WINbyTWO “fair start” British Isles [WON: RAGIAN]

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:19 pm

Sent out extra Round 1 games to get everyone up to 3 starts.
Remember, only the games with the first 3 starts by each player count unless there is a tie.

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:42 am

generalhead and Ragian are now at 10 games trying to get generalhead 3 starts! lol
Can I request a GA medal for the person who plays the most games in the tournament? :-p

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:36 pm

this is to inform you that i won game # 12114023 against guderian09

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:43 pm

this is to inform you that i won game # 12114027 against guderian09.

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:25 pm

this is to inform you that i won game #12114024 against guderian09.
it should give us a 3 & 3 split.

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:44 pm

Getting things updated after the holidays...
Now we're just waiting for Guderian09 and musicalmaven to play a couple more games since they tied the first 6.

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:01 am

this is to inform you that i won game # 12161111 against guaderian09.

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:16 pm

this is to inform you that i won game # 12161109. that's 2 - 1 to go.

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:09 pm

this is to inform you that i won game # 12161108 against guardian09 to get the 3rd game, so we can proceed with the tournament. (i should also win the 4th game.)

musicalmaven · Post by **musicalmaven** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:53 pm

this is to inform you that i did win the 4th game against guderian09 in game # 12161110.

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:58 am

Wow, looks like Ragian is pulling out the big comeback!
Of course that means this could drag out a while longer guys... lol

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:16 pm

We're on to the final and consolation matches.

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:07 pm

If nothing else this tourney proves the advantage of going first... :lol:

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:02 am

LOL. We need HOWITZERHAL to get more starts and we need one of you to break the other's start!

HOWITZERHAL · Post by **HOWITZERHAL** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:24 pm

At least on this map and at this time against these 2 players. It appears the advantage goes to the starter. Mostly because my opponent is a better player....

Great Tourny Jon.

Cheers,

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:40 am

I'm glad you're enjoying it!
I wonder if there's a record for number of games played per tournament match...
18 and counting for you guys. =D>

HOWITZERHAL · Post by **HOWITZERHAL** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:07 am

TBH Jon, I didn't need to know that....lmao

HOWITZERHAL · Post by **HOWITZERHAL** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:20 am

Hey Jon,

I won Game 12685334....Is it over?

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:20 am

OK here's a graphic that might make it easier to track. I can't figure out how to make a table or columns in these posts so I'll paste an image.
[bigimg]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii62/jonperu/FairStartExpl_zpsaeea00fe.gif[/bigimg]
The whole point of this tournament is to count an even number of starts for each player.
Games are in order by number which reflects the order in which they were begun & played.
Ragian has already played his next 6 starts and won the first 4 before HOWITZERHAL broke his serve in Game 12639090.

In order for HOWITZERHAL to win the match, he must win his next 5 starts.
In order for Ragian to win, he must win one of those starts by HOWITZERHAL.

GL and may the dice be ever in your favor! =D>

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:26 am

If there's a better way to score this, I would love to find it for the next tourney.
Perhaps I could say that we count starts AND wins or something...
So games 12639090 and 12685335 would count as wins for HOWITZERHAL even though he didn't start them and that MIGHT put us a little closer to ending it!
OR maybe we could give 2 points for winning a game you didn't start and 1 point for winning a game you started and play toward a goal, win by 3 or something... BUT HOWITZERHAL would have lost by now with that scheme.

matoc · Post by **matoc** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:40 am

let e in please

matoc · Post by **matoc** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:41 am

in please

HOWITZERHAL · Post by **HOWITZERHAL** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:49 am

jonofperu wrote:If there's a better way to score this, I would love to find it for the next tourney.
Perhaps I could say that we count starts AND wins or something...
So games 12639090 and 12685335 would count as wins for HOWITZERHAL even though he didn't start them and that MIGHT put us a little closer to ending it!
OR maybe we could give 2 points for winning a game you didn't start and 1 point for winning a game you started and play toward a goal, win by 3 or something... BUT HOWITZERHAL would have lost by now with that scheme.

I do not think it is your tourny Jon.....It is me. I have a knack for hanging on when the going gets tough.....And this tourny plays into that. Gives me a chance to keep going when it normally would have been over.......lol

Keep up the good work budd,

HAL

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Fri May 17, 2013 11:42 pm

Update:
[bigimg]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii62/jonperu/Fair-Start2_zps7dfc5d0c.gif[/bigimg]

jonofperu · Post by **jonofperu** » Fri May 31, 2013 11:08 pm

After an epic final match in which the contenders played 34 games...
We finally have a winner!

Congratulations to [player]Ragian[/player]!! =D>

Who takes the victory with a record of 11 wins to HOWITZERHAL's 9 wins in games that count.
They played extra games as we were trying to get HOWITZERHAL an equal number of starts. 34 games in all.

And of those games Ragian started 22... :lol:

An interesting detail is that the both ended up with a number of wins equal to their number of starts. :shock:

This whole match has just gone to prove how important is the advantage of starting a game.

Grats to [player]HOWITZERHAL[/player] for placing second! =D>

He should get a GA medal for endurance...

And grats also to [player]thunderhue[/player] for taking 3rd place in the consolation match! =D>

Here's an explanation of the final match which hopefully makes sense:
[bigimg]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii62/jonperu/Fair-Start3_zps938e57ed.jpg[/bigimg]

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WINNER: Ragian