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[pbmserv] Broadcast from dshort via PBM Server
Did everyone see this broadcast I made the other day?
Please let all of your Scramble opponents know about this event
and tell them to contact me at the address below if they want to sign up for
it.
So far I have received entries from blafleur, peppermint, estelle, sydney,
jadzia, markball and hasie. WHO ELSE wants to play in this tournament?
CONTACT ME!
>Announcing a BRAND NEW SCRAMBLE tournament from DSHORT!
>
>Many people have asked me if it would be possible to set up a double
>elimination style tournament for many of the games I have organized
>tournaments for on
>Richard's PBM server. In actuality this is very difficult. However, I think
>I have come up
>with a format which will come close to approximating that. I have come up
>with a format which will allow players to win their way back into the
>tournament
>following a loss in one or more of the first three rounds of the
>tournament.
>
>Here is how it works. The tournament is open to the first 22 players who
>sign up.
>Once the field is complete, the players will be seeded 1 to 22 according to
>their current PBM Scramble ratings, seeding established players over
>provisionally
>rated ones and seeding all unrated players at random at the bottom of the
>field.
>
>The first round pairings will then be: 1 vs. 22, 2 vs. 21, 3 vs. 20, 4
>vs. 19, 5 vs. 18,
>6 vs. 17, 7 vs. 16, 8 vs. 15, 9 vs. 14, 10 vs. 13, and 11 vs. 12
>
>The 11 first round winners automatically advance to Round 2.
>However, all first round losers EXCEPT for the player who LOST their game
>with the LEAST amount of point (NOT MARGIN OF DEFEAT BUT FEWEST OVERALL
>POINTS)
>in their loss of all eleven first round losers will advance to a "Round
>1.5"
>and have a chance to win their way back into the tournament. The player
>from Round 1
>who lost their game with the least amount of points is dropped from the
>tournament.
>The remaining 10 players will then be re-seeded 1 to 10 according to their
>first round seeds. That is, the highest seed from round 1 to qualify for
>Round 1.5 is
>the new seed # 1, the second highest seed is the new seed # 2, and so on.
>The pairings for Round 1.5 are:
>
>1 vs. 10, 2 vs. 9, 3 vs. 8, 4 vs. 7, and 5 vs. 6
>
>Obviously, the first round winners must wait until the completion of Round
>1.5 before Round 2 can begin.
>
>Before Round 2, the entire field will be re-seeded according to all
>surviving players
>most recent and up to date scramble ratings, once again seeding established
>players over provisionally rated players, with the exception that first the
>first
>round winners
>will be seeded 1 to 11 and then the Round 1.5 winners will be seeded 12 to
>16.
>
>The round 2 pairings will then be:
>
>1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14, 4 vs. 13, 5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs.
>10, and 8 vs. 9
>
>
>After round 2, the eight winners automatically advance to Round 3.
>However, all second round losers will advance to a "Round 2.5"
>The remaining eight players who lost second round games will be reseeded 1
>to 8 according to their second round ratings. That is, the highest seed
>from
>round 2 to qualify for Round 2.5 will be the new # 1 seed, the second
>highest seed from
>round 2 will be the new seed # 2, and so on.
>
>The pairings for Round 2.5 will be:
>
>1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5
>
>Obviously, the second round winners must wait until the completion of Round
>2.5 before Round 3 can begin.
>
>Before Round 3, the entire field will be re-seeded according to all
>surviving players
>most recent and up to date scramble ratings, once again seeding established
>players over provisionally rated players, with the exception that first the
>second
>round winners will be seeded 1 to 8 and then the Round 2.5 winners will be
>seeded 9 to 12.
>
>The Round 3 pairings will then be:
>
>1 vs. 12, 2 vs. 11, 3 vs. 10, 4 vs. 9, 5 vs. 8, and 6 vs. 7
>
>The six winners from Round 3 automatically qualify for Round 4.
>However, all third round losers will qualify for a "Round 3.5"
>Those six players will be reseeded 1 to 6 in a manner consistent with what
>has been previously described and then the pairings for Round 3.5 will be:
>
>1 vs. 6, 2 vs. 5, and 3 vs. 4
>
>Obviously, the third round winners must wait for the completion of Round
>3.5
>before the 4th round can begin.
>
>
>ONLY TWO of the three Round 3.5 winners will advance to Round 4.
>The player who does not qualify for Round 4 will be the player who won
>their
>game with the fewest number of points (NOT MARGIN OF VICTORY)
>
>The round 4 players will then be reseeded according to their most recent
>Scramble ratings, except that the 6 Round 3 winners will be seeded 1 to 6
>first and then the Round 3.5 winners who qualify for Round 4 will be seeded
>7 and 8.
>
>After Round 4, no reseeding will be made from new scramble ratings.
>The seeds for subsequent rounds will be based on the Round 4 seeds.
>
>Starting with Round 4, the tournament now becomes single elimination.
>One loss and you're done.
>
>The pairings for Round 4 are:
>
>1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5
>
>The pairings for Round 5 are:
>
>1 vs. 4, and 2 vs. 3
>
>Round 5 winners advance to a best two out of three games match for the
>championship.
>Round 5 losers play one game for third place.
>
>
>Please remember that because of the extra rounds this tournament will
>likely
>go on for many many months. Please be patient between rounds for the
>necessary
>intermediate round games to finish before subsequent round games can begin.
>
>I would like to request that players take no more than 21 days vacation
>time
>during the course of this tournament. If you must take more than 21 days
>you
>may be asked to drop out and forfeit all of your remaining games to keep
>the
>tournament from being delayed any longer than necessary.
>
>
>To sign up for the tournament please email me your PBM userid to me at
>
>davidnyj889@hotmail.com
>
>
>Also send the board numbers that the server assigns you for your games to
>me
>at that address when you receive your boards in each round and also winners
>should send copies of the finished games to me at this address. It is
>optional for
>losers to also send a copy.
>
>IN THE EVENT OF A TIE GAME IN ANY ROUND the game counts as a WIN
>for the LOWER SEED. I do not endorse the "ratio of words played" tiebreaker
>that the system uses. Sorry!
>
>In the event of a tie in score after Round 1 or Round 3.5 for determining
>who will advance or be eliminated (i.e. 2 players tie for the worst score
>in
>round 1) the higher seed is eliminated and the lower seed advances. The
>burden is
>always on the higher seed to out-perform the other players. Please keep in
>mind
>that in Round 1 it is important for you to try to score as many points as
>possible
>even if you are losing your game because you have a chance to advance to
>Round 1.5
>Please keep in mind in Round 3.5 it is important for you to try to score
>as
>many points as possible even if you are winning your game because you are
>competing
>against the other 2 players in Round 3.5 and the winner with the least
>amound of
>points will not qualify for Round 4.
>
>
>Because there are only 22 spots open in this tournament, i suggest that you
>sign up as soon as possible. I will likely have to turn people away after
>the field is
>complete. I reserve the right to replace players who unexpectedly withdraw
>from the tournament soon after it has begun with a new player and give them
>the
>seed that the withdrawing player had. If too much time has passed where
>inserting
>a new player into the tournament at that stage and having a new game played
>would
>adversely delay the tournament, I would likely just award a forfeit win for
>the player
>whose opponent withdrew. A player who gets a forfeit win in Round 1 or
>Round 3.5 is exempt
>from being eliminated by the special tiebreakers described above.
>
>GOOD LUCK TO ALL PLAYERS! Please keep this email throughout the tournament
>to remind yourselves to email me before each round with board numbers and
>tournament results and to remind yourself of the format and structure of
>this event.
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