Update Feb. 16th. Players have been seeded, Phase One games have been created and invitations sent.
Update Feb. 23rd. Phase One complete, Phase Two games have been created and invitations sent.
Update Feb. 28th. Phase Two complete, Phase Three games have been created and invitations sent.
Update Mar. 6th. One Phase Three game still active, but it won't change the outcome of the series, so I have declared xman5151 and stokiepaul the winners and started the Final series of games.
Update Mar. 10th. One game left to play in the finals, but stokiepaul leads the series 5-1, so the last game won't change the outcome. Stokiepaul wins!
Okay, I really, really, really wanted to call it Joe's Knucklehead Tournament, but since that's taken, I'll have to console myself with this title.
This is my first tournament. It will be brutally quick, because I have much better tournament ideas waiting in the wings, but I want to have one quick one just to get some practice in the mechanics of how to handle the seeding, the game invitations, how to monitor results, etcetera.
In order to make sure that it is quick, I have chosen 4 small-ish asymmetrical maps that do not easily stalemate: Portugal, 13 Colonies, Caribbean Islands, and Arms Race.
As a further precaution to make things go quickly, all games are Escalating and Sunny with Unlimited reinforcement.
As a final precaution, games will be capped at 25 rounds. I quite honestly cannot see a game going 25 rounds with these maps and settings, but just in case, this rule exists. If a game goes to round 26, the winner will be deemed the player who received the most reinforcements on round 25. There is only one exception to this rule: if and only if the seven game finale is tied at three games each, then I will let the seventh game play out to the bitter end.
16 players will be accepted. Only requirements are premium with a minimum of 97% of turns taken. Players will be seeded according to their points at the time that I create the first round of games. There will be four rounds of 1-on-1 bracket elimination play.
[spoiler=players]Players
[player]stokiepaul[/player]
[player]Doomyoshi[/player]
[player]scatt[/player]
[player]HighlanderAttack[/player]
[player]shoop76[/player]
[player]soldierboy[/player]
[player]xman5151[/player]
[player]DJENRE[/player]
[player]arrudaw[/player]
[player]mcshanester29[/player]
[player]Vaicius[/player]
[player]Bruceswar[/player]
[player]DBandit70[/player]
[player]fairman[/player]
[player]jeraado[/player]
[player]PepeAtila[/player]
As seeded (with points collected @approximately 20:00 EST Feb 16/11)
1. PepeAtila 2479
2. fairman 2337
3. DBandit70 2324
4. shoop76 2239
5. stokiepaul 2088
6. HighlanderAttack 2065
7. Vaicius 1935
8. soldierboy 1930
9. DJENRE 1851
10. jeraado 1639
11. xman5151 1580
12. Bruceswar 1521
13. scatt 1480
14. DoomYoshi 1438
15. mcshanester29 1410
16. arrudaw 1096[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Brackets]Phase 1
1v2
3v4
5v6
7v8
9v10
11v12
13v14
15v16
Phase 2
1/2 v 3/4
5/6 v 7/8
9/10 v 11/12
13/14 v 15/16
Phase 3
1/2/3/4 v 5/6/7/8
9/10/11/12 v 13/14/15/16
Final Phase
1/2/3/4 /5/6/7/8 v 9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase One]The first phase will be a single game on the Portugal Map.
PepeAtila v fairman Game 8530963
DBandit70 v shoop76 Game 8530962
stokiepaul v HighlanderAttack Game 8530961
Vaicius v soldierboy Game 8530960
DJENRE v jeraado Game 8530959
xman51 v Bruceswar Game 8530958
scatt v DoomYoshi Game 8530957
mcshanester29 v arrudaw Game 8530956[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase Two]The second phase will consist of 3 games on the 13 Colonies map. All games will be created at once; winner of 2 games advances.
fairman v shoop76 Game 8574701 Game 8574702 Game 8574703
stokiepaul v soldierboy Game 8574692 Game 8574693 Game 8574694
DJENRE v xman5151 Game 8574695 Game 8574696 Game 8574697
DoomYoshi v arrudaw Game 8574689 Game 8574698 Game 8574700[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Phase Three]The third phase will consist of 5 games on the Caribbean Islands map. Winner of 3 games advances.
shoop76 v stokiepaul
Game 8612495Game 8612496Game 8612497Game 8612500Game 8612501
xman5151 v DoomYoshi
Game 8612490Game 8612491Game 8612492Game 8612493Game 8612494[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Final Phase]The finale will be a best-of-7 series on the Arms Race map. Winner of four games is crowned.
stokiepaul v xman5151
Game 8646872Game 8646873Game 8646874Game 8646875Game 8646878Game 8646879
Game 8646880[/spoiler]
