Dc189 Winter 858

End Game Proposal 1 - DIAS. Failed.
End Game Proposal 2 - DIAS with DCI scoring Passed.

YES, congratulations - the War for Ancient England and the Continent has ground to a halt with our 6 remaining players already thinking about the next and final game in the DCI 2008 (more on the second game in the next email)

Our Final Standings
Drawn 1st - Angles, Britons, Welsh, Norse, Danes, Scots
Joint 7th - Irish and Picts
9th - Sxaons
10th - Frisisans

DCI Scoring
Angles, Britons, Welsh - 10 SC each score 6 points.
Norse - 8 SC score 4 points.
Danes and Scots - 6 SC score 2.5 points each.
Irish, Picts, Saxons and Frisians score 1 point each.

and now our cast (working up in DCI scoring)

The Danes were played by Nigel Phillips. As at the start of the 2008 DCI, Nigel was currently ranked 16th in DC. Nigel was invited to play as the winner of the 2008 Winter Blitz Tournament.

The Scots were played by Clark Landry. Clark was ranked 5th in DC and was invited to play as one of the six top players in DC.

The Norse were played by Lee Taylor. Lee was also invited to play as one of the top six players in DC and at the time of the start of the tournament was ranked 7th.

The Welsh was played by DC heavyweight Jorge Saralegui. Jorge was invitied to play as one of the top six players in DC and was ranked 9th in DC. I thank Jorge for his entertaining comments and emails to me as the game progresses.

The Angles were played (very well I thought) by DC newcomer, Dan Dzikowicz (did i get that spelling right Dan?). Dan was ranked 23rd in DC and was invited as best ranked newcomer to the club. (fortunately for Dan, Clark who was also in the running for best newcomer moved himself up the table and into the game leaving a spot for Dan.)

The Britons were played by another DC heavyweight and recent solo winner, Mikael Johannson. This is Mikael's second DCI (finishing second to Mike Sims last year). Mikael was invited as one of the top players in DC and was ranked 3rd in DC at the time the tournament started (1st was Mike Sims and 2nd was myself - ineligible to play).

so out of curioisity.- rankings were

At the start of the Tournament and current ranking (note when you have under 10 games, the rankings move a lot)

Mike 1st Now 1st
Mikael 3rd Now 3rd
Clark 5th now 14th
Lee 7th now 23rd
Jorge 9th now 7th
Nigel 16th now 5th
Brian 21st now 21st
Dan 23rd now 37th
Derek 27th now 12th
Garry 81st now 47th

(note I got 9 out of my original 10 players for this year's DCI. Derek was my replacment as Greg Evappollo was unable to play this year)

Please submit End of Game statements to me, everyone else and to dc189(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]dc189(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])

oh and for the record

Scotland disband f min
Angles Build f yor.

Steve

Stephen Lytton
aka Deathblade_penguin (Knight of the Rose)
at www.diplomaticcorp.com

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