Personally, as this is the first tournament, I don't have a set number, but I would like between 16 and 32 players to join. If we get a power of 2, then it'll be a single elimination tournament. If I do not get a power of 2, then we will do groups, followed by a single elimination tournament.

*Note: Later rounds may feature 3/5 templates, in which case I stop when there's 3/5 templates left.

As of now, I'm leaning towards every match being 1 game up until Semifinals, where that, the bronze match, and the finals will be 3 game matches.

If I have to do groups, I will likely use Swiss system pairing for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament
Obviously the number of groups and number of people in each group will vary depending on how many people are playing.

Oops, I think I screwed mine up.

Best ---> Worst
A, E, I, G, C, B, K, D, H, J, F

i'd like to sign up for this
A>C>I>H>B>E>G>D>F>J>K

B-F-A-I-J-C-K-D-G-H-E

With the minimum 16 people signed up (OK, 17...) sign-ups will close in a week (3/25) whenever I check it (Should be around this time)

Edited 2014-03-18 19:35:24

Seriously, Hauptmann?

Schadenfreude! :D

Edited 2014-03-19 01:14:40

Up to the top! 4 days left to sign up!

C,H,I,F,A,D,G,B,E,J,K

Seriously, D. Gray Man?

Err...what? O.o

Edit: Manga/Anime, I'm being referred to as a destroyer of Innocence who resonates well with Dark Matter >.>

Edited 2014-03-26 22:00:41

Signups closed. Games for Round 1 of the Group round will begin shortly (links will be posted here)

Groups, Round 1
Beren Erchamion vs. 125ch09: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929489
timon92 vs. Jefferspin: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929496
Taisho vs. Riyamitie: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929412
master of desaster vs. Frankdeslimste: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929383
Ineffable vs. General Arun: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929396
Leo vs. Mr. Gentleman: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929500
nich vs. ACL Tears: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929425
marc2013 vs. Gambler: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929503
Master Miyagi vs. Widzisz: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=5929506

Oh, and, as an aside, I'm thinking about letting the winner add/change 1 or 2 templates for the next tournament

Edited 2014-03-29 22:09:47

18 people = 1 group of 18, 3 rounds, top 8 advance to the bracket

In 3 rounds we should have 4-5 people with 3-0, and then another 4-5 with 2-1. Hopefully that works out properly but at least everyone plays 3 games.

Group Round 1. Numbers were randomized by random.org

18 16 - Beren Erchamion vs. 125ch09: Playing on Season IX

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
18 |  Beren | C, H, I, F, A, D, G, B, E, J, K | K |       | E | B |       | A | I |   | -> C
16 |125ch209| A, C, I, H, B, E, G, D, F, J, K |   | J | F |       | D | G |       | H | -> C

15 4 - timon92 vs. Jefferspin: Playing on Greece

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
15 |timon92 | A, G, C, J, E, B, F, D, H, I, K | K |       | I | D |       | B | C |   | -> G
04 | Jeffer | B, G, A, K, I, D, C, E, F, H, J |   | J | H |       | F | E |       | A | -> G

13 2 - Taisho vs. Riyamitie: Playing on Season V

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
13 | Taisho | A, B, E, F, J, K, I, C, G, D, H | H |       | D | G |       | C | F |   | -> E
02 |   Riya | D, H, C, E, A, F, G, J, I, K, B |   | B | K |       | I | J |       | A | -> E

3 17 - master of desaster vs. Frankdeslimste: Playing on Guiroma

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
03 |    mod | G, H, B, I, A, F, C, D, E, J, K | K |       | J | D |       | F | A |   | -> B
17 |  Frank | B, F, A, I, J, C, K, D, G, H, E |   | E | H |       | G | C |       | I | -> B

8 1 - Ineffable vs. General Arun: Playing on Guiroma

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
08 |  Ineff | K, E, G, B, C, A, I, J, F, H, D | D |       | F | J |       | A | C |   | -> B
01 | G.Arun | D, A, B, C, G, K, E, F, J, I, H |   | H | I |       | E | K |       | G | -> B

5 6 - Hell Bender vs. Mr. Gentleman: Playing on Greece

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
05 |    Leo | H, G, B, I, F, C, D, J, E, K, A | A |       | K | E |       | D | C |   | -> G
06 |Mr.Gent | G, B, A, D, K, C, E, F, H, I, J |   | J | I |       | H | F |       | B | -> G

10 12 - nich vs. ACL Tears: Playing on Season V

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
10 |   nich | C, F, E, A, H, I, D, B, J, K, G | G |       | K | B |       | I | A |   | -> E
12 |ACLTears| A, E, I, G, C, B, K, D, H, J, F |   | F | J |       | H | D |       | C | -> E

9 11 - marc2013 vs. Gambler: Playing on Greece

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
09 |marc2013| A, C, D, G, I, K, B, H, J, F, E | E |       | F | J |       | H | K |   | -> G
11 |Gambler | G, E, I, K, F, J, H, B, A, C, D |   | D | C |       | A | B |       | I | -> G

7 14 - Master Miyagi vs. Widzisz: Playing on Greece

                                              |          Template Struck Out          |
## | Player | Best <- Template Order -> Worst | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
07 | Miyagi | H, I, B, G, F, A, E, J, K, C, D | D |       | C | J |       | E | A |   | -> G
14 |Widzisz | E, G, C, A, F, J, I, H, D, B, K |   | K | B |       | H | I |       | F | -> G

Template Rankings
1st - G: 1v1 Greece - 4 games
2nd - B: Guiroma - 2 games
2nd - E: Season V - 2 games
4th - C: Season IX - 1 game
5th - The rest
A: Strat 1v1 - 0 games
D: Season VII - 0 games
F: Strat EA&O - 0 games
H: GME III - 0 games
I: Turkey - 0 games
J: Qina - 0 games
K: Europe - 0 games

Edited 2014-03-29 17:12:19

I thought this was seeded why must i play King purple first round?

Honestly if you lose to him you're likely to slide in 2-1 after groups as most of the worse people will probably be paired with you rounds 2/3

Basically: 3-0 assures you're in. 2-1 means you're most likely in (There may be a tiebreaker if there's 9 people who went 3-0 and/or 2-1.) 1-2 or 0-3 means you're out (But I'll still make games for 0-2 people so they can save face and try to have a win)

Edited 2014-03-26 23:38:01

ah so this is not my only game. Hooray!

HOORAY!

I just want to make a note - auto-join isn't available for these games, so please try to join them as soon as possible! If you don't join within a week, I may declare the game as a loss for you.

5/9 games done this round

Edited 2014-03-30 02:35:11

Statistics!


About Strat 1v1 - Strat 1v1 wasn't played this round, despite having the best average. If you look closely, though, Strat 1v1 is almost always one of the last templates to be eliminated, though. As a matter of fact, if the other person got the last strike*, Strat 1v1 may have been picked.

About the "8th or Worse" column - This counts the number of people that will never play that template. Because you eliminate templates from the bottom, you're guaranteed never to play your worst X templates, where X is the amount of strikes you have. (5 in one game matches, 4 in Best of 3). There are no best of 5's this time, so your order for 8th or below does not matter. Despite that, the Sum/Average takes the order of 8th-11th.

*The Last Strike - Despite the fact, that in Warlight, the first pick is most important, when striking stages, the last pick is the most important. This is because the person with the last strike has the final say on which template will be picked. An easy example...

(No, this isn't a real match.)
11 |Gambler | G, E, I, K, F, J, H, B, A, C, D |
14 | Widzisz | E, G, C, A, F, J, I, H, D, B, K |

We can ignore the bottom 9 because they'll just be eliminated in some order we don't care about. However; the person who gets the last pick gets the template they like best, while the other person is stuck with second best. (This can also happen in Bo3 but is less likely)

Edited 2014-03-29 18:33:37

I lost to Wid

Noted; updates to the tournament can be found on the third post (Arun stole the second post!)

We can't actually start second round until the first finishes due to Swiss sorting; I've messaged marc2013 and 125ch209 to join their respective games within 72 hours :P

8/9 games are done, just waiting on nich vs. ACL Tears now.

## |    Player Name     | 1 | 2 | 3 | W-L |
03 | master of desaster | W |   |   | 1-0 |
04 |         Jefferspin | W |   |   | 1-0 |
06 |      Mr. Gentleman | W |   |   | 1-0 |
08 |          Ineffable | W |   |   | 1-0 |
14 |            Widzisz | W |   |   | 1-0 |
13 |             Taisho | W |   |   | 1-0 |
09 |           marc2013 | W |   |   | 1-0 |
16 |           125ch209 | W |   |   | 1-0 |
10 |               nich |   |   |   | 0-0 |
12 |          ACL Tears |   |   |   | 0-0 |
18 |    Beren Erchamion | L |   |   | 0-1 |
11 |            Gambler | L |   |   | 0-1 |
02 |          Riyamitie | L |   |   | 0-1 |
01 |       General Arun | L |   |   | 0-1 |
05 |                Leo | L |   |   | 0-1 |
15 |            timon92 | L |   |   | 0-1 |
07 |      Master Miyagi | L |   |   | 0-1 |
17 |     Frankdeslimste | L |   |   | 0-1 |

1-0
People who had last strike first round: 125ch09, Jefferspin, Mr. Gentlemen, Widzisz, (ACL Tears)
People who didn't have last strike first round: Taisho, mod, Ineffable, marc2013, (nich)

0-1
People who had last strike first round: Riya, Frank, Arun, Gambler, (ACL Tears)
People who didn't have last strike first round: Beren, timon, Leo, Miyagi, (nich)

8/9 pairs will have the same record but opposite strike positions.
1 pair will have differing records but opposite strike positions.
The person who gets last strike this round are the people who didn't have them last time.