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Ugh, why does this have to happen on Thanksgiving? I may be at my family's house during that time.

Hopefully I can at least make three matches...

cheesemoo0 wrote:Ugh, why does this have to happen on Thanksgiving? I may be at my family's house during that time.

Hopefully I can at least make three matches...

It's up to five now.

Umm, no. Three matches is till the minimal number required to get the maximal possible score. Only if really many people register, that number will be bumped up.

To reiterate, the default rules are:
- all but the worst four games get discarded
- of the remaining games, the best three count
So you can get by with three matches and a fourth match can't hurt you and is recommended.

If really many people register, this may change to
- all but the worst five games get discarded
- of the remaining games, the best four count

And if only a handful people register, to
- all but the worst five games get discarded
- of the remaining games, the three four count

The server will, of course, remind you about the actual rules in effect, and I'll post them here and on the Wiki, too.

Actually, Martin Mir emailed folk yesterday to confirm their participation, he noted that it had been changed to best of five.

Mind you, he also said it would take place on thursday the 28th

On email, Martin Mir wrote:As you are aware the tournament has been extended from 3-9pm this Thursday 28 November. The winner will be the person with the highest score over 5 games rather than 3 games. Last minute change.

Xocrates wrote:Actually, Martin Mir emailed folk yesterday to confirm their participation, he noted that it had been changed to best of five.

In that case, ignore both of us while this is getting sorted out

What martinmir meant in the mail was the "3 of 5" mode. All but the worst 5 games get discarded, and of the rest, the best 3 count. And that's what it'll be, unless player numbers take a huge jump.

bert_the_turtle wrote:What martinmir meant in the mail was the "3 of 5" mode. All but the worst 5 games get discarded, and of the rest, the best 3 count. And that's what it'll be, unless player numbers take a huge jump.

So, your third, fourth, and fifth worst games get counted? Interesting system.

Also, what is a KEY ID? I can't seem to find mine.

So we play games, the worst 2 get binned, and the next worst 3 count towards the score...?

Mike and Nimbus: yep, that's how it works. You can simplify things if you don't play more than 5 games, then just your best three get counted. That's the optimal strategy there anyway (Well, not quite, but you smart people will figure it out.)

Nimbus: no worries, I have your keyID already.

This confusion and ambiguity seem to follow Martinmir. Piss up and brewery come to mind.

I didn't receive any prizes from Martinmir for winning the T shirt comp...he then insisted, insisted, on sending me something...then didn't fucking bother his arse.

I fear for this tournament...

So it is confirmed that it is on the 28th?

cheesemoo0 wrote:So it is confirmed that it is on the 28th?

No, that was a typo It's tomorrow, Thursday, the 27th.

I think Bert got the wrong day in his head, because it is firday the 28th so don't you even think about playing tomorrow.

Very constructive, Cyan. You're not even playing as far as I know, so please keep your misinformation to yourself.

The servers have been started, the tournament is on! There are four, each running one of the four maps. It's your decision which maps you want to play.

As far as I have been informed, there's 16 players. That should be plenty to let everyone play against various opponents; therefore, anonymisation has been disabled.

I'll babysit the servers a bit. Good luck!

Edit: Oh yeah, the leaderboard will be available here: http://dedcon.net/dedwinia/tournament/t ... board.html
It's anonymised, so keep good track of your own results.

And as a reminder, the full rules are here: http://dedcon.net:8000/dedwinia/wiki/Lo ... nament2008