Note: This thread is primarily aimed at players in the Grand Finals, rather than spectators. (The one I put in Announcements is aimed at the latter.)
Qualification for the Grand Finals
Over the past 8 weeks, about 200 players have been battling their way through 8 Rounds of a Swiss-style tournament to earn spots 1-30 in the Grand Finals. The hardest part seems to have been scheduling their matches, but there have been many tough matches played too!
This Swiss-style tournament has now finished. Here are the top 30 players:
#1. TJ Barcafan95 - 31 points (8 rounds - 7 W / 1 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 198.75)
#2. A1 Sisyphos - 31 points (8 rounds - 6 W / 1 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 185.25)
#3. jacqui - 30 points (8 rounds - 6 W / 1 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 201.5)
#4. [WotBP] OgAusp - 30 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 3 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 165.75)
#5. TJ Ace - 30 points (8 rounds - 6 W / 1 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 159.25)
#6. MZAAZM - 29 points (8 rounds - 6 W / 1 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 165.75)
#7. bobwei - 29 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 132)
#8. TJ Nickey293 - 28 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 167.75)
#9. A1 Hatts - 28 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 165)
#10. FarqTheOrc - 28 points (8 rounds - 6 W / 0 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 150)
#11. A1 DollMaster - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 204)
#12. busti - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 189)
#13. Otto7 - 27 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 4 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 180)
#14. A1 iClipse - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 177)
#15. Holynoob - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 171)
#16. Rayzie - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 168)
#17. A1 Finneri - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 168)
#18. TJ BlueJet24 - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 162)
#19. [WotBP] Raphael Majere - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 153)
#20. BDK16 - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 140.25)
#21. Daiboken - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 132)
#22. TJ b0hater - 27 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 123)
#23. [WotBP] wreon - 26 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 3 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 178.75)
#24. vAct - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 4 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 174)
#25. Fou DeLile - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 4 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 174)
#26. KA Jeff01 - 26 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 170.5)
#27. A1 youanthe - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 3 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 162.25)
#28. redpuma - 26 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 144)
#29. A1 NinjaDucky - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 3 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 143)
#30. RVD - 26 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 141)
You can see the full list of all final placings here.
The last two guaranteed spots in the Grand Finals are going to the winners of two free-to-enter Wild Card tournaments:
- Wild Card 1 took place on Saturday 9th June and was won by GreyMouser.
- Wild Card 2 will be the night before the Grand Finals (Friday 15th June). It really will be last chance for someone to get in. This will be open to everyone but those players listed above.
More details about the Wild Card tournaments are in post 2 below.
The Grand Finals are spread over two days and will be a huge event, with many Shadow Era celebrities and fans present. More details are below.
Grand Finals Day 1 - Saturday 16th June
- This is single-elimination
- YOU ONLY USE ONE DECK THROUGHOUT THE GRAND FINALS
- ALL MATCHES ARE BEST OF THREE GAMES ON DAY ONE
- top 30 placings from the swiss tournament are Seeds 1-30
- the two winners of the wild card tournaments (see post 2 below) will be seeds 31 and 32
- Check-in opens at 2.30pm GMT. To check-in, you need to be present in IRC and send me your deck list via Forum PM. Please use an IRC nickname that matches your in-game name (swap spaces for _).
- Round 1 starts at 3.30pm GMT. Successive rounds start immediately after preceding ones.
- If one of the 32 players does not check in by 3.30pm GMT then I will add players from the reserve list (players 31 onwards from the swiss tournament). I therefore recommend the following people turn up in case they get lucky:
#31. flycheung - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 3 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 140.25)
#32. A1 Harakhte - 26 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 134.75)
#33. azrae1 - 26 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 3 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 110)
#34. Enalanel - 25 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 162.25)
#35. Bayfighter - 25 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 4 T / 0 L -- tie-break= 156)
#36. pjoe0211 - 25 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 2 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 153)
#37. 666eroi - 25 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 3 T / 1 L -- tie-break= 134.75)
#38. Seragyn - 25 points (8 rounds - 5 W / 1 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 129.25)
#39. A1 BlanketEffect - 25 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 2 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 112.5)
#40. JackCard - 25 points (8 rounds - 4 W / 2 T / 2 L -- tie-break= 102.5)
- Pairings for round 1 will be done by splitting the 32 players into 4 groups based on their seeding. Seeds 1-8 will face a random opponent from 25-32 and 9-16 will face a random opponent from 17-24.
- Round 2 will start immediately after Round 1 ends and I will randomly pair winners of 1-8/25-32 with winners of 9-16/17-24.
- Round 3 will start immediately after Round 2 ends and pairings will be completely random. This will be the first time that the top 8 seeds could end up paired with each other.
- At the end of Round 3, only four players will remain and they will make it to Day 2.
(More details on how I will do the pairings is in post 3 below.)
Note: I will be on IRC as Gondorian.
FIND OUT ABOUT IRC HERE | SEE THE TIME IN GMT HERE
Grand Finals Day 2 - Sunday 17th June
- YOU MUST USE THE SAME DECK YOU USED ON DAY ONE
- ALL MATCHES ARE BEST OF FIVE GAMES ON DAY TWO
- Start time will be based on player availability, but assume 3pm GMT.
- Pairings for the semi-finals will be done randomly.
SPECIAL RULES
* If a player is disconnected during a game, the other player can decide to treat it as a win for them (most likely) or allow the game to be replayed.
* If there is a sync/freeze error or draw, the game will be replayed.
* If any other type of bug occurs and does not immediately end the game, the result of that game is treated as valid, but either player may appeal to me after the match for a special ruling.
* If there is a deadlock situation, where both players have full hands and will not play a card and there is no way for either to damage the other, the game will have to be declared a draw (one player offers, the other accepts) and then replayed.
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