So you Wanna be a Pirate? [TPA2] [WINNER: TRIPITAKA]

[Kinnison]

So you Wanna be a Pirate? [TPA2]


This is a Tournament Players Association Year 2 (TPA2) event, and is governed by its rules, guidelines, and judgments. All are welcome to join and participate in the association. You need do nothing more than join one or more of the TPA events that will be announced each Monday. Check back on the TPA2 scoreboard in the Tournaments--> General Info forum to see how you're doing.

Freemiums Welcome. 2 slots (at most) needed at a time. This will cause some of the earlier round-robin groups to stretch a bit, but it shouldn't be too bad.

Arrr! This (tournament launch day) bein' International Talk Like a Pirate day and all, and me foolishly late awareness of such, means the theme here be a bit of a late addition... but the design of the ship be sound, so worry not yer heads about that, and get to playin'!

This is a Premier-level tournament for TPA2, based around 1v1 play. Freemiums are welcome, but are required to have at least 2 slots available for this tournament at all times, or face removal. INVITES WILL BE USED. MISSING TWO INVITES TO A GAME WILL LIKELY LEAD TO YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE TOURNAMENT.

All games will be Automatic, Sequential, Flat Rate, Adjacent, Fog. A 20-round cap shall exist in the first four rounds of the tournament. The final two rounds will be played with a 50-round cap in place.

Pirate-Version

So, ye think yer hard enough to be a Pirate? Let's see if ye can pass the tests...
Ninety of ye swabbies be placed inta groups of 6, to play cutthroat games of Poker against each other. The two of ye who've fleeced the others best move on...
Thirty of ye be taken to the British Isles, there to fight yer way across the land to get shanghaied on board a privateer. Only two of each five shall make it...
Those twelve go not to Shanghai, but to Hong Kong, to plunder the seas there until only half (two of each four of ye) remain...
The remainin' six go to the Caribbean, the haven and home all pirates dearly love, split inta 2 teams to plunder, until a third of ye fail to be good enough...
The last 4 be taken in irons to Oceania... aye, Australia and the islands around. Ye fight among yourselves, until 2 of ye grab a chance to escape...
Those final two battle in all the familiar places, until one conquers the other.

English

Round 1: 90 players shall be randomly into 15 groups of 6. Group play is 1v1, round-robin, on Poker Club. The 2 top players (best record, tiebreakers at the bottom) survive to Round 2.

Round 2: 30 players shall be randomly sorted into 6 groups of 5. Group play is 1v1, round-robin, on British Isles. The 2 top players (best record, tiebreakers at the bottom) survive to Round 3.

Round 3: 12 players shall be randomly sorted into 3 groups of 4. Group play is 1v1, round-robin, on Hong Kong. The 2 top players (best record, tiebreakers at the bottom) survive to Round 4.

Round 4: 6 players shall be randomly sorted into 2 groups of 3. Group play is 1v1, round-robin, on Caribbean Islands. The 2 top players (best record, tiebreakers at the bottom) survive to Round 5.

Round 5: 1 Group of 4 players. Group play is 1v1, round-robin, on Oceania. The 2 top players (best record, tiebreakers at the bottom) survive to Round 6/finals.

Round 6: The last 2 players shall play best-of-5 games, 1 on each of the 5 maps used previously, to determine who has escaped the Limeys to become a successful Pirate!

Tiebreakers will be based on head-to-head records. Where that is not useful, 1 game shall be made with the needed number of players to resolve the tie, on the map for that round.
SLIGHT CHANGE TO TIEBREAKERS:
If one player advancing is known, the second person to advance will be determined by a single game among the tied players, winner advancing.
If there is a tie for first advancing slot among 3+ players: Multiple singles games will be made. Winner of the first advances, second game to be made among the remaining tied players - winner becomes the second player to advance.
HEAD-TO-HEAD IS NO LONGER A FACTOR.

Placement for the TPA for this event:
Eliminated in the first round: Places 31-90, based on results. Highest rankings for lasting the longest - so people finishing second in a 3-way tiebreaker, then those finishing third; then those finishing 1-1 in a 1st round rematch, then 0-2 in a rematch; then those finishing 1-1 in the first matches, and lastly, those going 0-2 in the initial matches.
Eliminated in later rounds: 1-2 results, followed by 0-3 results, each round.

RESERVES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE USED. If someone signs up, and is forced to drop out before joining any round one games, a reserve will be used in that case. Once Round One begins, no players will be added to the tournament. Anyone dropping out between rounds will be replaced by the highest finisher who did not advance (who may not be from their division). Preference will go to any player who lost a tiebreaker game in the prior round. Random.org shall break any such ties that remain among the 'eliminated' players.

Questions Gleefully Accepted.

[Kinnison]

Q (Kinnison) : Hey! What's up with this 25-round cap? you can't do that through the site... you going to check every game at that time or what?
A : Um... Oops? ..I mean... Ye must ha' been seeing things, matey! The rules above clearly state (ahem, now) there be a TWENTY round cap for the first four rounds... and a FIFTY round cap in the last two. Get out of the sun and get some water, or ye'll be seein' mermaids next.

Q (Leehar) : srsly? Poker Club?
A : Aye! Be countin' yerself lucky there be no Barroom map for us to be huntin' treasure on! Age O' Merchants, for it's shout-out to our profession, almost made the cut, but the very name cries out to a respectability that is repugnant to our avowed profession... ...Besides, I like that map, and it fit the size criteria right nicely.

Q (Kinnison) : So, how DOES this tiebreaker thing work? Sounds like you were breaking a tie for one place when you need two.
A : Once again, Oops? Pasted from a prior tournament. After consultation with the tied players (so far) the following procedure has been adopted:
1> If the first finisher/advancer is determined, and there's a tie for second - one game will be played among all second-place finishers, winner advances.
2> If there is a tie for both advancing positions, one singles game among all tied players - winner advances. Then a second singles game will be played among the remaining tied players - winner becomes the second advancing player.

[Kinnison]

participants

1: Kinnison
2: davedbates
3: shoop76
4: redbugal
5: MudPuppy
6: dowian2
7: Serbia
8: Arcee
9: Gilligan
10: Hath
11: phantomzero
12: Nailer X
13: ubcman64
14: Risky_Stud
15: Tupence
16: osujacket
17: Ishihara
18: Bones2484
19: sonicsteve
20: benga
21: musteriuz
22: Night Strike
23: ianphull
24: Linnick
25: MrGlassB
26: Araldite
27: keiths31
28: chapcrap
29: Krissan
30: darth emperor
31: mviola
32: whakamole
33: Evil Semp
34: Marshallbobby
35: perchorin
36: gameplayer
37: xman5151
38: Peter Gibbons
39: freyme
40: Fuzzy316
41: biafra
42: uckuki
43: Enormastitz
44: stevkov
45: danryan
46: mwaser
47: danervinsucks
48: Kiko13
49: MyTurnToWin
50: Leehar
51: italianipastido
52: Timminz
53: barterer2002
54: HighlanderAttack
55: Tripitaka
56: KiIIface
57: richman688
58: flexmaster33
59: thehippo8 - freemium
60: arno30
61: Pressure Points
62: kennys777
63: ItzPetey
64: ThrushAAX
65: chemefreak
66: Erland
67: harvmax
68: spidey
69: alaskanassassin
70: RedBaron0
71: kkelly
72: LLLUUUKKKEEE
73: hiloopy
74: thelord
75: Gustavo70
76: Gypsys Kiss
77: reahma
78: Buff McKagan
79: idusmars
80: JaKobe_52
81: authoman - freemium
82: brightsyde
83: manchild1 - freemium
84: sempaispellcheck
85: wombat4
86: hewhoisdum
87: ddslu
88: firework3 - freemium
89: Lufsen75
90: Criticalwinner - freemium

Reserves:
1: DarkSheet - replaced firework3 prior to R1 starting.
2: El_Duderino
3: sundance123
4: chidone

Round 1 Groupings

As determined by random.org
A - Araldite, biafra, hewhoisdum, hiloopy, Buff McKagan, MrGlassB
B - Nailer X, Gilligan, stevkov, reahma, Timminz, HighlanderAttack
C - mwaser, Evil Semp, spidey, Erland, osujacket, Leehar
D - shoop76, Arcee, ianphull, Kiko13, wombat4, danervinsucks
E - gameplayer, Gypsys Kiss, flexmaster33, thehippo8, ItzPetey, Gustavo70
F - kkelly, Risky_Stud, uckuki, thelord, Pressure Points, dowian2
G - Fuzzy316, Kinnison, idusmars, Enormastitz, Serbia, darth emperor
H - italianipastido, freyme, DarkSheet (replacing firework3), Krissan, harvmax, brightsyde
I - kennys777, Marshallbobby, chapcrap, Lufsen75, MyTurnToWin, Tripitaka
J - MudPuppy, Criticalwinner, sempaispellcheck, ubcman64, sonicsteve, arno30
K - mviola, whakamole, benga, richman688, KiIIface, LLLUUUKKKEEE
L - xman5151, danryan, RedBaron0, authoman, chemefreak, JaKobe_52
M - ThrushAAX, Linnick, musteriuz, Night Strike, manchild1, Hath
N - alaskanassassin, Tupence, ddslu, Peter Gibbons, perchorin, keiths31
O - davedbates, Ishihara, Bones2484, redbugal, phantomzero, barterer2002

Round 2 Groupings

As determined by random.org
A - Ishihara, Hath, Timminz, hiloopy, Buff McKagan
B - whakamole, MudPuppy, danryan, wombat4, chemefreak
C - Enormastitz, dowian2, reahma, redbugal, ubcman64
D - ThrushAAX, Leehar, Peter Gibbons, freyme, idusmars
E - DarkSheet, spidey, Kiko13, kkelly, ItzPetey
F - mviola, flexmaster33, Tripitaka, keiths31, MyTurnToWin

Round 3 Groupings

As determined by random.org
A - Buff McKagan, keiths31, whakamole, idusmars
B - Leehar, Enormastitz, ubcman64, Hath
C - DarkSheet, ItzPetey, Tripitaka, danryan

Round 4 Groupings

As determined by random.org
A - whakamole, Hath, Enormastitz
B - ItzPetey, keiths31, Tripitaka

Semifinal Group

Order determined by random.org
A - keiths31, Hath, Tripitaka, Enormastitz

FINALS

Order determined by random.org
A - Tripitaka, keiths31

Score Sheet (Google Documents)

TPA_Rankings

1st - Tripitaka
2nd - keiths31
3rd - Hath
4th - Enormastitz
5th - whakamole
6th - ItzPetey
T/7th - Buff McKagan, Leehar, ubcman64, DarkSheet
T/11th - idusmars, danryan
T/13th - redbugal, dowian2
T/15th - Ishihara, MudPuppy, ThrushAAX, Kiko13, MyTurnToWin
T/20th - Timminz, hiloopy, wombat4, chemefreak, reahma, Peter Gibbons, freyme, spidey, kkelly, flexmaster33
30th - mviola
T/31st - Araldite, ianphull, danervinsucks, chapcrap
T35th - Nailer X, gameplayer, Fuzzy316, JaKobe_52
T39th - mwaser, Pressure Points, brightsyde, sonicsteve, benga, Killface, alaskanassassin, phantomzero
T47th - biafra, hewhoisdum, MrGlassB, stevkov, HighlanderAttack, Erland, shoop76, thehippo8, Gustavo70, Risky_Stud, Kinnison, Serbia, Krissan, kennys777, Marshallbobby, Lufsen75, sempaispellcheck, RedBaron0, authoman, Linnick, musteriuz, Night Strike, manchild1, Tupence, ddslu, bones2484, barterer2002
T74th - Evil Semp, osujacket, Arcee, Gypsys Kiss, uckuki, thelord, darth emperor, harvmax, Criticalwinner, arno30, richman688, xman5151
T86th - Gilligan, italianipastido, LLLUUUKKKEEE, perchorin, davedbates

Yes, I know points don't change below 33rd place. But I figured I should run the rankings all the way out anyway... especially since I finished so far down.

[davedbates]

I'm In!

[shoop76]

in please

[redbugal]

I'll play.

[MudPuppy]

In, please.

[dowian2]

Count me in.

[Serbia]

In please!

[Arcee]

I'll play!

[Gilligan]

Yarr

[Hath]

In please.

[phantomzero]

yarr, in like a cork in rum!

[Nailer X]

in plz

[ubcman64]

in please

[Risky_Stud]

IN Please!

[Tupence]

In please

[osujacket]

in pls

[Ishihara]

Ahoy, ye scurvy tournament organizer! Heave to and prepare to enter me in... please...

[Bones2484]

Arrrrrr. Sign me up matey!

[sonicsteve]

Aarrrrr. Oi be in, so oi am.

[benga]

in pls!

[musteriuz]

Well, shiver me timbers!!! I'd like to join your raiding party aboard this ship, if you please Cap'n. Maybe I can make a few landlubbers walk the plank, yarrrr!!!

[Night Strike]

I'm in.

[ianphull]

In please