Card Counting Team Challenge [Winners: See 1st Post]

by **trigger467** on Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:40 pm

Here are the current results:

Round 1 winners:
Green Monkey Team
Legends of War
Mythological Cards
Team Vegas
Smackdown Crew
Trousersnake
Kockari
JMM

Round 2W Winners:
Legends of War
Mythological Cards
Smackdown Crew
JMM

Round 2L Winners:
THOTA
The Outsiders
DL4U
Yellow Penguin Team

Round 2LB Winners so far:
THOTA
DL4U

Round 3W Winners so far:
Legends of War

Rounds 2LB, and 3W are still in progress.

More updates as the rounds progress.

Conquer on!

trigger467

by **Blitzaholic** on Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:09 pm

nice job with the updating

by **trigger467** on Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:54 pm

Thanks!

I'll have another update later today.

by **trigger467** on Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:59 am

Three games are in progress.

More games will go out once the teams have been established.

The graphics have been updated at http://www.wilrook.com/CCTC.htm

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:44 pm

Here is the latest update:

Round 1 is complete.
Round 2W is complete.
Round 3W is complete.
Round 4W is in progress between Legends of War and Smackdown Crew
Round 2L is complete
Round 2LB is in progress between Yellow Penguin Team and Green Monkey Team; DL4U is awaiting the outcome to see who they play.
Round 3W is in progress between THOTA and Trousersnake.
Round 3LB is waiting for previous games to finish; Mythological Cards and JMM are waiting to see who they will be competing against.

More update will follow as the information becomes available.

Conquer On!

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:17 am

The current three games are still in play. As soon as the next rounds players are identified, an update will be sent.

Regards,

trigger467

by **dcc1220** on Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:22 am

Legends of War defeat Smackdown Crew

by **trigger467** on Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:46 pm

The latest games have been sent out.

Currently, Legends of War is undefeated after completing four rounds. They are currently waiting for the Loser's bracket to finish to see who they will compete in Round 5W.

On the left side of the bracket, we have one Round 2LB game in progress and one Round 3LB game starting.

The graphics will be updated later this evening at http://www.wilrook.com/CCTC.htm

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:35 pm

more games have been sent out.

Only 6 teams remain:

Waiting on Round 5W is Legends of War, participating in Round 3LB are Trousersnake, Mythological Cards, DL4U and JMM, and waiting on Round 4LB is Smackdown Crew.

The latest graphics has been posted at http://www.wilrook.com/CCTC.htm

Sorry about the recent delays but the holidays have taken their toll. The rest of the games should be posted as soon as possible.

Conquer on!

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:48 pm

One round 3LB game is about to end leaving only 5 teams.

Stay tuned for the latest info.

by **trigger467** on Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:52 pm

Mythological Cards has been eliminated leaving only Legends of War, DL4U, JMM, Trousersnake and Smackdown Crew remaining.

As soon as the next game is ready, it will be sent out.

Conquer on!

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:18 pm

Round 3LB is now complete with JMM eliminating DL4U.

Round 4L is now beginning between Trousersnake and JMM.

The winner of this game will play Smackdown Crew and the winner of that game will face Legends of War for the tournament championship.

(hopefully) I'll get to post the graphics at www.wilrook.com/CCTC.htm later this evening.

Conquer on!

trigger467

by **trigger467** on Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:37 pm

The next round info will go out this evening.

by **trigger467** on Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:53 pm

Sorry for the delay, I've been ill the last few days.

Round 4L is complete with Trousersnake defeating JMM.

Round 4LB has gone out between Trousersnake and Smackdown Crew. The winner of this game will go on to play the undefeated Legends Of War.

Again, thanks for participating.

Regards,

trigger467

by **dcc1220** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:43 pm

Do we play one game or will they have to defeat us twice?

by **trigger467** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:35 pm

If you win then your opponent would have been defeated twice and thus you would win the tournament. However, if the other team wins, then there would be one more game to decide the winner.

I hope this answers your query.

by **aspalm** on Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:18 am

I understand the logic of your saying LOW would have to lose twice in the finals, as this is a double elimination tournament, but the way you have arranged it, it seems strange that one team has to win 9 games to win the tournament, while LOW only has to win 5, even if they also end up with a loss. i vote for the team with the most wins at the end of the tournament wins the tournament, assuming every team has at least one loss.....

by **trigger467** on Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:10 am

I see your point, however, I'm simply following the standard "double elimination bracket" standard. In double elimination, when you move to the losers bracket, you are forced to play more. I thought it was strange, too, but all brackets I've found are constructed this way for double elimination. I hope this explains my reasoning for the last post.

by **trigger467** on Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:48 am

Round 5 is now underway.

Trousersnake defeated Smackdown Crew in Round 4LB.

Round 5 is between the undefeated Legends of War and Trousersnake.

Graphics updated at http://www.wilrook.com/CCTC.htm

Regards,

trigger467

by **waseemalim** on Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:28 am

aspalm wrote:I understand the logic of your saying LOW would have to lose twice in the finals, as this is a double elimination tournament, but the way you have arranged it, it seems strange that one team has to win 9 games to win the tournament, while LOW only has to win 5, even if they also end up with a loss. i vote for the team with the most wins at the end of the tournament wins the tournament, assuming every team has at least one loss.....

how many games you play is a function of when you lose your first. If you lost in round 4 instead of round 2, you would only have to play 6 games. Not all teams have to win 9 games. I believe in this tournament, a team can win by playing anywhere between 5 to 10 games.