Tournament 1. (January 2004)

Éomer of Rohan

Éomer
Emboss
Kif
Azezil
Echomadman
Rnger
Henbane
DapperGent
MrNuked
Wasabi
Utility_
Sarge
Eirebhoy
Shaque attack
CodeMonkey
Brianon
Alany
Dataisgod
Konix

That makes 19, which is an odd number.

I am currently devising an exact order for the tournament. Will update this soon.

MrNuked

I suggest a random 6 entrants play an extra round, so there are then 16 players left, which is easy to organise.

Pepe LeFrits

Or just don't play a knockout system. Swiss would work fine, 1 by each round.

Éomer of Rohan

See the point is, we need to play a lot of games simultaneously to fit a competition into a month.

Kif, if you would be so good as to outline your proposals.

Pepe LeFrits

Someone explained how the swiss system works in one of the other threads.

Basically all the players are randomly (works best if seeded) drawn against each other in the first round. Winners get 1 point, draws 0.5 and losses 0. In the second round, those on 1 point are drawn against each other, 0.5 against eachother and so on. In the third round those on 2 play eachother (or a 2 vs 1.5 or 1 if there is an uneven number of people on 2 points). Usually they'll play for 6 rounds. Nobody can play each other more than once. It works well because everyone plays players of similar abilities, everyone plays against their nearest rivals, you can have a huge number of players taking part, and it doesn't drag on.

Éomer of Rohan

1. Éomer
2. Emboss
3. Kif
4. Azezil
5. Echomadman
6. Rnger
7. Henbane
8. DapperGent
9. MrNuked
10. Wasabi
11. Utility_
12. Sarge
13. Eirebhoy
14. Shaque attack
15. CodeMonkey
16. Brianon
17. Alany
18. Dataisgod
19. Konix

Did this with a calculator.

3 vs 13
14 vs 1
19 vs 4
8 vs 6
17 vs 15
2 vs 10
7 vs 12
5 vs 11
(edit) 18 and 9 (/edit)

which left the last number to be picked as 16.

Then re-added that in to play against another random player - which came out at 3.
(used the random button and rounded up all the >.5 and down all the <.5's.

So player 3 then I presume gets to play twice and counts the higher of his two scores?

If I am correct here, from reading your post, what happens now is that all these people have to play games and establish points - which then enables Round 2 to begin based on the pairings of winners with winners and so on. How does one account for the additional player in Round 2?

Pepe LeFrits

Aye, the next round can't be drawn until all the games from the previous round have finished.

If there is an odd number of players 1 player every round gets a by (doesn't play and recieves 1 point). It evens out as if the player isn't very good he will lose the next game against a good player, and if he is a good player then he would have won his first game anyway.

Éomer of Rohan

Right, so the official playlist is:

3 vs 13 (Eirebhoy vs Kif)
14 vs 1 (Shaque Attack vs Éomer)
19 vs 4 (Konix vs Azezil)
8 vs 6 (Dapper Gent vs Rnger)
17 vs 15 (Alany vs Codemonkey)
2 vs 10 (Emboss vs Wasabi)
7 vs 12 (Henbane vs Sarge)
5 vs 11 (Echomadman vs Utility_)
18 and 9 (Dataisgod vs MrNuked)

with Brianon getting a by-ball for this round, right?

So, we can start the ball rolling?

Pepe LeFrits

Yeah. You have to be careful about who is placed first in the match ups as it indicates who plays white. IE 1 v 2... 1 is white. You also have to ensure that over the course of the 6 games that everyone plays at least 2 games as white, ideally 3.

Shaque attack

I haven't been paying attention 4 d past while how and when exactly are we playin

azezil

blimmeh i best start practicing, havn't played in a while, oh just so u know i'm a good looser but if i win there will be dancing, pointing and a lot of 'haha u loose'

Éomer of Rohan

Shaque - we are playing over Yahoo and the games can begin immediately but the Tournament will begin officially in January.

I will help as much as possible by sending messages to those who have signed up to the Yahoo group, to remind them that they have to play - but it is also the responsibility of a player to remind his partner however he can.

Woden

ok is there any specific software we need for this like yahoo messenger?

Éomer of Rohan

We don't actually need Yahoo Messenger, and I for one don't have it; all we need is a Yahoo games account for which no software is required.

Iago

Hi,

I'd be interested in playing in some of these tournaments, if you let me know when the next one is happening would love to get involved.

Cheers

Emboss

when are these games going to get underway ?

neuro-praxis

/me looks up hopefully?

Am I too late?

Rnger

Seriously lads, i suggest we get crackin.

PM your opponent and set up the game post haste!

Yavvy

I have PM'ed my opponent and he has not replied. I presume i get a walk over or... Im happy to neuro-praxis

Yavvy

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Trojan

Why not also play pick up games on this board?

X posts saying they want a game starting today, Y replies and then they sort out venue & time.

Quite simple. Can reply afterward with result and movelist too for the craic.

Pepe LeFrits

hm

casper-

Just out of curiosity ... did this tournament get started? I haven't played in a while (i.e. chess club in high school) but I'd still enjoy trying out a game or two

Yavvy

no it never got started sadly. we need someone with the time to organise it.

however if you want a game or 2 on yahoo.com I would be happy to play. Im pretty bad...so you will enjoy winning

MrNuked

Need to set a time of the week for the games I think. Nobody can be bothered to organise the gamnes between each other.

Doctor Funfrock

when dos tournament 2 start ,?

Stephen Forde

im not sure if it was already said but where will it be held? ie what website?