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(Message started by: chessandgo on Jul 21st, 2006, 10:38pm)
Title: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 21st, 2006, 10:38pm
Hi all !

What about organizing a tournament during the summer ? Something like the blitz tourney you had last year, if I understood it right. Each couple of players have a game to play whenever they want, starting from, say, in one week, and up to, say mid september (or sooner, or later). At the end the player with the most wins wins the prize ... (that is to say not playing a game or losing it is the same)

Anyone interested ? Any suggestion ? I put a potm prize (30 dollars) in the pool, you can add to it if you want ;)

I thought about 45 sec/move as time setting ... but if you prefer any other it's equal ...

Thanks for your suggestions, hoping you'll be interested !

Jean
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 22nd, 2006, 10:13am
I would play in a tournament, but I think the scheduling of games will be a problem, like it was for last year's blitz tournament that never finished.  You can say it is up to the players, and the players who don't try hard to schedule games will be punished in the score, but consider this:

Suppose that it is only easy to get games against players near to your own time zone.  Suppose that most players in the tournament are from North America, and those players have an easy time getting games against each other, but there are only a few players from Europe, and they have a hard time getting games against the North American players.  Then the European players have a relative handicap because there are fewer of them.  Or it could be the other way around with lots of Europeans and few North Americans.  And what about Asian players?  They may have an even tougher time finding games.

I think the ideal is to persuade Omar to use his scheduling tool to find a game time in common.  Each round of the round-robin could take one week.  For that week, each player has to choose 30 of the 59 time slots, which insures that they will overlap in at least one slot.  Then all games get played or forfeited, and you never have *both* players punished because they can't find a good time.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 22nd, 2006, 11:18am
I don't know, it would be just a free and friendly tourney ; so if you don't manage to get a game with another player, this is no drama.

And if we set the lenght to, say, 2 month, it gives time to find a common slot, even for European-american pairs. But indeed it will be a pb for opposite time zones, like (western Europe/America) vs eastern Asia ...

I was just rising the idea, if no one is interesting well ... well, then it will just be a lost idea :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 22nd, 2006, 5:22pm

on 07/22/06 at 10:13:00, Fritzlein wrote:
I think the ideal is to persuade Omar to use his scheduling tool to find a game time in common.  Each round of the round-robin could take one week.  For that week, each player has to choose 30 of the 59 time slots, which insures that they will overlap in at least one slot.  Then all games get played or forfeited, and you never have *both* players punished because they can't find a good time.


Moreover, I don't think I would play such a binding tournament if it's for free, it seems very restrictive ... the formula where players who happen to be in the gameroom at the same time once in 2 month looks more enjoyable ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 22nd, 2006, 5:24pm
Ok, so who's interested, whatever the details are ? If you are, thanks to tell it here ... if less than 5 players have shown interest in the next 3 days, then it's not worth the trouble and better just to play whoever we happen to meet here.
For the moment :

-Fritzl
-chessandgo
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Jul 22nd, 2006, 6:30pm

on 07/22/06 at 17:24:27, chessandgo wrote:
Ok, so who's interested, whatever the details are ? If you are, thanks to tell it here ... if less than 5 players have shown interest in the next 3 days, then it's not worth the trouble and better just to play whoever we happen to meet here.
For the moment :

-Fritzl
-chessandgo


I'll join too.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by robinson on Jul 23rd, 2006, 6:04am
me too
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by 99of9 on Jul 23rd, 2006, 6:19am

Quote:
a tournament during the summer

Sorry, I won't be able to join this one.   Partly 'cause I'm madly busy at the moment, and partly because it's not summer ;-).

I'll definitely watch with interest - you've got a great field already.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by H_Bobbeltoff on Jul 23rd, 2006, 9:26am
I'll join too, although seeing the line-up so far I'll just be aiming not to get the wooden sthingy

Edit: It seems the profanity filter on the forum doesn't like certain items of cutlery...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 23rd, 2006, 12:58pm
ah hell ... I could try to participate in the pre-WC ... but be warned ;-)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by RonWeasley on Jul 23rd, 2006, 1:14pm
I will be a spectator as usual for the usual reasons: lame browser and ISP and competition for my time with work and family.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 23rd, 2006, 2:08pm

on 07/23/06 at 13:14:43, RonWeasley wrote:
competition for my time with work and family.


I thought Hermione had found a way to deal with this ? :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 23rd, 2006, 3:50pm

on 07/23/06 at 06:19:51, 99of9 wrote:
Sorry, I won't be able to join this one.


oh :( I hoped it would be an excuse to get a game with you ;)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 23rd, 2006, 7:52pm
and what about all the others who are often around ? Nick, Ryan, jdb, arimaa_master, obiwan, chegorimaa, Olti, firtzlforpresident, .... ? Not interested ? It's a free non restricting tournament for fun !!!

So far, are interested :
Fritzl
chessandgo
Adanac
robinson
Bobble
PMertens (yeah, Paul !)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 23rd, 2006, 11:01pm
of course I am in, didn't think it had to be stated.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Jul 24th, 2006, 11:23am
Of course I am interested too :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Ryan_Cable on Jul 24th, 2006, 11:34am
Unfortunately, I will be too busy for a tournament next month.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 24th, 2006, 12:30pm
Ok, so far we've got 8 players interested :
Fritzl
chessandgo
Adanac
robinson
Bobble
PMertens
Nick (hehe, I'm sorry Nick ;))
arimaa_master

Does the following appeal to everyone : standard time setting with 45sec/move, 2 month to play the games (up to 25 September), colors up to the players ?

If so, we can begin right now, and if other people want to join, they're welcome to do so, say, during this week and the following one. You can post the result here, or send me a message if you fear the forum will get filled of results posts ;)

Have fun everyone, and be warned I'll try my best to defend my money :P

Jean
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Jul 24th, 2006, 1:29pm

on 07/24/06 at 12:30:34, chessandgo wrote:
Does the following appeal to everyone : standard time setting with 45sec/move, 2 month to play the games (up to 25 September), colors up to the players ?


I'd prefer a double-round robin so that there are no disagreements over who should have gold/silver.  Most of the players in this tournament should have no problem playing 14 games in 60 days.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 24th, 2006, 1:53pm
robin ? what does this mean ? as for the double round ... it's fine with me, what about the others ?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 24th, 2006, 3:02pm
Chessandgo, will you maintain a table with the tournament standings, in this thread or elsewhere?  I tried to do something like that in this thread:

http://arimaa.com/arimaa/forum/cgi/YaBB.cgi?board=talk;action=display;num=1112302914

A table would be useful just to help us see which games still need to be played.  Also, how will you know which games are the tournament games and which games are just for fun between the players?  For example, I see game 35437 between arimaa_master and PMertens; was that part of the tournament?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 24th, 2006, 5:20pm
in theory it could be ... but he only read the "lets go" post during the game so I leave the decision to him ;-)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 24th, 2006, 6:14pm
Thanks for the link, Karl, i'll try to understand what you did and mimic it.
As for your question, I was going to answer that we (apart maybe from Bobble) were well-behaving adults, so no problem should arise, but I see you coming big as an elephant, telling me that better have written rules etc ...

In case you really want me to design such a rules set, take a look at http://membres.lycos.fr/chessandgo/rules.html.txt
but I fear it won't appeal to you :P
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by RonWeasley on Jul 24th, 2006, 7:14pm
Those rules read like they were writen by an ill-behaving camel!
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 24th, 2006, 10:22pm
Rule #9: The winner of each game shall win, unless he loses.

Rule #10: No game shall count for purposes of the tournament if it has a starting time after its ending time.

Rule #11: Fritzlein shall not be satisfied unless the tournament has at least twenty rules!
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 24th, 2006, 10:53pm
Rule 12: no game may be replayed solely for the sake of doubling the effect. replays may only occur by coincidence, accident, deliberate matrix glitches, and cosmic events.

Rule 14: there should be no unlucky rule numbers.
Rule 15: Rule 13 was not skipped because of Rule 14, it just wasn't remembered in time. 19 is the only unlucky number that must not be ruled.

ok but seriously guys. Who is going to be the organizer if all we have are a bunch of nincompoops deciding useless rules, like myself, or others of equally foolish humor? we should at least come up with some form of consensus on a game speed, and that the games be rated, decided to count for the match beforehand and posted as such so people may watch, learn, ponder and be amused by the antics of those in the spotlight.

I also think the championship rounds should at least happen a day after the results have been tallied so that people have time to find out when that final will be. other than that, I am ready whenever anyone else is.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 24th, 2006, 11:11pm
Wait guys, it's going crazy in there. If you want to play a championship formula, with separate rounds, it means everyone has to play about at the same time each round to launch the following in time ...

That's not at all what I was suggesting ... so I sum up everything again, reminding you that scheduling games should be really hard, and that for purpose of amusement giving free hands to the players should make our life easier.

- each pair of players plays one (two ?) games whenever they want
- games are played at the usual 45 sec/move setting
- players sent me a private message to tell me the result when the game is over, and I'll maintain a table with the results as suggested by Karl
- on 25th september 00 GMT the player with the more wins wins the tournament .. and $30

Is this fine with everyone, or are there other people who'll do as Nick, and request that we do differently ???
The only last question (if you all agree with this free scheduling) is whether we should play one or two games per pair of players. Adanac is for the latter, I don't care, just vote so that we decide quickly ...

Jean
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 24th, 2006, 11:34pm
I don't care between one game or two: whatever people vote for who care is fine with me.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by robinson on Jul 25th, 2006, 4:12am
i am thinking like fritzl...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by H_Bobbeltoff on Jul 25th, 2006, 8:00am
I suppose someone should actually vote, lest we end up with eight abstainees. So I vote for two games each. 14 games in two months... that should be do-able.


on 07/24/06 at 18:14:54, chessandgo wrote:
As for your question, I was going to answer that we (apart maybe from Bobble) were well-behaving adults, so no problem should arise...


Hey! Are you suggesting I am not an adult, or not well-behaved? Or both?  :P
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 25th, 2006, 8:13am
you are against a schedule, then? I was just thinking if the two players would give others a warning in case anyone wanted to watch but it really wouldn't matter I suppose because people could always play it back later just as easily.
so disregard that.

I also think 2 games is better than one. In my case, I often blunder in a time crunch and would usually want a rematch. <grin>
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 25th, 2006, 10:00am

on 07/25/06 at 08:13:37, seanick wrote:
you are against a schedule, then? I was just thinking if the two players would give others a warning in case anyone wanted to watch


Well, this is a good idea : let's say that if two players agree in advance on the time of their game(s), they can post it here, so that other people might want to watch ...
As for Bobble ... I don't know if you're 18, but I know that someone whose behavior can be descripted by a small set of rules can't really be expected to behave ...

for the moment :  2 votes for 2 games
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 25th, 2006, 10:01am
oops, 3 already, with 3 "don't care", it mean Adanac's iead wins ... so let's settle for

- 2 games per pair of players, one with each color
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 26th, 2006, 10:21am
Ok, apparently there are no new request or complaint, so let's begin the tourney ; If other players want to come, they can do it during this week or the following.

If you agree in advance when you play, you may post it here, and send me a message with your result when it's over.

Have fun folks !
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Jul 26th, 2006, 4:39pm

on 07/24/06 at 17:20:56, PMertens wrote:
in theory it could be ... but he only read the "lets go" post during the game so I leave the decision to him ;-)


Hi Paul, what do you mean with that I only read the "lets go" I think I read all your messages (but really I donīt remember if there was any others) :)
I think our game could be counted as tournament-game.

Just FYI for all my opponents - all games I ever played or I will play could be counted as tournament-game (in whatever tournament) :)

It remains one question - who has "the duty" to deliver private message to Jean. I propose "the duty" same as in chess - so winner (in rare cases of draws it should be player with gold pieces).
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 26th, 2006, 4:57pm

on 07/26/06 at 16:39:40, arimaa_master wrote:
Hi Paul, what do you mean with that I only read the "lets go" I think I read all your messages (but really I donīt remember if there was any others) :)
I think our game could be counted as tournament-game.


Oh I was talking about Jean's post in the forum which you read after I pointed you to it ;-)

well then let us count this one as a win for me :-)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 26th, 2006, 4:59pm
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/games/jsShowGame.cgi?gid=35570&s=w

Jean surprisingly got me in a tight game .. even though he lost the opening he pushed his rabbtis through my defences ... grats


EDIT: the gamenumber is hidden in the link :-P
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 26th, 2006, 5:03pm
Thanks Paul ;)

Oh, one last thing : please indicate the game number as well as the result. I'll try to maintain the table, and the list of the game numbers so that they can be replayed.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 26th, 2006, 6:32pm
First attempt ...
FritzJeanAdanacRobBobblePMNickmaster
Fritzleinxx--------------
chessandgo--xx-------1----
Adanac----xx----------
robinson------xx--------
H_Bobbletoff--------xx------
PMertens--0-------xx---1
Seanick------------xx--
arimaa_master----------0---xx

35437 arimaa_master PMertens 0-1
35570 PMertens-chessandgo 0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 26th, 2006, 6:39pm
I don't get why the last row gets on top of the table, and why the [\td]'s are displayed at the end of the rows ... I'll add a score column when I have understood how it works :(
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 27th, 2006, 12:01am
Jean, the problem is carriage returns. put the entire table in a single unbroken string, and it works.

... also removed table ... jean, might you want to put the table in the very first post, and just keep editing that, rather than have a bunch of tables floating through the thread?

(hmm, is that like houses floating through the clothesline? ..)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 27th, 2006, 1:11am
hey, thanks ! :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Jul 27th, 2006, 2:35am

on 07/26/06 at 16:57:21, PMertens wrote:
Oh I was talking about Jean's post in the forum which you read after I pointed you to it ;-)


Oh ok,  I understand now :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 27th, 2006, 9:16am

on 07/27/06 at 00:01:48, seanick wrote:
Jean, the problem is carriage returns. put the entire table in a single unbroken string, and it works:

Hmm, I got the tournament standings for the lightning tournament to work with carriage returns after each row where you would expect them.  Which is not to say that I can explain why Jean's table was not displaying correctly.

I tried to fix the problem by adding whitespace, and it almost worked:  :P

[EDIT] removed table to prevent confusion with the real standings [/EDIT]
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 27th, 2006, 12:15pm
looks like silver is winning the tournament
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 27th, 2006, 2:30pm
and another point for silver:

game 35609
(and by the way ... one point for me against Jean as well)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 27th, 2006, 2:55pm

on 07/27/06 at 00:01:48, seanick wrote:
trying to figure out how to add the game I lost as gold to Fritz (35601) ... is it as above, or the reverse?

You entered it correctly.  You played Gold, so it is the first game of our two in your row and the second game of our two in my row.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 27th, 2006, 3:55pm
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/comments.cgi?gid=35614

another win for silver (in this case me against Bobble)

I will be off for the weekend ... so you guys have fun.

-- Fritz Jean Adanac Rob Bobble PM Nick master
Fritzlein xx -- -- -- -- -- -1 --  
chessandgo -- xx -- -- -- 01 -- --
Adanac -- -- xx -- -- -- -- --
robinson -- -- -- xx -- -- -- --  
H_Bobbletoff -- -- -- -- xx 0- -- --
PMertens -- 01 -- -- -1 xx -- -1  
Seanick 0- -- -- -- -- -- xx --
arimaa_master -- -- -- -- -- 0- -- xx
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 27th, 2006, 4:19pm
--FritzJeanAdanacRobBobblePMNickmaster
Fritzleinxx---------1-1--
chessandgo--xx------01----
Adanac----xx----------
robinson------xx--------
H_Bobbletoff0-------xx0-----
PMertens--01-----1xx---1
Seanick0-----------xx--
arimaa_master----------0---xx

35437 arimaa_master - PMertens 0-1
35570 PMertens - chessandgo 0-1  
35601 Seanick - Fritzlein 0-1
35609 chessandgo - PMertens 0-1
35611 H_Bobbletoff - Fritzlein 0-1
35614 H_Bobbletoff - PMertens 0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 27th, 2006, 4:22pm
--FritzJeanAdanacRobBobblePMNickmaster
Fritzleinxx-------1---1--
chessandgo--xx------01----
Adanac----xx----------
robinson------xx--------
H_Bobbletoff0-------xx0-----
PMertens--01-----1xx---1
Seanick0-----------xx--
arimaa_master----------0---xx

35437 arimaa_master - PMertens 0-1
35570 PMertens - chessandgo 0-1  
35601 Seanick - Fritzlein 0-1
35609 chessandgo - PMertens 0-1
35611 H_Bobbletoff - Fritzlein 0-1
35614 H_Bobbletoff - PMertens 0-1


Sorry, a mistake in Firtzl's row. Btw, apparently you guys decided to mention tournament games in the comments ; as long as I don't miss some it's ok, but if you see a result missing, tell me.
And indeed silver is winning so far :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 29th, 2006, 5:59am
ok, am I missing any?
--FritzJeanAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx-------1--11--3
chessandgo--xx------0111--3
Adanac----xx----------0
robinson------xx--------0
H_Bobbletoff0-------xx0-----0
PMertens--01-----1xx---13
Seanick0000--------xx--0
arimaa_master----------0---xx0
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 29th, 2006, 9:28am
I claim the first victory as gold :)
It's good that silver stopped winning at one point, because having 8 players tied would have made me slicing the prize in parts of $3,75 .... :)
And I see Karl has tackled seriously with playing the under 1800 players right now, for fear they become stronger than him in one month ;)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 29th, 2006, 12:18pm

on 07/29/06 at 09:28:19, chessandgo wrote:
And I see Karl has tackled seriously with playing the under 1800 players right now, for fear they become stronger than him in one month ;)

You know me too well: fear rules everything I do...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by chessandgo on Jul 29th, 2006, 1:18pm
I'm going to leave the (light) burden of updating the results and taking care of the tourney in any other way to Nick (you're already doing it well, so I guess you'll be ok with this, Nick). I'll paypal him the prize for the tourney, and he'll hand it to the winner(s).
I forfeit the games I've not played so far.

Have fun everyone

Jean
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 29th, 2006, 4:21pm
what ? You must be kidding ... and it is not even a good joke  :-/

EDIT:

Since Jean did resign 2 postals he was rather clearly winning it must be assumed that this was no joke :-(
I absolutely do not know what happened since I was under the impression that Jean had a lot of fun with arimaa and the community and I honestly had a lot of fun with Jean.
I loved those wonderful games even though to my astonishment he actually kicked my but most of the times we played ... that by itself was not unusual, since other people can do that as well, but he certainly was the fastest learner I ever met in this highly abstract and not really easy to master game.

I wish that whatever misunderstanding happened here can be cleaned up ASAP and if I was in any way part of it please tell me so.
I do know that in chatrooms as well as in real life people do not always understand my jokes as jokes so I do hope that I did not say something wrong.

If Jeans action is final then I will herewith forfeit all other games in this tournament as well.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by DorianGaray on Jul 29th, 2006, 4:50pm
I hope he'll reconsider. His games have a unique quality.  :(
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 30th, 2006, 10:49pm
I agree, that he should reconsider.
however, he has already paypal'ed me the $30 to give to the winner. so I can't in good faith not finish it...

ok, am I missing any?
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx-----1--11--3
Adanac--xx----------0
robinson----xx--------0
H_Bobbletoff0-----xx0-----0
PMertens-------1xx---12
Seanick00--------xx--0
arimaa_master--------0---xx0
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0



so I guess we have a list of games to play yet. are there any not shown here that have been played?
Dorian should I add a row (back) to the list? it would mean you would have to start playing vs humans..
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 30th, 2006, 10:59pm
I guess I should have asked, do Jean's games count? if they do, then disregard my edit and go with the original table for now. anyone care to vote, or does the backup director Karl have an official opinion ?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by 99of9 on Jul 31st, 2006, 2:30am

on 07/30/06 at 22:59:20, seanick wrote:
I guess I should have asked, do Jean's games count?


Since both of his opponents scored 1-1, I don't think you should either reward or penalize them by giving others 2-0 or 0-2.  In my opinion it's fine just to scratch those games from the list as you've done.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 31st, 2006, 3:30am
ok good because he actually had 3 opponents and one of them lost twice. :)
but I suppose I have not much of a chance as I also lost twice to fritz.

so, more games needed still...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by 99of9 on Jul 31st, 2006, 7:02am
Oh OK, sorry.  I still think you're best off scratching, but those in the tourney might vote differently!
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 31st, 2006, 7:25am
no, wait - actually, I was wrong, he did have only 2 opponents, PMertens and SeaNICK- PMertens 1:1, and SeaNICK 0:2. :)
I agree that it will depend on the general consensus - also whether or not Paul even wants to continue .. the prize money is already commited- so I have to give it to whoever has the most wins at the end of the day. if no more games are played, that would default to karl...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Jul 31st, 2006, 7:46am

on 07/31/06 at 07:25:26, seanick wrote:
no, wait - actually, I was wrong, he did have only 2 opponents, Fritzlein and SeaNICK- Fritzlein 1:1, and SeaNICK 0:2. :)
I agree that it will depend on the general consensus - also whether or not Paul even wants to continue .. the prize money is already commited- so I have to give it to whoever has the most wins at the end of the day. if no more games are played, that would default to karl...


Wow, I just returned late last night - what happened here!?  I can't figure out who said what to whom, but is there any chance that both players will return after a few weeks time?  How about if Jean and Paul return by the end of August they can resume the tournament?  If not, then we'll scratch the games at on September 1.

Did I read that correctly that Paul is forfeiting his games correctly?  Only Jean's games are currently crossed out.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 31st, 2006, 9:00am
I am not sure which is why I haven't crossed his out yet. Paul, are you still going to play?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 31st, 2006, 9:04am
Adding a game for arimaa_master's victory over me. (doh! :))
edit: adding arimaa_master vs. robinson
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx-----1--11--3
Adanac--xx----------0
robinson----xx1-----113
H_Bobbletoff0----0xx0-----0
PMertens-------1xx---12
Seanick00--------xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--0--1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Jul 31st, 2006, 9:48am
I needed a moment to clear my mind about this whole matter.

What I learned - and already knew but still had to learn once again - is that overreacting is a stupid thing to do ...
That being said I will take make my previous resignation from that tourney.

Off Topic or not:

Jean is right about one thing: we are here to have fun

I still have no clue how such a simple and short exchange of words between people that did respect each other (at least I had the opinion) could lead to such a totally senseless result.

Personally I liked playing with/against Jean a lot, but if he wants to leave then so be it ... I will not ask him twice to reconsider.
It is a pity that he did not solve this by talking directly to Fritzlein but it is his choice to make.

Totally Off Topic


Quote:
no, wait - actually, I was wrong, he did have only 2 opponents, Fritzlein and SeaNICK- Fritzlein 1:1, and SeaNICK 0:2.  

I am not exactly sure if I should feel honored by that ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Jul 31st, 2006, 10:12am
lol, sorry paul, I was looking at my own list :)

editing the original post...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 31st, 2006, 1:00pm
Thanks for assuming the responsibility of running the tourney for us, seanick.  Yes, it is most fair not to include Jean's games in the tournament score, but good to keep them around in strikethrough in case he comes back.  He doesn't have to come back, and may be unlikely to come back, but we should let him know that it is possible and he's welcome.

I hope that we can fill in the full table with unscheduled games more easily than we were able to for last year's blitz tourney: If a lot of games don't get played you may have to send the $30 back to Jean anyway.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:46am
updates made...
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx-----1--11--3
Adanac--xx---1------1
robinson----xx1-----113
H_Bobbletoff0-0--0xx0-----0
PMertens-------1xx---12
Seanick00--------xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--0--1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36054H_BobbeltoffAdanac0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 2nd, 2006, 3:57pm
just won 36148 againts Bobble ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 2nd, 2006, 4:59pm
Yech, do you update that by hand?  I just tried to put in the latest two games, and convinced myself that your table must be machine-generated...
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx1--1-1--11--5
Adanac-0xx---1------1
robinson0---xx1-----113
H_Bobbletoff0-0--0xx00----0
PMertens------11xx---13
Seanick00--------xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--0--1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36054H_BobbeltoffAdanac0-1
36121robinsonFritzlein0-1
36148PMertensH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36175FritzleinAdanac1-0
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 2nd, 2006, 11:14pm
not the greatest interface, for sure. I use notepad. so I guess that makes me a machine. fitting, considering who I work for. :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 2nd, 2006, 11:50pm
:)  I used Notepad too. :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 3rd, 2006, 9:17am
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx1--1-1--11--5
Adanac-0xx1--1------2
robinson0--0xx1---1-114
H_Bobbletoff0-0--0xx00----0
PMertens------11xx---13
Seanick00---0----xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--0--1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36054H_BobbeltoffAdanac0-1
36121robinsonFritzlein0-1
36148PMertensH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36175FritzleinAdanac1-0
36195robinsonseanick1-0
36203Adanacrobinson1-0
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 4th, 2006, 8:46am
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx1--1-10-11--5
Adanac-0xx11-1------3
robinson0-00xx1---11115
H_Bobbletoff0-0--0xx00----0
PMertens-1----11xx--115
Seanick00--00----xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--00-1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36054H_BobbeltoffAdanac0-1
36121robinsonFritzlein0-1
36148PMertensH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36175FritzleinAdanac1-0
36195robinsonseanick1-0
36203Adanacrobinson1-0
36269seanickrobinson0-1
36272robinsonAdanac0-1
36295PMertensarimaa_master1-0
36325FritzleinPMertens0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 4th, 2006, 2:26pm
second tourney game against master: 36295

unfortunately he could not use Hermiones time-machine ....
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 4th, 2006, 9:56pm
Just won my first game against Fritzl: 36325

I am celebrating a bit ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 5th, 2006, 2:25am
Fritz and Adanac both have only one loss, but are tied for second - Paul is in the lead with no losses. not quite halfway through yet so one point is not a safe lead by my guess...

H_bobbletoff and I have a tie for being the worst- eventually that will have to change, if we get a chance to play against each other- at least for one game one of us will be ahead of the other (until the other game has the opposite effect thus tying us for last again).  :)

heres hoping I am more of a challenge next time we have a tourney
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:69x7tazCmimlgM:techory.com/leopold/upload_images/thumb-P1003690.jpg
(cheers!)
NICK
PS. I don't know of a drink called the black and blue so the black and tan was all I could do.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 5th, 2006, 6:10am
slow motion victory against rob: 36347

I hate rabbit pulling
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 5th, 2006, 9:27am
faster and more fun victory against rob : 36357

who can find the blunder ?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 5th, 2006, 11:45am
I am quite proud of myself.

Honestly I usually expect a propper beating from Fritzl and I start blundering a horse or camel rather early.
Luckily it was the other way round today ...

36369
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 5th, 2006, 2:56pm
I got owned by Adanac : 36375
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 5th, 2006, 5:19pm
So far 24 games played and 18 to go.  PMertens and Adanac each have one loss, and Fritzlein has two.
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzleinxx1--1-10011--5
Adanac-0xx11-11-----4
robinson0-00xx1-0011115
H_Bobbletoff0-0--0xx00----0
PMertens11-01111xx1-119
Seanick00--00---0xx0-0
arimaa_master----00--00-1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens0-1
35570PMertenschessandgo0-1
35601SeanickFritzlein0-1
35609chessandgoPMertens0-1
35611H_BobbletoffFritzlein0-1
35614H_BobbletoffPMertens0-1
35630chessandgoseanick1-0
35667seanickchessandgo0-1
35676Fritzleinseanick1-0
35640robinsonarimaa_master1-0
35895seanickarimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson0-1
36017robinsonH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36054H_BobbeltoffAdanac0-1
36121robinsonFritzlein0-1
36148PMertensH_Bobbeltoff1-0
36175FritzleinAdanac1-0
36195robinsonseanick1-0
36203Adanacrobinson1-0
36269seanickrobinson0-1
36272robinsonAdanac0-1
36295PMertensarimaa_master1-0
36325FritzleinPMertens0-1
36347robinsonPMertens0-1
36348PMertensseanick1-0
36357PMertensrobinson1-0
36369PMertensFritzlein1-0
36375AdanacPMertens1-0
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Aug 5th, 2006, 5:58pm
One more game:

36361 seanick-Adanac 0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 7th, 2006, 11:06am
holy guacamole... H_bobbeltoff and I had a game that would not end. I was down to one rabbit and misc other pieces, bobbel was down to just his elephant  and took me 139 moves to finally walk the rabbit across. what a game.

note: chessandgo is apparently not going to be back in time to finish the tournament, so for ease of editing I removed the games from the table. (but if he does then obviously we can pull his games back into the table) . also I added "."'s to fill the names for the same reason. Copy the source and paste into notepad to see why :)
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzlein....xx1--1-10011--5
Adanac.......-0xx11-11--1--5
robinson.....0-00xx1-0011115
H_Bobbletoff.0-0--0xx000---0
PMertens.....11-01111xx1-119
Seanick......000-00-1-0xx0-1
arimaa_master----00--00-1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens.....0-1
35601Seanick......Fritzlein....0-1
35611H_Bobbletoff.Fritzlein....0-1
35614H_Bobbletoff.PMertens.....0-1
35676Fritzlein....seanick......1-0
35640robinson.....arimaa_master1-0
35895seanick......arimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson.....0-1
36017robinson.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36054H_Bobbeltoff.Adanac.......0-1
36121robinson.....Fritzlein....0-1
36148PMertens.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36175Fritzlein....Adanac.......1-0
36195robinson.....seanick......1-0
36203Adanac.......robinson.....1-0
36269seanick......robinson.....0-1
36272robinson.....Adanac.......0-1
36295PMertens.....arimaa_master1-0
36325Fritzlein....PMertens.....0-1
36347robinson.....PMertens.....0-1
36348PMertens.....seanick......1-0
36357PMertens.....robinson.....1-0
36361seanick......Adanac.......0-1
36369PMertens.....Fritzlein....1-0
36375Adanac.......PMertens.....1-0
36476H_Bobbeltoff.seanick......0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 7th, 2006, 1:23pm
Owned again in 36488 by Adanac ...
I believe we forgot a win in 36416 against 36416

This makes me first to finish :-)

Looks like there will be no single winner this time ... we forgot to define the tie-breaker rule ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 7th, 2006, 1:52pm

on 08/07/06 at 13:23:55, PMertens wrote:
Looks like there will be no single winner this time ... we forgot to define the tie-breaker rule ...
Well, Adanac could still finish with 11 points and win outright.  Further, Adanac and I could each finish with 9 points, giving you the outright win with 10.

But if there is a tie for first at 10 points, I move that the prize money not be awarded, and instead be offered as a prize for a double-round-robin blitz tournament to follow.   :D
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 7th, 2006, 2:19pm
I agree
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 7th, 2006, 5:54pm
I must say, all these games are getting played much more quicky than I expected.  31 done and 11 to go.  [Edit] Only 8 to go!
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzlein....xx1-01-10011117
Adanac.......-0xx111111-1-18
robinson.....0100xx110011117
H_Bobbletoff.0-0000xx000---0
PMertens.....11001111xx111110
Seanick......000-00-100xx0-1
arimaa_master000-00--00-1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens.....0-1
35601Seanick......Fritzlein....0-1
35611H_Bobbletoff.Fritzlein....0-1
35614H_Bobbletoff.PMertens.....0-1
35676Fritzlein....seanick......1-0
35640robinson.....arimaa_master1-0
35895seanick......arimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson.....0-1
36017robinson.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36054H_Bobbeltoff.Adanac.......0-1
36121robinson.....Fritzlein....0-1
36148PMertens.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36175Fritzlein....Adanac.......1-0
36195robinson.....seanick......1-0
36203Adanac.......robinson.....1-0
36269seanick......robinson.....0-1
36272robinson.....Adanac.......0-1
36295PMertens.....arimaa_master1-0
36325Fritzlein....PMertens.....0-1
36347robinson.....PMertens.....0-1
36348PMertens.....seanick......1-0
36357PMertens.....robinson.....1-0
36361seanick......Adanac.......0-1
36369PMertens.....Fritzlein....1-0
36375Adanac.......PMertens.....1-0
36416seanick......PMertens.....0-1
36476H_Bobbeltoff.seanick......0-1
36488PMertens.....Adanac.......0-1
36496Adanac.......H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36504arimaa_masterFritzlein....0-1
36507Fritzlein....arimaa_master1-0
36549Fritzlein....robinson.....0-1
36639H_Bobbletoff.robinson.....0-1
36716arimaa_masterAdanac.......0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Aug 8th, 2006, 4:37am
Hi Karl, seems to me that last two results are misssing in the table :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 8th, 2006, 8:02am

on 08/08/06 at 04:37:37, arimaa_master wrote:
Hi Karl, seems to me that last two results are misssing in the table :)

Ooops.  It's edited now, thanks.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 11th, 2006, 11:53am
I am mainly just posting because there has been activity here (in edited posts) but that doesn't show up in the recent posts list.

So which are the 8 games remaining?

I have 3 games to play still..
gold against H_Bobbletoff,
silver against arimaa_master
and silver vs Adanac.

arimaa_master and H_Bobbletoff have 4 games each to play,
and Fritzlein 2 - but the most decisive in terms of the tournament winner are the 3 remaining games for Adanac.
edit :  colors!(got them swapped )
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 12th, 2006, 8:57am
Adanac wins another (36821) vs. seanick
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 12th, 2006, 10:53am
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzlein....xx1101-10011118
Adanac.......00xx11111111-19
robinson.....0100xx110011117
H_Bobbletoff.0-0000xx000---0
PMertens.....11001111xx111110
Seanick......000000-100xx0-1
arimaa_master000-00--00-1xx1
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens.....0-1
35601Seanick......Fritzlein....0-1
35611H_Bobbletoff.Fritzlein....0-1
35614H_Bobbletoff.PMertens.....0-1
35676Fritzlein....seanick......1-0
35640robinson.....arimaa_master1-0
35895seanick......arimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson.....0-1
36017robinson.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36054H_Bobbeltoff.Adanac.......0-1
36121robinson.....Fritzlein....0-1
36148PMertens.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36175Fritzlein....Adanac.......1-0
36195robinson.....seanick......1-0
36203Adanac.......robinson.....1-0
36269seanick......robinson.....0-1
36272robinson.....Adanac.......0-1
36295PMertens.....arimaa_master1-0
36325Fritzlein....PMertens.....0-1
36347robinson.....PMertens.....0-1
36348PMertens.....seanick......1-0
36357PMertens.....robinson.....1-0
36361seanick......Adanac.......0-1
36369PMertens.....Fritzlein....1-0
36375Adanac.......PMertens.....1-0
36416seanick......PMertens.....0-1
36476H_Bobbeltoff.seanick......0-1
36488PMertens.....Adanac.......0-1
36496Adanac.......H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36504arimaa_masterFritzlein....0-1
36507Fritzlein....arimaa_master1-0
36549Fritzlein....robinson.....0-1
36639H_Bobbletoff.robinson.....0-1
36716arimaa_masterAdanac.......0-1
36821Adanac.......seanick......1-0
36826Adanac.......Fritzlein....0-1
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 14th, 2006, 11:12am
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzlein....xx1101-10011118
Adanac.......00xx11111111-19
robinson.....0100xx110011117
H_Bobbletoff.0-0000xx000---0
PMertens.....11001111xx111110
Seanick......000000-100xx001
arimaa_master000-00--0011xx2
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens.....0-1
35601Seanick......Fritzlein....0-1
35611H_Bobbletoff.Fritzlein....0-1
35614H_Bobbletoff.PMertens.....0-1
35676Fritzlein....seanick......1-0
35640robinson.....arimaa_master1-0
35895seanick......arimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson.....0-1
36017robinson.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36054H_Bobbeltoff.Adanac.......0-1
36121robinson.....Fritzlein....0-1
36148PMertens.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36175Fritzlein....Adanac.......1-0
36195robinson.....seanick......1-0
36203Adanac.......robinson.....1-0
36269seanick......robinson.....0-1
36272robinson.....Adanac.......0-1
36295PMertens.....arimaa_master1-0
36325Fritzlein....PMertens.....0-1
36347robinson.....PMertens.....0-1
36348PMertens.....seanick......1-0
36357PMertens.....robinson.....1-0
36361seanick......Adanac.......0-1
36369PMertens.....Fritzlein....1-0
36375Adanac.......PMertens.....1-0
36416seanick......PMertens.....0-1
36476H_Bobbeltoff.seanick......0-1
36488PMertens.....Adanac.......0-1
36496Adanac.......H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36504arimaa_masterFritzlein....0-1
36507Fritzlein....arimaa_master1-0
36549Fritzlein....robinson.....0-1
36639H_Bobbletoff.robinson.....0-1
36716arimaa_masterAdanac.......0-1
36821Adanac.......seanick......1-0
36826Adanac.......Fritzlein....0-1
36931arimaa_masterseanick......1-0


And they were down to 5...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 17th, 2006, 10:46am
--FritzAdanacRobBobblePMNickmasterscore
Fritzlein....xx1101-10011118
Adanac.......00xx11111111-19
robinson.....0100xx110011117
H_Bobbletoff.0-0000xx000-000
PMertens.....11001111xx111110
Seanick......000000-100xx001
arimaa_master000-00110011xx4
gamegoldsilverscore
35437arimaa_masterPMertens.....0-1
35601Seanick......Fritzlein....0-1
35611H_Bobbletoff.Fritzlein....0-1
35614H_Bobbletoff.PMertens.....0-1
35676Fritzlein....seanick......1-0
35640robinson.....arimaa_master1-0
35895seanick......arimaa_master0-1
36010arimaa_masterrobinson.....0-1
36017robinson.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36054H_Bobbeltoff.Adanac.......0-1
36121robinson.....Fritzlein....0-1
36148PMertens.....H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36175Fritzlein....Adanac.......1-0
36195robinson.....seanick......1-0
36203Adanac.......robinson.....1-0
36269seanick......robinson.....0-1
36272robinson.....Adanac.......0-1
36295PMertens.....arimaa_master1-0
36325Fritzlein....PMertens.....0-1
36347robinson.....PMertens.....0-1
36348PMertens.....seanick......1-0
36357PMertens.....robinson.....1-0
36361seanick......Adanac.......0-1
36369PMertens.....Fritzlein....1-0
36375Adanac.......PMertens.....1-0
36416seanick......PMertens.....0-1
36476H_Bobbeltoff.seanick......0-1
36488PMertens.....Adanac.......0-1
36496Adanac.......H_Bobbeltoff.1-0
36504arimaa_masterFritzlein....0-1
36507Fritzlein....arimaa_master1-0
36549Fritzlein....robinson.....0-1
36639H_Bobbletoff.robinson.....0-1
36716arimaa_masterAdanac.......0-1
36821Adanac.......seanick......1-0
36826Adanac.......Fritzlein....0-1
36931arimaa_masterseanick......1-0
37098H_Bobbeltoff.arimaa_master0-1
37103arimaa_masterH_Bobbeltoff.1-0

And then 3
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 22nd, 2006, 9:27am
Adanac and arimaa_master finally played their final game, with Adanac as the victor and thus a tie for first with PMertens at 10.

so was the consensus that there be a double round robin blitz tourney to decide who gets the prize money, or do adanac and pmertens want to have a final playoff and/or best-of-3?

let me know - I am game either way but don't know how to schedule the round robin games correctly so someone else will have to drive the process if that route is chosen.

thanks
NICK
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Aug 22nd, 2006, 9:55am
I am for any solution :)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Aug 22nd, 2006, 10:05am

on 08/22/06 at 09:55:23, arimaa_master wrote:
I am for any solution :)


We're very agreeable in these tournament votes :)  I too, am happy with either solution.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 22nd, 2006, 1:21pm
same here ....

even though I will clearly NOT participate in the blitz-tourney.
(disco-rate is a bit to high for 15 to be fun ... at 45s I can easily compensate, but not at that speed)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 22nd, 2006, 4:10pm
If PMertens can't play in a Blitz Tourney, then I vote for a best-of-seven Death Match between him and Adanac at 45 seconds per move to determine the prizewinner.  (A three-game match isn't enough to please the blood-thirsty crowd.)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 23rd, 2006, 12:41pm
unfortunately it is up to the winners how to spend their money :-P

I am pretty sure that the bloodthirsty crowd would enjoy a double round robbing blitz just as much or even more ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 28th, 2006, 4:10am
so do the winners want their money or do they want to decide to do something else first? if you want money, PM me your email addresses that you want the money at and I will send $15 each to them via paypal... (Adanac and PMertens that is) .

thanks
NICK
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 28th, 2006, 11:25am
I also still have to play HBobbletoff for the last game of the tournament.  The best time would seem to be either the weekend, or a weekday morning (for me) / afternoon (for Bobbletoff).  Should we try to schedule a time, HBobbletoff?
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 28th, 2006, 1:16pm
invest it into a new tourney if more than 5 players can be found ;-)
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by arimaa_master on Aug 29th, 2006, 2:38am
I am always for participating in any arimaa tournaments.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 30th, 2006, 11:39am
you seem to be the only one at the moment ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Fritzlein on Aug 30th, 2006, 6:24pm
My life has taken a turn for the busier at the moment; I'm afraid I'm out of any blitz tournament.  :'(
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by Adanac on Aug 31st, 2006, 6:28am

on 08/30/06 at 18:24:17, Fritzlein wrote:
My life has taken a turn for the busier at the moment; I'm afraid I'm out of any blitz tournament.  :'(


Same with me.  My next tournament will probably be the World Championship in November.  :-/
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 31st, 2006, 12:18pm
then I propose Nick will have to sit on the money until he found enough participants ... I absolutely do not mind if I am not among them ...
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by seanick on Aug 31st, 2006, 1:24pm
You are making me work a lot for a prize that I didn't win, nor get to keep!

So regardless of how the follow up tourney is run, I consider it a requirement that there be a clearly defined tiebreaking process in place before it can begin.

other than that, I guess theres 2 of us so far. Fritz and Bobbeltoff should probably finish their remaining game, and join in the follow up tourney as well. right? that makes 4, if so.
Title: Re: a tournament ?
Post by PMertens on Aug 31st, 2006, 1:43pm
I am used to working hard for money either do not get or cannot keep.

I pay taxes in Germany and I am married ;-)


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