In 5 minutes it will be April 22nd (at least here in GMT+1 timezone

) so the Tournament is finally starting!
The first 256 players to join have been distributed acording to their score in 32 groups. Each group follows a tennis-like distribution, with top 4 players and top bottom players acording to CC score. If the score means anything, the top 4 players of each group should pass to second round. Also, the first 32 players have been assigned different groups so they don't fight each other. Players 33-64 have also been distributed to different groups and so on.
If a players fails to join without giving a reason, he will be substituted by one of the reserves. The reserve will be "misplaced" acording to this CC score, but I can't change all groups. Anyway, for tie breakers is the substitute player score and not the original player score the one that will be used.
Don't expect all 32 games to be created today. I will be creating them slowly a few each day. I prefer to do it in this way, because if I have to wait for a moment in which I have the time to create the full 32 games I will never do it.
After one or two week, we will talk about the choice (not the obligation) to play additional simultaneous games to speed up the tournament.
Standings are in the first page. I expect to update them regularly (not much work to do. Just change the Excel sheet and upload the new image). If the image does not change, reload or clear the cache.
IMPORTANT: If you cannot join your game for a valid reason, please PM so we can wait for you. If you don't do that you will be replaced by a reserve after a few days.
I want to thank to everybody who joined the game for your interest. Finally it was 280 players. Thanks to all!