School's Out For Summer 2012 [TPA2] [Winner: Fyrdraca]

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My game is most likely going to stale, what now?

Don't let it stalemate. All you have to do is get it down to 2 people.

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A couple other groups have finished.

[Swimmerdude99]

Game 11287743

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Game 11287743

You all can still work to move the game along and keep it from staying a stalemate. Remember, 2 people advance, not just the winner. Plus, the one other game remaining is still only in Round 21, so I'm not really concerned yet.

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We still have those two games active. I'll have to come up with a deadline.

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The two active games must finish by September 30th. If the game is still active, I will randomly pick the two players to advance from those who are still alive. Second Round games will go out on October 1st.

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All the invites for Round 2 have been sent out.

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All the Round 2 games have started.

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Things appear to be moving along smoothly.

[Ishihara]

yay! I won my first round qualifier!! of course, our game took so long that it turned into summer school... but you still get a certificate or sticker or something, right?

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deantursx has earned the first spot in the finals by winning Trip Division 2.

The other groups have most of their games finished or nearing the 30 round limit.

[Swimmerdude99]

Just for clarification, if we reach the round limit will you go in and check who has the most troops and rank from there down as to who gets the points?

[Swifte]

are group standings posted somewhere?

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Just for clarification, if we reach the round limit will you go in and check who has the most troops and rank from there down as to who gets the points?

All remaining points are split evenly with the winner receiving any leftover.

are group standings posted somewhere?

No.

[Leehar]

Is it just me, or have the settings end up making a lot of games be decided by round limit?

[Swimmerdude99]

the settings making round limits matter, too many flat rate and no spoils games, if you don't have the setting of escalating then you are in for a roun limit game. I've made BUNCHES of kills to try and make the game end, but sadly that isn't rewarded in either tourney value or points in game because I am weak for it.

[Night Strike]

I can consider modifying more cards to be escalating next year, but I think more of it is the caliber of players this time around (probably because of the bigger tournament). I picked 30 rounds as the limit because very few games of any card setting went past 30 rounds in previous iterations of the tournament. But, if people were that concerned about cards, they could have picked a map that was already escalating or use their one switch to do so.

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Fyrdraca advances from Division 4.

The remaining games are all approaching the Round 30 Limit, so we should be moving to the final soon.

[Swimmerdude99]

I can consider modifying more cards to be escalating next year, but I think more of it is the caliber of players this time around (probably because of the bigger tournament). I picked 30 rounds as the limit because very few games of any card setting went past 30 rounds in previous iterations of the tournament. But, if people were that concerned about cards, they could have picked a map that was already escalating or use their one switch to do so.

To me its not so much the cards as to how it is scored. and I'm NOT telling you how to run a tourney, it just may be more fun if on games that will go to round limits, maybe you should give incentive for getting kills, or if you have the most troops you get the most points, the second most, you get the second place points etc. Or you could do something like for every kill you get you get a certain percentage of the points at the end of the game maybe. Just a suggestion

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Congratulations to the 6 finalists!!

overlander (Division 1 Winner)
deantursx (Division 2 Winner)
swimmerdude99 (Division 3 Winner)
Fyrdraca (Division 4 Winner)
Swifte (1st Wild Card - Division 4 - 21 points)
offinthecorner (2nd Wild Card - Division 4 - 20 points)

Runner up: geko (Division 2 - 19 points)
There were several players tied at 18, 17, and 16, so the scores were really close. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

[Night Strike]

I can consider modifying more cards to be escalating next year, but I think more of it is the caliber of players this time around (probably because of the bigger tournament). I picked 30 rounds as the limit because very few games of any card setting went past 30 rounds in previous iterations of the tournament. But, if people were that concerned about cards, they could have picked a map that was already escalating or use their one switch to do so.

To me its not so much the cards as to how it is scored. and I'm NOT telling you how to run a tourney, it just may be more fun if on games that will go to round limits, maybe you should give incentive for getting kills, or if you have the most troops you get the most points, the second most, you get the second place points etc. Or you could do something like for every kill you get you get a certain percentage of the points at the end of the game maybe. Just a suggestion

Yeah, my scoring system for games that reached the round limit didn't really work as intended. I'll tweak it for next year.

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And the Final game is active. Visit Game 12071012 if you would like to watch.

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The Final game is in Round 10.

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Many congratulations to my friend Fyrdraca for winning the tournament!

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TPA2 Standings

1. Fyrdraca
2. Swifte
3. swimmerdude99
4. overlander
5. offinthecorner
6. deantursx
7. geko
8. chutley
ThrushAAX
ZionT
11. Night Strike
musteriuz
13. Leehar
andyplondon
rmjw10
celliottii
17. Tin Trumpet
Leverpuller
Risk_Averse
20. reahma
21. Swanster
22. General Bax
Fuzzy316
24. jermfrog81
25. grablett
contreras.ale
Ishihara
Benzorrr
puppydog85
Armandolas
mviola
Muffinman3
epicgb
harvmax
ikkewij
theheadholes
37. Darin44
cwinslow22
freyme
traffic133
Wizz00
Mad777
Tripitaka
Enormastitz
rynbowl
whitetrash67
jpk
dowian2
49. DoomYoshi
Dukasaur
rjhankey
shoop76
Qzerjuk
Araldite
ItzPetey
paws1610
agentcom
fbonsignori
mjs28
Gilligan
61. deanof7
slats789
uckuki
thelord
wrongwayrebekah
Cascades
Pyrhhus
kennys777
MattiWacklin
sempaispellcheck
arno30
soccerghost