Harder Better Faster Stronger [Rescued][Winner: Joe B.]

[amazzony]

There have been eliminations in the currently active slow-motion games but nothing definite really. So, until I pop in again in a couple of weeks!

[amazzony]

One game might be finishing soon, lets hope that game 3 that has only 3 players left won't end in a stalemate (1 person should have big enough advantage to end the game soon). That means that I will count points for that game and we will move on to Round 3 and with 2 games active in Round 2 we will play 1 game at a time from next Round(s) so we will have 3 active games all the time.

[amazzony]

Game 9598030 (game 3 of round 2) is over, Bigragooch won it. I'm gathering points for it and will send out first game of round 3 shortly.

[amazzony]

Game 9598030 (game 3 of round 2) is over, Bigragooch won it. I'm gathering points for it and will send out first game of round 3 shortly.

And here is the order for this game (from winner to last place): Bigragooch -> DimnjacarStef -> danryan -> ZionT -> Joe B. -> GlobeSmack -> Miandw/bigreuben

Scoreboard's updated! And Round 3 has began, first game is active.

[amazzony]

There's no change since last update (2 games of Round 2 active and 1 game of Round 3). Just wanted to wish a Happy New Year to mu super 8!

[amazzony]

I'll be away for the next two weeks so no updates during that time. Hopefully you've finished one of the active games by the time I get back so we can move on to next game.

[amazzony]

Sent out 2 new games because previous ones ended. Will update scoreboard as soon as I have gathered points for game 1 of round 2. Games are moving on really nicely, I can actually feel the end of the tournament.

[amazzony]

I have trouble getting the last few points for the last game of round 2. Will update scoreboard as soon as I've got the last points. 3 games are nicely active right now (2 from Round 3, 1 from Round 4).

[amazzony]

First 2 rounds of finals are completely finished and scoreboard is update accordingly. Leader after those 2 rounds is Miandw with 61 points, Bigragooch is second with 50 points, third is danryan with 46 points. Not far behind with 42 points is DimnjacarStef. 5th is bigreuben at 38 points, GlobeSmack has 31 points, ZionT 29 and Joe B. 27 points.

First game of round 3 is finished, those scores are separately on the scoreboard, not in the total though. The other 2 games of that round are active, so is the first game of round 4.

A couple of more months and it's done.

[Joe B.]

I think we're ready to start our last game ?

[amazzony]

Scoreboard updated. Like mentioned before, first 2 rounds are done. Third round has 1 game left to finish (actually 2 people missing their points from game 3), all other scores have been posted. Round 4 has 2 games finished, those games are put on the scoreboard. Last game of that round has just been sent out. That game is also the final game of the tournament (unless there's a tie).

[Miandw]

amazzony - You did a great job taking over this tournament and seeing it through to the end. It's very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Miandw

[Joe B.]

I absolutely agree with miandw, thank you for all you've done.

[Joe B.]

GlobeSmack hasn't joined our last game, does anyone know why?
I sent him a message, no response.

[amazzony]

Thank you for your kind words, guys! It seems though that they worked as a jinx

A big sorry for the delays with the last game, I've been struggling with updates lately and it was very unfortunate for GlobeSmack to disappear just before the last game. Anyways, he has earned 1 point for that game and the last game of the tournament will be a 7-player game which has now been sent out and should begin shortly.

Scoreboard is fully updated. Now missing results from the final game. I'm assuming it will start in the next 24 hours and will be done in 2-3 weeks, depends how fast you guys play it.

You have all been great! need to say it even though the tournament isn't over yet.

[amazzony]

Last game of this tournament is active now!

[ZionT]

Last game of this tournament is active now!

Last game of the tournament is now over! Wow, what an epic tournament this has been. Hu, ZZ's?

Anyways, Game Game 10781826. Thanks for taking this over amazzony and thanks to all the players. It was really a fun ride. I can't believe how many different people hosted and played! What a whirlwind!

[Joe B.]

Looking back, this started in 2009 ? And most of us have been here from the start, quite an acomplishment itself.
A special thanks to Zion also for winning that last game, which gave me the tournament win.
Though there were a few arguments along the way, most everyone played fair the whole way through. This was an epic tourny.
Thanks to everyone who played, Joe B.

A special shout out to DanRyan, who called me a noob, a jerk and threatened to foe me in the 1st game of the 4th round.
He wondered "how did a noob like me ever make it to the final round?"
How about.........by kicking your ass.
In truth, always takes a bit of luck, GG's all !

To think, I could have won a whole year free............

[amazzony]

I cannot believe I am saying this but - THIS TOURNAMENT IS OVER!!! It's been a very long ride to me and to the participants but you've been superb, thank you all and everybody, especially the finalists!

And, the winner of the way too long tournament is: Joe B.

Once again, thank you all and thank you for the kind words! To finish this... I hope none of us will ever have to go through anything like this again