Friendship Festival Special Edition [Win: Merch313+Swifte]

[ElricTheGreat]

Hi Duk ... so replacements start at zero or they carry the score from those they are replacing?

[Dukasaur]

My apologies. I intended to get the next round out last weekend, but I just had too many other things to do. Now I'm leaving for a week, so the next round won't be out until Sep. 25th at least.

Very sorry, and it will definitely be one of my highest priorities when I return.

[Dukasaur]

Hi Duk ... so replacements start at zero or they carry the score from those they are replacing?

Yes, they inherit the score of the team they replace.

[Dukasaur]

I've sent out the Dubs games tonight. Will do the 1v1s by Sunday at the latest, but with any luck sooner.

[Dukasaur]

Singles games went out today.

[Dukasaur]

I've started the process of updating the scores. Apologies for the delay.

[Dukasaur]

Okay, I've updated the spreadsheets to reflect all of the Preliminary Round games.

(Made a major mistake in the calculations. I'll have to re-do this when I get home. For now, still stuck in Chicago.)

[Dukasaur]

The scores that I originally posted here were calculated wrong, because I'm not that good with spreadsheets and I propagated the wrong formula. Anyway, I've re-done the spreadsheet and re-calculated the scores, so this time they should be right.

Scores at end of Preliminary Round

Team 05 Leehar Dowian2 41
Team 04 Enormastitz Tin Trumpet 40
Team 13 DoomYoshi musteriuz 38
Team 22 Johnny Rockets queen victorious 38
Team 01 merch313 Swifte 36
Team 14 slickstick nibotha 36
Team 02 I GOT SERVED Ishihara 35
Team 12 Fyrdraca Night Strike 34
Team 24 GreenBaize Gilligan 33
Team 16 Israel. what,me worry? 32
Team 19 Theldin bosche 32
Team 07 ElricTheGreat uckuki 31
Team 20 ekane wendall2000 31
Team 17 rjhankey Frox333 30
Team 23 spirou mr_chopper 30
Team 06 arno30 Mad777 27
Team 03 Darksheet BluU 25
Team 11 theheadholes pittsburgh00 25
Team 18 ScootChina ViperOverLord 25
Team 21 danalan celliottii 23
Team 25 hopalong dumhic 22
Team 09 shoop76 xman5151 20
Team 10 chemp75 evanmeter 19
Team 26 Vinc/Gen Brock uk massive/ianphull 15

Teams in green (everybody from arno's team up) carries on to the next round.

Teams in red (everybody from Darksheet's team down) is eliminated.

[Dukasaur]

And with no further ado, the Native Round is under way!

I got the Dubs games out tonight; I need some sleep now but I'll try to get the singles out in the morning.

[Dukasaur]

Singles games have been created and invitations sent out. Good luck, everyone!

[Leehar]

The scores that I originally posted here were calculated wrong, because I'm not that good with spreadsheets and I propagated the wrong formula. Anyway, I've re-done the spreadsheet and re-calculated the scores, so this time they should be right.

Scores at end of Preliminary Round

Team 05 Leehar Dowian2 41
Team 04 Enormastitz Tin Trumpet 40
Team 13 DoomYoshi musteriuz 38
Team 22 Johnny Rockets queen victorious 38
Team 01 merch313 Swifte 36
Team 14 slickstick nibotha 36
Team 02 I GOT SERVED Ishihara 35
Team 12 Fyrdraca Night Strike 34
Team 24 GreenBaize Gilligan 33
Team 16 Israel. what,me worry? 32
Team 19 Theldin bosche 32
Team 07 ElricTheGreat uckuki 31
Team 20 ekane wendall2000 31
Team 17 rjhankey Frox333 30
Team 23 spirou mr_chopper 30
Team 06 arno30 Mad777 27
Team 03 Darksheet BluU 25
Team 11 theheadholes pittsburgh00 25
Team 18 ScootChina ViperOverLord 25
Team 21 danalan celliottii 23
Team 25 hopalong dumhic 22
Team 09 shoop76 xman5151 20
Team 10 chemp75 evanmeter 19
Team 26 Vinc/Gen Brock uk massive/ianphull 15

Teams in green (everybody from arno's team up) carries on to the next round.

Teams in red (everybody from Darksheet's team down) is eliminated.

w00t!
It was hard to be sure from the spreadsheet, but glad we're leading

Any GA medal for winning the prelims?

[Dukasaur]

It was hard to be sure from the spreadsheet, but glad we're leading

Any GA medal for winning the prelims?

Yeah, it would have been a nice idea. Too bad I didn't think of it sooner; certainly can't add it now.

Especially since from here on in it's an elimination bracket, and the fact that you won the prelims gives you no advantage. Would have been nice to give you something for it.

If I did this over again, I would promote only the top 14 teams, not 16, and I would give by's to the top two teams in the first round of elimination. Well, live and learn. Great tournament design is an evolving art.

[arno30]

If I did this over again, I would promote only the top 14 teams, not 16, .

i certainly don't agree with that !

[Mad777]

arno30 & Mad777 roll to the next round

[Swifte]

merch and swifte advance over the preliminary champs in a very close one... final score 8-7.

[Dukasaur]

merch and swifte advance over the preliminary champs in a very close one... final score 8-7.

I knew it would be a close one!

[Dukasaur]

Bracket and spreadsheet updated (in Post 2.)

Games coming within 48 hours. (Sooner if I can manage it.)

[Dukasaur]

Bracket and spreadsheet updated (in Post 2.)

Games coming within 48 hours. (Sooner if I can manage it.)

Games have been created and invitations sent out.

[Mad777]

Look like Mad777 & arno30 are eliminated, great job from our opponent they played realy strong all the set.

Thanks to the organizer for this tournament, it has been enjoyable since

[Dukasaur]

Look like Mad777 & arno30 are eliminated, great job from our opponent they played realy strong all the set.

Thanks to the organizer for this tournament, it has been enjoyable since

You're very welcome!

Kudos on your sportsmanship, I like when people express respect for their opponent, very chivalrous!

[Dukasaur]

The Challonge website where I have posted the bracket for you seems to be under some kind of reconstruction, so I can't post the updated bracket. Here, however, are the highlights:

The Cultural Influences round was characterized by massive blowouts. There were literally no close matches at all.

The closest was the match where Theldin and Bosche dominated Enormastitz and Tin Trumpet by a score of 10-5.

I GOT SERVED and Ishihara crushed Slickstick and Nibotha by a score of 12-3.

ElricTheGreat and Uckuki massacred Israel and What,me worry? by an even more lopsided score of 13-2.

But most daunting of all, Merch313 and Swifte butchered Arno30 and Mad777 with a vicious 14-1 slashing.

Congrats to all the winners. Next round we will see if Team 1 can continue their murderous rampage as they face (appopriately enough) Team 2. Meanwhile, Team 19 will try their luck against Team 7. Next round coming soon.

[Dukasaur]

Looks like the Challonge site has completed its facelift and the bracket is visible again.

[Dukasaur]

The Navigator Round has ended.
Merch313 and Swifte defeated I GOT SERVED and Ishihara by a score of 9-6.
Theldin and bosche crushed ElricTheGreat and uckuki by a score of 12-3.

The Supremacy Round is about to begin......

[Dukasaur]

All the games in the final round have successfully begun.

Good luck everybody!

[Dukasaur]

Wow, my fourth major tournament to end in the last two days!

The team of Merch313 and Swifte has just chewed up this tournament! They were the first to sign up, gaining the designation Team 1 right from the opening bell. (Back on July 3rd.) In the preliminary round, they eased off just a tiny bit, still coming in a very confident 5th in a field of 24. (Remember?) Wasting no time, in the very first round of the bracket portion they were thrown against Team 5 (Leehar and Dowian) and came up with a very close 8-7 victory.

In the second round of the bracket portion, the Cultural Influences round, they absolutely buried Team 6 (Arno and Mad) with a 14-1 landslide. In the next round, they faced Team 2 (I Got Served and Ishihara) and definitely served it to them 9-6. Finally, they came up against Team 19 (Theldin and Bosche). Team 19 had up to that point roared through the bracket, scoring decisive wins of their own 11-4, 10-5, and 12-3. Against the Team 1 juggernaut, however, Team 19's juju left them. Today, Team 1 raises the flag of victory on the field, having scored a decisive 18-5 in the Finals.

Congratulations Merch313 and Swifte, champions of the Friendship Festival Special (TPA2) Edition!



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In addition to winning the tournament, Swifte wins the GA medal for best individual performance on the American side, having won 37 of his 51 games (72.55%).



On the Canadian side, the GA medal goes to Leehar of Team 5, who won 21 of his 30 games, or an even 70%. Amazingly enough, this is the second time TODAY that Leehar has earned a GA medal in one of my tournaments, having won the GA in my First Anniversary tournament only about four hours ago!



Spreadsheet showing games won and winning percentage per player:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap9tZNjRXkJydExLcVRHZFBJR0lYZzNoWmVvaDNjSFE


Thank you all for joining and I hope you enjoyed this tournament! (TPA2 rankings will be provided later today.)