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(Message started by: Nombril on Dec 4^th, 2010, 6:01pm)

Title: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by Nombril on Dec 4^th, 2010, 6:01pm

For anyone (like me!) that can't play well at 15s, is anyone interested in a Swiss Tournament with double the move time? I've set up a tournament for next Saturday, Dec 11, with 30s moves, sign up in advance or the day of:

http://arimaa.com/arimaa/events/reg.cgi?e=20101211osf

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by omar on Dec 5^th, 2010, 8:27pm

Thanks for organizing this Eric. I've posted an announcement in the gameroom and also added it to the Events Calendar.

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by DarkAngelCryo on Dec 5^th, 2010, 8:56pm

Sounds interesting, I figure I'll give it a shot.

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by Nombril on Dec 8^th, 2010, 2:35pm

Thanks for signing up DarkAngelCryo! And welcome to the Arimaa community.

I have a general question for the timeliness of starting the first game relating to the Add/Drop format allowing for people to join in at any time. I think it is great that so many have signed up to show interest in playing, but realistically I assume that some might be joining us later than the start time. My plan right now is a few minutes before game time (and before making the pairings) to just drop any registered players that aren't in the gameroom. This will make sure we don't have a forfeit for someone that was planning on arriving for a later round. They (and anyone who didn't sign up ahead of time) can register again when they are able to play.

For subsequent games, I was planning on a 5 minute break after the finish of the last game. I think this was about how long Omar gave us on the Blitz tourney, but I don't recall for sure.

Does this sound like a reasonable approach?

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by omar on Dec 9^th, 2010, 7:55am

I think that sounds like a good approach. I will change the announcement on Saturday to ask players to go into the chat room to get updates. Between rounds you will need to remind players to register and unregister themselves so that you have the correct players for pairing the round.

Also players can stay in the chat room during the game since the moves displayed to spectators are delayed.

A 5 minute break after the last game sounds good. That way even the last game players will get a short break.

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by DarkAngelCryo on Dec 10^th, 2010, 7:09pm

on 12/08/10 at 14:35:09, Nombril wrote:

Thanks for signing up DarkAngelCryo! And welcome to the Arimaa community.

You're welcom and thank you. Unfortunately, it appears the internet at my house is a bit iffy right now. There is somebody coming to fix it tomorrow morning so hopefully i can still participate in the tournament.

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by Nombril on Dec 12^th, 2010, 7:31am

We had 12 people turn out at different times for yesterday's Swiss Tournament. Thanks for coming, and I hope everyone had a good time.

aaaa had a great showing, going undefeated for the day. Honorable mention goes to DarkAngelCryo, for playing their first HvsH games and also being the only player with the stamina to play all 5 games. (The one bye was forced due to an odd number of players.)

Results (ordered first by wins, then total games played):

1. aaaa: 4-1-0
2. Sconibulus: 2-1-2
2. Nombril: 2-1-2
3. rabbits: 2-3-0
4. Hippo: 1-2-2
5. Max: 1-3-1
6. Manuel:1-4-0
6. Omar: 1-4-0
6. The_Jeh: 1-4-0
7. DarkAngelCryo: 0-1-4
8. Eltripas: 0-3-2
8. student_t_w: 0-3-2

Title: Re: Open Swiss Fast Tournament
Post by omar on Dec 16^th, 2010, 9:31am

Congrats aaaa. Thanks everyone for taking part in this. I really liked being able to join and drop out at anytime. I was planning to play all the rounds, but after the first round something came up and I was able to drop out. Also the time control was slow enough that I would not lose due to my slow reaction time, while still being fast enough that a game could be finished in about an hour. Thanks for organizing this Eric.