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Hi everybody,

Because Andrew Feist seems to have disappeared, I'd like to take the initiative to host a summer tournament. Because I'm not nearly as advanced in organizing these things as he is to do multiple pools of round robins, I would like to propose a straight knockout system. Here are the rules.

1. There will be 4 brackets. Open, U1400, U1200 and U1000. You may sign up for any brackets your are eligible for, based on the rating you have at the moment of sign up. (For clarification, any player currently on Apterous may sign up for the open)

2. The maximum number of people that can compete in any bracket is 64.

3. All matches will be a single elimination, consisting of one game of Standard 15 rounder. When the match is finished, one of the participants must post a link to a record of the match on Apterous.

4. For each match you are taking part in, you will have a week to finish your match. If it is shown on the forum or Apterous that one person made a concerted effort to play their match and the other didn't, that person will be awarded a forfeit win. If it is shown that either both players made a concerted effort but couldn't find each other, or neither made an effort, it will be counted as a double forfeit.

5. The brackets will be seeded, based on your ratings on the day of sign up. If for some reason two people have the exact same rating, the tie breaker will be head to head if they have ever played each other, then points scored within their head to head if that is a tie. If they have not played head to head ever, the tie break will be their pro ranks, and if that is a tie, a coin flip.

6. You will have until two weeks from today, July 8th, to sign up.

Any questions? Let me know, and I will add clarifications to the rules as necessary. Also, please list your rating on Apterous at the time of sign up. I will start things off by signing up for the Open, U1400, and U1200 with a current rating of 1130. Note that these participants are listed by the order that they signed up, not necessarily their current seed.

Open:
1. Jordan F (1130)
2. Rhys Benjamin (695)
3. Mark James (1426)
4. Joseph Krol (1422)
5. James Bradley (1210)
6. Marcus Hares (1697)
7. Innis Carson (2249)
8. Ryan Taylor (1814)
9. Edwin Mead (1385)
10. Jamie French (1358)
11. Thomas Carey (1038)
12. Scott Gillies (1720)
13. James Levinson (1203)
14. Ian Volante (1358)
15. Sophie Krol (1120)
16. Stuart Arnot (1789)
17. James Robinson (1929)
18. Adam Gillard (1934)
19. Graeme Cole (1616)
20. Matthew Tassier (1588)
21. James Nguyen (1919)
22. Liam Tiernan (1500)
23. Hugh Binnie (1778)
24. Ian Dent (1316)
25. Josh Hurst (1909)
26. Chris Marshall (783)
27. Karen Pearson (1366)
28. James Leroux (1152)
29. Andy Platt (1098)
30. Jonathan Wynn (1576)
31. James Wilson (1162)
32. John Gillies (1396)
33. Chris Hare (1648)
34. Peter Lee (1302)
35. Ben WIlson (1724)
36. Drew Halliburton (1624)
37. Andy Wilson (1054)
38. Lauren Hamer (1278)
39. Lesley Hines (1260)

U1400:
1. Jordan F (1130)
2. Rhys Benjamin (695)
3. James Bradley (1210)
4. Edwin Mead (1385)
5. Jamie French (1358)
6. Thomas Carey (1038)
7. Steve Balog (1183)
8. James Levinson (1203)
9. Ian Volante (1358)
10. Sophie Krol (1120)
11. Phil Collinge (1290)
12. Chris Marshall (783)
13. Karen Pearson (1366)
14. James Leroux (1152)
15. Andy Platt (1098)
16. James Wilson (1162)
17. John Gillies (1396)
18. Ian Dent (1316)
19. Peter Lee (1302)
20. Andy Wilson (1054)
21. Lauren Hamer (1278)
22. Lesley Hines (1260)

U1200:
1. Jordan F (1130)
2. Rhys Benjamin (695)
3. Thomas Carey (1038)
4. Steve Balog (1183)
5. Sophie Krol (1120)
6. Sam Hodkin (749)
7. Supee Juachan (947)
8. Chris Marshall (783)
9. James Leroux (1152)
10. Andy Platt (1098)
11. James Wilson (1162)
12. Andy Wilson (1054)

U1000:
1. Rhys Benjamin (695)
2. Sam Hodkin (749)
3. Supee Juachan (947)
4. Chris Marshall (783)
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All please. Rating is about 670, but I haven't paid as much attention.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:All please. Rating is about 670, but I haven't paid as much attention.
Looked yours up, it's 695, and you haven't played in a month so it clearly hasn't changed in awhile.
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Open please.(1426)
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Open please. (1422)
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In please. Rating 1210
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James Bradley wrote:In please. Rating 1210
For which brackets? You qualify for both the Open and the U1400, so you need to specify if you'd like to play in both or only one of them.
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I'd love to sign up, but I'm away from the 9th until the 16th of July, and then again for another week in early August. Seeing as sign ups are stopped on the 8th, I'm assuming it all kicks off the next day? Which would rule me out for the opening week. Sorry :(
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Eoin Monaghan wrote:I'd love to sign up, but I'm away from the 9th until the 16th of July, and then again for another week in early August. Seeing as sign ups are stopped on the 8th, I'm assuming it all kicks off the next day? Which would rule me out for the opening week. Sorry :(

Yes, round 1 of each of the tournaments begins on the 9th. And sorry about the timing Eoin.
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Jordan F wrote:
James Bradley wrote:In please. Rating 1210
For which brackets? You qualify for both the Open and the U1400, so you need to specify if you'd like to play in both or only one of them.
Both Please :)
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I'm in - rating is 1690ish at the moment.
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In for the Open please.
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In for the Open one please. Rating: 1814
Jordan F wrote:3. All matches will be a single elimination, consisting of one game of Standard 15 rounder.
Even the semi-final and final?
Jordan F wrote:When the match is finished, one of the participants must post a link to a record of the match on Apterous.
Will you not be using the Tournament system on apterous at all? It would be easier and less hassle.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:In for the Open one please.
Jordan F wrote:3. All matches will be a single elimination, consisting of one game of Standard 15 rounder.
Even the semi-final and final?


Jordan F wrote:When the match is finished, one of the participants must post a link to a record of the match on Apterous.
Will you not be using the Tournament system on apterous at all? It would be easier and less hassle.
A. Correct.

B. I typed that out in my head thinking of the way Andrew did the Open pre tournament, forgetting that there was the system. That might end up being the method, as long as there's some way of viewing the records of the match on Apterous.
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Jordan F wrote: B. I typed that out in my head thinking of the way Andrew did the Open pre tournament, forgetting that there was the system. That might end up being the method, as long as there's some way of viewing the records of the match on Apterous.
Yeah, I'm not sure precisely how it works when you run a tournament. But all the games are logged in the tournament menu with a link to each game which cuts out people having to post their results in the forum.
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I can't be bothered not to, so in please. Rating is roughly 1120.
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Soph K wrote:I can't be bothered not to, so in please. Rating is roughly 1120.
As with James, please let me know if you'd like to play in all 3 you're eligible for, or which ones you would like to play in specifically.
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I'd like to join in with the Open and U1400 please (current rating 1385).
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In for the open and U1400 please. Current rating is 1358
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All but the U1000 (I am 1035-ish)
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I've talked to Scott Gillies on Apterous, and he'll sign up, with a rating of 1720.
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In the U1400 and U1200 (as I mentioned, my rating is inflated thanks to numbers attacks vs. bots I can't beat at 15 rounders, so a couple games against a 1k rated player that's about as good as me that went the wrong way and hey I'm eligible for the U1200 now sitting at 1183 :lol: )

also explicitly NOT in the open, I really don't feel like getting curbstomped by someone who's actually good at this game.

Honestly unless my current "let's beat Prime at numbers" goal pans out I don't see it creeping above 1200 before then
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When do you plan on getting this done by, would need to be over in 2 weeks for me to take part which is probably unlikely.
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Matt Morrison wrote:When do you plan on getting this done by, would need to be over in 2 weeks for me to take part which is probably unlikely.
Ultimately depends on how many people sign up in each bracket. I suspect the two you currently qualify for will take 3 weeks minimum, possibly and probably more, so it wouldn't work out. Sorry.

EDIT TO AVOID THE DOUBLE POST: We have another sign up from Apterous, this time James Levinson in the Open and U1400.
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All please.
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I'm going to win the U1000!
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Jordan F wrote:
Soph K wrote:I can't be bothered not to, so in please. Rating is roughly 1120.
As with James, please let me know if you'd like to play in all 3 you're eligible for, or which ones you would like to play in specifically.
Oh im ever so sorry for forgetting. Well I really don't mind but I'll go for all 3 then. I may just do any 1 or 2 if it means the numbers will be easier to work with, though. :)







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I'm in for the Open. Current rating is 1789.
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The U1000 and U1200 please Sir.
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I, J.R. Robinson, would like to enter, my rating is 1929. 8-)
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Open please. Current rating 1934 (5 more than James 8-) :ugeek:).
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Sam Hodkin wrote:The U1000 and U1200 please Sir.
Nuts.
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I'd like to enter the U1400 please (rating 1290).

Also, please could you enter Supee Juachan (SJ) in the U1200 and U1000 (rating 947).

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Open, please. Rating is 1616.
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I'd like to play in the Open please - rating today 1588
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I'll post this now just so that this can be on record for when the seeds are determined. I didn't think this would actually happen, but there are two people with tied ratings in the pool, Ian Volante and Jamie French. According to the rules, head to head is the tie breaker, and Ian has beaten Jamie both times they've played. Therefore, in any tournament where Ian and Jamie are playing together, Ian will be the higher seed.
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aw i really wanna do this ...

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Open (1500)
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Open, please. (1778)
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Open please.
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James Robinson wrote:I, J.R. Robinson, would like to enter, my rating is 1929. 8-)
That's funny, because I would like to enter J.R. Robinson....

Anyway, I'm in for the open. My current rating is 1909.
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All please (783)
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In for the open and U1400 please.
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I'm at 1152, so I'd like to sign up for the Open, U1400 and U1200 please.
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Another sign up from Apterous, Andy Platt at 1098 will sign up for the open, U1400, and U1200.
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Would like to take part....
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..rating 1576.
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Yes please.

Open, U1400 and U1200,

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Please put me in for the U1400 a and the Open. Current rating 1396. Thanks.
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U1400 please.
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In for the Open, please. Rated 1648.
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Open and u1400 pls. Current rating 1302
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Open please (1724)
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Drew Halliburton will be signing up from Apterous.

EDIT: As will Andy Wilson in all 3 he's eligible for.

EDIT THE SECOND: As will Lauren Hamer in the open and U1400.
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Having been pimped (thanks Jordan) please put me in for the main and <1400 cheers :)
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