Dukasaur Plays Baltic 29 [W=u suck, GA=Kambodia]

[Colonel Krink]

In please !

[Bobby4254]

In please.

[Zorro134]

I'd like to play, though I've never done this kind of tournament before

[bernooch]

inpls

[aalii]

please sign me up, duk

thanks

aalii

[u suck]

in please

[MarineVetE4]

in please

I probably don't belong in this tournament with all these guys with all those medals. Who knows.

[xmezx]

in pls

[MikeHeckMH]

in please

[Dukasaur]

Well, we have exactly the 32 we need, so I'm going to go live with this.

Reservers are still welcome to sign up!

in please

I probably don't belong in this tournament with all these guys with all those medals. Who knows.

May as well take your shot...

I'd like to play, though I've never done this kind of tournament before

If you like the map, you'll do fine.

inpls

Duplicate entry.

[Dukasaur]

Phase 1 games created and invitations sent.

[hopalong]

thanks for hosting!

[Dukasaur]

thanks for hosting!

You're very welcome.

[Dukasaur]

Bracket updated, Phase 2 games created and invitations sent.

[Dukasaur]

Igrekzed and hopalong have missed their invites. Re-sent.

[hopalong]

Igrekzed and hopalong have missed their invites. Re-sent.

thanks - away for the weekend.

[Colonel Krink]

My opponent is a no show !!

[Dukasaur]

My opponent is a no show !!

Yeah, he seems to have vanished off the site.

[Dukasaur]

My opponent is a no show !!

Yeah, he seems to have vanished off the site.

I was thinking about this all day today. It seemed pretty obvious that igrekzed was going to miss his invite. He's been offline for more than two weeks and it seems unlikely that he's coming back. I was reviewing the possibilities, and I wasn't completely happy with any of them.

When someone drops out of a bracket, there are really three things you can do:

1. Bring in a reserve. This has the drawback that someone will enter the tournament and may win the tournament while having played fewer games than any of the others.
2. Advance the person who is left without the opponent. This has the drawback that someone gets an unearned freebie advance without having to fight for it.
3. Resurrect the person who was eliminated the previous round by the missing player. This has the drawback that someone advances who has already lost and should have been eliminated.

All three methods have their pros and cons, and I have used all three at different times. Still, I'm cognizant that all three have some inherent unfairness, and I was wondering which to use in this case, when I came upon a fourth solution.

I'm resurrecting lanceeee, who previously lost to igrekzed, but I'm making him play an extra game, to balance off the one he previously lost. You guys now have two games -- the original Game 16388638 and the new Game 16398821.

Lanceeee, in order to advance, you must win both of those games -- one to balance your Phase 1 loss, and the second to advance through Phase 2. Colonel Krink, you advance if you win either of these games, because you have already won once to get to this point.

I hope you'll be please with this solution. In future tourneys of this type, I'll put it right in the original rules.

[Dukasaur]

lanceeee and Colonel Krink split the series, which means Colonel Krink advances according to the terms outlined above.

Bracket updated, Phase 3 games sent.

[Dukasaur]

Bracket updated, semifinal games sent out.

[Dukasaur]

Bracket updated.

Finals games sent to Colonel Krink and u suck. Bronze medal game sent to molespe and Kambodia.

Good luck all!

[Dukasaur]

All games have now ended. Bracket updated in Post 1.

The winner is u suck, who took a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Colonel Krink. The bronze medal game goes to Kambodia.

Congratulations u suck on your tournament victory!!!





Congratulations Kambodia on your GA medal for winning the bronze medal game!






Thank you all for playing and making this another successful tournament!

[Dukasaur]

Just a reminder that there are a dozen slots available in the 32nd iteration of this tournament:

https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewt ... 0&t=218365

[sjemba]

congratulations!