Zoom Out: New York [Winner: jeremscarem]

This tournament is over! Congratulations to jeremscarem for winning, and thanks to all for playing!
This is the second in a new series I’m calling Zoom Out. In this tournament, you’ll start small, conquering first a city and then zooming out gradually to battle for bigger and bigger territories until you conquer the entire planet.
This tournament starts in New York City. For other similar tournaments, follow the links below.
Maps
Round 1: NYC
Round 2: USA New England
Round 3: 13 Colonies
Round 4: American Civil War
Round 5: USA
Round 6: North America
Round 7: First Nations Americas
Round 8: Classic
Settings
Standard, Sequential, Automatic, Escalating, Chained, Sunny, No trench, No limit
Format
Players will be divided (random.org) into four groups of six players each.
In Round 1, each group plays a single six-player game on the NYC map. The first player eliminated is out of the tournament; the remaining five move on to the next map.
In Rounds 4, 6, and 8, the groups are shuffled and one is eliminated, like so:
Round 1: 4 groups of 6 players
Round 2: 4 groups of 5 players
Round 3: 4 groups of 4 players
Round 4: 3 groups of 4 players
Round 5: 3 groups of 3 players
Round 6: 2 groups of 3 players
Round 7: 2 groups of 2 players
Round 8: 1 group of 2 players
Players
Reserves
Like the format? Check out my other tournaments
This is the second in a new series I’m calling Zoom Out. In this tournament, you’ll start small, conquering first a city and then zooming out gradually to battle for bigger and bigger territories until you conquer the entire planet.
This tournament starts in New York City. For other similar tournaments, follow the links below.
Maps
Round 1: NYC
Round 2: USA New England
Round 3: 13 Colonies
Round 4: American Civil War
Round 5: USA
Round 6: North America
Round 7: First Nations Americas
Round 8: Classic
Settings
Standard, Sequential, Automatic, Escalating, Chained, Sunny, No trench, No limit
Format
Players will be divided (random.org) into four groups of six players each.
In Round 1, each group plays a single six-player game on the NYC map. The first player eliminated is out of the tournament; the remaining five move on to the next map.
In Rounds 4, 6, and 8, the groups are shuffled and one is eliminated, like so:
Round 1: 4 groups of 6 players
Round 2: 4 groups of 5 players
Round 3: 4 groups of 4 players
Round 4: 3 groups of 4 players
Round 5: 3 groups of 3 players
Round 6: 2 groups of 3 players
Round 7: 2 groups of 2 players
Round 8: 1 group of 2 players
Players
Reserves
Like the format? Check out my other tournaments