[Winners: First Post] Initech XXV: Olympic Games

[Peter Gibbons]

Game 8915402 still missing someone.

Yes, when Game 8850380 ends, we'll have the final participants for the Japan maps.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

First, I know some of you have complained that some of the terminator games are too small for 8 players. That's by design. There was no good way to organize the terminator section without having a few of the games fall a bit to luck. If I went with larger maps, the chance of deadlocks was too high. If I went with too many smaller games, the tournament would have been too big to control. So while I know it's frustrating to be eliminated without taking your turn (happened to me), in the grand scheme of things it makes sense. On to the update...

QUADS - Same situation. Couple Rail Africa maps to finish in the first round and then I can create the games for the second round.

DOUBLES - Series 9 from the first round is down to its last match. Most second round series are already off and a few are complete.

STANDARD - That one Greater China game, Match 10, is still holding up the Japan round. Apologies for that.

ASSASSIN - Moving very smoothly here. Many of the Hait games are complete and the Canada round is approaching.

TERMINATOR - Lot of games finished in the past few days. Scoreboard is updated fully there.

[patrickaa317]

If you used escalating spoils rather than flat rate, any chance of deadlock basically goes away. Just my two cents that wasn't asked for though...

[Peter Gibbons]

If you used escalating spoils rather than flat rate, any chance of deadlock basically goes away. Just my two cents that wasn't asked for though...

Well aware, but every single Initech has been flat rate and foggy. Kind of the niche I've carved out for tournaments.

[Commander9]

Any chances you'll be updating the individual standings?

[Peter Gibbons]

Any chances you'll be updating the individual standings?

It's kind of impossible to keep a running total. Since the scores are based on winning percentage, it's pointless to see a score until someone is eliminated from a discipline (that way we know how many total games they might play). This is what I said I'd do earlier:

So the tournament is off and running very well. Looks like we'll even be ready for the second round of the the Assassin section soon.

The scoreboards have been formatted in the third post of this thread if anyone wants to take a look. General policies for updates are as follows:

1. Your score in each discipline will not be posted until you are eliminated from that discipline.
2. A discipline coefficient will immediately be entered in the overall leaderboard once it is posted.
3. The adjustments (medal bonuses and early elimination deductions) will be posted as they occur.

In short, it's going to be impossible to have a true running leaderboard. Once a couple of the disciplines are finished, we'll have a good idea of who is near the top. But given the nature of the tournament and the math involved, we won't have a good handle on who is winning until right near the end.

[Peter Gibbons]

Looks like Louie92 has abandoned the site. He's eliminated in Assassin and, unfortunately, he's left his Doubles teammate for dead. Can't do anything about either of those situations. However, an alternate is needed and since he's still alive in the Quads event, I'm following the below rule and have asked jontheman to name his replacement:

1) If either of the team competitions is still running, the team that loses a player will be allowed to choose their own alternate. However, that player must enter the entire tournament. If the deadbeat player is alive in any of the single events, the alternate replaces the deadbeat in those competitions. The alternate will be eligible for all medals, including the overall tournament medal (any games completed by the deadbeat would count toward the alternates overall score)

[Peter Gibbons]

Per jontheman, buZZkiLL13 replaces Louie92.

Louie92's name will be scrubbed from the leaderboad and buZZkiLL13 will get all his stats.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - A single Rail Africa game that's almost done in the first round is all that's needed before the final two second round pairings are set.

DOUBLES - Well into the second round, with all games running. Things running very smoothly here.

STANDARD - Still stuck on the single Greater China map. I recognize some of the Japan games are in jeopardy. Will recreate, if necessary, once that final first round game is complete.

ASSASSIN - Haiti round almost complete; about ready to start third round on Canada map.

TERMINATOR - 28/40 games complete in the first round.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - First round complete. Second round off and running with all 24 games active.

DOUBLES - About halfway through the second round.

STANDARD - We lost the Japan games that hadn't started yet. My fault for jumping the gun, sorry. Match 10 in the first round still to be decided. Hopefully reaching a conclusion soon.

ASSASSIN - One more game in the Haiti round. Canada round is moving for 4 of 5 games.

TERMINATOR - 2 groups completely decided. Other 6 groups mostly just need to finish their Macedonia games.

[Peter Gibbons]

Ok, I've updated the tables for the first time. Since the second round of Assassin is complete, we know that players eliminated finished with a .000 winning % and didn't make it past the second round (therefore incurring a -0.20 penalty deduction). Those players are all listed as being ranked #25 on the assassin table (since there are 24 players alive who did manage to win a game). And, on the overall table, their score has been bolded in the assassin category and the -0.20 penalty has been assessed. Hopefully this makes sense for everyone.

I will NOT re-order the Overall Table until the end, to make it as simple as possible to find your score and make it as easy as possible for me to organize (so if you are player #32 now, you will be player #32 throughout the tournament). But once your score in a category is bolded, that means it is locked in. Please report any mistakes that you find ASAP. Once the tournament ends, I will fully re-check the top 5 scoring players to make sure there have been no mistakes before declaring a winner, but I'd rather have mistakes get fixed beforehand.

Now, onto the update...

QUADS - Second round running smoothly.

DOUBLES - Second round running smoothly, many of the third round matchups are posted.

STANDARD - Greater China game finally over. Japan games re-sent.

ASSASSIN - Canada round running smoothly. Scores for players eliminated in Round 2 are posted and added to the Overall Table.

TERMINATOR - Still a few games left to finish in the first round.

[Peter Gibbons]

QUADS - A few games in the second round are complete.

DOUBLES - All second round series are decided. Third round games sent.

STANDARD - A couple Japan games are done but it will be awhile before we are ready for the third round.

ASSASSIN - Gilligan wins the winners' bracket and advances to the final. A few more Canada games to finish and then we will have the fourth round, to determine the opponents for Gilligan.

TERMINATOR - 4 of 8 groups in the first round decided. Just 5 games left before the second round will be ready.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Second round more than halfway complete. Partial third round matchups are posted. Likely will be able to send those games this weekend.

DOUBLES - Third round is off and running, but only a couple games complete.

STANDARD - Second round active, but will take awhile to get the 8-player matches done.

ASSASSIN - Two Canada games are active. When those are complete, the fourth round Central America games will be sent.

TERMINATOR - 4 active first round games, none of which appear deadlocked, so hopefully we'll be ready for the second round soon.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Third round games sent, with one series waiting to figure out the other qualifier. Once all second round games are finished, I will update the scoreboard.

DOUBLES - Third round about halfway complete.

STANDARD - The 8-player games are moving surprisingly fast. We know the vast majority of third round qualifiers and partial matchups are posted.

ASSASSIN - Down to one active Canada game.

TERMINATOR - I've got to apologize here. It's clear this was the one flaw in my format. I should have had more groups with smaller games. We still have 4 active first round games. The second round is going to be painfully slow, too, I fear. After that it should be smooth sailing, but for now, the terminator games are going to be delayed.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Just that one Rail Africa game from the second round that needs to finish (looks almost done) then we're fully into Round 3.

DOUBLES - Third round winding down. Many results and matchups for next round posted.

STANDARD - Four active Japan games, all moving along nicely.

ASSASSIN - Canada round completed. Central America games sent. The two winners will face Gilligan on a map of his choosing. Scores for players eliminated in Round 3 are posted and added to the Overall Table.

TERMINATOR - Same situation, though a tiebreaker game has been sent for Group 8, as no matter what result occurs on the Ireland map, there will be a tie for second place.

[DJoach]

We have 3 games awaiting since last week at least... what' s happening here ?

[Peter Gibbons]

Almost ready for them. Just the Rail Africa map in Match 4L needs to be finished... and it looks like it's pretty much decided now.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Third round is moving. Couple games from second round need to be completed and then I can update the board.

DOUBLES - Third round complete. Scores for players eliminated in Round 3 are posted and added to the Overall Table. Fourth round games created and should be sent tomorrow.

STANDARD - 2 Japan games to be completed (one seems rather close). Couple of the Middle East games got an early start.

ASSASSIN - Fourth round moving. Gilligan chose Canada for the 5th round.

TERMINATOR - Same situation, no update.

[Peter Gibbons]

Ok, I've done some serious number-crunching in the terminator discipline. Though there are still 4 games to finish, there really is only one group whose results are still in doubt. That group is Group 6.

In group 6, anonadick has advanced in first place. But second place is up for grabs amongst Pedrox, thekidstrumpet and Robespierre__. Pedrox can score no more points, but he currently holds second place. thekidstrumpet could pass him with more points on the Macedonia map. Likewise, since Robespierre__ already has points from Macedonia that aren't on the board yet, he could also pass Pedrox.

The bottom line is that 15 of the 16 players for the winners bracket are known and 46 of the 48 players for the losers bracket are known. As such, I've done the draw and I'm going to send all the games that are ready.

I'll keep my eyes on the first round games that still need to be finished. As of now, NOBODY has asked for the tiebreakers that have been offered.

[Kinnison]

Tiebreakers? Hell, I can't understand the scoreboard!

[Peter Gibbons]

Tiebreakers? Hell, I can't understand the scoreboard!

It will become clearer as things progress. The key thing to remember is that the longer someone is alive in a discipline, the higher their score is going to be. So being close to 0.000 is probably a good thing, until disciplines start to be completed.

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Third round almost complete, most fourth round matchups are posted. These will be the next games sent.

DOUBLES - Some games in the fourth round starting to wind down. Will be a little while before we're ready for the fifth round, but this is still moving along at a great pace.

STANDARD - Still two Japan maps to finish. One is down to 3 players and the other is at 6. Once those are done, the other two Middle East games in the third round can commence.

ASSASSIN - Just the one Central America match to finish, then it's a 3-player final on the Canada map.

TERMINATOR - Still 3 active games in Round 1, with Group 6 hanging in the balance. That said, the following groups have had their games sent for Round 2: 1W, 2W, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L. Once Round 1 is complete, I'll be able to send 3W, 4W, 5L and 6L.

[Gilligan]

Team Gilltrumpet take the doubles!

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[DJoach]

DJoach wins Game 9172607

djelebert/DJoach win Game 9162277

[Peter Gibbons]

Update...

QUADS - Round 4 matches sent. Standings will be updated when the last few Round 3 games are completed.

DOUBLES - Round 4 about halfway done. Partial Round 5 matchups posted.

STANDARD - Another Japan game completed so another Middle East game sent. One final Japan map to complete.

ASSASSIN - Waiting on the final Central America game.

TERMINATOR - Still stuck on a few games in the first round, but the second round games that could go forward are all started.