10 Years Later: Fight Club [Winner: Nagerous]

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1999 was a great year for film and it’s hard to believe it was already ten years ago. My favorite movie of all time came out that year, “Fight Club.” This tournament will loosely follow the plot of Fight Club, leading to one final man standing as the buildings crash down around him. There will be multiple game settings used throughout, and freemiums are welcome because the fifth rule is, one fight at a time fellas. Please read the description carefully and only join if you agree to abide by the all the rules of Fight Club!

Scene One: “I want you to hit me as hard as you can.”
This first round of the tourney will feature 48 players playing a single 1 vs. 1 match on Classic Art sequential/flat/chained/sunny. Why Classic Art? I just felt like destroying something beautiful. Hey, even the Mona Lisa's falling apart. Opponents for this match will be randomly assigned. However, everyone will move on to round two. The winners will be Tyler Durdens (Brad Pitt), while the losers will be Corneliuses (Ed Norton).

Scene Two: “Why does a weaker person feel the need to latch on to a stronger one?”
Round two will be 2 vs. 2 doubles matches. Every Tyler will be randomly matched up with a Cornelius for their teammate. Now here’s the tricky part of the game. One of you is real, while the other is imaginary. This means that only one member of each doubles team is allowed to attack the enemy team FOR THE DURATION OF THE GAME. The other member can just give support (troops) and encouragement (reinforcements). The imaginary friend can also attack neutrals, and his own partner, but may at no point ever attack the enemy!!! Tyler Durdens are now locked in via the results of round one. Please see lengthy post on page six for more details and clarifications. Failure to comply with this rule will result in immediate disqualification from the tournament, while the other team gets a free pass into the next round. Please don’t join if you feel you will be unable to accept this part of the format. I know mistakes sometimes happen, but I’m making a zero tolerance policy on this from the start, as it’s just too difficult to redo games and make up for accidental attacks. Thank you for your understanding. The games will be played in New World no spoils/unlimited/sunny. Why New World? So your imaginary friend has something to do and you aren't screwed by a bad drop. Also...Brave New World! Thanks to conquerAce for pointing out the sub-optimality of the original map chosen for this round!

Scene Three: “You do not ask questions about Project Mayhem.”
There will now be 24 players remaining. They will be randomly divided into 6 trips teams. Each trip team will play a triples match against a randomly selected team on NYC flat/chained/foggy. Why foggy? Because YOU DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECT MAYHEM! Members of the winning teams move on to round four.

Scene Four: “His name is Robert Paulson, his name is Robert Paulson, his name is Robert Paulson.”
We have 12 players left now. They will be randomly assigned to one of two six player assassin games played on Berlin 1961 escalating/adjacent/sunny. The two players who successfully shoot Bob in the head will move on to the final round. Why Berlin 1961? In memory of our friend Bob, who bought his steroids from an East German swimmer. They use that stuff on racehorses!

Scene Five: “Where is my mind?”
The final round will be a best of three played on USApocalypse no spoils/unlimited/sunny. Why no spoils? Because the things you own end up owning you. The last man standing will have successfully shot himself in the throat, killed off his alter-ego, and won the love of Marla Singer. Also he’ll be tourney champion!

That’s it. If this tourney proves successful I plan on doing an entire series like this. Already in the pipeline: “10 Years Later: The Matrix”
Thanks for joining! Good luck and remember:
Worker bees can leave.
Even drones can fly away.
The Queen is their slave.
[spoiler=Employees of the Paper Street Soap Company]*Tyler Durden (round one winner), Cornelius/Rupert/Travis/whatever stupid name you call yourself (round one loser)*

1. waiting4oct
2. danryan
3. DIBS
4. Witt13
5. Jezequel
6. shoop76
7. jricart
8. finchboy
9. Jess052
10. DJ Teflon
11. DaSpitter
12. Don Juaquin
13. sportsgod24
14. jbcb
15. sirron
16. JoshyBoy
17. EagleofGreenErth
18. b00060
19. GreenBaize
20. saraith
21. soccerghost
22. Jinks
23. AzureX
24. Agent 86
25. marine_t574
26. tlane
27. perchorin
28. phillyredneck
29. xstu78x
30. wannabe1again
31. BagwellTheGreat
32. monkton
33. PepeAtila
34. iambligh
35. abel
36. Koganosi
37. fred4893
38. darkangelsguy205
39. Jackofalltrades
40. drake_pk7
41. ga7
42. nagerous
43. plysprtz
44. shades spades
45. dorsettrob
46. beatnicpie
47. big jumbo
48. Aggresso

Reserves
1. ZionT
2. mars33
3.
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[spoiler=Round Two]Round Two Objective (see lengthy post on page six for clarifications)
Defeat your opponent's Tyler Durden to advance to round three.
Don't forget, Cornelius CAN NOT attack the opposing team.

Round Two Teams and Opponents
gm1 Team 22 (fred4893 and GreenBaize) vs. Team 13 (Jackofalltrades and Koganosi)
gm2 Team 6 (abel and xstu78x) vs. Team 18 (Waiting4Oct and Don Juaquin)
gm3 Team 10 (Agent 86 and nagerous) vs. Team 17 (darkangelsguy205 and BagwellTheGreat)
gm4 Team 3 (phillyredneck and drake_pk7) vs. Team 19 (jricart and finchboy)
gm5 Team 24 (wannabe1again and saraith) vs. Team 11 (DaSpitter and Sirron)
gm6 Team 7 (PepeAtila and danryan) vs. Team 9 (DJ Teflon and monkton)
gm7 Team 1 (DIBS and dorsettrob) vs. Team 4 (EagleofGreenErth and Jezequel)
gm8 Team 23 (marine_t574 and JoshyBoy) vs. Team 12 (tlane and ga7)
gm9 Team 14 (AzureX and Jess052) vs. Team 15 (Aggresso and b00060)
gm10 Team 21 (soccerghost and shoop76) vs. Team 20 (jbcb and plysprtz)
gm11 Team 5 (iambligh and beatnicpie) vs. Team 2 (Witt13 and shades spades)
gm12 Team 8 (Jinks and perchorin) vs. Team 16 (Sportsgod24 and big jumbo)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=randomization of round two]Ok, I took all the winners and randomized them on random.org, then did the same with the losers then simply matched the lists up. These will be your new partners for round two. Each team was given a number from 1-24 and that sequence was also randomized, and those will be your second round match ups i.e. Team 22 (fred4893 and GreenBaize) will play Team 13 (Jackofalltrades and Koganosi). Interestingly two pairs of round one opponents will be teamed up in round two so Team 12 (tlane and ga7) and Team 2 (Witt13 and shades spades) I hope you guys ended your game on friendly terms!

There were 24 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

3. DIBS
4. Witt13
28. phillyredneck
17. EagleofGreenErth
34. iambligh
35. abel
33. PepeAtila
22. Jinks
10. DJ Teflon
24. Agent 86
11. DaSpitter
26. tlane
39. Jackofalltrades
23. AzureX
48. Aggresso
13. sportsgod24
38. darkangelsguy205
1. waiting4oct
7. jricart
14. jbcb
21. soccerghost
37. fred4893
25. marine_t574
30. wannabe1again
Timestamp: 2009-05-21 05:10:54 UTC

There were 24 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

45. dorsettrob
44. shades spades
40. drake_pk7
5. Jezequel
46. beatnicpie
29. xstu78x
2. danryan
27. perchorin
32. monkton
42. nagerous
15. sirron
41. ga7
36. Koganosi
9. Jess052
18. b00060
47. big jumbo
31. BagwellTheGreat
12. Don Juaquin
8. finchboy
43. plysprtz
6. shoop76
19. GreenBaize
16. JoshyBoy
20. saraith
Timestamp: 2009-05-21 05:13:43 UTC

Here is your sequence:

22
13
6
18
10
17
3
19
24
11
7
9
1
4
23
12
14
15
21
20
5
2
8
16
Timestamp: 2009-05-21 05:29:17 UTC[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round Two Results]Welcome to Project Mayhem: [player]Agent 86[/player], [player]nagerous[/player], [player]b00060[/player], [player]Aggresso[/player], [player]DaSpitter[/player], [player]Sirron[/player], [player]EagleofGreenErth[/player], [player]Jezequel[/player], [player]PepeAtila[/player], [player]danryan[/player], [player]Jackofalltrades[/player], [player]Koganosi[/player], [player]Sportsgod24[/player], [player]big jumbo[/player], [player]Waiting4Oct[/player], [player]Don Juaquin[/player], [player]soccerghost[/player], [player]shoop76[/player],[player]iambligh[/player], [player]beatnicpie[/player], [player]tlane[/player], [player]ga7[/player], [player]jricart[/player] and [player]finchboy[/player].

Remaining Men Together (Thanks for playing!): [player]darkangelsguy205[/player], [player]BagwellTheGreat[/player], [player]Jess052[/player], [player]AzureX[/player], [player]wannabe1again[/player], [player]saraith[/player], [player]DIBS[/player], [player]dorsettrob[/player], [player]abel[/player], [player]xstu78x[/player], [player]Jinks[/player], [player]perchorin[/player], [player]DJ Teflon[/player], [player]monkton[/player], [player]jbcb[/player], [player]plysprtz[/player], [player]fred4893[/player], [player]GreenBaize[/player], [player]phillyredneck[/player], [player]drake_pk7[/player], [player]Witt13[/player], [player]shades spades[/player], [player]fred4893[/player], [player]GreenBaize[/player], [player]marine_t574[/player] and [player]Joshyboy[/player].[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round Three Results]Round Three Objective
This one is blessedly simple. Win and you advance to the next round. Lose and we've got to take your balls.
Round Three Teams and Opponents winners
Team F (tlane, Sportsgod24, finchboy) vs. Team D (shoop76, PepeAtila, Aggresso)
Team H (sirron, Jackofalltrades, nagerous) vs. Team E (Jezequel, ga7, b00060)
Team C (big jumbo, iambligh, Agent 86) vs. Team B (danryan, jricart, soccerghost)
Team G (Don Juaquin, Waiting4Oct, beatnicpie) vs. Team A (DaSpitter, EagleofGreenErth, Koganosi)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=randomization of round three]There were 24 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. DaSpitter
2. EagleofGreenErth
3. Koganosi
4. danryan
5. jricart
6. soccerghost
7. big jumbo
8. iambligh
9. Agent 86
10. shoop76
11. PepeAtila
12. Aggresso
13. Jezequel
14. ga7
15. b00060
16. tlane
17. Sportsgod24
18. finchboy
19. Don Juaquin
20. Waiting4Oct
21. beatnicpie
22. Sirron
23. Jackofalltrades
24. nagerous

Timestamp: 2009-05-29 04:55:42 UTC

Every three players makes a team for the third round, assigned the letters A-H. Here is the randomization of the third round match ups. Every pair makes a match.
There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. F
2. D
3. H
4. E
5. C
6. B
7. G
8. A

Timestamp: 2009-05-29 05:10:47 UTC[/spoiler]
Round Four
The remaining 12 players are randomized and divided into groups of six. Here is that randomized list:
There were 12 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. iambligh
2. PepeAtila
3. Agent 86
4. DonJuaquin
5. big jumbo
6. shoop76
7. Waiting4Oct
8. sirron
9. Aggresso
10. nagerous
11. beatnicpie
12. Jackofalltrades

Timestamp: 2009-06-15 04:00:35 UTC

Players 1-6 will be in Game A, while players 7-12 will be in Game B. Win your respective game and you're in the final round!

[waiting4oct]

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

I'm in!

[danryan]

Count me in.

[DIBS]

I didn't even read the set-up.......but it's your tourney Perch so I'm in

[Witt13]

Sign me up! Sounds really interesting!

[Jezequel]

"I am Jack's complete lack of surprise" - count me in mate!

[shoop76]

in please

[jricart]

Sounds great man... cool idea for the tourney.. count me IN please.

[finchboy]

in please.

[Jess052]

I'll play!

[Teflon Kris]

In please

[DaSpitter]

Sweet...sounds good...1st tourney here

[Don Juaquin]

Sounds Great! Please count me in.

[sportsgod24]

Awesome, I'm in.

[jbcb]

i'll join please

[sirron]

sounds good, I'll join please and thank you

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All in to this point, almost a third full
We're blasphemously inverting the first two rules of Fight Club, so feel free to talk about Fight Club. Tell your friends and clan mates. We're all the middle children of history.

[JoshyBoy]

Why not? I'm in!

[b00060]

Count me in please

[GreenBaize]

In plz

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All in to this point. Made a minor change to round two. Instead of Space it will be played on New World. Sent everyone signed up thus far a PM with details, please let me know if you didn't receive yours thanks!

[saraith]

Also one of my favorite movies...

I love the setup, too. I'm in, please!

[Jinks]

Sign me up

[AzureX]

Count me in! Great tourney idea!