WSGS Tournament.

##WSWGS Tournament##

On Saturday the 28th of Feb and Sunday the 1st of March the Western Suburbs
Gamers Society (of Sydney Australia for all you Yanks, Poms, Canadians, Finns
etc etc that can't make it) will be holding their annual tournament at the
Blacktown Police and Citzens Youth Club (corner of Second and Boys avenue).
This tournament for the first time we will be running a tournament for Full
Thrust. Yours Truly has been given the task of making it all go smoothly. We
hope to get 4 games done on each day.

FLEETS. Players are asked to construct 4 fleets.
        Patrol fleet    -       750pts  -       50% escorts, 50%
crusiers.
        Escort fleet    -       900pts  -       50% escorts, 50%
crusiers.
        Defence fleet   -       1000pts-        30% escorts, 50%
crusiers, 50% capital.
        Attack fleet    -       2000pts-        30% escorts, 50%
crusiers, 50% capital.

Only ships from "Full Thrust" and "More Thrust" are allowed but no Kra'Vak
ships. Each fleet can only contain one of the following ship types: Privateer,
System Defence Crusier (Defence fleet only) and one of each type of capital
(ie you may have one fleet carrier and one light carrier but not two light
carriers)

RULES. Turn sequence is as normal except that fighters take a half move before
ship movement and a further half move after. All damage, damage control and
threshold tests must be made openly by both players. All ships must start on
table and if a ship leaves the table it cannot return. Standard fighter
deployment (launching) and retrieval will be used. C batteries can be used as
anti fighter defence. No fighter group may have more than one advancement (ie
you can have Heavy
fighters and Torpedo fighters but you can't have Heavy-Torpedo fighters.

FEES. Entries close 22 Feb 98. If you enter before the end of the year the
cost is $20.00, before the 15 Feb 98 it is $25.00 and up to the 22 Feb the
cost is $30.00. To some people this may seem a bit high but the WSGS prides
itself on pouring all its sponsorship and 90% of entry fees back into the
tournament as prizes and trophies. There is also a painting competition.

For further infomation on the Tournament or the WSGS club meetings,

> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Tony Wilkinson wrote:

Um... forgive me for my ignorance, but what's a "Pom"? "Pomeranian" is the
only thing that I think of...

> Tony Wilkinson wrote:
...Snip...(JTL)
> Players are asked to construct 4 fleets.
...Snip...(JTL)
Tony, Sounds like an interesting format, sorry I cannot make it.

Bye for now,

...Snip...(LTL)
> Um... forgive me for my ignorance, but what's a "Pom"?

> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Tony Wilkinson wrote:

Someone other than me can probably give the actualy origin of this term, but
"Pom" is an Australian term for people of English origin. While not wishing to
cause offence to any of our English cousins reading this list, it is usually
used in reference to English people living in Australia, and in such case is
used with the word "whinging" attached to it..:)

A Pom is a person from England. We call them Poms

Simon LeRay-Meyer
Slerayme@pcug.org.au

[quoted original message omitted]

> At 02:03 PM 12/9/97 -0500, you wrote:

No Rick, Pom is for Englishmen (or anyone from the UK whose not Irish) in the
same way that Americans use "Limey".

> Tony Wilkinson wrote:

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> FLEETS.
snip Am I missing something or do the Defence and Attack fleets add up to
130%.

> At 11:40 AM 12/19/97 -0800, you wrote:

No you don't get 30% more points. What it does mean is that you can construct
a fleet without escorts or that if you include escorts only upto 30% of your
points can be spent on them. If your fleet is entirely capitals
and crusiers then Attack/Defence games are going to be bloody sloging
matches. However the Attack and the Defence fleets will be called on to engage
the Escort or Patrol fleet. This may not sound fair but the objectives will
balance this. (If all the other guy has to do is run
away........)
GET THOSE ENTRIES IN! My apologies for shouting.