teyakis Wins in Strong Field

with one of the largest and strongest fields (29 players and 1668.0 average rating) #22 seed teyakis (1554) wins her first Bloody Mary pitcher and qualifies for the season championship .. with 29 players, we had 5 players with ratings over 1800 and another 7 over 1700 .. but once again, underdogs ruled the day winning 16 of the 28 matches - five of those were by teyakis on her way to the win

thanks to all for playing in the 22nd Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" .. remember, all previous Bloody Mary winners will receive invitations to participate in the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" Season Championship Tournament .. winners of two or more weekly tourneys will receive two invites .. the tournament will be a multi-day event with 5 point matches and a 7 point final round .. other news and details will be announced soon .. invitations will be sent after the 32nd "Sunday Special" ending the first season of "Sunday Specials"

Standings for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2283):

 1. teyakis
 2. cuistot
 3. lola adrian
 5. r_monk rubreg sixty_something moyang
 9. cis KDP Toado Schigolch sunray spielberg Joyce onion
17. cowgirl zbilbo Alehandro Gusssss Slipshod socksey manxcat moondog don nixo Ignaz RickrInSF Sixta_II

Seed Order for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2283):

 1. don (1867)
 2. Schigolch (1844)
 3. cis (1827)
 4. sunray (1820)
 5. Slipshod (1802)
 6. Alehandro (1797)
 7. KDP (1786)
 8. r_monk (1752)
 9. cuistot (1750)
10. sixty_something (1741)
11. nixo (1710)
12. Gusssss (1704)
13. moyang (1683)
14. RickrInSF (1680)
15. adrian (1675)
16. moondog (1659)
17. onion (1645)
18. cowgirl (1644)
19. spielberg (1599)
20. lola (1579)
21. manxcat (1559)
22. teyakis (1554)
23. Joyce (1549)
24. Toado (1539)
25. Sixta_II (1538)
26. socksey (1534)
27. rubreg (1526)
28. zbilbo (1526)
29. Ignaz (1482)

Average Player rating: 1668.0
Max: (1867) Min: (1482)

previous winners

Match Results for for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2283):

Round 1 (match length: 3):
#2 Schigolch (1844) def. #21 manxcat (1559) 3-0
#4 sunray (1820) def. #1 don (1867) 3-1
#7 KDP (1786) def. #6 Alehandro (1797) 12-0
#8 r_monk (1752) def. #18 cowgirl (1644) 3-0
#9 cuistot (1750) def. #5 Slipshod (1802) 5-0
#10 sixty_something (1741) def. #29 Ignaz (1482) 5-0
#13 moyang (1683) def. #12 Gusssss (1704) 3-1
#15 adrian (1675) def. #28 zbilbo (1526) 3-1
#19 spielberg (1599) def. #26 socksey (1534) 3-2
#22 teyakis (1554) def. #16 moondog (1659) 3-2
#23 Joyce (1549) def. #25 Sixta_II (1538) 4-0
#24 Toado (1539) def. #14 RickrInSF (1680) 3-1
#27 rubreg (1526) def. #11 nixo (1710) 3-0

Round 2 (match length: 3):
#8 r_monk (1752) def. #3 cis (1827) 7-1
#9 cuistot (1750) def. #24 Toado (1539) 3-2
#10 sixty_something (1741) def. #19 spielberg (1599) 6-1
#13 moyang (1683) def. #23 Joyce (1549) 3-2
#15 adrian (1675) def. #17 onion (1645) 13-0
#20 lola (1579) def. #7 KDP (1786) 3-2
#22 teyakis (1554) def. #4 sunray (1820) 3-2
#27 rubreg (1526) def. #2 Schigolch (1844) 4-1

Round 3 (match length: 3):
#9 cuistot (1750) def. #27 rubreg (1526) 7-2
#15 adrian (1675) def. #13 moyang (1683) 3-0
#20 lola (1579) def. #8 r_monk (1752) 3-0
#22 teyakis (1554) def. #10 sixty_something (1741) 4-1

Round 4 (match length: 3):
#9 cuistot (1750) def. #20 lola (1579) 3-1
#22 teyakis (1554) def. #15 adrian (1675) 5-0

Round 5 (match length: 5):
#22 teyakis (1554) def. #9 cuistot (1750) 5-1

UNDERDOG WINS: 16
FAVORITE WINS: 12

TourneyBot Tourney #2283:

Directors: sixty_something
TourneyBot data parsing and interpolation: don
Min players: 4 -- Max players: 32
Registered players: 29(tourney completed)
Match length: 3 -- Match length finals: 5
Limits: Rating: minimum 1400, maximum: (no limit)
Experience: minimum 400, maximum (no limit)
Reputation: minimum 10000, maximum (no limit)
Description: This is a standard single elimination tourney. If you lose, you're out, if you win, you advance to the next round. The winner of the tournament is the winner of the last round.

Play completed Sun, 10 Feb 08 18:33 UTC

teyakis Wins a Second

in a small field of only 12 players, #8 seed teyakis (1611) defeated #5 seed cowgirl (1667) 7-3 in the finals .. this makes teyakis' second Bloody Mary win within three weeks and last week she finished second which is quite a streak .. congrats teyakis

thanks to all for playing in the 24th Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" .. remember, all previous Bloody Mary winners will receive invitations to participate in the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" Season Championship Tournament .. winners of two or more weekly tourneys will receive two invites .. the tournament will be a multi-day event with 5 point matches and a 7 point final round .. other news and details will be announced soon .. invitations will be sent after the 32nd "Sunday Special" ending the first season of "Sunday Specials"

special thanks to spielberg for hosting for me today while i enjoyed a weekend away listening to music and enjoying a baseball game .. spiel added a little personal twist to the name .. so, check out the U2 song, and this Wiki article for a history of Bloody Sunday .. thanks again for hosting spielberg

thanks also to don for continuing to provide the weekly parsing of the TourneyBot output which provides the seed order lists and all output below .. all i have to do is add the tropheys and remember to create the post

Standings for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) (Tourney #2310):

 1. teyakis
 2. cowgirl
 3. Toado Sixta_II
 5. RickrInSF spielberg cuistot WildThing
 9. don Joyce adrian stog

Seed Order for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) (Tourney #2310):

 1. don (1830)
 2. cuistot (1769)
 3. adrian (1684)
 4. Sixta_II (1684)
 5. cowgirl (1667)
 6. RickrInSF (1645)
 7. stog (1638)
 8. teyakis (1611)
 9. spielberg (1604)
10. WildThing (1578)
11. Toado (1532)
12. Joyce (1486)

Average Player rating: 1644.0
Max: (1830) Min: (1486)

previous winner

Match Results for for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) (Tourney #2310):

Round 1 (match length: 3):
#4 Sixta_II (1684) def. #12 Joyce (1486) 3-2
#5 cowgirl (1667) def. #7 stog (1638) 3-0
#6 RickrInSF (1645) def. #1 don (1830) 5-0
#9 spielberg (1604) def. #3 adrian (1684) 3-0

Round 2 (match length: 3):
#4 Sixta_II (1684) def. #10 WildThing (1578) 4-1
#5 cowgirl (1667) def. #2 cuistot (1769) 5-0
#8 teyakis (1611) def. #9 spielberg (1604) 3-2
#11 Toado (1532) def. #6 RickrInSF (1645) 3-0

Round 3 (match length: 3):
#5 cowgirl (1667) def. #4 Sixta_II (1684) 4-0
#8 teyakis (1611) def. #11 Toado (1532) 4-1

Round 4 (match length: 5):
#8 teyakis (1611) def. #5 cowgirl (1667) 7-3

UNDERDOG WINS:  6
FAVORITE WINS:  5

TourneyBot Tourney #2310:

Directors: spielberg
TourneyBot data parsing and interpolation: don
Min players: 4 -- Max players: 32
Registered players: 12(tourney completed)
Match length: 3 -- Match length finals: 5
Limits: Rating: minimum 1300, maximum: (no limit)
Experience: minimum 400, maximum (no limit)
Reputation: minimum 10000, maximum (no limit)
Description: This is a standard single elimination tourney. If you lose, you're out, if you win, you advance to the next round. The winner of the tournament is the winner of the last round.

Play completed Sun, 24 Feb 08 17:55 UTC

KDP Joins the Winners Circle and Takes the Cup

in a strong field with an average FIBS rating of over 1660, KDP, number 6 seed at a 1773 rating, finshed early and defeated #10 DisraeliGears (1660) 5-2 in the finals .. 21 players managed to show up on the morning after the daylight savings time change in the US .. of those, 10 were previous Bloody Mary winners, representing 16 wins in the past 26 "Sunday Specials" .. for those outside the US, next weeks Bloody Mary tourney will start at 1500 UTC - still 10am Texas time

thanks to all for playing in the 26th Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" .. remember, all previous Bloody Mary winners will receive invitations to participate in the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" Season Championship Tournament .. winners of two or more weekly tourneys will receive two invites to the season championship

the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special"  season championship will be a multi-day event double-elimination tournament with 5 point matches and a 7 point final round for the right to advance to the championship .. this will be a standard TourneyBot event broken into two 16 player brackets to accommodate multiple entries .. the final championship round, if necessary, will be a 9 point match between the winners of each bracket to be scheduled at mutual convenience for the first Sunday after both brackets are completed .. losses, if any, in the original brackets will be carried over into the championship round in keeping with the double elimination format

invitations for the championship brackets will be sent after the 32nd "Sunday Special" sometime during the first week in May 2008

Standings for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2324):

 1. KDP
 2. DisraeliGears
 3. sunray r_monk
 5. socksey teyakis surfer don
 9. onion jackdaddy Toado vegasvic sixty_something RickrInSF MoreLuckThanBrains papillon
17. moyang rossa pck cis lola

Seed Order for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2324):

 1. MoreLuckThanBrains (1897)
 2. vegasvic (1844)
 3. cis (1826)
 4. don (1795)
 5. r_monk (1789)
 6. KDP (1773)
 7. sixty_something (1766)
 8. moyang (1718)
 9. sunray (1717)
10. DisraeliGears (1660)
11. RickrInSF (1605)
12. teyakis (1604)
13. onion (1596)
14. socksey (1589)
15. jackdaddy (1583)
16. pck (1583)
17. lola (1564)
18. Toado (1514)
19. surfer (1506) ( - as rif_raf)
20. rossa (1473)
21. papillon (1472)

Average Player rating: 1660.7
Max: (1897) Min: (1472)

Previous winners

Match Results for for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2324):

Round 1 (match length: 3):
#1 MoreLuckThanBrains (1897) def. #3 cis (1826) 6-0
#5 r_monk (1789) def. #20 rossa (1473) 6-1
#9 sunray (1717) def. #16 pck (1583) 8-0
#13 onion (1596) def. #8 moyang (1718) 4-0
#18 Toado (1514) def. #17 lola (1564) 3-2

Round 2 (match length: 3):
#4 don (1795) def. #1 MoreLuckThanBrains (1897) 3-2
#5 r_monk (1789) def. #21 papillon (1472) 4-2
#6 KDP (1773) def. #18 Toado (1514) 4-0
#9 sunray (1717) def. #15 jackdaddy (1583) 4-0
#10 DisraeliGears (1660) def. #7 sixty_something (1766) 7-1
#12 teyakis (1604) def. #2 vegasvic (1844) 3-0
#14 socksey (1589) def. #13 onion (1596) 4-0
#19 surfer (1506) def. #11 RickrInSF (1605) 4-0

Round 3 (match length: 3):
#5 r_monk (1789) def. #4 don (1795) 3-1
#6 KDP (1773) def. #12 teyakis (1604) 4-0
#9 sunray (1717) def. #14 socksey (1589) 4-0
#10 DisraeliGears (1660) def. #19 surfer (1506) 13-0

Round 4 (match length: 3):
#6 KDP (1773) def. #9 sunray (1717) 3-0
#10 DisraeliGears (1660) def. #5 r_monk (1789) 4-1

Round 5 (match length: 5):
#6 KDP (1773) def. #10 DisraeliGears (1660) 5-2

UNDERDOG WINS:  9
FAVORITE WINS: 11

TourneyBot Tourney #2324:

Directors: sixty_something
TourneyBot data parsing and interpolation: don
Min players: 4 -- Max players: 32
Registered players: 21(tourney completed)
Match length: 3 -- Match length finals: 5
Limits: Rating: minimum 1400, maximum: (no limit)
Experience: minimum 400, maximum (no limit)
Reputation: minimum 10000, maximum (no limit)
Description: This is a standard single elimination tourney. If you lose, you're out, if you win, you advance to the next round. The winner of the tournament is the winner of the last round.

Play completed Sun, 09 Mar 08 17:48 UTC

In 60's absence I ran the "Sunday, Bloody Sunday (thank god its Easter, I love chocolate)" with OogaBot. The full bracket and results are here in NACCI land

Congratulations to cassandra who beat teyakis in an all hottie final which my Captain resh ("GO team jewfucks") missed.

Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" winner = kristoffer

Once again, sixty's playing hooky, so here's the bare bones (bot-generated) report.  Congrats to kristoffer!

Standings for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2352):

 1. kristoffer
 2. spielberg
 3. sunray RickrInSF
 5. Joyce rif_raf cowgirl pck
 9. teyakis austin don Sixta_II

Seed Order for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2352):

 1. kristoffer (1821)
 2. don (1781)
 3. Sixta_II (1753)
 4. austin (1738)
 5. RickrInSF (1668)
 6. cowgirl (1660)
 7. sunray (1658)
 8. teyakis (1651)
 9. pck (1587)
10. spielberg (1541)
11. Joyce (1520)
12. rif_raf (1415)

Average Player rating: 1649.4
Max: (1821) Min: (1415)

Match Results for for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2352):

Round 1 (match length: 3):
#1 kristoffer (1821) def. #4 austin (1738) 3-0
#5 RickrInSF (1668) def. #3 Sixta_II (1753) 3-2
#10 spielberg (1541) def. #2 don (1781) 5-0
#11 Joyce (1520) def. #8 teyakis (1651) 4-1

Round 2 (match length: 3):
#1 kristoffer (1821) def. #9 pck (1587) 3-2
#5 RickrInSF (1668) def. #6 cowgirl (1660) 5-0
#7 sunray (1658) def. #11 Joyce (1520) 4-1
#10 spielberg (1541) def. #12 rif_raf (1415) 12-1

Round 3 (match length: 3):
#1 kristoffer (1821) def. #5 RickrInSF (1668) 5-0
#10 spielberg (1541) def. #7 sunray (1658) 3-2

Round 4 (match length: 5):
#1 kristoffer (1821) def. #10 spielberg (1541) 9-3

UNDERDOG WINS:  4
FAVORITE WINS:  7

TourneyBot Tourney #2352:

Directors: don sixty_something
TourneyBot data parsing and interpolation: don (PYbot)
Min players: 4 -- Max players: 32
Registered players: 12(tourney completed)
Match length: 3 -- Match length finals: 5
Limits: Rating: minimum 1400, maximum: (no limit)
Experience: minimum 400, maximum (no limit)
Reputation: minimum 10000, maximum (no limit)
Description: This is a standard single elimination tourney. If you lose, you're out, if you win, you advance to the next round. The winner of the tournament is the winner of the last round.

Play completed Sun, 06 Apr 08 17:09 UTC

According to my calculations, with two entries allowed per player in the Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" playoffs (for players who have won individual Sunday tourneys), we have 29 spots filled.

Here's a list of eligible winners:

Date	w	name
09-16	1	breadfruit
09-23	1	sixty_something
09-30	1	don
10-07	1	DeaDice
10-14	1	Im_not_gimmeluck
10-21	1	moyang
10-28	2	don
11-04	1	socksey
11-11	1	Sixta_II
11-18	1	rif_raf
11-25	1	DingDing
12-02	1	gold_eagle
12-09	2	moyang
12-16	1	RickrInSF
12-23	1	Aldus
12-30	2	DeaDice
01-06	1	r_monk
01-13	1	onion
01-20	3	don
01-27	2	rif_raf
02-03	3	moyang
02-10	1	teyakis
02-17	2	sixty_something
02-24	2	teyakis
03-02	1	sunray
03-09	1	KDP
03-16	2	RickrInSF
03-23	1	cassandra
03-30	1	pck
04-06	1	kristoffer
04-13	2	socksey

We need ya back sixty_something!  (And I'm not sure he's not running some religious red-headed "ranch" in West Texas, though he denied it last Saturday when I talked to him on the phone...)

--
don

Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" winner = DeaDice

Still no sixty_something!  This is Dea's 3rd win, so there's still two spots left for the playoffs.

Standings for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2412):

 1. DeaDice
 2. adrian
 3. stog Joyce
 5. rif_raf rossa blitzxz doubleornothing
 9. westpacsalty MacMom Picasso WildThing onion choo teyakis silent_greek
17. pck don blotsalot jackdaddy sunray RickrInSF r_monk

Seed Order for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2412):

 1. blitzxz (1858)
 2. blotsalot (1782)
 3. r_monk (1767)
 4. don (1757)
 5. DeaDice (1743)
 6. RickrInSF (1721)
 7. sunray (1721)
 8. adrian (1688)
 9. onion (1664)
10. Picasso (1653)
11. Joyce (1639)
12. stog (1632)
13. doubleornothing (1626)
14. teyakis (1619)
15. jackdaddy (1584)
16. pck (1577)
17. WildThing (1553)
18. westpacsalty (1545)
19. MacMom (1539)
20. silent_greek (1539)
21. choo (1478)
22. rossa (1457)
23. rif_raf (1436)

Average Player rating: 1633.8
Max: (1858) Min: (1436)

Match Results for for Bloody Mary "Sunday Special" (Tourney #2412):

Round 1 (match length: 3):
#5 DeaDice (1743) def. #3 r_monk (1767) 5-0
#8 adrian (1688) def. #6 RickrInSF (1721) 3-2
#10 Picasso (1653) def. #7 sunray (1721) 3-1
#13 doubleornothing (1626) def. #15 jackdaddy (1584) 5-0
#18 westpacsalty (1545) def. #16 pck (1577) 4-1
#19 MacMom (1539) def. #2 blotsalot (1782) 5-0
#20 silent_greek (1539) def. #4 don (1757) 3-1

Round 2 (match length: 3):
#1 blitzxz (1858) def. #9 onion (1664) 7-0
#5 DeaDice (1743) def. #17 WildThing (1553) 5-0
#8 adrian (1688) def. #21 choo (1478) 3-0
#11 Joyce (1639) def. #20 silent_greek (1539) 3-0
#12 stog (1632) def. #19 MacMom (1539) 3-1
#13 doubleornothing (1626) def. #14 teyakis (1619) 3-1
#22 rossa (1457) def. #10 Picasso (1653) 3-2
#23 rif_raf (1436) def. #18 westpacsalty (1545) 3-0

Round 3 (match length: 3):
#5 DeaDice (1743) def. #22 rossa (1457) 3-0
#8 adrian (1688) def. #1 blitzxz (1858) 4-0
#11 Joyce (1639) def. #13 doubleornothing (1626) 5-0
#12 stog (1632) def. #23 rif_raf (1436) 4-2

Round 4 (match length: 3):
#5 DeaDice (1743) def. #12 stog (1632) 5-0
#8 adrian (1688) def. #11 Joyce (1639) 3-1

Round 5 (match length: 5):
#5 DeaDice (1743) def. #8 adrian (1688) 5-0

UNDERDOG WINS:  9
FAVORITE WINS: 13

TourneyBot Tourney #2412:

Directors: don sixty_something
TourneyBot data parsing and interpolation: don (PYbot)
Min players: 4 -- Max players: 32
Registered players: 23(tourney completed)
Match length: 3 -- Match length finals: 5
Limits: Rating: minimum 1400, maximum: (no limit)
Experience: minimum 400, maximum (no limit)
Reputation: minimum 10000, maximum (no limit)
Description: This is a standard single elimination tourney.  If you lose, you're out, if you win, you advance to the next round.  The winner of the tournament is the winner of the last round.  Standard FIBS league tourney rules apply including allowpip and Crawford toggled on.

Play completed Sun, 27 Apr 08 16:58 UTC

Hello all,
This is what I found today in one of my not-so-very-often-checked mailboxes, sorry for the late news! I quote:

On 01 Jun 2008, at 14:35, socksey <socksey@gmail.com> wrote:

>i have not been on fibs for a couple of saturdays and will not be on for at
>least another month, so can't pass anything on except i am posting mini
>results from afar.
>
>hope you have a great time!  i'll pass this on to adrian and maybe he can
>pass the word on for you.  ))
>
>xoxox........socksey
>
>On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:13 PM, ron <ebx327@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  hello from the wonderful world of Kerrville .. got here last week and
>> will likely be here thru next weekend .. communications have been flaky at
>> best and much harder than expected to arrange so sorry i haven't been in
>> touch .. needless to say i won't be able to host the Sunday tourney tomorrow
>> or the next most likely .. hope all is well otherwise .. please pass hellos
>> and regrets along for me .. cya later, sweetie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of
>battle"
>
>May You Fly with Eagles
>Run with Wolves
>Walk with Buffalos
>and
>Always be my Friend.
>

He's Back!

First, as the founder of this fun and now long running little tourney, many apologies for unexpectedly leaving you all in the lurch. Back in March, a combination of things bumped me offline for about a month, but the phone bill was finally paid and the modem fixed. In the interim, I discovered other obsessions which I plunged into as enthusiastically as I did coming back to backgammon just two years ago - thanks to FIBS. In no time a week turned into a month which quickly turned into a nearly six month sabbatical. I apparently needed it. While I may not be as active in FIBSland as before, it has really been great fun reconnecting with you all in shouts and play at FIBS and now here. I have been warmly welcomed and roundly insulted numerous times. It feels just like coming home!

Second, but no less important, many thanks to the volunteer TD's who have stepped in to keep this tourney "Special" by hosting in my absence - most especially don, manxcat, Spielburg, adrian, PersianLord, and Kari_Grandi. Oh sorry, I failed to mention our favorite multiple personality truckergirl. Wildthing, and Anhinga. You've all hosted one or more tourneys as TD's in the last six months. While any tourney needs a good TD, good players are necessary for a tourney to thrive and grow on its own. There are too many frequent and new players to thank, but, if you're reading this, thanks are most likely due to you, too. Regardless, it appears Bloody Marys, Sundays, and backgammon are a good mix and fun for all. Since this tourney started in September of 2007, we've had nearly sixty tourneys!

Finally, before I left, I received Patti's approval to seek sponsors for some way cool prizes for this championship, like Bloody Mary ingredients and other goodies, but no promises yet as that little project fell deeply between the cracks and is just now being revisited. Suggestions, contributions, or volunteers to help solicit prizes are most welcomed. Like maybe a gift certificate for a favorite bar in New York, London, Paris, or Montgomery, Alabama; or even a gently used t-shirt from the Kerrville Folk Festival or a little plastic Jesus for the dashboard of your car. Be creative and think of or contribute something for winners and our dedicated staff of volunteers who have kept this little tourney alive and kickin'.

Welcome , sixty! Glad to see you!