Apterous Masters 2011

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:56 pm

Richard Brittain vs Charlie Reams sound epic.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:18 am

Gavin Chipper wrote:Richard Brittain vs Charlie Reams sound epic.

Yeah, can you post in here when you know when it's going to be please? I probably might want to spectate all over you.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:30 pm

The outstanding Wallace/Nguyen qualifying game has been adjudicated as a loss for both players- Nick gets a bye into the second round of the tourney proper. That leaves just 5 1/2 (or 5 2/3) first round games that need to be played- obviously there's still three whole days in which to play them, but the sooner the first round games are completed, the sooner the second round can begin...

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:48 pm

Lloyd is without PC until the weekend, so we're going to be cutting it fine.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:16 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:Lloyd is without PC until the weekend, so we're going to be cutting it fine.

As long as you've set a definite date/time I don't mind if you run a little over.

James Nguyen · Post by **James Nguyen** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:00 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:The outstanding Wallace/Nguyen qualifying game has been adjudicated as a loss for both players- Nick gets a bye into the second round of the tourney proper. That leaves just 5 1/2 (or 5 2/3) first round games that need to be played- obviously there's still three whole days in which to play them, but the sooner the first round games are completed, the sooner the second round can begin...

This is hilariously stupid and unfair.

Where the fuck is the logic in that?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:40 pm

Ryan has conceded his game as he's taking an ill-timed sabbatical from apterous right now, leaving just Hare/Laddiman (scheduled for 2pm tomorrow), O'Neill/Pettet and Howe/Tournoff as the outstanding R1 games. The draw for round 2 will take place tomorrow at 7pm (or earlier if games are completed in time). A reminder that all round 2 games will be best-of-5.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:45 pm

Sorry, me and Lloyd have arranged to play tonight at 8pm, is that too late? If it is I should forfeit the game for forgetting to turn up yesterday..

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:33 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:Sorry, me and Lloyd have arranged to play tonight at 8pm, is that too late? If it is I should forfeit the game for forgetting to turn up yesterday..

As long as a time has been arranged and adhered to I don't mind you running a little over.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:40 pm

Apterous isn't loading for me. Give the win to Chris, because I wasn't on when we arranged to play, sorry mate.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:39 pm

The draw will be delayed a bit- should be live at around 7:15 on apterous.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:18 pm

The round 2 draw just took place- here is they-

Chris Davies vs Eoin Monaghan
Chris Hare vs Edward McCullagh
Innis Carson vs Jack Hurst
Peter Lee vs Kirk Bevins
Charlie Reams vs Nick Wainwright
Dinos Sfyris vs Andrew Hulme
Mark Tournoff vs Lloyd Pettet
James Robinson vs Jon Corby

Deadline is next Sunday the 20th at 7pm. Good luck all!

Lee Kelly · Post by **Lee Kelly** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:27 am

Because it's last 16 I was wondering can the players post their arranged time and dates as there is sum crackers in their that I would mind watching, if it's too much hassle I understand

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:57 pm

I'll try and get on tonight at about 20:00-20:30 if you're available Robbo?
Otherwise, pretty much that time any night this week is good for me, cheers.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:19 pm

Jon Corby wrote:I'll try and get on tonight at about 20:00-20:30 if you're available Robbo?
Otherwise, pretty much that time any night this week is good for me, cheers.

I'll see if I can make that, Corby. It'll just depend how quickly I can get the recap sorted out.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:02 pm

^ this match is currently in progress and stands 2-2. Bring on the decider...

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:17 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:^ this match is currently in progress and stands 2-2. Bring on the decider...

It'll be tomorrow night at about 20:30ish... Robbo led 1-0 and 2-1 incidentally.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:10 pm

Just one 2nd round game is outstanding, but as I have no doubts it'll be completed in plenty of time, the draw for the best-of-7 quarter-finals will take place tonight at 10pm.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:02 pm

Here's the quarters draw-

Kirk Bevins vs Charlie Reams
Dinos Sfyris vs Innis Carson
Mark or Lloyd vs Jon Corby
Chris Davies vs Edward McCullagh

Games are best-of-7, the deadline is March 27th, and they'll be on the apterous tourney manager asap. Good luck all.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:17 pm

Looks like the matches haven't been put in the system yet, but here's me vs Dinos:

Innis 102-76 Dinos

Dinos 100-106 Innis

Innis 107-96 Dinos

Dinos 104-115 Innis

The last two were crucials, and Dinos chickened an 8 in game 2, so 4-0 is a rather harsh result.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:18 am

Innis is too modest. Thought I might have pushed him to 4-1 but I certainly wouldn't have won 4, and they were fun games so I'm happy. Some cool numbers games as well. I might have to venture into learning my 19 times table!

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:55 pm

The long awaited Corby-Tournoff quarter-final will be tomorrow eveneing- the semi-final draw will take place immediately afterward.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:54 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:The long awaited Corby-Tournoff quarter-final will be tomorrow eveneing- the semi-final draw will take place immediately afterward.

Holy crap, we have to do the whole thing in one go?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:57 pm

The semis have been drawn-

Kirk plays Innis
Ed plays Jon or Mark

best-of-9 action.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:22 am

Tournoff v Corby results:
102 - 135
104 - 87
111 - 83
81 - 93
76 - 117
105 - 88
88 - 86

So basically I won 689-667 on aggregate.

(Congrats Mark, thoroughly enjoyed the games, it was hardcore for 2 hours!)

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:25 am

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:07 am

Yup, stunning.

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:22 am

For anyone that's interested, Mark and I will be playing our best-of-nine semi final tonight from 9PM.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:25 am

Edward McCullagh wrote:For anyone that's interested, Mark and I will be playing our best-of-nine semi final tonight from 9PM.

That'll probably be more exciting than that footy match on ITV1 methinks.

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:05 pm

APTEROUS MASTERS SEMI-FINAL RESULT:

Edward McCullagh 5-1 Mark Tournoff

Mark Tournoff 96 - 101 Edward McCullagh

I got into an early 13 point lead before Mark's brilliant 4 large solve saw him claw the deficit back. TRAVAILS to my trivials[x] gave Mark the lead and he kept it until the conundrum which I solved pretty sharpish to win a very close game.

Edward McCullagh 109 - 92 Mark Tournoff

Another crucial conundrum, this time with me being in the lead at the crucial thanks to spotting CORVEES earlier on. Once again, I edge in just in front of Mark to snatch another win on the conundrum.

Mark Tournoff 84 - 97 Edward McCullagh

AVOUCHED, PINWORM and INCLOSED (all Darrens) mean I seal a 3-0 lead before the conundrum. Great solve by Mark though, I was stuck on SLIGHTDOM

Edward McCullagh 112 - 89 Mark Tournoff

Neck-and-neck up until round 12, I spot CONOID in a tricky round, and the max but not the target in a tough 4 large to win it before the conundrum and go into a commanding 4-0 lead. Surely I can't feck this up?!

Oh, and UNSEXIEST

Mark Tournoff 97 - 72 Edward McCullagh

Spoke too soon! Mark wins convincingly with some very nice spots as I begin to tire and crumble. The comeback is on!

Edward McCullagh 119 - 95 Mark Tournoff

Comeback off!

Very tight up until round 11 and I thought my eyes were gonna fall out of their sockets I was beginning to get so tired and fed up of Countdown! Luckily I managed to spot two nines fairly late in each round to win. Pretty unfair on Mark who was a top opponent and could easily have been 2-0 up after the first two.

Can't wait for the final but I'm definitely not wanting to play it in one go even though it'll be 6-0 to Kirk/Innis

Lee Kelly · Post by **Lee Kelly** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:29 pm

I must say that even though he is one the best, I still find it very impressive that ed has come all this way from the start of the qualifiers! Well done!

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:36 pm

Lee Kelly wrote:I must say that even though he is one the best, I still find it very impressive that ed has come all this way from the start of the qualifiers! Well done!

Yep. Needless to say, Ed won't have to qualify next year.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:50 pm

Lee Kelly wrote:I must say that even though he is one the best, I still find it very impressive that ed has come all this way from the start of the qualifiers! Well done!

Especially considering who he had to beat in the first qualifying round.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:26 pm

Attn Innis & Kirk: fingers out please lads.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:32 pm

We're planning on playing at 7pm tomorrow (Friday).

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:44 pm

Sweet mother of Christ, it's gonna be unreal

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:06 pm

Innis beats the champ 5-3 in possibly the best series of matches ever seen on apterous.

That means we have ourselves a cracker of a final- series 61 semi-finalist and destroyer of worlds (um, in an apterous sense anyway) Innis Carson vs current series octochamp and man from Ireland Ed McCullagh. 1st vs 5th in proranks, and both have ratings of over 2000, so this one's gonna be immense. Have some stats:

Innis has won 14 games and lost just 4. His highest score is 130- ironically, from a losing game- and his lowest- his only non-century in those 18 games- was 96 (ironically, from a winning game). His average score is 112, and along the way he's had to knock out top-calibre players like James Hurrell, record-breaker Jack Hurst, Dinos Sfyris and the small matter of the reigning champion of everything Kirk Bevins.

Ed had to go through the qualifying stage- which he won't need to do from now on- so he's won 18 games and also lost just 4. His highest is 119, his lowest 72- both of which came from consecutive games (indeed, the final 2 games of his semi-final against Mark). Ed's average score is 101. Along the way Ed's knocked out the veteran and recent recipient of a non-internet based identity Gevin Chapwell, apterous up-and-comers Thomas Cappleman and Chris Hare, and the small matter of no fewer than three series champions in the shape of Oliver Garner, Chris Davies and Mark Tournoff. Nobody's yet managed to take more than one game off of Ed in a match- will the final be a different matter?

Head to head on apterous the scores currently stand at 87-25 in Innis's favour, but Ed's had plenty of recent victories. Form would suggest a Carson victory here, but whatever the result, you know we're gonna be guaranteed some amazing games.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:15 pm

Good write-up. Pretty exciting!

peter lee · Post by **peter lee** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:17 pm

Would it be possible to place the date/time of this final on
http://www.apterous.org/index.php
that semi-final with Innis/Kirk was brilliant.

tks

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:47 pm

7PM, Friday 8th April - sound good Innis?

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:51 pm

Sounds good to me, see you then!

Lee Kelly · Post by **Lee Kelly** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:00 am

think i will def tune in for that one!! amazing game tonight as well.. people were saying it had the most views for a match ever on apterous? can anyone confirm?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:22 pm

Innis wins 6-1 after some very close games that but for a couple of rounds could quite well have gone either way. Congratulations to Innis, 2011 Masters champion!

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:32 pm

Very well done Innis - deserving champion

Innis was absolutely fantastic and would have ravaged anyone on that form - always enjoy playing against him even when I get completely thrashed

I sort of crumbled after the fifth game which I would have won had I not gone for IMBURSES [x] and who knows what would have happened at 2-3 (probably would have ended 2-6 still) but delighted to win one game

And thanks for organising a quality tournament, Ben and Charlie, especially with the new features. Can't wait for the next one

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:44 pm

Thanks Ben for organising this, my first Masters, very well run. Thanks too to Charlie for the fantastic new feature. And well done to Innis, a deserving champion after his semis. Well done to Ed too for getting to the final, an Irish representative at least!

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:50 pm

Well played everyone, it looked like a really exciting tournament. I regret dropping out at the first round now.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:56 pm

Cheers Ed! It certainly wasn't a thrashing, was feeling the pressure right up until the last round. Great games, and well played.

Thanks Ben for organising it as usual, and to Charlie for the great new tournament system which made the whole thing much more streamlined. Personally I'm just delighted to have finally made it past round 1.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:24 am

Well done Innbob!