Weekly history tournament - Nuclear Explosions - closing Nov. 28

[hi]

Nuclear explosions

The maps to be played before Sunday November 28 at midnight (forum time) are:

Map	Date	Information
1.	September 01, 1939	Leó Szilárd, Albert Einstein und Eugene Wigner warn Roosevelt about the possibility that the germans might devellop an atomic bomb
2.	July 16, 1945	"Trinity-Test": first A-bomb is detonated in a desert in the USA
3.	August 06, 1945	The USA detonate an A-bomb in Hiroshima (Japan). 90.000 people die instantly, 50.000 in the next few days because of the radiation.
4.	August 9, 1945	A second atomic bomb is detonated in Nagasaki. 36.000 people die instantly, 40.000 because of the radiation. The origional target of the bomb was Konkura, but because of bad sight Nagasaki became the target.
5.	October 31, 1952	First detonation of a fusion bomb. The detonation was 800 times more powerful than the one of the bomb dropped in Hiroshima.

See here for the rules, an overview of themes and previous tournaments and the overall ranking.

Please post your progress/total scores in this topic.

One of  the maps got already a few plays. But I guess that is not a problem, because non of the usual participants has posted scores (if I'm not mistaken)

[Katra]

I see the one that got a few plays; just use recent scores for contest scoring.

edit: Actually three of the maps had previous plays; but the same comment applies. Use the recent scores for contest scoring. (BTW RandyTravis was a participant in some earlier tournaments.)


My scores so far:
Sept   1  1939  8442  11:04
July  16  1945   8219  13:00  (Nice try; but it's not QUITE the unbeatable Chronom map.)
Aug   6   1945   9549   2:50
Aug   9   1945   8786   8:17
Oct  31   1952   9674   2:01

Total      44670

[mopa42]

My scores so far:
(guess who's getting all fancy with the formatting!)

Map	Date	Score	Time
1.	September 1, 1939	7606	18:53
2.	July 16, 1945	8153	13:35
3.	August 6, 1945	9630	02:18
4.	August 9, 1945	8413	11:19
5.	October 31, 1952	9750	01:32
	TOTAL	43552	47:37

I'm happy I figured out the second one. I've never used that technique before.
My others (especially 1 and 4) could use a lot of improvement.

[ajasquared]

how can the 2nd one be beaten, ive tried multiple ways but still cant get it

[hi]

ajasquared, I've sent you a hint (via pm). I guess I should rather not post it in this thread.

@katra: thanks. I'm sorry I missed that...

[UpperKEES]

(BTW RandyTravis was a participant in some earlier tournaments.)

@katra: thanks. I'm sorry I missed that...

No problem hi. When I look at the times set so far it looks like you found some very interesting maps and that's worth something as well. :)

RandyTravis is actually the father of these tournaments, as he came up with the idea of the Assassinations tournament. I just picked up the idea of a themed tournament and decided to organize it weekly. As far as I'm concerned we can make an exception for this specific situation because we kind of owe him something. If his likes to participate (even with his old times) it's fine with me.

[Pezzle]

Map   Date   Score   Time
         
1.   September 1, 1939   8346   11:53
2.   July 16, 1945           8563   10:04
3.   August 6, 1945           9758   01:29
4.   August 9, 1945           8512   10:29
5.   October 31, 1952           9734   01:38
   TOTAL   44913   35:55


Could be I'm making some progress.  Still amazed at some scores in these tourneys though.

[Echo51]

The last map is incorrect, it should be November 1. but depending on which timezone your in it can vary...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike

[RandyTravis]

I'll play if I can, earlier in the quarter, I tried to keep up with CW... and then midterms... and then the final project... and yeah. So basically I stopped playing, and the plays are from this summer. Hopefully over break I'll be able to play in a few, and I'm glad to see this tournament is still a weekly thing =].

[hi]

my scores so far:


Map   Date   Score   Time
         
1.   September 1, 1939   9404  3:48
2.   July 16, 1945           9169  5:26
3.   August 6, 1945        9777  1:22
4.   August 9, 1945        9097  5:57
5.   October 31, 1952     9753  1:31
   TOTAL 47200       

[Colin]

My scores:

Map	Date	Time	Score
1.	September 1st, 1939	4:12	9345
2.	July 16th, 1945	6:31	9020
3.	August 6th, 1945	1:25	9769
4.	August 9th, 1945	6:17	9051
5.	October 31st, 1952	1:30	9756
TOTAL		19:55	46941

I haven't finished my times for July or Aug 9th, so expect to see some
improvements there. I've had these times since Wednesday, but I just
haven't posted them! Sorry for posting so late.  ::)

EDIT:
I have been improving my scores today.

[Kapoios]

My scores:

Map	Date	Time	Score
1.	September 1st, 1939	4:59	9233
2.	July 16th, 1945	6:13	9061
3.	August 6th, 1945	1:21	9779
4.	August 9th, 1945	6:16	9054
5.	October 31st, 1952	1:27	9763
TOTAL		20:16	46890

I'm sorry I didn't manage to optimise most of the maps much. I'll be back stronger next week!

[hi]

Tournament Results

Rank	Player	Total Score
1.	hi	47200
2.	Colin	46941
3.	Kapoios	46890
4.	Pezzle	45253
5.	Katra	44670
6.	mopa42	43552
7.	chretip	40082
8.	Pasqualz	40044
9.	Doom	35857
10.	CTUNA	27734*
11.	Izz	16671*
12.	ajasquared	6736*

*   Did not finish all maps.

[UpperKEES]

Tournament table and rankings have been updated.

Next weeks theme has been picked by Colin: Halley's Comet.

[ctuna]

Kudos, Hi.
Good going all.
Sorry I punked out this week.