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The qualifying tournament has ended. Of course, some matches have been postponed, such as Mizrael and Alex R, Dreamcatcher and Spirit, and possibly others.
But the May holidays are coming up, and some people will have a lot of free time, while others will go on vacation or to work on farms, so we need to decide now.
In group 1, everything is clear.
1st place - Order of the Phoenix.
2nd place - Armageddon.
In the second group, "Homo Homini" and "Zavry" both scored 5.5 points. Based on the results of their head-to-head match, "Homo Homini" takes 1st place.
Therefore, here are the semi-finals.
Pair 1: "Order of the Phoenix" (Dubrovin Pavel, vitalic, Vigo) - "Zavry" (Lesgor, Chydozavr, Volland, Kebazavr);
Pair 2: "Homo Homini" (vbn, Alex_R, ewgeniy, Aldegir) - "Armageddon" (LeBron, Wic, Pit for LM, Javdet, Dirty_Player).
Two teams consisting of clan members and two teams consisting mainly of non-clan players have reached the semi-finals, which indicates a roughly equal balance between clan and non-clan players on the forum.
Regarding the unfinished matches. I will definitely add their results to the first post, but they will no longer affect the final results of the top four teams.
At the end of the week, I will post all the game results in the "Online Game Reports" topic, including them in the ranking.
Also, a brief overview of the qualifying rounds in the groups. In the first group, 16 players were registered on the teams, and in the second group, 17. In total, 33 people, which would be enough for 11 teams, and these teams would be made up of very strong players. Just a year ago, it was difficult to gather even 20-25 players of any level. The reports show that the level of play has significantly increased.
Of course, I would like to thank the players of the teams "April Fools", "Forest Healers" (EPU), "Knights of the Apocalypse" and especially, "Hellish Troglodytes".
If even one or two teams with such players join us each year, our forum has a pretty good future ahead.
Running the tournament was quite easy; my duties as a referee were reduced to secretarial work, simply recording the results: the team captains easily agreed with each other about the games, and the players also showed gentlemanly behavior in the games; everything was polite.
In general, my successor in the position of referee for team tournaments will have an easy job in the future.
I am looking forward to the results of the semi-finals. The team that wins two matches is considered the winner in the semi-final.
For example, a situation may occur where one team wins 1-0 and stalls for time. In this case, the captain of the second team can contact the referee in this topic, and the referee will set a deadline for the games; failure to appear will result in a loss. Of course, this will not happen, but it is still better to agree in advance.
If the above is more of my speculation, then the second option is more likely. Let's say the teams exchange victories, and the third, decisive match ends in a draw. Then the team captains can decide for themselves how they want to proceed - replay the match or put one of their best players in an additional match, a kind of LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant showdown.
If they cannot agree, then the referee's opinion prevails. I will state my choice right away - a showdown between the best players, one on one. This will also increase interest in the tournament and be practical: someone will definitely go on vacation for the May holidays, and there will be a shortage of players in one of the teams.
I think that's all I wanted to say.
But the May holidays are coming up, and some people will have a lot of free time, while others will go on vacation or to work on farms, so we need to decide now.
In group 1, everything is clear.
1st place - Order of the Phoenix.
2nd place - Armageddon.
In the second group, "Homo Homini" and "Zavry" both scored 5.5 points. Based on the results of their head-to-head match, "Homo Homini" takes 1st place.
Therefore, here are the semi-finals.
Pair 1: "Order of the Phoenix" (Dubrovin Pavel, vitalic, Vigo) - "Zavry" (Lesgor, Chydozavr, Volland, Kebazavr);
Pair 2: "Homo Homini" (vbn, Alex_R, ewgeniy, Aldegir) - "Armageddon" (LeBron, Wic, Pit for LM, Javdet, Dirty_Player).
Two teams consisting of clan members and two teams consisting mainly of non-clan players have reached the semi-finals, which indicates a roughly equal balance between clan and non-clan players on the forum.
Regarding the unfinished matches. I will definitely add their results to the first post, but they will no longer affect the final results of the top four teams.
At the end of the week, I will post all the game results in the "Online Game Reports" topic, including them in the ranking.
Also, a brief overview of the qualifying rounds in the groups. In the first group, 16 players were registered on the teams, and in the second group, 17. In total, 33 people, which would be enough for 11 teams, and these teams would be made up of very strong players. Just a year ago, it was difficult to gather even 20-25 players of any level. The reports show that the level of play has significantly increased.
Of course, I would like to thank the players of the teams "April Fools", "Forest Healers" (EPU), "Knights of the Apocalypse" and especially, "Hellish Troglodytes".
If even one or two teams with such players join us each year, our forum has a pretty good future ahead.
Running the tournament was quite easy; my duties as a referee were reduced to secretarial work, simply recording the results: the team captains easily agreed with each other about the games, and the players also showed gentlemanly behavior in the games; everything was polite.
In general, my successor in the position of referee for team tournaments will have an easy job in the future.
I am looking forward to the results of the semi-finals. The team that wins two matches is considered the winner in the semi-final.
For example, a situation may occur where one team wins 1-0 and stalls for time. In this case, the captain of the second team can contact the referee in this topic, and the referee will set a deadline for the games; failure to appear will result in a loss. Of course, this will not happen, but it is still better to agree in advance.
If the above is more of my speculation, then the second option is more likely. Let's say the teams exchange victories, and the third, decisive match ends in a draw. Then the team captains can decide for themselves how they want to proceed - replay the match or put one of their best players in an additional match, a kind of LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant showdown.
If they cannot agree, then the referee's opinion prevails. I will state my choice right away - a showdown between the best players, one on one. This will also increase interest in the tournament and be practical: someone will definitely go on vacation for the May holidays, and there will be a shortage of players in one of the teams.
I think that's all I wanted to say.