing that out and putting it on the fridge before it's fixed :)

I'd better practice against you since I might end up 5th and then you'll be between me and the semis. I was thinking you might lose, instead people I expected to win lost.

I don't think anything is set in stone yet and it's hard to guess it. If mirgervin has 2 matches yet to play now during week 4 I'll probably get bumped down the table. Has edal86 made allowances for the fact that group B is playing extra matches during the group stage? Won't that affect the overall leaderboard and therefore the eliminatory stage placings?

Latest i can play is 9pm.. (finish at 9..) sorry

Ahh, so you can't start any later than 8.20? OK.. i'll see what I can do, and I'll try and be online from 8ish on Thursday. Is that do-able for you?

Yeh have to start at latest at 8:20..
Yeh it should be. ill probs be on getting some airtime on the P-51 most o the week so if you see me before give me a shout!

final leaderboard will be fixed as (points earned divided by points possible). This means that you are number 1 in the leaderboard and no future match score from anyone can affect that now. Congratulations :)

* Participants that have now qualified for Eliminatory Stage are:
- edal86
- ar_kozz
- xx-silence-xx
- mirgervin
- subarugaz
- infinitestates
- steyr_amr
- varcus2
- maninovka
- mage_016
- dihno28

can trk and i receive a dunce of death trophy? lololol

lol, sorry I ran out of those :S

Hey now :-P:-P

I'm stumped on the international killers board.

So does this mean I'm through with the competition?

No, you still have a chance to qualify indirectly, you have to wait for Dubbinenglish, philabong2, and xxsilencexx to complete their week 3 matches.

haha, just messin' with ya. ;) i'll proudly display that trophy in my collection, though. now i just need to change my screen name to CRASH MASTER! :evil:

Dubb hasn't been online for a while :( I don't think he's gonna get on... If you look back a couple pages he said he might forfeit these...

very well,

* If dubbinenglish does not post here or contact any of his pending opponents or me by the end of December 9, then he will forfeit his 4 matches and silence and philabong2 will get 6 points each with a 3-0 victory.

It's cool, I got room for that one too on my shelf :grin:

so by the looks of things im playin an elimation match against either olife or macademic... first to crash loses right? this is gonna b ugly! lol

No, first to crash loses is only in the case that there is a DRAW in any of the Eliminatory matches

Yes, You will most likely go against macademic or olife- for the "Indirect Qualification", if you win then you will be in the Eliminatory Stage

Finalz have been the death oh me... I'll ne on late tonight though.

How late is late? XD

cool i'll b there too at around 11 EST until god knows when - and drunk as hell again (foosball tourney tonight :) ) so here ur chance Dubb

Indirect Qualification Matches Ready
 

The indirect qualification matches are ready guys good luck

** please finish your matches by saturday (december 12), its only 1 match.

** UK group please finish your week 4 matches, we are almost there guys.

- thank you

Me and P-51/Reaper will be playing our two matches tonight, assuming he can still make it.

Can you still make it dude? I'll be on about 7.30

@edal86: indirect qualification, two questions:

- it's only one match you say: who hosts?

- 20 or 30 min match?

@trk29: we're up buddy:). As it looks I can be available pretty much any time. Just say when and I'll be there!

So what happened with the scores... waiting to see if I'm in 4th, 5th or the currently dreaded 6th spot (with mirgervin between me and semifinals)

On the first page it says trk29 vs olife.

@Edal does this mean I do two 20 minute matches with him?

http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...al86/week4.jpg

1 match only (for the indirect qualification matches), 20 minutes.

local and guest are labeled.

rules explain that the player with the least points will host

Well, I beat Dubb both times, so I'm now at 28 points I believe.

Oh shitarki mushrooms! Totally forgot!! Sorry was testing my new stick.. That and i have restarted the campaign..

@Trk29
 

You are right, the info changed after I wrote this.

@Irrelevant24
 

We're up for indirect qualification.

Anytime, just let me know. I'll host (less points than you).

:)

Last night was the only night I could play you mate, as I'm away all weekend.

Damn....There goes my chance at qualification :(

dont worry, when can you play him?

Probably Monday, but I'm not 100% on that. If not Monday, then Tuesday or Wednesday.

Good games last night by the way mate.... that P-47 is a beast!

i should be online this evening and tomorrow. i'm -6 GMT, just so you know.

:cool:

Well there is no way id let you fall out the competition for my incompetence! :P

im starting to wish i didnt drop out as now the patch is out i enjoy sim now i need a headset which i will get in feb i think or whenever i get cash

@Irrelevant24
 

Okey Dokey. I'm GMT+3, so not to make it too early in the morning for me, how about 21.00 your time?

that should work! :)

Match
 

Great, see you then!

MACADEMIC

Posting from my mobile phone... My internet connection is down right now, so I'm afraid I won't be online tonight for our match. If something changes, I'll shoot you a message here or on the PSN.

I'm sorry about this... :(

No big deal, hope you can sort out your connection soon. Just let me know when you think you can play, I'll check back here in a few hours.

MACADEMIC

PS: Aren't you qualified already, I saw you've made rank 4 in the America group?

The current group standings are not updated, philabong2 was the last to qualify directly from American group, even though, irrelevant24 and philabong2 both had 12 points, philabong2 came out on top because of a smaller negative kills/deaths difference.

** As soon as subarugaz plays his matches I will be able to figure out the rest of the leaderboard standings for the top 10 players.

yea, i will be getting that done today/tonight. i missed miatar by 12 minutes last night and was kicking myself.

My apologies edal, will get this sorted ASAP

UPDATE: Miatar hasn't been online in 2 days so i have no way of getting in touch with him to play the matches. im sure he is busy, and not just not showing up ;)

Well guys I am out last night Olife took my life. :grin:

Good luck to all who remain.

oh my god i was a lucky man!!!trk29 u are really a very good player!!!i think god was with me yesterday!!
GOOD GAME trk29 and thanks a lot for your fair play!!really great!!respect
thanks my bud and good hunting

internet fixed. i should be on tonight.

Okay, see you 2100 your time. Be there.

Cool.. looks like I qualified somehow. Did the other results go in my favour or something?

P-51/Reaper...Do I still have to play mate?? If so, I'll be about tonight, but can you confirm if you can make it, and what time?

I dont know.. lol eather way we might aswell do the match :D

Im free up till 9 mate, ill be on my PS3 till then.

Ok, cool. I'll try and get on about 8ish then. See you then, cheers.

Hmm haven't seen Hrok online...

At the rate this is going I think there is little hope of finishing the tournament before Christmas. Looks like everybody is busy, and that includes me - I'm stuck working two jobs all this week, cause it turned out not to be such a big recession this season as they expected

I learnt an important lesson last night.... never underestimate a well flown Hurricane!
I also learnt that trying to then use a Hurricane to counter a Hurricane, having not flown one on Sim before, is a very bad idea.
Well played to P-51.. The first game was pretty close. The scoreline for the second game is a bit misleading (I'm sure you'll agree) but I reckon you would have won it anyway!

Apologies to subarugaz, if it's not too late I should be on tonight. I'm sure it's going to be just a formality anyway.

Haven't seen you either :)
I've been online in the last few days, prolly we just play at different times.
I cannot be online in the early evening since I finish job/study session around 10:30pm gmt+1, and by the time I get back home and eat something it's way past 11.

Btw last night my a** was kicked so bad that I have no doubt you'll get an easy win.

Don't say that, I'm rooting for you to keep me out of the 6th spot in elimination :-)... you can get at least 1 point, I'm sure of it. Use a good plane

dont apologize mate its not a big deal, i am sure you had your reasons ;)

I will be online tonight as always so i will see you then

edal u going to do another one of these because now the patch is out i can kick ass
btw everyone remember i quit this before the patch was out

Dont think I will do another tournament involving prizes if that is what you mean (this was only because of X-mas around the corner). However, if you guys want another tournament exactly like this one I can organize it, or any one else can copy the rules and everything else and organize one.

I know that you left the tournament prior to the patch but you still left. Tell you what, If a majority of the UK group agree to let you back in and if irrelevant24 is willing to play one more time against a Uk group participant for an indirect qualification then I will be happy to allow you back in. So, I leave the decision to the participants

Yes, it looks that way. Hopefully, the tournament will pick up speed as soon as the group stage ends, we are waiting only on the UK Group

im assuming you mean me? did you not recieve the message? i can resend if you wish

Sorry, I have not checked my PSN, I will check it when I get home.

No worries buddy, and dont apologise lol its not your fault, im the one who got it to you late ;)

I'm cool with that :)

Ditto ;)

Im very sorry guys, did not notice that subarugaz and miatar was the last UK match, the slots are all complete now, only 1 indirect spot left (dubbinenglish, hrok81, or reaper1526 can take this spot only).

I appreciate your good sportsmanship. My mistake sorry haitch40, but now that the eliminatory stage is ready to go I dont want to elongated more.

There is a chance I may have to drop out, as I'm finding it hard to be available for matches, and I suspect that it will get worse now that my opponents aren't in the UK.
For instance, If there are matches this week, the only time I could play would be between 9 and 11pm tomorrow night, and next week isn't looking much better.

If I decide to drop out, would Haitch40 be able to take my slot?

if you want to give him your spot it is ok with me

LOL! I have to play Mirgervin? How soon can I throw in the proverbial towel?

Tell you what Mirg... you take the P-51 and play in cockpit view only, whilst being completely inebriated and wearing a blindfold. I promise to go easy on you. ;)

I swear, I get to play the one guy I can never shoot down. :|

lol yes, you are the lucky winner. make us American Continent proud my friend :)

i think you will be the one to make us proud. LOL. after i qualified for this round, i had a match with mirg and he destroyed me... to the point where i simply flew circles around a mountain to entertain myself.

yes, he is very good. Last matches I played against him I was defeated :S

ok il take ur spoot if u wish to drop out but dont feel presured too as i am the one that quit

It really depends on when the next matches have to be played by. In all honesty, my chances of beating XxSilencexx are pretty slim, but I'm more than happy to give it a go, but I don't want to hold up the tournament.
I'll make my decision once Edal86 lets us know the deadline.

There wont really be a deadline, but only problem is that we will have to wait on you. Message xx-silence-xx and see if he can play you this week (30 minute match, Map = dover, you choose the day and time settings, and you will be the host).

About the deadline, dont worry until next week about that because I am still waiting for the last qualifying participant

Positive thinking can work miracles. Everybody can be beat. Hopefully before I have to fight them.

I've won 2 or 3 dogfights against him, out of about 20... he can be beat but you have to concentrate

you're spot on, kozz. i know that i've been giving up too easily and should try to be more optimistic. there are simply some players i just can't seem to outmaneuver no matter how hard i try.

i will give it my best. :cool:

hey now, I've been pretty caught up in MW2 so nows your time to shine. I am really really rusty ATM... lol. Last night was proof. I couldn't hit sh*t XD

hey guys,
just to let yall know, i'm kinda waiting for this tournament to end (read: "waiting for my a55 to get blown out of it") to send my PS3 to Sony for repairs... after countless formating and restoring settings and having to do the campaign all over again, sturmovik is now officialy the only game it reads... and i seriously dont kno how long it will hold :(
so it b cool if things could, u kno, get moving a bit.

Else haitch could always take my spot if the thing dies on me or if i decide to send it right away (dont kno how much time this should take to repair, and i sure would like to play something else than BoP from times to times...)

Ok philabong2. Play subarugaz as soon as possible then.

Match:
Host: philabong2 (you choose day and time settings)
Guest: Subarugaz
Map: Berlin
Time Limit: 30 minutes
(winner report results)

rules interpretation question: are Sturmoviks allowed? IL-2M for example?

Is a fighter anything that's not a heavy bomber, or is the interpretation more narrow?

A bomber - to my mind - is anything that has a triangle over it instead of a diamond in arcade/realistic. That would rule out IL's and Ju's :P

But obviously it's Edal's call...

Eliminatory Stage Schedule is ready
 

The schedule is ready guys, please play your matches when ever you can, but the sooner the better.

** Regarding Planes **

Only the following are allowed:

* Hurricane
* Spitfire all series
* Bf 109 all series
* Fw 190 all series
* Ta 152 H-1
* La5, La7
* Yak all series
* P-47
* P-51 (b & d)
* MC 202

ok so my ps3 should b sent to sony probably on monday. The guy on the phone told me that it should only take a week till i get it back (!!!kinda hard to believe... anyone ever had to deal w them that could confirm if the service really is this fast?)... so i dont think this should affect the tourney's schedul too much - that is if i get thru subarugaz, big IF

It depends where there repair plant is. I've had to send mine in 4 separate times (bad luck eh?) and once it took like 3 weeks, then they opened up a repair thing down here, and it took about 4 days once I sent my box out...

Yea, they are extremely good with replacements and such like when i got the YLOD on my old system they came and collected it (took just under a week) and the courier that came to pick it up gave me the new one as he took the old one. Very good service

Been a long time since my last match... I will be working friday and saturday mornings, but not afternoons, US pacific time. Not sure about Sunday just yet. Shouldn't be too much trouble finding time for my opponent's funeral

ur all unlucky ive had my ps3 3 years and touch wood it still works perfectly

Same here, I bought mine on ebay (refurbished) a little longer than a year ago when it was still $400 plus tax dollars for the 80Gb and I got it for $290 (free shipping, no tax). Have not had a single problem with it :)

P.S. hope I dont bring me bad luck after this post lol

i got a 60gb brand new christmas 3 years ago
btw talking bout bad luck i hape i havent cursed mine

lol, yes. Especially now that I got all these events going :S

Yea, ive got my fingers crossed for ya ;)

Hopefully yours isnt one of the models that had the overheating problem and its just one of the later ones where the problem has been corrected.

overheating? oh well mine will not over heat cos it has 4 fans instead of the usual 2 and if it did start to overheat id get one of those ad on fans that u clip on the side

Apparently those clip on fans are no good, that what ive heard

really? I've heard the ones on X-box are bad, but ps3 is ok. Maybe misinformed though? lol

yea, ive never actually tried one out so i cant say for sure, i just remember reading it somewhere, so dont Not buy one because of what i have said, i could be wrong

all we need now is some fans on the plane cos i am gona light u up next time i see u online

I really need Dubbinenglish and Hrok81 to have their match. If you guys dont want to participate anymore please let me know so that reaper1526 can play in the eliminatory.
Otherwise, please post what your situation is

that score should have been 17-9 cause of the spawn crash... though all it affects is my kill/death differential.

I shouldn't have played just after getting off work, it dulls my mind. Out of 3 after-work matches, I didn't win any.

Always bring your brain to an important fight

;) Very bold speaking from you there lol