The Five Elements - Shuffle [Winner: danryan]

[Kinnison]

PREMIUM IS REQUIRED.

Greetings! Welcome to the second installment of the hopefully ongoing Five Elements series...

Note: This looks complex. It is, to organize. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS: Send me a map and settings (see below), then play the games I send to you. I'll be sending each player ONLY the games they need to join, as autojoin links.

[spoiler=Credits-Inspiration-Rationale]Originally Inspired by: The 3456 League, which was made to 'battle' the slew of 1v1 tourney formats. nothing wrong with 1v1 tourneys, I'm in a few, but first move and drop means a LOT in 1v1. The problem with that tournament was you didn't get to play on your home map against the various possible permutations of opponents. Props to pjdonald for running this, and giving me the eventual seed of the Five Elements, which sat around over a year before I decided to make it a reality.
The Five Elements addressed this by reducing division size to 5, permitting all permutations to be played in a reasonable number of games. It still had the problems of 1> being moderately long; and 2> people getting REALLY sick of the same opponents after 10 weeks, a hazard in ANY "league-style" tournament.
So first I thought of accelerating the 5E format, 5 weeks, cutting the redundant doubled 5-player games. This was followed, late one night, by the thought of the bastardization of the format that will blow the TO's mind that I've dubbed "Shuffle"... see below for details.
Minor note: The first "Five Elements" used the classical elements of Greek Philosophy, with the relatively modern addition of "Plasma". This edition of the tournament, I have chosen to use a Far Eastern interpretation of the elements, which included "Metal" as a distinct element, not considering it a fusion of Earth and Fire, as the Greeks did. The next incarnation of the tournament will probably rename the 5 divisions in yet another fashion.[/spoiler]

Format: 25 Players, 2 rounds. In the Elimination round, you play games against 20 of the other 24, while your score is compared to the 4 you did NOT play... that's right, you're each being ranked based on your performance against the same pool of 20. Top score in each Division advances to the finals.
In the finals, the scoring will repeat, format changes only to lose the "shuffle" aspect/all games are among the remaining 5 players.

Each Player will play, over the course of five weeks (starting time):
5 5-player games, having Home Advantage once.
16 4-player games, having Home Advantage four times.
18 3-player games, having Home Advantage six times.

In the Elimination round: All Games are Standard, Sequential. NO SPOILS is not permitted, in the interest of keeping the tournament moving. When you sign up, I need the following: "Home Map", and settings for spoils, fortifications, and fog of war.

In the Finals: the 5 players who advance will be permitted to re-select all settings, AND "No Spoils" become legal. All games in the Finals will still be Standard, Sequential.

For those interested in the stats, there are (in the Tournament):
275 games in the elimination round, 55 per week, 39 games per player.
55 games in the finals, 11 per week, 39 per player.
See the Scheduling post for a link to the full tournament schedule.

The Elimination-round Games will be started/created on 5 successive Thursdays. Each player will get 7 or 8 games each week.
*****
Week 4 games will now be sent out on Monday, 27 July.
Week 5 games will be sent out on Thursday, 6 August.

Scoring:
5 player games: 18 for the winner, then 12, 7, 3, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 90 points possible.
(i.e., 0 points to the first player eliminated, 3 for the second eliminated, 7 for the third out, 12 for the last player out, and 18 for the winner)
4 player games: 6 for the winner, then 3, 1, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 96 points possible.
3 player games: 5 for the winner, then 2, 0 in reverse order of elimination. 90 points possible.

**Note: individuals who "go out" in a tied position due to end of game (victory conditions) will split evenly the points for the positions they would have gotten.

25 players accepted, seeking up to 5 reserves. I will only be participating as a reserve player, if needed.

Random.org will be used to sort players into the 25 spots.

Questions will be gleefully accepted.

EDITS:
6JUN: Typos, formatting. Clarifications of Settings, Complexity, and Division Sorting
10JUN: Edited to hopefully clarify and simplify the DESCRIPTION of the tournament. Format is unchanged.
16JUL: Scoring Clarified in 'tie games'

[Kinnison]

Playing:
01: plurple: New World, flat rate, unlimited, no fog
02: Hoagy: D-Day: Omaha Beach, escalating, unlimited, no fog <replaced geigerm in r4>
03: Kinnison: Rail Europe, flat rate, chained, fog
04: wolfpack0530: WWII Europe, escalating, chained, no fog
05: Hacx5nine: WWII Australia, escalating, chained, fog
06: WPBRJ: Arms Race!, flat rate, chained, fog
07: danryan: Feudal War, escalating, chained, fog
08: shoop76: Treasures of Galapagos, flat rate, chained, fog
09: dragon dor: Tamriel, escalating, chained, no fog
10: MeDeFe: Midgard, flat rate, chained, no fog
11: angola: Midgard, escalating, chained, no fog
12: dittoeevee8888: Cairns Coral Coast, escalating, chained, no fog <replaced Hopscotcher in R2>
13: SNARF17WD: Feudal War, flat rate, chained, fog
14: musteriuz: Age of Merchants, flat rate, unlimited, fog
15: secondheaven: Rail USA, flat rate, unlimited, fog
16: RoOkAz: Feudal War, escalating, chained, no fog
17: Frito Bandito: Europe 1914, flat rate, chained, fog
18: Darin44: WWII Western Front, flat rate, chained, fog
19: milo67: Holy Roman Empire, flat rate, chained, fog
20: AtreidesHouse: Pearl Harbor, flat rate, chained, no fog
21: badlouie: NYC, flat rate, chained, fog
22: YoursFalsey: American Civil War, flat rate, chained, fog
23: Culs De Sac: Prohibition Chicago, escalating, chained, no fog
24: cletus: USA, flat rate, chained, no fog
25: Barry Zuckerkorn, Arms Race!, escalating, chained, no fog


Reserves:
01:
02:
03:
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[Kinnison]

[spoiler=Random.org]There were 25 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. 17: Frito Bandito: Europe 1914, flat rate, chained, fog
2. 05: Hacx5nine: WWII Australia, escalating, chained, fog
3. 23: Culs De Sac: Prohibition Chicago, escalating, chained, no fog
4. 19: milo67: Holy Roman Empire, flat rate, chained, fog
5. 13: --<replaced by> SNARF17WD: Feudal War: flat rate, chained, fog
6. 14: musteriuz: Age of Merchants, flat rate, unlimited, fog
7. 12: Hopscotcher: Supermax-Prison Riot!, flat rate, chained, fog
8. 01: plurple: New World, flat rate, unlimited, no fog
9. 18: --<replaced by> Darin44: WWII Western Front, flat rate, chained, fog
10. 16: RoOkAz: Feudal War, escalating, chained, no fog
11. 22: YoursFalsey: American Civil War, flat rate, chained, fog
12. 11: --<replaced by> angola: Midgard, escalating, chained, no fog
13. 10: MeDeFe: Midgard, flat rate, chained, no fog
14. 02: geigerm: Battle of Actium, escalating, chained, no fog
15. 04: wolfpack0530: WWII Europe, escalating, chained, no fog
16. 25: Barry Zuckerkorn, Arms Race!, escalating, chained, no fog
17. 24: cletus: USA, flat rate, chained, no fog
18. 07: danryan: Feudal War, escalating, chained, fog
19. 03: --<replaced by>Kinnison: Rail Europe, flat rate, chained, fog
20. 21: badlouie: NYC, flat rate, chained, fog
21. 06: WPBRJ: Arms Race!, flat rate, chained, fog
22. 15: secondheaven: Rail USA, flat rate, unlimited, fog
23. 08: shoop76: Treasures of Galapagos, flat rate, chained, fog
24. 20: AtreidesHouse: Pearl Harbor, flat rate, chained, no fog
25. 09: dragon dor: Tamriel, escalating, chained, no fog

Timestamp: 2009-07-01 18:16:36 UTC[/spoiler]

AIR DIVISION
A1: Frito Bandito
A2: Hacx5nine
A3: Culs De Sac - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION
A4: milo67
A5: SNARF17WD <initial replacement>

EARTH DIVISION
B1: musteriuz - - - - - ADVANCING TO FINALS
B2: dittoeevee8888 <replaced Hopscotcher in w2>
B3: plurple
B4: Darin44 <initial replacement>
B5: RoOkAz

FIRE DIVISION
C1: YoursFalsey
C2: angola <initial replacement>
C3: MeDeFe
C4: Hoagy <replaced geigerm in w4>
C5: wolfpack0530 - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION

METAL DIVISION
D1: Barry Zuckerkorn
D2: cletus
D3: danryan - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION
D4: Kinnison <initial replacement>
D5: badlouie

WATER DIVISION
E1: WPBRJ
E2: secondheaven
E3: shoop76
E4: AtreidesHouse
E5: dragon dor - - - - - DIVISION CHAMPION

dittoeevee8888, while still having a chance to win the division, will be without premium, and passing on the finals, *if* they should manage to pass musteriuz by taking first place in all remaining games. As such, musteriuz will be advancing. (either as division champion, or as second place, standing in for dittoeevee8888)

FINALS:
AC: Culs De Sac
EC: musteriuz
FC: wolfpack0530
MC: danryan - - - - - TOURNAMENT CHAMPION ! ! ! ! !
WC: dragon dor

[Kinnison]

The MS Excel Scoresheet/Schedule is current, INCLUDING FINALS, here.

FOR COMPARISON: Each week of 11 games per group, a player is in: 1 5-player, and either of: 3 4-player and 4 3-player =or= 4 4-player and 2 3-player games. So it's possible to earn 56 or 52 points a round, with a total of 122 points for all players per group in one week. Group members shuffle each week.

[spoiler=Prelims]Week 1: Complete
Week 2: Complete
Week 3: Complete
Week 4: Complete
Week 5: Complete

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AIR DIVISION
A1:-Frito Bandito    130
A2:-Hacx5nine        135
A3:*Culs De Sac      151
A4:-milo67           118
A5:-SNARF17WD         73

EARTH DIVISION
B1: musteriuz*       133
B2: dittoeevee8888   129
   w1:Hopscotcher
B3:-plurple           83
B4:-Darin44          107
B5:-RoOkAz           128

FIRE DIVISION
C1:-YoursFalsey      116
C2:-angola           130
C3:-MeDeFe           132.5
C4:-Hoagy             49
   w1-3:geigerm
C5:*wolfpack0530     175

METAL DIVISION
D1:-Barry Zuckerkorn  79
D2:-cletus           109
D3:*danryan          158
D4:-Kinnison         105.5
D5:-badlouie         114

WATER DIVISION
E1:-WPBRJ            167
E2:-secondheaven     126
E3:-shoop76          149
E4:-AtreidesHouse     87
E5:*dragon dor       169

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Week 1: Complete
Week 2: Complete
Week 3: Complete
Week 4: Complete
Week 5: Complete

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FINALS                
AC: Culs De Sac     75
EC: musteriuz      100
FC: wolfpack0530   140
MC: danryan        164
WC: dragon dor     131

On 3 January 0700GMT, danryan was confirmed with a minimum final score of 154. With the next possible MAXIMUM score then computing at 147, it is my pleasure to declare danryan the WINNER of *****The Five Elements - Shuffle*****

Congratulations, danryan!

[geigerm]

I'd like the following for home map/settings: Battle of Actium, escalating, chained, foggy.

[jielking]

i'm in
arm's race
seq
no spoils
adjacent
fog
any division
thanks

[baseball1233]

i'm in
cairn's coral coast
seq
flat rate
chained
no fog
metal division
thank you

[wolfpack0530]

id like to play

Wales, Flat Rate, Fog, chained, terminator if possible

[Kinnison]

geigerm, settings noted.

baseball1233, wolfpack0530: entries noted.


"No Spoils" is not an acceptable setting, sorry. I've seen too many tournaments stalled by a No Spoils game...

Division sorting will be accomplished by random.org when the tournament is full.


...Terminator is a COOL idea. Sadly, I didn't consider it, and it was never brought up as feedback in the first tournament. I can't/won't change the format now that the tourney is posted. But I'll keep it in mind for future runs, I *LIKE* it, it fits well with the format.


EDIT: jielking has dropped out, by PM.

[WPBRJ]

n plz

arms race stand seq flat fog chained

[danryan]

Feudal War
Escalating
Foggy
Chained

[Kinnison]

WPBRJ, danryan, you're both in.

As is Hacx5nine, from the original tournament.

[shoop76]

shoop76

Treasures of Gallapagos, flat, fog, chained

[Kinnison]

shoop76, you're in.

Nice to see people returning from the first one. Anyone who's in already, feel free to advertise the tournament among friends or clanmates you think would enjoy the format.

I'd make sure to get it into next week's tournament newsletter, but... I don't think it'll last that long. Up to 8 within 24 hours...

[dragon dor]

fIRE DIVISION // MAP TAMRIEL ESCALATING CHAINED SUNNY

[MeDeFe]

Midgard, flat rate, chained, sunny

[Teflon Kris]

WWI Ottoman Empire - Chained, Flat Rate, Foggy

[Kinnison]

dragon dor, MeDeFe, DJ Teflon... you're all in.

[Hopscotcher]

I'll play!

Supermax: Prison Riot!
Flat Rate
Chained
Fog

[Kinnison]

Hopscotcher is in. Roughly halfway there...

[Hacx5nine]

Ok Ill go with WWII Aussie escalating chained fog.

[geigerm]

Minor change--could I make my home settings sunny, not foggy? I was just rather rudely reminded in another game I'm playing that I only really like fog in 1v1 games--anything larger, and it drives me crazy.

[Kinnison]

Minor change--could I make my home settings sunny, not foggy? I was just rather rudely reminded in another game I'm playing that I only really like fog in 1v1 games--anything larger, and it drives me crazy.

Noted, changed.

[kiddicus maximus]

I'll jump in on the action, representing G&SN with MeDeFe -

Great Lakes
Sequential
Flat Rate
Chained
Sunny
Naked (optional)

[plurple]

i would like new world unlimited flat. please thanks.