Beat the Odds! [TPA2] (Swifte Wins)

[nebsmith]

edit: mc29. This Tournament has been rescued by DaveH

Scores and updates can be found here: Scores and Updates

Original thread: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=156083


This is a Tournament Players Association Year 2(TPA2) event, and is governed by its rules, guidelines, and judgments. All are welcome to join and participate in the association. You need do nothing more than join one or more of the TPA2 events that will be announced each Monday. Check back on the TPA2 scoreboard in the Tournaments--> General Info forum to see how you're doing.

Beat the Odds!
Many sequential 2 player tournaments are frustrating because a series can be decided by who goes first in the most games, not by which player is the most skilled. Beat the Odds attempts to remedy this by rewarding players who go 2nd and still manage to win.

Signups
All are welcome to join, freemiums keep in mind you'll need to dedicate 3 spots to this tournament for the entire duration, turnaround should be pretty quick though since it's only 2 player games. Signups will last for two weeks, then I will start no matter how many players have signed up. Expect your first games to come sometime around Wednesday, November 9.

[spoiler=Format]Each player starts with one life. Lose all your lives and you are eliminated. The tournament will be structured in rounds. Each round you will fight a random person in a series matchup, as described below. The loser of the series loses one life, while the winner remains at his/her previous life total. This keeps going until all but one player is eliminated. To reward those who advance far into the tournament, a bonus life will be granted to any player who manages to win 4 games going 2nd. This can occur multiple times, so if a player gets to 8 wins going 2nd, they will gain a 2nd life, 12 wins gains a 3rd life, etc. If there are an odd number of players when a round starts, a player will be randomly selected to get a "bye" from the players with the most amount of lives.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Series]Each series is to 5 points. If you win going first, you get 1 point, while if you win going second, you get 1.5 points. The games will come in sets of 3, although this pace may need to slow down as players get closer to 5 points, to prevent both from crossing 5 in the same set.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Settings]All games will be sequential, automatic, escalating, chained, sunny. Each round maps will be picked at random from the selection below. Most of these are large but not overly complicated maps, to provide for even and exciting games:

1. NYC
   
2. Cairns Coral Coast
   
3. Solar System
   
4. Charleston
   
5. Eastern Hemisphere
   
6. England
   
7. First Nations North America
   
8. First Nations South America
   
9. Fractured America
   
10. Land and Sea
    
11. Montreal
    
12. North America
    
13. Quad Cities
    
14. Sydney Metro
    
15. Triple Alliance
    
16. Vancouver
    
17. WWII Australia
    
18. Fractured China

[/spoiler]

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[spoiler=eliminated]Round 1
dmastrong
swoopy00091
donkeylove
heavenly29
ThrushAAX
silversun6
slickstick
NZHostel
Jason2000
tom564
arno30
ianphull
rmjw10
subprime
Tupence
Kiko13
Cyndo
HighlanderAttack
trinicardinal
Marshallbobby
Evil Semp
ItzPetey
mr. CD
Gen. Ramsarelli
chemefreak
denominator
Count Belisle
Tin Trumpet
whakamole
ekane
xman5151
callmecommander
TheTrueNorth
Araldite
alaskanassassin
sho0t4u
Leehar
general cod
mwaser
Ghost_Rider
Gilligan
Tripitaka
ubcman64
lostatlimbo

Round 2
farinelli
shoop76
dumhic
qwert
timminz
wombat4 (3)
Hath (2)
ultraman (1)
Jakes1 (2)
Domicas (3)
Dukasaur (0)
Crarg (2)
harvmax (1)
Butters1919 (3)
reahma (2)
Night Strike (3)
osujacket (1)
vegnagun (3)
barterer2002 (2)
madman7 (3)

Round 3
musteriuz (3)
BADPAT (3)
jovel (0)
redbugal (3)
Mr. Gix (2)
gameplayer (1)
siddify (3)
angola (3)

Round 4
mviola (3)
Theldin (3)
sandman175 (0)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Round 1]HighlanderAttack 1.5,1.5
BADPAT 1,1.5,1,1,1

heavenly29
Enormastitz 1,1,1,1,1.5

sandman175 1,1.5,1,1.5
ItzPetey 1

Mizzou3181 1.5,1.5,1,1
Evil Semp 1,1

redbugal 1,1,1.5,1,1
sho0t4u 1

wombat4 1,1,1.5,1,1
denominator 1,1,1

chemefreak 1.5,1.5
Butters1919 1,1,1,1,1.5

Araldite,1
Dukasaur 1,1,1,1,1

mviola 1,1,1,1,1
dmastrong 1

benga 1.5,1.5,1.5,1
slickstick 1

timminz 1,1,1.5,1,1
Count Belisle 1

subprime 1,1.5
shoop76 1,1.5,1,1.5

rmjw10 1.5
osujacket 1,1,1.5,1,1

mr. CD
nesterdude 1,1.5,1.5,1

musteriuz 1,1,1.5,1.5
silversun6 1.5

barterer2002 1,1,1.5,1,1
Tripitaka 1.5,1.5

Leehar 1,1,1
gameplayer 1,1,1,1,1

ianphull 1.5,1,1
Swifte 1.5,1.5,1,1

arno30 1,1,1.5
farinelli 1,1,1,1,1

whakamole 1
Hath 1,1,1,1,1.5

TheTrueNorth
Mr. Gix 1,1,1,1,1

Cyndo 1,1
angola 1.5,1.5,1.5,1

general cod 1,1,1.5
Night Strike 1.5,1.5,1,1.5

Jason2000 1.5
dumhic 1,1.5,1,1.5

dowian2 1,1,1.5,1.5
NZHostel

vegnagun 1.5,1,1,1,1.5
ubcman64 1,1,1

wilkinc 1,1,1,1.5,1.5
alaskanassassin 1,1,1

trinicardinal
Crarg 1.5,1.5,1,1

Tin Trumpet 1,1,1
Jakes1 1,1,1,1,1.5

callmecommander 1.5,1
jovel 1,1.5,1.5,1.5

uckuki 1,1.5,1,1.5
xman5151 1,1.5,1

donkeylove 1
qwert 1,1.5,1.5,1

Theldin 1.5,1.5,1,1.5
Gilligan 1,1,1,1

Gen. Ramsarelli 1.5
madman7 1.5,1.5,1,1

swoopy00091 1,1
Bones2484 1.5,1.5,1,1.5

ultraman 1,1,1,1,1.5
Kiko13 1,1.5

siddify 1.5,1.5,1.5,1
ekane 1,1

Tupence 1.5,1.5
wombat4 1,1,1.5,1.5

Domicas 1,1,1.5,1.5
ThrushAAX 1

mwaser 1,1,1,1
harvmax 1,1,1,1.5,1

lostatlimbo 1,1.5,1
reahma 1.5,1.5,1,1

darth emperor 1,1.5,1,1,1.5
Marshallbobby 1,1

musicalmaven 1.5,1.5
tom564

Ghost_Rider 1.5,1,1.5
Ishihara 1.5,1.5,1,1[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 2]Enormastitz 1,1.5,1,1.5
Timminz

Theldin 1.5,1.5,1,1
ultraman 1,1

Bones2484 1,1,1,1.5,1.5
Farinelli 1,1.5

Shoop76 1,1,1.5,1
Mizzou3181 1.5,1,1,1.5

Madman7 1.5
darth emperor 1,1,1,1.5,1

uckuki 1.5,1,1,1,1.5
Jakes1 1,1.5

dowian2 1,1.5,1,1.5
osujacket 1.5

redbugal 1.5,1,1,1.5
Domicas 1,1.5,1

sandman175 1.5,1.5,1,1
barterer2002 1,1.5,1,1

Butters1919 1.5,1.5
wilkinc 1,1,1,1,1.5

jovel 1,1.5,1,1
Ishihara 1,1,1,1,1.5

musteriuz 1,1,1,1.5,1
Dukasaur 1

Night Strike 1,1
nesterdude 1,1.5,1,1,1

reahma
musicalmaven 1,1,1,1.5,1.5

gameplayer 1,1,1,1,1.5
Crarg 1,1

qwert 1,1,1,1.5
Mr. Gix 1,1.5,1,1.5

harvmax 1,1
mviola 1,1,1.5,1,1

Swifte 1.5,1.5,1.5,1
dumhic 1

siddify 1,1,1,1,1
Hath 1,1.5

benga 1,1.5,1,1
vegnagun 1.5(forfeited last game)

BADPAT 1,1.5,1,1,1.5
wombat4 1,1,1,1.5

BYE:angola[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 3]Bones2484 1.5,1.5,1,1
sandman175 1,1,1,1

darth emperor 1.5,1.5,1.5,1
BADPAT

Theldin 1.5,1,1,1
nesterdude 1,1,1.5,1,1

Swifte 1,1.5,1.5,1
redbugal 1

Enormastitz 1,1.5,1.5,1
Mr. Gix

musicalmaven 1
mviola 1,1,1,1,1

musteriuz
uckuki 1.5,1.5,1,1.5

angola 1,1,1
Mizzou3181 1,1.5,1.5,1.5

jovel 1,1,1,1
dowian2 1,1,1,1,1.5

gameplayer 1,1
benga 1,1,1,1,1

wilkinc 1,1,1,1,1
Ishihara 1,1,1,1.5[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 4]Ishihara 1.5,1.5,1,1
Mizzou3181 1.5,1,1

mviola 1,1,1.5
nesterdude 1,1.5,1,1,1.5

sandman175 1,1,1
darth emperor 1.5,1,1,1,1

dowian2 1,1,1,1,1.5
Swifte 1,1,1.5

benga 1,1.5,1
musicalmaven 1,1,1,1,1.5

Enormastitz 1,1.5,1,1,1,1
Theldin 1.5,1

uckuki 1,1,1,1,1
wilkinc 1,1.5,1

BYE: Bones2484
Link to round 4 games[/spoiler]

[nebsmith]

[spoiler=lives - games won from second since last life gained]benga (1) - (1)
Bones2484 (2) - (3)
darth emperor (2) - (3)
dowian2 (2) - (2)
Enormastitz (2) - (2)
Ishihara (1) - (2)
Mizzou3181 (2) - (0)
musicalmaven (1) - (1)
nesterdude (2) - (2)
Swifte (2) - (0)
uckuki (2) - (3)
wilkinc (1) - (0)[/spoiler]

[spoiler=round 5]Bones2484 -
Ishihara -

Mizzou3181 -
darth emperor -

uckuki - 1,1
wilkinc - 1

benga -
musicalmaven -

Swifte -
dowian2 -

Enormastitz -
nesterdude -[/spoiler]
Link to Round 5 games



[spoiler=players through to round 6]

[/spoiler]

[musicalmaven]

this is to inform you that i won game # 112 75078 against benga.

[nebsmith]

I will be recording the results when the individual sets are finished - to avoid me getting confused.

[musicalmaven]

this is to inform you that i won game # 11275076 (round 4 / set # 3) against benga.

[nebsmith]

yep - you both go through to round 5

[Bones2484]

Thank you for rescuing. I thought I was doing very well in this tournament and judging by my 11 "beating the odds" wins so far, I guess I was right!

[mcshanester29]

This Tournament is Still Active

[mcshanester29]

This tournament is now labeled "Needing Rescue". If it is not rescued within a week it will be considered abandoned.

If you are interested please check this section of the Tournament Handbook:

Rescued Tournaments Policy

Mcshanester29
Abandoned & Rescued Tournaments

[DaveH]

Congratulations Swifte

Link to all Round 5 Games

[spoiler=Round 5 Results+Games]Enormastitz (4.5)

1, 1.5, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1

Nesterdude (4)

0, 0, 1.5, 1.5, 0, 1, 0, 0

Swifte (5.5)

1, 1, 0, 0 1.5, 1, 1

Dowian2 (2)

0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0

Benga (5.5)

1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 0, 1

Musicalmaven (1.5)

0, 0, 0, 1.5, 0

Uckuki (4.5)

0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0

Wilkinc (5.5)

1, 0, 0, 1.5, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1

Mizzou3181 (5.0)

1, 1, 1.5, 1.5

Darth Emperor (0)

0, 0, 0, 0

Bones2484 (5.5)

1.5, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1.5

Ishihara (4.5)

0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives]At the start of Round 5, lives are as follows:
(New life every 4th 2nd turn wins)
Round 5 additional 2nd turn wins are shown as at the latest position.

Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins_____Round 5 Additions
benga_______________1______________1________________3
Bones2484___________2______________3________________2
darth emperor_______2______________3________________0
dowian2_____________1______________2________________0
Enormastitz__________2______________2________________1
Ishihara_____________1______________2________________1
Mizzou3181__________2______________0________________2
musicalmaven________1______________1________________1
nesterdude__________2______________2________________2
Swifte_______________2______________0________________1
uckuki______________2______________3________________0
wilkinc______________1______________0________________1[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives after Round 5]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins
Enormastitz__________2______________3
nesterdude__________2______________0
Swifte_______________2______________1
dowian2_____________1______________2
benga_______________2______________0
uckuki______________1______________3
wilkinc______________1______________1
Mizzou3181__________2______________2
darth emperor_______1______________3
Bones2484___________3______________1
Out Ishihara & musicalmaven[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 6 Games

[spoiler=Round 6 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.

nesterdude (5)

(1, 1, 1.5, 1.5)

benga (0)

(0, 0, 0, 0)

Enormastitz

(0, 0, 0)

darth emperor (4.5)

(1.5, 1.5, 1.5)

Mizzou3181 (2.5)

(1.5, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0)

Bones2484 (5)

(0, 1, 0, 1.5, 1 , 1.5)

uckuki (2.5)

(1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0, 0)

Swifte (4)

(0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1)

wilkinc(4.5)

(1, 1.5, 0, 0, 1, 1)

dowian2 (2.5)

(0, 0, 1, 1.5, 0, 0)

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 6]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 6 Additions
nesterdude__________2______________0______________2
benga_______________1______________0______________0
Enormastitz__________1______________3______________0
darth emperor________1______________3______________3
Swifte_______________2______________1______________0
dowian2________0______________2______________1
Mizzou3181__________1______________2______________1
Bones2484___________3______________1______________2
uckuki______________1______________3______________1
wilkinc______________1______________1______________1[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 7 Games

[spoiler=Round 7 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Bones2484 has the highest number of lives, so has a bye.

benga (1) (1, 0, 0, 0)
Enormastitz (4.5) (0, 1, 1.5, 1, 1.5)

Swifte (4.5) (1, 1, 0, 1.5, 1)
Mizzou3181 (1) (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)

nesterdude (2.5) (0, 1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0)
wilkinc (4) (1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1)

uckuki (4) (1, 1, 1, 1)
darth emperor (0) (0, 0, 0, 0)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 7]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 7 Additions
benga_______________1______________0______________0
Bones2484___________3______________3______________0
darth emperor________2______________2______________0
Enormastitz__________1______________3______________2
nesterdude__________2______________2______________1
Mizzou3181__________1______________3______________0
Swifte_______________2______________1______________1
uckuki______________1______________0______________0
wilkinc______________1______________2______________0[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 8 Games

[spoiler=Round 8 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Bones2484 has the highest number of lives, so has a bye.

darth emperor (2) (1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
uckuki (5) (0, 0, 1, 1.5, 1, 1.5)

nesterdude (1.5) (0, 0, 1.5, 0)
Swifte (4) (1.5, 1, 0, 1.5)

wilkinc (3) (1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0)
Enormastitz (4) (0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 8]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 8 Additions
benga and Mizzou3181 have lost their last life

Bones2484___________3______________3______________0
darth emperor________1______________2______________0
Enormastitz__________2______________1______________0
nesterdude_________1______________3______________1
Swifte_______________2______________2______________2
uckuki______________1______________0______________2
wilkinc______________1______________2______________0[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 9 Games

[spoiler=Round 9 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
darth emperor (2) (0, 1, 1, 0, 0)
Swifte (5) (1, 0, 0, 1.5, 1.5)

uckuki (1.5) (0, 1.5, 0, 0, 0)
nesterdude (4.5) (1, 0, 1, 1, 1.5)

Enormastitz (4.5) (1, 1.5, 1, 1)
Bones2484 (0) (0, 0, 0, 0)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 9]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 9 Additions
wilkinc has lost his last life

Bones2484___________3______________3______________0
darth emperor________1______________2______________0
Enormastitz__________2______________1______________1
nesterdude__________1______________0______________1
Swifte______________3______________0______________2
uckuki______________1______________2______________1[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 10 Games

[spoiler=Round 10 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Bones2484 (2.5) (0, 0, 1.5, 1, 0, 0)
Swifte (4.5) (1.5, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1)

nesterdude (0) (0, 0, 0, 0)
Enormastitz (4.5) (1, 1, 1, 1.5)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 10]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 10 Additions
darth emperor & uckuki have lost their last lives

Bones2484___________2______________3______________0
darth emperor________0______________2______________0
Enormastitz__________2______________2______________1
nesterdude__________1______________1______________0
Swifte______________3______________2______________1
uckuki______________0______________3______________0[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 11 Games

[spoiler=Round 11 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Swifte has a bye as the one with most lives.

Bones2484 (2.5) (0, 0, 1, 1.5, 0, 0)
Enormastitz (4.5) (1, 1, 0, 0, 1.5, 1)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 11]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 11 Additions
nesterdude has lost his last life

Bones2484___________1______________3______________1
Enormastitz__________2______________3______________1
nesterdude__________0______________1______________0
Swifte______________3______________3______________0[/spoiler]

Link to all Round 12 Games

[spoiler=Round 11 Results and Games]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Enormastitz has a bye as a result of a random selection between him and Swifte, who both have the most lives.

Bones2484 (0) (0, 0, 0)
Swifte (4) (1.5, 1, 1.5)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Round 12]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Round 12 Additions

Bones2484___________1______________0______________0
Enormastitz__________3______________0______________0
Swifte______________3______________3______________1[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Finals]First to 4 points wins. One life every four second-turn wins.
Bones2484 loses his last life
Swifte needs to gain 12 points
Enormastitz needs to gain 20 points
(plus any additional lives won during the round)

Swifte (13) (1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1.5, 1.5, 0, 1.5, 0, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5)
Enormastitz (11.5) (0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0)

Game 12621526[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lives during Finals]Player___________Lives_____ 2nd Turn Wins____Finals Additions

Enormastitz__________3______________0______________1
Swifte______________5______________0______________3[/spoiler]

[DaveH]

One rule that was not covered in the thread was the situation if one player reaches 5 points and there is stillone or more gamse yet to finish. My interpretation is that the points and away wins will be finalised as soon as one player has reached 5 points irrespective of the number of games that may still be ongoing between the two players.

What I will try and ensure from now on though is that after the initial 3 games, I will only send out a further 1 game (rather than 2) if the 5 points could be achieved by one game's result. This would then avoid the above situation.

Happy to receive comments on this though.

[musicalmaven]

this is to inform you that i won game # 11641382 against benga - but he will win the quad city game.

[Bones2484]

Just a quick petition to remove "England" from the list of maps for this. It is very likely the most imbalanced 1v1 map on this site... hate to have this be the deciding game (like it is in my match with Ishi).

Hopefully we can at least change this for future rounds!

[DaveH]

Just to log the pm's that have been sent and received and publish the conclusions;

England will not be on the list of maps for the next round as its use has been more than average in the previous rounds.
I will randomise the map list then all players will receive the maps in sequence.
The target for winning the round will be 4 points
We will not change the number of second turn wins from 4 as that would disadvantage those players who have accumulated different numbers of them so far.

[DaveH]

Just waiting for one game to finish before we move onto Round 7

[DaveH]

Good Luck in Round 8 Guys!

[merch313]

Tourney still active

[DaveH]

Round 10 games are nearing a conclusion...

[DaveH]

Round 12 and Bones just hangs on to keep in the running. American theme thrown up by random selection for the three games! Quad Cities, Montreal and Land and Sea to follow if needed.

Game 12371319 Game 12371318 Game 12371317

[DaveH]

Congratulations to Enormastitz and Swifte for making the finals! I will keep topping up the number of games as you guys have 7 lives between you which will take you a few games to complete!

i.e. Enormastitz needs 4 x 4 points; Swifte 3 x 4 points (plus any additional sets of 4 points according to the second turn wins.

[DaveH]

Latest Position has Swifte on 4 points (target 12) lagging Enormastitz on 9.5 (target 16). Very close....

[Swifte]

[DaveH]

Congratulations Swifte winning after a marathon round against Enormastitz