So you Wanna be a Pirate? [TPA2] [WINNER: TRIPITAKA]

[Kinnison]

Round one be down to the final game, mateys!

Well done to all ye Poker-playing masters who've moved on... Here be the groups for the next round. I'll not be sending out the games until we know who the placeholder be, but expect a page 2 to be added to the scoring spreadsheet within the next day.

There were 30 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Ishihara
Hath
Timminz
hiloopy
Buff McKagan

whakamole
MudPuppy
danryan
wombat4
chemefreak

Enormastitz
dowian2
reahma
redbugal
ubcman64

ThrushAAX
Leehar
Peter Gibbons
freyme
idusmars

DarkSheet
spidey
Kiko13
kkelly
ItzPetey

mviola
flexmaster33
***placeholder for Division I advancing player***
keiths31
MyTurnToWin

Timestamp: 2011-10-25 05:09:56 UTC

[Kinnison]

Tripitaka won the last tiebreaker... Round 1 is over!

Round 2s games will be out by... Saturday Afternoon, hopefully sooner. Work schedule is weirder than usual this week, however.
(which is saying something, let me tell you)

[Kinnison]

Round 2 games are all created, all invites sent.

No freemiums made it to Round 2. If you lose premium at some point, please let me know, it will affect scheduling of future rounds, but the tournament is designed to be able to handle it.

I tried to check the invites as they were sent, and caught one bad one (remade that game). if you find yourself playing someone you don't think is in the tournament... TELL/ASK me, please. If you think a game's settings are wrong, ask me.

Note: it took just over a month for the first round (games made Sep 28), which was longer than I expected... a lot of tiebreakers, however, and there should be fewer of those going forward.


Yarrr! Play on!

[Kinnison]

Second invites sent out, for 6 games.

[Kinnison]

Over half the initial games in Round 2 already finished.

For those wondering: 4 games is obviously enough to advance. 3 games is almost certainly enough. It IS mathematically possible to win 3 games, and be forced to a playoff you can't advance from... but with a sample size of only 6 divisions, I'll be quite surprised if it happens.

show: nerdstuff

I do foresee more playoffs than I had originally expected among 2-2 players, though... oops.

[Leehar]

have 3-1 then, hopefully enough to advance then? (Unless there's the 3-way tie?)

[Kinnison]

have 3-1 then, hopefully enough to advance then? (Unless there's the 3-way tie?)

That's how the math works out, yes.

[Kinnison]

3 divisions finished, no tiebreakers yet.

A fourth division, F, while not finished, has determined who advances. Tripitaka and keiths31 have both won 3 games, and are contesting to see who will go 3-1, and whom 4-0... no one else in the division has more than 2 wins, so they will both advance, regardless of the final game's outcome.

A is to early to call, and C is waiting on the last game's results.

[Kinnison]

Group A is locked in, with one game running. The two players involved will each end up with 1 or 2 wins, and do not affect who advances.

Waiting on the last game of Group C, which will generate either a tiebreaker or advancing players.

[Kinnison]

1 Tiebreaker Needed/Made in Group C, round 2.

[Kinnison]

Round Three - delaying making games for 24 hours due to major holiday. However, I'll generate the Groups for round 3 and fix up the score sheet...

There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Buff McKagan
keiths31
whakamole
idusmars

Leehar
Enormastitz
ubcman64
Hath

DarkSheet
ItzPetey
Tripitaka
danryan

Timestamp: 2011-11-24 07:25:19 UTC

[Kinnison]

Sorry for the delay... I had a funeral to attend.

Games being made now, going out immediately.

[Leehar]

Think round 3 will end my participation
HK's the graveyard of dreams

[Kinnison]

Rd 3 scores updated - 6 games (of 18) still running.

[Kinnison]

Rd 3 scores updated. 5 of 6 advancing players determined, no tiebreakers will be needed. 2 Games remaining.

Group A: keiths31 and whakamole
Group B: Hath advances with 2 wins. ubcman64 and Enormastitz are both 1-1, winner of their game will advance with 2 wins.
Group C: ItzPetey and Tripitaka both 2-0, they both advance. One at 3-0 after their head to head game, the other at 2-1.