(Finished) [1.27 TOURN4MENT] Information for Players

[Gondorian]

CURRENT STATUS

Q1 winner was Sisyphos, who beat iClipse 2-1.
Q2 winner was DCjG, who beat Gurum 2-0.
Q3 winner was Raphael Majere, who beat Master Blakes 2-1.
Q4 winner was KAKAMONG, who beat Bicin 2-0.

Raphael Majere beat DCjG in the first semi-final 2-0.
Sisyphos beat KAKAMONG in the second semi-final 2-0.

Raphael Majere beat Sisyphos 3-2 in the final.
KAKAMONG beat DCjG 2-0 to take 3rd place.


FULL RESULTS

Q1 (6 players)

LyingDragon (Zaladar) 2-0 Cash9908 (Jericho)
Sisyphos (Banebow) 2-0 Hatts (Jericho)
iClipse (Gwen) - Bye
TomasRuiz (Jericho) - Bye

iClipse (Gwen) 2-0 LyingDragon (Zaladar)
Sisyphos (Banebow) 2-0 TomasRuiz (Jericho)

Sisyphos (Banebow) 2-1 iClipse (Gwen)

Q2 (13 players)

Dharvo (Banebow) 2-0 Portgaz D Ace (Jericho)
DCjG (Boris) 2-0 Yingxiongdota (Zaladar)
CodeDomination (Lance) 2-1 B0HATER (Boris)
arebelspy (Banebow) 2-0 Giskard (Majiya)
LeiBruc (Zaladar) 2-0 Jswainlive (Zaladar)
Halley73 (Zaladar) - Bye
graphlem (Amber) - Bye
Gurum (Majiya) - Bye

graphlem (Amber) 2-1 Dharvo (Banebow)
DCjG (Boris) 2-0 Halley73 (Zaladar)
arebelspy (Banebow) 2-0 CodeDomination (Lance)
Gurum (Majiya) 2-0 LeiBruc (Zaladar)

Gurum (Majiya) 2-1 arebelspy (Banebow)
DCjG (Boris) 2-1 graphlem (Amber)

DCjG (Boris) 2-0 Gurum (Majiya)

Q3 (9 players)

MasterBlakes (Amber) 2-0 protonium (Gravebone)
BlanketEffect (Boris) 2-1 Pretty Pretty Princess (Gravebone)
Raphael Majere (Boris) 2-0 TheWitchDoctor (Gravebone)
ErTanoso (Amber) 2-1 guxa (Eladwen)
Sam1903 (Amber) - Bye

MasterBlakes (Amber) 2-0 BlanketEffect (Boris)
Sam1903 (Amber) 2-1 ErTanoso (Amber)
Raphael Majere (Boris) - Bye

Raphael Majere (Boris) 2-1 Sam1903 (Amber)
MasterBlakes (Amber) - Bye

Raphael Majere (Boris) 2-1 MasterBlakes (Amber)

Q4 (7 players)

Nickey293 (Amber) 2-0 pjoe0211 (Amber)
Kentuequi (Zaladar) 2-1 doianhkhoviai (Banebow)
KAKAMONG (Zaladar) 2-1 BDK16 (Gwen)
Bicin (Jericho) - Bye

Bicin (Jericho) 2-0 pjoe0211 (Amber)
KAKAMONG (Zaladar) 2-1 Kentuequi (Zaladar)

KAKAMONG (Zaladar) 2-0 Bicin (Jericho)

SEMI-FINALS

Sisyphos (Banebow) 2-0 KAKAMONG (Zaladar)
Raphael Majere (Boris) 2-0 DCjG (Boris)

FINAL

Raphael Majere (Boris) 3-2 Sisyphos (Banebow)

3rd/4th Place

KAKAMONG (Zaladar) 2-0 DCjG (Boris)

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The stuff below here is left for historical reasons ...

OVERVIEW

This tournament is to celebrate the launch of 1.27 on the live server. The prizes are as follows:

1st place: 5000 Shadow Crystals + Special Surprise Bonus Prize
2nd place: 2000 Shadow Crystals
3rd place: 1000 Shadow Crystals
4th place: 500 Shadow Crystals

Due to timezone issues, it is being split into three stages: Qualifiers and then Semi-Finals and The Final.

There are four Qualifiers:

Q1: 11am GMT+0 on Saturday 10th September
Q2: 8pm GMT+0 on Saturday 10th September
Q3: 6pm GMT+0 on Sunday 11th September
Q4: 6pm GMT+0 on Saturday 17th September

Each participant can only be in one qualifier.

Qualifiers will be single-elimination tournaments, where the winner of each will go through to the Semi-Finals, which will be scheduled based on availability of the four players involved. The winners of those two matches will face off in The Final, which will also be scheduled based on their availability.


THE RULES

1. Decks must contain at least 40 cards (including Hero).

2. Deck listings and your choice of Qualifier must be submitted to GondorianDotCom by Private Message before the start of Q1, which is 11am GMT+0 on 10th September.

3. The deck you use throughout the entire tournament must match your submitted deck listing and game logs will be checked to ensure this is being adhered to. (i.e. No deck changes.)

4. All matches are best of three and only the winner of each match goes through to the next round. (This is not a swiss-style tournaent, but pure single elimination, since only the winner of each qualifier goes into the Semi-Finals)

5. Who goes first in the first game in a match is decided randomly. The other player goes first in the second game (just quit and restart the game if the in-built random selection gets it the wrong way round). If there is a third game, the order is decided at random.

6. A disconnect during a game is classed as a loss for the disconnector, unless the other player wishes to class it as void. A sync error (which causes a draw) renders the game void also. A void game must be replayed.

7. A draw due to both Heroes dying at the same time also effectively counts as a void game; the winner of a match must win two games, so a drawn game could cause a fourth to be required.

8. Each Qualifier will be managed by GondorianDotCom via the IRC chatroom, and all players in a Qualifier should be logged into the chatroom while they are still in the tournament. To make life easier for those using the web browser client, I have made a framed page, which has the game and the chatroom side-by-side.

9. You must be signed into the chatroom when your qualifier starts or you risk being ejected from the tournament. The only exception is if you do not have access to IRC - in which case, you need to tell me this in advance and we can communicate via this thread and I will relay information to people in the chatroom.

10. Be sure to confirm you know the right time to show up. See here for the current time in GMT+0.

11. Also be sure to check this thread for any updates before your Qualifier starts, in case any extra rules have been added to cover corner-cases I've not thought of yet.

12. If you have any questions, please post them on this thread, so that I have the chance to amend the rules to clarify or remedy the situation.

[graphlem]

Thanks Gondorian! OK, I've never been to the chat room -- don't even know where it is. Can you be "signed in to the chat room" and still play the game at the same time on a Droid 2?

Also, will you be posting on here what the matchups are? We'll need to know who we're playing -- thanks!

[Raphael Majere]

Would a PM system be better? Just suggesting.

[Gondorian]

Thanks Gondorian! OK, I've never been to the chat room -- don't even know where it is. Can you be "signed in to the chat room" and still play the game at the same time on a Droid 2?

Also, will you be posting on here what the matchups are? We'll need to know who we're playing -- thanks!

If you don't have an IRC app on your Droid then maybe someone can suggest one. Failing that, non-IRC people could use this thread to communicate through me to everyone else in the chatroom. I can view both at the same time, so it's not a problem.

I will be telling you the matchups in the chatroom (or this thread, if necessary) at the start of the qualifier. When everyone knows who they are playing, you can quit out of the chat room for your games and then return at the end of the match. I will then announce the next pairings.

[Raphael Majere]

I agree with you. I am responding to graphlem's suggestion. I would prefer the match-up list be posted not so early to reduce people from checking up each other's games/hero/deck.

Just a thought. I think start of qualifier is good enough.

[Gondorian]

Just a thought. I think start of qualifier is good enough.

Yep, the match-ups will not be announced until the relevant Qualifier starts and all the decks are in.

Neither will I be revealing who is in which Qualifier, although you can probably guess which ones some people picked.

[Raphael Majere]

Hahahaha, I just realized how silly I am. Once the deck is submitted, the deal is sealed!

[B0HATER]

PM sent.

[graphlem]

If you don't have an IRC app on your Droid then maybe someone can suggest one. Failing that, non-IRC people could use this thread to communicate through me to everyone else in the chatroom. I can view both at the same time, so it's not a problem.

I will be telling you the matchups in the chatroom (or this thread, if necessary) at the start of the qualifier. When everyone knows who they are playing, you can quit out of the chat room for your games and then return at the end of the match. I will then announce the next pairings.

If you could please list it in this thread I'd appreciate it, I don't want to mess with some IRC app. Pairing announced at the start of the qualifier is fin of course. So, we'll see who we match up with and then PM them with a game password and then play right then and there? If they don't happen to be around, how long do they get as a grace period?

[BDK16]

I haven't have time yet to test decks in 1.27 so I'll pm you my deck later tonight