Grand World Marathon 2009 [Winner: General K]

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Welcome to the Grand World Marathon 2009!

The tournament will require 96 players and will end with a final of the last 4!

Premiums only please as multiple games will be played at once. No New Recruits or players with less than 95% attendance please.

This tournament has a slow elimination rate to minimise the luck factor and show who the truly skilled players are.

The tournament will consist of 6 group stages, a Quarter-Final group stage, a Semi-Final group stage, and then a Grand Final on the World 2.1 map.


Each stage will have a theme as follows:

Stage 1: BeNeLux Theme
Stage 2: British Theme
Stage 3: Ancient Theme
Stage 4: Egyptian Theme
Stage 5: City Theme
Stage 6: European Theme
Stage 7 (QF): Asian Theme
Stage 8 (SF): North American Theme
Grand Final: World 2.1

All games will be Standard, Sequential, Escalating, Unlimited, Sunny.

Each Stage will consist of between 3 and 6 games (which will all be played at the same time).

Points will be awarded as follows:

6 Player Games:
1st: 8 points
2nd: 5 points
3rd: 3 points
4th: 2 points
5th: 1 point
6th: 0 points

4 Player Games:
1st: 8 points
2nd: 4 points
3rd: 2 points
4th: 0 points


At the end of each of Stages 1 to 6, the top 3 players in their group will automatically go through to the next round. The other players will play against each other to go through as a 2nd chance. This will be explained in more detail below.

All players who go through to the next round will have their points carried over.

Here are the details of the stages:

Stage 1
BeNeLux Theme
16 groups of 6 players

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Stage 2
British Theme
12 groups of 6 players

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Stage 3
Ancient Theme
8 groups of 6 players

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Stage 4
Egyptian Theme
6 groups of 6 players

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Stage 5
City Theme
4 groups of 6 players

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Stage 6
European Theme
3 groups of 6 players

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Stage 7: Quarter Finals
Asian Theme
2 groups of 6 players

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Stage 8: Semi Finals
North American Theme
2 groups of 4 players

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Stage 9: GRAND FINAL
One final of 4 players
World 2.1


Winner is declared CHAMPION OF THE GRAND WORLD MARATHON 2009


Day -18 2008-12-14
Tournament Opens For Signups

Day -3: 2008-12-29
All 96 places filled; reserves spots available

Day -1: 2008-12-31
PMs sent out for Round 1 games

Day 1: 2009-01-01
Round 1 Begins - 96 players fight for 72 places

Day 23: 2009-01-23
Round 1a Begins

Day 44: 2009-02-13
Round 2 Begins - 72 players fight for 48 places

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Here's a diagram of how the tournament works in three parts:

(Sorry the writing's a bit small!)

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Players:

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Round 1 Results

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Round 2 Results

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Round 3 Results

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Round 4 Results

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Round 5 Results

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Round 6 Results

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Quarter Final Results

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Semi Final Results

Semi Final 1

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-Position---Player--------------Points-
-1st--------Teylen--------------207----
-2nd--------General-K-----------143----
-3rd--------HighlanderAttack----130----
-4th--------redtide-------------130----

Semi Final 2

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-Position---Player--------------Points-
-1st--------Blitzaholic---------153----
-2nd--------FTT-----------------150----
-3rd--------Nephilim------------147----
-4th--------Gilligan------------133----

Grand Final Line-Up

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Teylen
Blitzaholic
General K
FTT

[Godd]

I'll join

[Stephen Wayne]

good luck running all that
in please

[Asimov]

i'll play

[MEK]

I'll play

[Shatners Bassoon]

in

[Tedspur]

in pls

[acores2005]

in

[DimnjacarStef]

in

[DarthBlood]

im in. this looks like it's gonna be fun

[Guderian09]

Count me in

[Mikalf]

in please