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« on: February 14, 2004, 01:20:35 PM » |
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Hi, Just wondering how I can register for the next tournament?
Cheers
Matty
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« on: February 14, 2004, 01:20:35 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2004, 06:02:18 PM » |
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At this moment people can simply let me know they're interested and I'll be sure to send them an email when registration for 4 begins.
It'll probably be quite soon, but first we need to fix how the brackets are set up first. Our interpretation of the Double Elimination format isn't fairly balanced for people who lose a match early. In tournament 2, for example, noodle won five in a row for a place in the final (and would have won overall with a win in either of his last two matches), whereas dorbel (because of an early loss) had to win a total of ten times to gain the crown.
The Double Elimination format is a slightly odd one, but I think we have to use it since we have just one major prize, and instant knockout is a bit brutal after you've made the effort of registering.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2004, 08:30:19 AM » |
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PLease count me in. SOunds like fun even with the slightly unfair format!
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2004, 02:25:59 PM » |
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I'm in alef, if you please.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2004, 12:55:39 PM » |
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Hi Alef,
if there is still room in the bracket, I would like to play in it also.
Kari
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2004, 07:00:12 PM » |
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Tournament 4 is now open for registration: www.fibsboard.com/postcard |
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2004, 04:54:10 PM » |
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Postcard tournamentsTournament 4 is now starting. Here are the pairings for round 1: 1 rsl vs. burper 2 Kari_Grandi vs. Carolina_Blue 3 joethefish vs. mano 4 Slipshod vs. runfast 5 magic_one vs. spielberg 6 JLee vs. Hardy_whv 7 matty vs. SandyPar 8 wrmom vs. sidie 9 grillbill vs. Wallenstein 10 wingtsun vs. SirLuzalotmore 11 hypnosa vs. LisaS 12 shahgammon vs. Tomawaky 13 doktor_ vs. MadMatt 14 klic vs. masson 15 noodle vs. resipsa 16 amarganth vs. yes
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2004, 06:28:10 PM » |
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Just curious -- let's suppose I lose to somebody... I send them a postcard. And then that person goes on to win the tournament. Must I send them an additional postcard for winning the tournament?
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2004, 06:47:38 AM » |
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Just curious -- let's suppose I lose to somebody... I send them a postcard. And then that person goes on to win the tournament. Must I send them an additional postcard for winning the tournament?
JLee After consulting the other tournament directors on this issue the concensus seems to be that everyone in the tournament should send the overall winner a card regardless of whether they've already sent them one. The main point of our little tournaments is that we're playing for postcards rather than ratings or money so it makes sense to not cut back on our "currency". This means everyone except the overall winner sends three cards: two for losing matches (double elimination) and one to the overall winner. Alef |
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2004, 12:57:36 AM » |
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Sounds perfectly reasonable to me... I'm looking forward to collecting 38 postcards!!!  JLee |
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2004, 08:26:04 PM » |
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It looks like I missed the start of this round, but if someone drops out and a seat frees up, please let me know! I'd love to get in on the action.
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2004, 10:42:55 PM » |
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Tournament 5 will open for registration in a week or two, I'll post here to announce the event and also email or message those who've already shown interest.
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2004, 12:02:37 AM » |
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Congratulations to amarganth for winning tournament 4! He came back from the second bracket to win twice in the final, beating magic_one who is one of the toughest opponents in our tournaments.
Everyone in that tournament please remember to send him a card. He's planning to put all his cards online, so choose carefully. In a month's time we'll have a draw from those having sent their cards for the free FIBS t-shirt.
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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2004, 12:12:59 PM » |
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Tournament 5 will close registration this weekend. So be sure to get on board soon  only 4 places left. TDs for this tournament will be wingtsun and noodle. |
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