Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" Season III

Welcome to the start of a new season

Season III of the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" is starting Sunday, January 4, 2009. This Bloody Mary season will consist of thirty-two weekly tournaments with up to thirty-two (32) winners of weekly tournaments becoming eligible to participate in the season championship series. Winners of two or more weekly events during a season will receive two invitations to the season championship. Winners of three weekly events in a single season will receive a round one bye; winners of four will receive two round one byes. The season ends when two 16-player winners brackets are filled with 32 eligible winners.

Running concurrently during the first couple of months of Season III will be the Season II Championship which will be starting during the 3rd or 4th week of January 2009. Congrats to all previous winners and thanks to the countless players who have made Bloody Mary Sundays and backgamon a continuing success.

Co-moderators Needed

During Season III, I will need some help in running the tournament as I am expecting conflicts with my schedule on the first few Sundays of the year and possibly at least twice a month for the duration of the season. No, I haven't joined a new church or eloped with a redhead, but I am embarking on a new adventure which will be demanding more of my time on many Sunday mornings.

socksey has once again volunteered to run the first tourney to kick off the new Bloody Mary season. During subsequent weeks, I will try experimenting with automatic tourneys with regular players and experienced TD's assigned as Co-moderators in case a live TD is needed. Regardless, Bloody Marys will continue for a third and exciting season, but yours truly may not be hosting or playing as frequently as in the past. However, until deposed via insurrection, I shall retain my self-annointed title as Bloody Mary Czar - everyone needs a title and every good tourney needs someone at the top to make final decisions or to blame.

Thanks again to all players and TD's who have made the Bloody Mary tourneys on Sundays a fun and exciting way to spend a Sunday morning or afternoon with friends from around the world.

Bloody Mary Sundays and backgammon - no place but FIBS!
 

Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" Season III

pck Wins Second of Season and blotsalot First Ever

pck took home his second win of the season on 29-Mar and blotsalot defeated WiFi on 5-Apr winning his first ever Bloody Mary .. three players now have multiple wins in the 32 tourney Season III, jdg with three, Picasso and pck with two each, earning two entires into the BMSC III .. hopefully, next weeks tourney will revert back to the automatic format starting at 10 AM CDT or 1500 UTC

jdg Wins Three Weeks in a Row

On 22-Mar, jdg wins his third Bloody Mary Cup of the season in three consecutive Sundays. His win today, defeating austin, earned a first round bye in BMSC III in addition to his two entries for his first two wins. Also, jdg is in the finals of BMSC II where he also had two entries. His five total lifetime Bloody Mary wins now are tied with sunray. No "Re-Entry Special was held today. By the 29th the FIBS clock, Europe, and DST in the USA will hopefully be in sync.

Daylight Savings Special

Due to DST starting in the USA on 8-Mar and the FIBS clock not updating until 29-Mar, we will be holding two Bloody Marys on March 8, 15, and 22nd.

TourneyBot will automatically start the second at the regularly scheduled time, 1600 UTC. Players eliminated early in the first tourney are eligible to register in the second until March 29th when Europe catches up with us and we go back to one Bloody Mary tourney each Sunday. (If the BMSC II Double-elimination Finals are scheduled for the 22nd, as planned, we will not hold a "Re-Entry Special" on the 22nd.)

Congrats to jdg and adrian for winning on 8-Mar and earning a ticket into BMSC III. This was jdg's third Bloody Mary win and adrian's second since the series started back in September 2007. We had 19 and 14 players registered in the two tourneys with 5 players taking advantage of the unique second chance at winning a Bloody Mary.

On 15-Mar, cowgirl defeated me in the finals and jdg defeated pck in the "Re-Entry Special". This marks the fourth Bloody Mary win for jdg and is the second for cowgirl. Join us next week for a last chance at one of two tickets into BMSC III.

Weekly Winners - Season III

Number	Date	Tourney #	TD(s)	Seeding	Registered	Winner
1	4-Jan-09	2739	socksey adrian	Random	24	Miccimalou
2	11-Jan	2746	sixty_something	Random	22	pck
3	18-Jan	2754	sixty_something	Rating	29	kristoffer
4	25-Jan	2771	sixty_something socksey	Rating	20	Picasso
5	1-Feb	2786	sixty_something	Rating	24	Picasso
6	8-Feb	2797	sixty_something	Rating	24	zbilbo
7	15-Feb	2807	sixty_something	Rating	30	austin
8	22-Feb	2813	sixty_something	Rating	26	Zorba
9	1-Mar	2823	sixty_something	Rating	30	TIGER_B_G
10	8-Mar	2831	sixty_something	Rating	19	jdg
11	8-Mar	2832	sixty_something jackdaddy	Rating	14	adrian
12	15-Mar	2841	sixty_something	Rating	25	cowgirl
13	15-Mar	2842	sixty_something jackdaddy	Rating	16	jdg
14	22-Mar	2851	sixty_something socksey	Rating	21	jdg
15	29-Mar	2870	sixty_something socksey	Rating	27	pck
16	5-Apr	2887	sixty_something	Rating	25	blotsalot
17	12-Apr	2899	socksey	Rating	14	barbaros
18	19-Apr	2909	socksey	Rating	20	socksey
19	26-Apr	2922	socksey	Rating	15	rockfish
20	3-May	2931	socksey	Rating	16	guitartornado
21	10-May	2942	adrian	Rating	23	Zorba
22	17-May	2954	socksey	Rating	24	socksey
23	24-May	2963	socksey	Rating	20	sweets
24	31-May	2981	jackdaddy	Rating	13	Glamdring
25	7-Jun	2987	jackdaddy	Rating	20	LuckyDice
26	14-Jun	2997	jackdaddy	Rating	19	jackdaddy
27	21-Jun	3007	jackdaddy	Rating	20	secretariat
28	28-Jun	3015	socksey	Rating	14	socksey
29	5-Jul	3023	socksey	Rating	14	LuckyDice
30	12-Jul	3032	jackdaddy	Rating	28	Iceborg
31	19-Jul	3041	socksey jackdaddy	Rating	20	samirah
32	26-Jul	?	socksey	Rating	16	saukriver

Ok, the Championship III playoffs have officially started today, 30 Aug 09!  TourneyBot #3098 will notify you of your next match and you will have one week to arrange for and to play your match.  Good luck!  ))

socksey

We now have our finalists jdg and pck!  Congrats to you both!  The final is scheduled to play just after the regular Bloody Mary Special Session on Sunday, 18 Oct 09.  Hope to see all of you there! 

Finals are completed today, 18 Oct 09!  Congrats to pck who wins 1000 Nacci points along with the Champion Bloody Mary's Tournament title!  Thanks to donzaemon for furnishing the Nacci points!

Well done goes to jdg who gave us a fine fight to watch! 

Thanks to all the players and to Tom for his part in furnishing TourneyBot! 

socksey

thx sockssesss