vASLOK I

[Bret Hildebran]

I finally got the details going for vASLOK I - you can find them here:

http://www.aslok.org/vaslokprereg.html

Please let me know if you notice any issues or have questions.

Basic format is minis on Thursday/Saturday with Grofaz play/Grofaz minis on Friday. No T's this year - given we break even on them typically it didn't really make sense to attempt to deal with shipping or storing a bunch of T's until next October.

I hope to have pairings/scenario available no later than 10/1 allowing first round matchups to kick-off early if both sides are amenable to that or no later than Thursday morning. Please note that games are expected to be played on an EST schedule so be prepared to play at 8AM EST each day and ready for follow-up games after...

 

[pwashington]

Assume the pairings and scenario lists will be posted someplace on the vASLOK page.

 

[RJenulis]

Thanks for organizing Bret. I am looking forward to it.

 

[JoeArthur]

Hi.

I am on +5 EST. Is it worth me signing up please? I really do not want to be playing at 3 am my time

 

[agoldin]

Bret,
Is there a standard VASL version we should plan to use ? I ask because three versions of VASL have been released this year and want to make sure I'm on the right one.
Thanks

 

[von Marwitz]

Bret,
Is there a standard VASL version we should plan to use ? I ask because three versions of VASL have been released this year and want to make sure I'm on the right one.
Thanks

Good question! ?

von Marwitz

 

[pwashington]

Bret,
Is there a standard VASL version we should plan to use ? I ask because three versions of VASL have been released this year and want to make sure I'm on the right one.
Thanks

Per the flyer:
Vassal version 3.2.17 with VASL version 6.51 should be used by all players along with the random.org dicebot.

 

[agoldin]

As usual the answer is RTFM. Thanks Paul!

 

[Chas Argent]

Per the flyer:
Vassal version 3.2.17 with VASL version 6.51 should be used by all players along with the random.org dicebot.

So if I already have 3.4.3 and VASL 6.6.0 can I revert somehow?

 

[von Marwitz]

So if I already have 3.4.3 and VASL 6.6.0 can I revert somehow?

You can install both variants in parallel. All you might need to do is to adjust the boards folder and the extensions folder of the Preferences if you switch versions and do no use the identical place for these on your machine.

von Marwitz

 

[hongkongwargamer]

If anyone wanna join the live vASLOK chat on Discord, Bret has a channel for it: https://discord.gg/6BtKwKw

 

[Tuomo]

I would love to get the logfiles for the Semis and Finals games (or any other game featuring a good game, where both players wouldn't mind seeing their game being shown in public and perhaps Neutrally Commented on). If you and your opponent are amenable and interested, drop me a line.

 

[Sparafucil3]

@Bret Hildebran I said this to you in private, but I wanted to say it here in public. Thanks for hosting vASLOk. I know it is not the ASLOk many of us had hoped for, but it is little slice of relatively normal we all probably need right now. The same goes for all the other people hosting on-line tournaments in place of their regular fare. The community (IMO) owes you all a small debt of gratitude. -- jim

 

[BattleSchool]

As I said in the other ASLOk thread, thanks for running this Bret. Thanks too to those who gave me a chance to get a little more ASL in.

Having witnessed the slaughter of his countrymen in Abyssinia at the hands of Killeen's South Africans, this Bersaglieri survivor is off to get some cycling in while the sun shines. (Neither ATR scored a direct hit on a bicycle cached before the battle. This allowed the unit historian to withdraw to write another day.)

Good gunning to those still in the fight!

-chris

 

[GeorgeBates]

As I said in the other ASLOk thread, thanks for running this Bret.

Searching for vASLOK and ASLOK threads reporting on tournament progress and AARs. Gotta link?

 

[Michael R]

Searching for vASLOK and ASLOK threads reporting on tournament progress and AARs. Gotta link?

Bret is using Discord; it seems to be exclusive. Perhaps he will post the final results here.

 

[BattleSchool]

Searching for vASLOK and ASLOK threads reporting on tournament progress and AARs. Gotta link?

As Michael noted, the vASLOk play-by-play is Discord, which I'm not on. The thread I referenced was more about ASLOk being cancelled and the plan to go virtual in 2020.

 

[nekengren2]

@Bret Hildebran thanks for hosting vASLOK. I just started playing ASL a year ago and this was fun for me. Played 7 games and, won 2, and got blown out only in one (jacked victory conditions in my opinion).

I know vASLOK wasn't nearly the same as the real thing but for me it was great. I think the Discord server worked pretty well. You could message the gang and then voice over Discord for games. There was still plenty of back channel conversations through email. Trying to run this virtual must have been challenging.

I'm not that crazy about Discord as a forum per se but as a tool for vASL Conventions it serves better than any other tool I can think of.

 

[aiabx]

I'd also like to go on the public record with thanks for Bret for all the effort he put into vASLOK. I ended up in a mini final with Mr. Pleva and got my ass handed to me on a silver platter, so for a few days, life approached normality.

 

[Actionjick]

I'd also like to go on the public record with thanks for Bret an all the effort he put into vASLOK. I ended up in a mini final with Mr. Pleva and got my ass handed to me on a silver platter, so for a few days, life approached normality.

Yes Steve has a very nice and very well worn silver platter that many many asses have been served upon. ??