Poly Wanna Cracker?[TPA4](JPlo64 WINS!)(GA Medal to JJ41375)

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Final invites have been sent for lapdog and sdh.
If both sets of invites expire or are declined, their opponents will play each other.
If only 1 set of invites expires or is declined, that player's opponents will play the players who were set to play babagonosh before he withdrew from the tournament.

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And quick as a flash, sdh declines his invites and is removed from the tournament.
His opponents for 1v1, poly 2, and poly 3 will play the players who were set to play babagonosh.
The player who was set to play babagonosh in poly 4 was sdh, who is now out of the tournament.

Should lapdog not accept his invites, his opponents will receive byes.
The next round byes are used, they will go to the players who were to receive them after babagonosh left the tournament.

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lapdog has not accepted his invites and has been removed from the tournament.

The players who were supposed to play him in Round 4 will receive byes. They are:
1v1: Tazzy_J
Poly 2: shoop76
Poly 3: SuperWang
Poly 4: MudPuppy

In what is either a sick cosmic joke on me or a hilariously awful coincidence, 3 of these 4 players have already received byes in the pools for which they are receiving them for Round 4. In the immortal words of Bill Clement - "C'est la vie, I guess."

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[sempaispellcheck]

The end of Round 4 brings us down to 12 active players, only 3 of whom are active in more than 1 pool - and only MudPuppy is active in more than 2.
In other words, it looks like we're getting close to the end here.

Round 5 to begin shortly. No byes this round - unless people don't accept their invites.

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[Mad777]

Hey sempai, knowing I'm out of this tournament since few rounds now but still showing it in my auto-tournament tab...any idea?

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Hey sempai, knowing I'm out of this tournament since few rounds now but still showing it in my auto-tournament tab...any idea?

Ignore that - it's just something bW has been trying with autotourney infrastructure. If you go to the tourney in your tournament tab and click "Details," you'll see that the tourney is still listed as "Waiting" and none of the games are listed there.

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[Mad777]

Hey sempai, knowing I'm out of this tournament since few rounds now but still showing it in my auto-tournament tab...any idea?

Ignore that - it's just something bW has been trying with autotourney infrastructure. If you go to the tourney in your tournament tab and click "Details," you'll see that the tourney is still listed as "Waiting" and none of the games are listed there.

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So I guess it will be gone after tournament completion or just when BW has time to do it...

[sempaispellcheck]

Hey sempai, knowing I'm out of this tournament since few rounds now but still showing it in my auto-tournament tab...any idea?

Ignore that - it's just something bW has been trying with autotourney infrastructure. If you go to the tourney in your tournament tab and click "Details," you'll see that the tourney is still listed as "Waiting" and none of the games are listed there.

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So I guess it will be gone after tournament completion or just when BW has time to do it...

Your guess is as good as mine.
One day, if I find a few seconds to string together, I'll run a tournament top-to-bottom on the beta site and test all that out.

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[sempaispellcheck]

I have finally gotten the chance to mark the final Rd. 5 game as completed.
Rd. 6 will start tomorrow - we are down to 6 players, only 1 of whom is still alive in more than 1 pool.

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[mcshanester29]

This Tournament is Still Active

[JPlo64]

so is steelfoot officially eliminated?

[sempaispellcheck]

so is steelfoot officially eliminated?

Not yet. Finally got the chance to resend the invites.

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[Tazzy_J]

First set over, Tazzy beats JPlo 3-1...

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First set over, Tazzy beats JPlo 3-1...

It's not how many games you win, it's WHICH games you win.
If memory serves, the one game he beat you in is the one type whose pool he's still active in.

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[Tazzy_J]

Ohhh, I thought we were having a straight shoot out for the final, I probably didn't read it close enough. Sigh.

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Ohhh, I thought we were having a straight shoot out for the final, I probably didn't read it close enough. Sigh.

That's actually my fault for not clarifying.
In Round 7, we have 3 players, so to avoid the hassle of byes, it will be a round robin.
You must win BOTH of your games in the pool you are alive in to remain alive in that pool.
Tazzy_J has already done that for 1v1, and JPlo64 already has 1 win in poly 2, so the results will depend on the results of Steelfoot's poly 2 games:
If JPlo64 beats Steelfoot, Steelfoot is eliminated, and JPlo64 and Tazzy_J will contest Round 8 by themselves.
If Steelfoot beats JPlo64 AND Tazzy_J, JPlo64 is eliminated, and Steelfoot and Tazzy_J will contest Round 8 by themselves.
If Steelfoot beats JPlo64 BUT NOT Tazzy_J, JPlo64 and Steelfoot are BOTH eliminated, and Tazzy_J will win the tournament in Round 7.

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[Tazzy_J]

It's looking like Steel will lose both so JPlo and I go head to head again.... TENSE! Will we just play 1v1 and poly2 then, win both to win the tournie?

[JPlo64]

It's looking like Steel will lose both so JPlo and I go head to head again.... TENSE! Will we just play 1v1 and poly2 then, win both to win the tournie?

That's how it should go I think. We keep going until one of us wins both the 1v1 and the poly-2 in the same round.

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It's looking like Steel will lose both so JPlo and I go head to head again.... TENSE! Will we just play 1v1 and poly2 then, win both to win the tournie?

That's how it should go I think. We keep going until one of us wins both the 1v1 and the poly-2 in the same round.

You'll still play the poly 3 and 4 - they'll count for the "Bad Parrot" GA Medal - but other than that, yes.

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And Round 8 is underway!!

Round 8 will be the final round IF AND ONLY IF Game 15016906 and Game 15016907 are won by the same player.
Otherwise, we go to Round 9.

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[Tazzy_J]

looks like another round needed, JPlo won poly 2 and I won 1v1....

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Trying this again.

And Round 9 is underway!!

Round 9 will be the final round IF AND ONLY IF Game 15045090 and Game 15045091 are won by the same player.
Otherwise, we go to Round 10.

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[Tazzy_J]

Another 3-1 win for Tazzy but unfortunately lost the 1v1, so it seems we must go again....

[JPlo64]

Victory is mine!

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Victory is mine!

It is indeed! Congratulations to JPlo64 for winning this tournament!
Congratulations also to JJ41375, who wins the Bad Parrot GA Medal by winning all 4 of his Bad Parrot games! Three other players went undefeated, but none of them played more than 2.

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