Broadcast from dshort via PBM Server

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>Announcing the first SCRAMBLE tournament on the PBM server!
>
>I am organizing a single elimination tournament of SCRAMBLE
>(aka scrabble) on the server. It will be open to the first
>32 players to enter. If you would like to enter the scramble
>tournament, please send an email to DavidNYJfan@hotmail.com
>and be sure to let me know your PBM userid. It doesn't matter
>whether you have played Scramble before on the server, new
>players are also eligible to enter. Make sure you familiarize
>yourself with the rules of Scramble on its rules page linked
>to the PBM server's front page at http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv
>
>
>Once I have received 32 entries, I will rank the players from
>1 to 32, ranking the established players above provisional
>players, and unrated players at the bottom in alphabetical order.
>
>The first round pairings are 1 vs. 32, 2 vs. 31, 3 vs. 30,
>2 vs. 29  etc.   In the event of a tie game, the players must
>immediately play a second game. If the second game is also
>tied, the LOWER ranked player will advance to the next round.
>
>After each round we will re-seed. For instance, if the top 3
>players all lose their first round games and the highest ranked
>player to advance was previously ranked # 4, that player becomes
>the new # 1 ranked player. The pairings for the second round
>are 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14 etc.
>
>
>We continue this way all the way down until we are left with
>2 players, who will then play a best 2-out-of-3 match for the
>championship!
>
>There are no prizes in this tournament! We just play for pride
>and fun. I will announce the results of this tournament in
>a subsequent broadcast when we have finished.
>
>
>
>PLEASE NOTE that I am going to have to insist that this
>tournament move at a fairly decent pace. I expect that all
>players will complete at least one turn every 7 days.
>A completed turn either means playing a word, exchanging at
>least one tile, or passing (exchanging 0 tiles).  If your
>opponent has not moved in over 7 days, please forward a copy
>of the last email which shows when you last completed your
>last move to me. I will email your opponent and ask him to
>move within 72 hours. A first time complaint against an opponent
>will merit a warning. A second such time complaint in the same
>game will result in an immediate forfeiture.
>
>
>
>Once I have a full field of 32 players, I will send in the
>challenge commands to PBM myself, and I will send out an email
>carbon copied to all of the players in the tournament
>announcing the field, the current ratings of all of the participants
>and the first round pairings. I will also send out an email after
>the completion of each round showing the results from the
>previous round and the pairings for the next round.
>
>
>GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ENTER!!
>
>
>
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