As previously mentioned I would like to host a Boat Risk Europe Tournament. I have played this scenario (8 player) numerous times since early December (to the dislikes of my girlfriend) and I believe that it can become a successful event with the help of the ESOC board and all of you guys here :)
I strongly believe this can be a successful tournament for everyone, especially those players that aren't that great at 1v1 as are most of the tournaments on ESOC.
I have spent countless hours (again to the dislikes of my girlfriend) editing this map. Making it balanced, lag free, eliminating choke points, pathing issues, and all sorts of other problems. I truly believe that the the hard work I put into this map has yielded a solid foundation for a quality tournament.
I ask the help of the ESOC board to help me with this tournament, such as setting up a proper sign up page, fundraising pool, and making it official. I pledge $20 US for the prize pool winner takes all and I encourage any other donations to give incentive for a very fun and competitive tournmanet
Tournament format:
Theoretically if we have 32 players or any other number, we can break this down into a series of games. Such as a quarter final, semi final and a final. If we have 32 players we can host 4 quarter finals with the 4 surviving players of each game advancing to the semi finals, and 4 surviving players of the semi final advancing to the final game winner takes all. All games would be recorded and checked for mooesbar hacking in post game free unit chart or this can just be played on the ESOC patch. Also to give incentive to players to continue in their games and not just quit once they are the last 4 surviving players, the winner of each map can maybe be given a starting Fort Wagon in the next game beside the starting point so that they can transport it anywhere they like to start their conquest.
NOTE: I'm open to all and any suggestions and I can always edit the map and tweak it. The current map I have uploaded below is the consequence of my hard work over the past month, I'm very pleased with it and I guarantee it to be balanced and problem free.
How To Play:
You start with one explorer and a boat in Sardinia, you can transport your explorer anywhere on the map to start building trade posts. Each trade posts gives you an auto spawn unit every so often so the more posts you have the more units you get to fight your opponents. Destroy enemy posts to stop their production and win the game either by destroying everyone or by Trade Monopoly. There are 71 posts on the map, control 36 to activate Trade Monopoly. Choose your civ in the lobby wisely as only your civs units will be imperial, all other units will be veteran. For example if you choose France in the lobby, your gendarmes will be imperial but if you chosen Germany in the lobby, your gendarmes will be veteran. All unit types are specific to their location (mostly) so Russian units are in Russia on the map, German in Germany and so on. I advise you to test run the map once vs computers to familiarize yourself with what units are located where.
Special Units:
I have included 4 special unit types to make certain map locations more enticing. Fort Wagon spawn in Germany which is the center of the map and thus hardest to control.
Ironclad are the scenarios only monitor ship and thus can shot trade posts long distance and are crucial to map control, in Italy.
2 Outpost Wagons in Southern France and Russia every 8 minutes.
Explorer spawn is the most controversial one but if you ever played risk you know once you lose your explorer you can't do anything so this is a little extra help, if you're willing to fight over this part of the map
Special Zone:
Crete is a special island I made for a last resort hideout, it is often used by someone that just has no where else to go after losing the early battles for map control. There is 1 post but it will spawn 3 unit types. A Morgan Flagship Galleon, 2 falconets, and 6 Stradiots once every 6 minutes. It is a fortress of its own if fortified with many cannons and often the only way to bring it down is with Ironclads.
The Map:
There are 71 posts on the map
Basic unit spawn every 30 seconds
Advanced units spawn every 1 minute
Cannons spawn every 3 minutes
Boats spawn every 6 minutes
Special Units spawn every 8 minutes
Special Units:
Red: Ironclad
Blue : Explorer - Yes by controlling this post you will be given an extra explorer every 8 minutes.
Green: Fort Wagon
Yellow: 2 Outpost Wagons
Starting Fort Wagon Locations:
Every major region has a starting Fort Wagon, build on one of these trade post sites to convert it:
Cannon Posts:
Blue: Culverins - Yes only 3 posts to allow more naval combats since ships spawn pretty slow.
Red: Falconets/Gattling Guns/Petards/Organ Guns/ Bombards
Boat Posts:
There are various boat posts on the map, some boats are stronger than others.
Green: Caravel
Brown (Cuba) : Privateer
Black (Italy) : Ironclad
White (Crete) : Morgan Flagship - Galleon
Orange: Galley
Blue: Frigate
Yellow: Fune
Red: War Junk
Trade Monopoly:
Theoretically this is how many posts you need to activate Trade Monopoly (36 posts)
I look forward to comments and support in making this tournament a reality, I would like to hear from the ESOC board first about their collaboration if any and suggestions since it can become a successful scenario tournament for all members of this community :)
Sincerely,
Cocaine - Jan Krol AKA LordKrol may your soul rest in piece 2005-2012
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