Musicman's Anime Tournament [WINNER: smasher_123]

[musicman_379]

ATTENTION PARTICIPANTS:

Takeda Mizuki (playing as Shishino Makoto) has retired from the tournament. The competetors who he had not yet played--Kinnison (as Zelgadis Greywords), brandoncfi (as Byakuya Kuchiki), and smahser_123 (as Smasher)--will recieve round byes.

He apologizes for the inconvenience.

I do as well

[musicman_379]

Hanul and Zobots win to end Round 7.

Round 7 Results
Game 1803399: Byukuya Kuchiki vs Naruto Uzumaki
Game 1803405: Smasher vs Shippo
Game 1803408: Piccolo vs Monkey D. Luffy
Game 1803412: Shikamaru Nara vs Negi Springfield
BYE: Zelgadis Greywords

PMs sent for Round 8

[Kinnison]

Hmmm. The three of us with the bye in weeks 7,8,9 seem to be at an innate disadvantage when determining the 4 to advance.

Yes, we could have LOST the game as well, but without the opportunity to earn a win...

Just a thought.

[musicman_379]

Hmmm. The three of us with the bye in weeks 7,8,9 seem to be at an innate disadvantage when determining the 4 to advance.

Yes, we could have LOST the game as well, but without the opportunity to earn a win...

Just a thought.

This was something I thought about for a while, and came up with no 'perfect' solution for this problem. I thought about various ways to go about this, like having some of the competitors play as Takeda's character, giving forfeit wins, flipping a coin, but none of these sounded that good to me. Upon this, I decided to be neutral and give byes.

That's my reasoning.

[Kinnison]

Noted. I can come up with no perfect answer either. The top two I came up with were: forfeit wins; and invalidating ALL of Takeda's games, pulling them from the records.

Both unsatisfactory. I'll abide by your ruling without protest, just wanted to make sure you'd thought about it.

[pogophiles]

May I offer another suggestion? I am Takeda Mizuki's father and am (due to the impact CC was having on his grades) partially to blame for his inability to continue in this tournament. If it would help to maintain the integrity of this tournament (and in keeping with the type of plot device often employed in anime) then I would be most honored to play in his place. I humbly await your decision...

[musicman_379]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

May I offer another suggestion? I am Takeda Mizuki's father and am (due to the impact CC was having on his grades) partially to blame for his inability to continue in this tournament. If it would help to maintain the integrity of this tournament (and in keeping with the type of plot device often employed in anime) then I would be most honored to play in his place. I humbly await your decision...

Thank you!

pogophiles will replace Takeda, and the round byes have been eliminated. PMs for these games have been sent.

[Kinnison]

Ah, the son had to withdraw, now the father steps forward... yes, very anime-ish.

pogophiles, my old nemesis.... we meet again!

[pogophiles]

Indeed we do, Kinnison. Now all I need is some ancient wrong to be avenging to preserve my family's honor. I'm guessing that our past battles in the "You're Eliminated" tournaments are not sufficient...

[Kinnison]

How about you introducing me to the Rail USA map... now one of my favorites? We can say I usurped it from you, or possibly stole an ancient technique of your clan?

[pogophiles]

AIIEEE!! How dare you bring up your theft of my family's ancient birthright!! You have besmirched our honor for the last time and now YOU MUST DIE!!





Was that about right or should I be more over the top? Sorry, but my anime experience is much more limited than my son's...

[musicman_379]

smasher_123 and brandoncfi both win their Round 8 matches

[Kinnison]

BWAH-HA-HAHA-HAHA-HAHA!


That was just fine... as long as we're not doing, say, Excel Saga. In which case, you CAN'T go "over the top" enough, TRUST me on this.

[zobots]

i lost to shippo

[musicman_379]

i lost to shippo

noted.

Hanul has also won.

[musicman_379]

Coleman wins in round 8.
The round 8 matches are over.
Round 9 will start once the remaining Round 7 match is over.
Hanul has informed me that he will be away for the end of this week. He will be able join his match on Mar. 9.

[musicman_379]

pogophiles wins in Round 7

Results
Round 8:
Game 1897262: Byukuya Kuchiki vs Shishino Makoto
Game 1876027: Smasher vs Naruto Uzumaki
Game 1876029: Piccolo vs Shippo
Game 1876033: Shikamaru Nara vs Monkey D. Luffy
Game 1876037: Negi Springfield vs Zelgadis Greywords

Round 7:
Game 1897251: Shishino Makoto vs Zelgadis Greywords

Round 9 PMs sent.

[musicman_379]

smasher_123 wins in Round 9, clinching the 1 seed.

**FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS**
As your matches end, I'd love to hear your feedback about the tourney.
I enjoyed running it, and I hope you enjoyed playing in it .

[musicman_379]

Hanul wins to clinch the 2 seed.

Coleman has been bumped.

[Kinnison]

Zelgadis Greywords d. Byakuya Kuchiki

(Game 1953916, Kinnison d. brandoncfi)

[musicman_379]

Zelgadis Greywords d. Byakuya Kuchiki

(Game 1953916, Kinnison d. brandoncfi)

Win noted.
brandoncfi is the 4 seed.

Fircoal wins, clinching the 3 seed.

The finals are set!
Semis comming soon.

[musicman_379]

zobots wins the final match of Round 9.

Round 9 Results
Game 1953916: Byukuya Kuchiki vs Zelgadis Greywords
Game 1953921: Smasher vs Shishino Makoto
Game 1953929: Piccolo vs Naruto Uzumaki
Game 1953934: Shikamaru Nara vs Shippo
Game 1953937: Negi Springfield vs Monkey D. Luffy

Semifinal Matches
Game 1998583:
1) Smasher (7-2) vs
4) Byakuya Kuchiki (5-4)
Game 1998592:
2) Negi Springfield (7-2) vs
3) Shippo (6-3)

PMs sent.

[musicman_379]

smasher_123 has advanced to the final.

[musicman_379]

Fircoal has reached the final.

Semifinal Results
Game 1998583:
1) Smasher (7-2) vs
4) Byakuya Kuchiki (5-4)
Game 1998592:
2) Negi Springfield (7-2) vs
3) Shippo (6-3)

Championship Match
Game 2016224:
1) Smasher (8-2) vs
3) Shippo (7-3)

PMs sent.

[musicman_379]

smasher_123 wins the tournament!

Championship Match
Game 2016224:
1) Smasher (8-2) vs
3) Shippo (7-3)

Thanks to all that participated!