Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 04, 2015 - 11:07 |
 
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Start before that deadline. If you are in progress, I shall not cut it. If you are not, I shall.
Sorry Mal. I defer those PMs to my junk folder.  One of the beauties of Swiss in groups of this size is that single, headline moments of nonsense like that are made slightly less important and you still have time to make it back. |
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HungDonkeyman
Joined: Jun 18, 2012
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Apr 04, 2015 - 13:52 |
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Out of interest as I could'nt seem to find the answer , will there be one winner overall or is there going to be multiple winners for timezones/groupings? |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 04, 2015 - 14:08 |
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Each group produces a winner, and we'll have them playoff (made up to a bracket of 8 by European runners up).
I'll leave it up to your own personal taste as to whether we have one champion, whether the group winners are the winners and the playoff is added fun, or Blood Bowl is the eventual winner. I'll be calling the winner of the playoff our champion, but winning a group is no small beer. They will all be recorded for prosperity.
Not to forget our Stunty final! Perhaps there is your pound for pound champ, right there!  |
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HungDonkeyman
Joined: Jun 18, 2012
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Apr 04, 2015 - 14:52 |
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So basically it's not the winning it's the taking part . Thanks for the reply |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 04, 2015 - 19:25 |
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No worries!
You'll note a lack of commentary / fluff thus far. That pesky real life has been a bit hardcore. I plan to do a bit of a first round retrospective soon, but don't let me stop you if you fancy wearing the fluff pants for a turn. |
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Verminardo
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Apr 05, 2015 - 22:07 |
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One thing that occurred to me, with the size the groups are having, shouldn't five rounds be enough to have a definite winner? |
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Nightbird
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Apr 05, 2015 - 22:14 |
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| Verminardo wrote: | | One thing that occurred to me, with the size the groups are having, shouldn't five rounds be enough to have a definite winner? |
NAF TT tourneys are always 6 games, as far as I know. Thus NAF online tourneys are 6 games. I'm not sure it has anything to do w/ 'should'. |
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BlueDevil420
Joined: Dec 19, 2004
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Apr 05, 2015 - 22:22 |
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| Nightbird wrote: | | Verminardo wrote: | | One thing that occurred to me, with the size the groups are having, shouldn't five rounds be enough to have a definite winner? |
NAF TT tourneys are always 6 games, as far as I know. Thus NAF online tourneys are 6 games. I'm not sure it has anything to do w/ 'should'. |
Dutch Open, one of the earliest NAF tournaments is 5 games. Still I think 6 games is great, it allows you the possibility to end up on top even after a 'bad dice' game. |
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grant85
Joined: Dec 19, 2005
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Apr 05, 2015 - 22:49 |
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| BlueDevil420 wrote: | | Nightbird wrote: | | Verminardo wrote: | | One thing that occurred to me, with the size the groups are having, shouldn't five rounds be enough to have a definite winner? |
NAF TT tourneys are always 6 games, as far as I know. Thus NAF online tourneys are 6 games. I'm not sure it has anything to do w/ 'should'. |
Dutch Open, one of the earliest NAF tournaments is 5 games. Still I think 6 games is great, it allows you the possibility to end up on top even after a 'bad dice' game. |
most in canada are 5. lots in the USA are only 3. 6 for majors certainly but 5 is common |
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straume
Joined: Dec 01, 2003
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Apr 05, 2015 - 23:00 |
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| BlueDevil420 wrote: | | Still I think 6 games is great, it allows you the possibility to end up on top even after a 'bad dice' game. |
Agreed. Makes it a lot more open, and also meaningful to play for the draw. |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 06, 2015 - 09:40 |
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Indeed. Six plays to the strengths of the format and allows the second chance, 5 less so. No-one is out of contention after the first game, maybe even the second. I've seen 3/2/1 or 4/0/2 win 6 round Swiss events.
6 games to go in round 1, lots of round 2 games already played. Let's push for as close to full completion as possible! If you've not already PM'd me with trouble in your first round game, better late than never! |
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babass
Joined: Apr 20, 2013
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Apr 06, 2015 - 21:22 |
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| Purplegoo wrote: | Indeed. Six plays to the strengths of the format and allows the second chance, 5 less so. No-one is out of contention after the first game, maybe even the second. I've seen 3/2/1 or 4/0/2 win 6 round Swiss events.
6 games to go in round 1, lots of round 2 games already played. Let's push for as close to full completion as possible! If you've not already PM'd me with trouble in your first round game, better late than never! |
At a tourney with 200+ coach (like previous fumbbl-naf-tourney), 6 rounds could be not enough to have a 2nd chance...
i would say, the right number of rounds depends of the numbers of partizipants. |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 06, 2015 - 22:58 |
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PM copy / paste:
Hi all,
Do not reply to this PM, please instead use the forum for all discussion.
Round 2 of the Lutèce Cup Challenge has been drawn! Get those games organised! We had a great first round with minimal forfeits and more than one group ploughing into round 2 over the weekend, let’s keep up the momentum.
Remember, with 6 rounds of Swiss and groups of this size, everyone is still in the hunt. Plenty of exciting BB is to come!
Good luck, and remember to contact me as soon as possible if it looks like there is some trouble organising your match.
Thanks,
Phil / Goo |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Apr 06, 2015 - 22:59 |
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...Apart from the NA group where we have a tiny technical issue. If these coaches could pause until they hear from me, we'll get that sorted ASAP. Can't think it'll be long. |
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grant85
Joined: Dec 19, 2005
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Apr 06, 2015 - 23:04 |
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ready when you are boss man. excited to toss more bombs and saw more brains LOL |
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