one man's psyche does play a role in the speed of submitting orders. I personally take it slow if im losing, but force myself to walk to my death in a completely lost position. A bit similar to my current game against bsiper, where i take it slow since im at a disadvantageous position, and would need a second opinion to future-me

offtopic, but chess can take a lot of time, especially correspondence chess. depending on time controls, games can last just as long as diplomacy games. even in face to face tournaments, matches are played out over days

i wish there were more CW players in general. often, people unfamiliar with the map play suboptimal moves, so i win relatively easily

^ That's me right there, a person unfamiliar with the map who will very likely play suboptimal moves. That's why I did not join the tourney although the map kinda looks fun.

Hope you guys won't mind me chiming in -
In press games I almost never ready my orders, unless I am 100% sure that there is nothing left to discuss;
In gunboat I seldom ready my orders because I like to write down preliminary orders and then reconsider my predictions on others' moves and revisit my own moves after a break. It feels like I will discover my potential mistakes just like how you can proof-read your own writing more effectively only after leaving it aside for a while.

@umble I think you missed my point. I was talking about what I think is the fun part of playing. Figuring out the best moves is the fun part. Rushing it just means you get less of the fun. Also, I'm not sure what you put into the words 'figure out,' but most players wouldn't figure out a good - let alone excellent - set of orders even if you gave them a week.

Podolski is doing it right...

indeed they are. Generally agree to that

@mittag. True, but I'd think tournament players are a cut above or least should be. Again though, it's the retreats and builds that are head scratchers.

bump

Insert meme of a person wasting away to a skeleton. I have a feeling it'll be well into September before this finals happens. My sneaking suspicion is the other side is hoping I'll die, and they'll win by default. I'm in excellent health though so hurry up and finish these games lol.

There hasn't been a public update about this tournament in a very long time. What's going on with it?

We are all growing old waiting for Maucat to finalize his moves. Mittag, you better come back and win this!

kinda rooting for mittag ngl

I'll do my best..

..and my fastest.

'You are posting too frequently, please slow down.'

Okidoke then, what happens next?

Are people still alive?

You and Superwerty. The winner of that then faces me...if I've not died by that point.

I'll text him on discord

I'm alive guys (it wasn't a foregone conclusion).

Mittag and I will set up the games and try to play fast.

I just conceded my games to Mittag.

In this period I've devoted much time to the 'Nexus' Tournament. To cut it short, CW has taken a back seat. I kept forgetting about the games and I missed the two deadlines.

I fear it is one of those moment when one needs to take a break.

Best of luck for the finals @Mittag @Umble


PS: A special thanks to Mittag for his patience and his sportmanship.
After my first NMR, he agreed to restart despite his totally dominant position.

Too bad on the lack of time. I'm sure you'll be back to beat me the next time around.

So I take it the finals are well going on by now?

Probably worth mentioning that Mittag and myself restarted the Cold War Finals. We took a hiatus for several reasons and finally are back.

And so ends the Cold War tournament. Thanks to Mittag for a good game. Also thank you to Argentinean Empire for organizing wherever you might be.

Considering bsiper brought the Nexus crown to vDip before, I'm happy to take this crown back to Nexus and unite the two together :).

That fact that we didn't wait until March 29 with finishing this thing, what a miss!

That's my biggest regret.

Close to 1 year...

Cpt my Cpt, haven't seen you in a while!