Survival of the Less Unfit - Europe

[Ertai]

Full standings: viewtopic.php?t=239281#p5278104

GrogoY has been constantly missing invitations in Group A and Group B's game has already finished. As such he is now eliminated from the tournament. Now, this creates a problem. Since Group A has already an eliminated player, Group B would have to play 5 more games before eliminating a player of their own. Therefore, I'm merging both groups. For Round 3 the winner, last to lose, and 2nd last to lose will qualify for the next stage. For Rounds 4, 5, 6, and 7, the winner and last to lose will qualify for the next stage, therefore eliminating one player and grogoY at the end of Stage 1.

Stage 1 Round 2 player qualified for the next round:

RicardoCortinez (grogoY eliminated for missing invitations)

Stage 1 Round 2

Remaining players: Merged Group
Huyuk
YouOnKazoo
Ertai
MrBoom
pranburi
SuperSian
shoop76
traffic133
Darin44
Chewie1
plurple
LFAW

just to check I am understanding this:
Round 3: 1st, 2nd and 3rd through
round 4-7: 1st and 2nd through
round 7: last player is out with grogoY

Edit: I feel like there should still be a 1vs1 for elimination feels bad if you can be ganged up on out of the tournament.

Yes, it is exactly like that!

Well, I hope that doesn't happen in Round 7. However, I still think that is the best alternative right now. :\

[Ertai]

I am sorry for being absent for so long. We will now resume the games!

RicardoCortinez has been away for some time now and has not replied to my messages. As such, he is out of the tournament. And as we have two players who have been eliminated, we will advance now to Stage 2 of the competition.

Groups for the second stage drawn:

Stage 2 [Iceland, Norway/Sweden/Finland, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium]

Group A
pranburi
Chewie1
shoop76
plurple
MrBoom
mikehayes
Delf

Group B
LFAW
SuperSian
YouOnKazoo
Ertai
traffic133
Darin44
Huyuk

[plurple]

Hey our round 2 stage 1 game hasn't started not sure who didn't accept the invite It looks like it was Delf

[Ertai]

Hey our round 2 stage 1 game hasn't started not sure who didn't accept the invite It looks like it was Delf

Unfortunately, Delf has some issues which will make him be absent a lot from CC and asked to step out of the tournament, meaning that your game will be abandoned and that we will merge both groups again in next round. :\

[Ertai]

LFAW wins Round 1 Group 1. They advance to the next stage.

Since Delf had to resign from the tournament, we are once again merging the groups for Round 2. Same rules as in Stage 1 merged group apply.

Round 2 - Norway/Sweden/Finland
Merged Group
pranburi
Chewie1
shoop76
plurple
MrBoom
mikehayes
SuperSian
YouOnKazoo
Ertai
traffic133
Darin44
Huyuk

[Ertai]

SuperSian wins the match. They advance to the next stage together with Chewie1, pranburi, and traffic133, who finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively. This due to another absence in this tournament. The rest of the players will now play in Denmark to fight for the remaining spots in the next stage. Gl to all.

[Ertai]

Plurple wins the 3nd Round - Stage 2 match. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed (Huyuk, MrBoom, and YouOnKazoo, respectively) qualify for the next stage.

The next round (Germany), will feature shoop76, mikehayes, Ertai, and Darin44. Only the winner of that match will advance to the next stage.

[Ertai]

shoop76 wins the Germany game, advancing to the next stage. The remaining players are mikehayes, Darin44, and Ertai, who will now play in the Netherlands. Winner advances to the next stage.

Full competiton: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=239281&p=5278104#p5278104

[Ertai]

I won the Netherlands game (makes sense, since I lived there last year :p). Ertai advances to the next stage. The remaining players are mikehayes and Darin44, who will now play in Belgium (map BeNeLux). Winner advances to the next stage. Loser gets eliminated.

Full competiton: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=239281&p=5278104#p5278104

[Ertai]

Stage 3 has started. We go back to two groups. The first game will be played in Luxembourg.

Full competition: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=239281&p=5278104#p5278104

[Ertai]

The two matches of Game 1 Stage 3 have ended. MrBoom and Huyuk advance to Stage 4. The rest will now enter Game 2 Stage 3 in Italy.

Full competiton: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=239281&p=5278104#p5278104

[Ertai]

The two matches of Game 2 Stage 3 have ended. Darin44 and Chewie1 advance to Stage 4. The rest will now enter Game 3 Stage 3 in San Marino.

Full competiton: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=239281&p=5278104#p5278104

[Ertai]

The two matches of Game 2 Stage 3 have ended. pranburi and myself advance to Stage 4. The rest will now enter Game 4 Stage 3 in Austria.

[Ertai]

Stage 4 groups:

Group A
Darin44
Huyuk
pranburi
Ertai

Group B
Chewie1
SuperSian
shoop76
MrBoom

Next game: Czech Republic

[Ertai]

I will be repeating the message that wrote in my other tournaments. Sorry if you are re-reading this:

Hello everybody. First of all, I would like to say I am truly sorry for being absent for 3 months. I was caught up with lots of work and family issues that I had to deal with, all at the same time. I tried my best to at least come play my turns every day, but even that I ended up failing massively, having missed many, many turns. Therefore, I had little time and zero mental capacity to continue running the tournaments. Things are better now, both at a professional and personal level, and I'm ready to resume all competitions.

Once again, I apologize to everyone.

Now, speaking about the tournament

There is no right way to say this, but I completely failed my goals with running this tournament. Yes, there were some people who just stopped joining and that was a problem, but everything else that went wrong in this competition is my fault. My initial idea was not 100% doable, I miscalculated how many rounds would be needed for the number of players that were in competition, and then I had to leave for 3 months. This was a shitshow and it is my bad.

Therefore, I think we need to finish this tournament right now. One final game in the Europa map with the remaining players that were not eliminated so far.

I will be, therefore, inviting the 8 remaining players (myself, Darin44, Huyuk, pranburi, Chewie1, SuperSian, shoop76, and MrBoom EDIT: 7 players - huyuk has been absent for over 30 days) to the last game.

I am, AGAIN, sorry for all the mess. I really dropped the ball on this one and I will be much more careful in the future.

Thank you for your patience.