A Fifth of Dukasaur [Winner=Nailer X]

[Nailer X]

Why does Mande win a game in round 5 when you called it a tie ?

[Dukasaur]

Why does Mande win a game in round 5 when you called it a tie ?

Well, I had a deadlock-breaking rule in effect to avoid a tie, but as you know the deadlock-breaking rule failed to break the deadlock. (This was not a rule I made up at the last minute. It was posted in the original post, as follows:)

Deadlocked games: Because this tournament is for people who are not in a hurry, I will not worry too much about rushing games along. However, if the last game in a round is lasting an unusually long time, I will give five days notice for the players to win, and if it is still not won at the end of the five days then I will declare a winner according to reinforcements received on the last turn taken before the deadline.

Perfectly in accordance with that, I came in on Oct. 17th and announced:

2011-10-17 07:46:30 - Dukasaur: I have to invoke the deadlocked games rule
2011-10-17 07:48:20 - Dukasaur: Five days notice: 8:45 my time (or as close to it as I can manage) next Saturday I will come here and declare a winner according to the reinforcements received on your last turn previous to that time.

However, on Oct. 22nd, when I came back in to the game, expecting to crown a winner, I found this:

2011-10-22 06:29:37 - Dukasaur: Mande 20, Bunn Ree 17, Nailer 20

So we were still without a winner. From that point on, I was asking around as to what method should be used to break the tie. Unfortunately, you three did not really make any suggestions, although I invited you to. I did get some input from other experienced tournament organisers about what they would do, but all this took some time, plus I was quite busy with R/L, so another week passed. I was ready to announce a NEW tiebreaking deadline today, but yesterday the game finally ended, so no need.

Ok, Mande has won the game, but I can see your point about me, having announced a tie. It was never my intention to leave it a tie, I was still looking for a new tiebreaking method, but I can understand that at that point, you had a reasonable expectation of getting equal credit.

So, okay, it was an epic struggle, it was incredibly close all the way through, except for the last couple days. I am going to credit all three of you (the three that lasted to the end) with a win. I think all three of you earned that much consideration.

So, the new Round 5 standings:

Editted Round 5 standings, now that the epic game has concluded:

Players who have won a round 5 game:Mande1992, BunnRee, NailerX, reahma, zissou2, Victor Sullivan, mackadoo, simmons4, kuma32478, mcshanester29, Didacus, ipaqah, Bonobo, Risk_Averse, Gilligan, and Leatherhead.

Standings after five rounds
Players with 4 wins: xman5151, and Mande1992

Players with 3 wins: Nailer X

Players with 2 wins: ipaqah, Gilligan, Risk_Averse, Bonobo, McShanester29, simmons4, reahma, Crarg, brett2000, MD212, Ckyrias, BunnRee, MegasWoman, Seamus Corrigan, sannemanrobinson, and OliverFA!

Players with 1 win: Leatherhead, mackadoo, Didacus, Victor Sullivan, kuma32478, zissou2, Deantursx, mwaser, EternalShadow, qwertylpc, b00060, uckuki, koontz1973, kiwi3, Grimberht, jigger1986, bragsie, DanFrank, Vaicius, Odinas0323, azak848, Tomod, canona85, DeathMetalMaster, Dragontrader, Portmangray, MattiWacklin, harvmax, and TheTrueNorth


22 players have 0 wins and are now eliminated: rmjw10, arno30, XDarkBladeX, rallyingcry, smithrog, mpjh, ETROPAL, radioman212, kerrgreenfield, crazycolin, Seamus76, uk massive, pyrhhus, jordy2425, NCC1701, jjfserra, Shaba, dazza2008, nacmonkey, V.J., fuzzy316, and TheHowling.

I will update Round 6 in the morning.

[Dukasaur]

Winners of a Round 6 game:
MD212, Gilligan, McShanester29, Portmangray, uckuki, koontz1973, BunnRee, Nailer X, mwaser.

Standings after six rounds
Players with 4 wins: xman5151, Nailer X, and Mande1992

Players with 3 wins:MD212, Gilligan, BunnRee, and McShanester29

Players with 2 wins: ipaqah, Risk_Averse, Bonobo, simmons4, reahma, Crarg, brett2000, Ckyrias, uckuki, koontz1973, MegasWoman, Seamus Corrigan, sannemanrobinson, mwaser, Portmangray, and OliverFA!

Players who have only 1 win and are now eliminated: Leatherhead, mackadoo, Didacus, Victor Sullivan, kuma32478, zissou2, Deantursx, EternalShadow, qwertylpc, b00060, kiwi3, Grimberht, jigger1986, bragsie, DanFrank, Vaicius, Odinas0323, azak848, Tomod, canona85, DeathMetalMaster, Dragontrader, MattiWacklin, harvmax, and TheTrueNorth

22 players have 0 wins and were previously eliminated: rmjw10, arno30, XDarkBladeX, rallyingcry, smithrog, mpjh, ETROPAL, radioman212, kerrgreenfield, crazycolin, Seamus76, uk massive, pyrhhus, jordy2425, NCC1701, jjfserra, Shaba, dazza2008, nacmonkey, V.J., fuzzy316, and TheHowling.

[Dukasaur]

<sigh>

ditto

[Dukasaur]

Round 7 games have been created and invitations sent out.

[Dukasaur]

Yesterday there were still two active games, today they are all finished. I will update scores and start the next round as soon as I can, but it might not be today.

[Dukasaur]

Winners of a Round 7 game:
Crarg, Seamus Corrigan, brett2000, sannemanrobinson

Standings after seven rounds
Players with 4 wins: xman5151, Nailer X, and Mande1992

Players with 3 wins:MD212, Gilligan, BunnRee, McShanester29, Crarg, brett2000, Seamus Corrigan, and sannemanrobinson

Players with 2 wins are now eliminated: ipaqah, Risk_Averse, Bonobo, simmons4, reahma, Crarg, brett2000, Ckyrias, uckuki, koontz1973, MegasWoman, Seamus Corrigan, sannemanrobinson, mwaser, Portmangray, and OliverFA!

Players who have only 1 win and were previously eliminated: Leatherhead, mackadoo, Didacus, Victor Sullivan, kuma32478, zissou2, Deantursx, EternalShadow, qwertylpc, b00060, kiwi3, Grimberht, jigger1986, bragsie, DanFrank, Vaicius, Odinas0323, azak848, Tomod, canona85, DeathMetalMaster, Dragontrader, MattiWacklin, harvmax, and TheTrueNorth

22 players have 0 wins and were previously eliminated: rmjw10, arno30, XDarkBladeX, rallyingcry, smithrog, mpjh, ETROPAL, radioman212, kerrgreenfield, crazycolin, Seamus76, uk massive, pyrhhus, jordy2425, NCC1701, jjfserra, Shaba, dazza2008, nacmonkey, V.J., fuzzy316, and TheHowling.

This is going a lot faster than I thought. When I designed this tournament I expected to see a lot of rounds before we got down to a win, but I guess I didn't fully do the math and work out how it would play out. Anyway, we are now down to 11 players.

[Dukasaur]

Round 8 games have been created and invitations sent out.

[Dukasaur]

There might only be one or two more rounds after this one.

[Dukasaur]

Gilligan wins the first Round 8 game and guarantees his survival for this round.

[Dukasaur]

All Round 8 games have now concluded. Congratulations to Gilligan, Mande1992, and brett2000!

I'll get the next round out A.S.A.P., but it might be a couple days.

[Dukasaur]

All Round 8 games have now concluded. Congratulations to Gilligan, Mande1992, and brett2000!.

Standings after eight rounds
Players with 5 wins:Mande1992

Players with 4 wins: xman5151, Nailer X, Gilligan and brett2000

Players with 3 wins are now eliminated: MD212, BunnRee, McShanester29, Crarg, Seamus Corrigan, and sannemanrobinson

Players with 2 wins are now eliminated: ipaqah, Risk_Averse, Bonobo, simmons4, reahma, Crarg, brett2000, Ckyrias, uckuki, koontz1973, MegasWoman, Seamus Corrigan, sannemanrobinson, mwaser, Portmangray, and OliverFA!

Players who have only 1 win and were previously eliminated: Leatherhead, mackadoo, Didacus, Victor Sullivan, kuma32478, zissou2, Deantursx, EternalShadow, qwertylpc, b00060, kiwi3, Grimberht, jigger1986, bragsie, DanFrank, Vaicius, Odinas0323, azak848, Tomod, canona85, DeathMetalMaster, Dragontrader, MattiWacklin, harvmax, and TheTrueNorth

22 players have 0 wins and were previously eliminated: rmjw10, arno30, XDarkBladeX, rallyingcry, smithrog, mpjh, ETROPAL, radioman212, kerrgreenfield, crazycolin, Seamus76, uk massive, pyrhhus, jordy2425, NCC1701, jjfserra, Shaba, dazza2008, nacmonkey, V.J., fuzzy316, and TheHowling.

So, we are down to five players. A one-game round. If Mande wins again, he wins the tournament, else, we go to another game.

[Dukasaur]

Round 9 game has been created and invitations sent out!

[Gilligan]

So if Mande wins this game, he wins the tournament? Likewise, if anyone with 4 wins loses this game, they are out?

[Dukasaur]

So if Mande wins this game, he wins the tournament? Likewise, if anyone with 4 wins loses this game, they are out?

Correct.

Mande can win it on this round if he wins this game. If someone else wins, they will go into a 1v1 game against Mande next round.

[Dukasaur]

Okay, Nailer X vs. Mande1992

The great final showdown.

Game 10326733

[Mande1992]

Sigh, my dice bombed right from the start... congrats Nailer X

[Dukasaur]

And Nailer X wins!

Congratulations!





Many thanks to everyone who participated!

Sigh, my dice bombed right from the start... congrats Nailer X

A special bit of kudos to Mande1992 who worked hard for a long time and almost pulled through!

[Victor Sullivan]

Congratulations!!!

-Sully

[OliverFA]

Congratulations Nailer X!