Ever Decreasing Circles II [Winner: soccerghost]

[Tupence]

Ever Decreasing Circles is back, and it's bigger and better than before!

EDIT: This tournament has filled unexpectedly quickly. Please head over to the identical Ever Decreasing Circles III to sign up: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=135864

Premiums only please, with 97%+ attendance.

This tournament will be played on the smallest maps on CC - each map being smaller than the last!

In the Preliminary Stages there will be 18 mini-tournaments (each with only 3 games) - the winner of each mini-tournament will go through to the Final Stages. 3 of these mini-tournaments will be played at a time so that this stage does not drag on for too long.

Settings:
Standard
Sequential
Escalating
Unlimited
Sunny

Preliminary Stages

Each mini-tournament will follow this plan:

24 players play 1 game - 4-player - winner moves on
6 players play 1 game - 3-player - winner moves on
2 players play 1 game - 1v1 - winner goes through to Final Stages

Here is the order of maps (1 for each mini-tournament):

[spoiler=MAPS]Map 1 - Austerlitz
Map 2 - Greenland
Map 3 - Halloween Hollows
Map 4 - Netherlands
Map 5 - USA New England
Map 6 - Ireland
Map 7 - USA South West
Map 8 - Indochina
Map 9 - Circus Maximus
Map 10 - Haiti
Map 11 - Egypt: Nubia
Map 12 - Greater China
Map 13 - Cyprus
Map 14 - Egypt: Upper
Map 15 - Duck and Cover
Map 16 - Madagascar
Map 17 - USA West
Map 18 - Egypt: Lower[/spoiler]

Final Stages

The 18 winners of the mini-tournaments will play in the Final Stages - if a player has won two or three mini-tournaments they will have two or three chances in this stage! If they have won more than 3, runners-up will play-off for the remaining spaces.

The Final Stages will be in 2 parts - the Luxembourg Stage and the Doodle Earth Stage.

Luxembourg Stage

18 players play 1 game - 6-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
15 losers play 1 game - 5-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
12 losers play 1 game - 4-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage
9 losers play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Doodle Earth Stage

Doodle Earth Stage

The 12 winners from the Luxembourg Stage will play:

12 players play 1 game - 3-player - winners through to Bracket
8 losers play 1 game - 2-player - winners through to Bracket

Bracket (Also on Doodle Earth)
Quarter Finals - 8 players - 1v1 - Best of 3
Semi Finals - 4 players - 1v1 - Best of 5
Grand Final - 2 players - 1v1 - Best of 9

[Tupence]

List of Players

1. gqmecock
2. rishark1969
3. Nikita42
4. aligator_al
5. MyTurnToWin
6. ellenaj
7. BluU
8. saraith
9. alaskanassassin
10. joeaggie98
11. stollmike
12. bonus_mop
13. NZHostel
14. soccerghost
15. The Mantis
16. Mec26
17. Decius Mus
18. redtide
19. Guderian09
20. Darin44
21. IcePack
22. shoop76
23. spidey
24. Pantheon

[Tupence]

Map 1 - Austerlitz

Winner: IcePack
Runner-Up: BluU

Map 2 - Greenland

Winner: Mec26
Runner-Up: Guderian09

Map 3 - Halloween Hollows

Winner: MyTurnToWin
Runner-Up: Mec26

Map 4 - Netherlands

Winner: joeaggie98
Runner-Up: BluU

Map 5 - USA New England

Winner: The Mantis
Runner-Up: bonus_mop

Map 6 - Ireland

Winner: shoop76
Runner-Up: Mec26

Map 7 - USA Southwest

Winner: aligator_al
Runner-Up: Guderian09

Map 8 - Indochina

Winner: Decius Mus
Runner-Up: Darin44

Map 9 - Circus Maximus

Winner: Mec26
Runner-Up: Nikita42

Map 10 - Haiti

Winner: shoop76
Runner-Up: BluU

Map 11 - Egypt: Nubia

Winner: stollmike
Runner-Up: shoop76

Map 12 - Greater China

Winner: Mec26
Runner-Up: bonus_mop

Map 13 - Cyprus

Winner: MyTurnToWin
Runner-Up: gqmecock

Map 14 - Egypt: Upper

Winner: The Mantis
Runner-Up: Pantheon

Map 15 - Duck and Cover

Winner: MyTurnToWin
Runner-Up: The Mantis

Map 16 - Madagascar

Winner: soccerghost
Runner-Up: saraith

Map 17 - USA West

Winner: aligator_al
Runner-Up: soccerghost

Map 18 - Egypt: Lower

Winner: Decius Mus
Runner-Up: The Mantis

Luxembourg Stage

Group A
Mec26
joeaggie98
MyTurnToWin
The Mantis
soccerghost
aligator_al

Group B
MyTurnToWin
IcePack
The Mantis
shoop76
Mec26
Decius Mus

Group C
aligator_al
Decius Mus
shoop76
Mec26
stollmike
MyTurnToWin

Doodle Earth Stage

Group A
joeaggie98
Mec26
MyTurnToWin

Group B
shoop76
The Mantis
Decius Mus

Group C
MyTurnToWin
soccerghost
aligator_al

Group D
IcePack
The Mantis
aligator_al

[gqmecock]

i'll play

[rishark1969]

in please

[Nikita42]

In please.

[aligator_al]

looks like fun
count me in
thx Tupence

[MyTurnToWin]

Add me to the list of players, please.

[ellenaj]

count me in!

[BluU]

in please

[saraith]

in, please

[alaskanassassin]

I'm down! Looks great!

[joeaggie98]

In please

[stollmike]

Count me in for this one, Tup!

[bonus_mop]

Sounds fun Tupence, I'll give it a try.

[NZHostel]

sure why not

[soccerghost]

DONE! I am soooo in, thanks for the invite Tupence!!!!!!

[The Mantis]

in please

[Mec26]

I'm in.

[Decius Mus]

in please!

[redtide]

Please sign me up

[Guderian09]

sign me up pls

[Darin44]

in please

[IcePack]

Count me in this as well

IcePack

[shoop76]

in please