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by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:19 am

PREMIUM IS REQUIRED.

Greetings! Welcome to the second installment of the hopefully ongoing Five Elements series...

Note: This looks complex. It is, to organize. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS: Send me a map and settings (see below), then play the games I send to you. I'll be sending each player ONLY the games they need to join, as autojoin links.

show: Credits-Inspiration-Rationale

Format: 25 Players, 2 rounds. In the Elimination round, you play games against 20 of the other 24, while your score is compared to the 4 you did NOT play... that's right, you're each being ranked based on your performance against the same pool of 20. Top score in each Division advances to the finals.
In the finals, the scoring will repeat, format changes only to lose the "shuffle" aspect/all games are among the remaining 5 players.

Each Player will play, over the course of five weeks (starting time):
5 5-player games, having Home Advantage once.
16 4-player games, having Home Advantage four times.
18 3-player games, having Home Advantage six times.

In the Elimination round: All Games are Standard, Sequential. NO SPOILS is not permitted, in the interest of keeping the tournament moving. When you sign up, I need the following: "Home Map", and settings for spoils, fortifications, and fog of war.

In the Finals: the 5 players who advance will be permitted to re-select all settings, AND "No Spoils" become legal. All games in the Finals will still be Standard, Sequential.

For those interested in the stats, there are (in the Tournament):
275 games in the elimination round, 55 per week, 39 games per player.
55 games in the finals, 11 per week, 39 per player.
See the Scheduling post for a link to the full tournament schedule.

The Elimination-round Games will be started/created on 5 successive Thursdays. Each player will get 7 or 8 games each week.
*****
Week 4 games will now be sent out on Monday, 27 July.
Week 5 games will be sent out on Thursday, 6 August.

Scoring:
5 player games: 18 for the winner, then 12, 7, 3, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 90 points possible.
(i.e., 0 points to the first player eliminated, 3 for the second eliminated, 7 for the third out, 12 for the last player out, and 18 for the winner)
4 player games: 6 for the winner, then 3, 1, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 96 points possible.
3 player games: 5 for the winner, then 2, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 90 points possible.

**Note: individuals who "go out" in a tied position due to end of game (victory conditions) will split evenly the points for the positions they would have gotten.

25 players accepted, seeking up to 5 reserves. I will only be participating as a reserve player, if needed.

Random.org will be used to sort players into the 25 spots.

Questions will be gleefully accepted.

EDITS:
6JUN: Typos, formatting. Clarifications of Settings, Complexity, and Division Sorting
10JUN: Edited to hopefully clarify and simplify the DESCRIPTION of the tournament. Format is unchanged.
16JUL: Scoring Clarified in 'tie games'

by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:20 am

Playing:
01: plurple: New World, flat rate, unlimited, no fog
02: Hoagy: D-Day: Omaha Beach, escalating, unlimited, no fog <replaced geigerm in r4>
03: Kinnison: Rail Europe, flat rate, chained, fog
04: wolfpack0530: WWII Europe, escalating, chained, no fog
05: Hacx5nine: WWII Australia, escalating, chained, fog
06: WPBRJ: Arms Race!, flat rate, chained, fog
07: danryan: Feudal War, escalating, chained, fog
08: shoop76: Treasures of Galapagos, flat rate, chained, fog
09: dragon dor: Tamriel, escalating, chained, no fog
10: MeDeFe: Midgard, flat rate, chained, no fog
11: angola: Midgard, escalating, chained, no fog
12: dittoeevee8888: Cairns Coral Coast, escalating, chained, no fog <replaced Hopscotcher in R2>
13: SNARF17WD: Feudal War, flat rate, chained, fog
14: musteriuz: Age of Merchants, flat rate, unlimited, fog
15: secondheaven: Rail USA, flat rate, unlimited, fog
16: RoOkAz: Feudal War, escalating, chained, no fog
17: Frito Bandito: Europe 1914, flat rate, chained, fog
18: Darin44: WWII Western Front, flat rate, chained, fog
19: milo67: Holy Roman Empire, flat rate, chained, fog
20: AtreidesHouse: Pearl Harbor, flat rate, chained, no fog
21: badlouie: NYC, flat rate, chained, fog
22: YoursFalsey: American Civil War, flat rate, chained, fog
23: Culs De Sac: Prohibition Chicago, escalating, chained, no fog
24: cletus: USA, flat rate, chained, no fog
25: Barry Zuckerkorn, Arms Race!, escalating, chained, no fog

Reserves:
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by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:23 am

show: Random.org

AIR DIVISION
A1: Frito Bandito
A2: Hacx5nine
A3: Culs De Sac - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION
A4: milo67
A5: SNARF17WD <initial replacement>

EARTH DIVISION
B1: musteriuz - - - - - ADVANCING TO FINALS
B2: dittoeevee8888 <replaced Hopscotcher in w2>
B3: plurple
B4: Darin44 <initial replacement>
B5: RoOkAz

FIRE DIVISION
C1: YoursFalsey
C2: angola <initial replacement>
C3: MeDeFe
C4: Hoagy <replaced geigerm in w4>
C5: wolfpack0530 - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION

METAL DIVISION
D1: Barry Zuckerkorn
D2: cletus
D3: danryan - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION
D4: Kinnison <initial replacement>
D5: badlouie

WATER DIVISION
E1: WPBRJ
E2: secondheaven
E3: shoop76
E4: AtreidesHouse
E5: dragon dor - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION

dittoeevee8888, while still having a chance to win the division, will be without premium, and passing on the finals, *if* they should manage to pass musteriuz by taking first place in all remaining games. As such, musteriuz will be advancing. (either as division champion, or as second place, standing in for dittoeevee8888)

FINALS:
AC: Culs De Sac
EC: musteriuz
FC: wolfpack0530
MC: danryan - - - - - TOURNAMENT CHAMPION ! ! ! ! !
WC: dragon dor

by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:23 am

The MS Excel Scoresheet/Schedule is current, INCLUDING FINALS, here.

FOR COMPARISON: Each week of 11 games per group, a player is in: 1 5-player, and either of: 3 4-player and 4 3-player =or= 4 4-player and 2 3-player games. So it's possible to earn 56 or 52 points a round, with a total of 122 points for all players per group in one week. Group members shuffle each week.

show: Prelims

Week 1: Complete
Week 2: Complete
Week 3: Complete
Week 4: Complete
Week 5: Complete

Code: Select all: FINALS AC: Culs De Sac 75 EC: musteriuz 100 FC: wolfpack0530 140 MC: danryan 164 WC: dragon dor 131

On 3 January 0700GMT, danryan was confirmed with a minimum final score of 154. With the next possible MAXIMUM score then computing at 147, it is my pleasure to declare danryan the WINNER of *****The Five Elements - Shuffle*****

Congratulations, danryan!

by **geigerm** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:40 am

I'd like the following for home map/settings: Battle of Actium, escalating, chained, foggy.

by **jielking** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:23 am

i'm in
arm's race
seq
no spoils
adjacent
fog
any division
thanks

by **baseball1233** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:55 am

i'm in
cairn's coral coast
seq
flat rate
chained
no fog
metal division
thank you

by **wolfpack0530** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:04 pm

id like to play

Wales, Flat Rate, Fog, chained, terminator if possible

by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:56 pm

geigerm, settings noted.

baseball1233, wolfpack0530: entries noted.

"No Spoils" is not an acceptable setting, sorry. I've seen too many tournaments stalled by a No Spoils game...

Division sorting will be accomplished by random.org when the tournament is full.

...Terminator is a COOL idea. Sadly, I didn't consider it, and it was never brought up as feedback in the first tournament. I can't/won't change the format now that the tourney is posted. But I'll keep it in mind for future runs, I *LIKE* it, it fits well with the format.

EDIT: jielking has dropped out, by PM.

by **WPBRJ** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:00 pm

n plz

arms race stand seq flat fog chained

by **danryan** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:12 pm

Feudal War
Escalating
Foggy
Chained

by **Kinnison** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:47 pm

WPBRJ, danryan, you're both in.

As is Hacx5nine, from the original tournament.

by **shoop76** on Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:50 pm

shoop76

Treasures of Gallapagos, flat, fog, chained

by **Kinnison** on Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:33 am

shoop76, you're in.

Nice to see people returning from the first one. Anyone who's in already, feel free to advertise the tournament among friends or clanmates you think would enjoy the format.

I'd make sure to get it into next week's tournament newsletter, but... I don't think it'll last that long. Up to 8 within 24 hours...