5. Deadlines. The tournament starts on September 10, 2010.
Group stage, round 4: 1) September 10-23, 2) September 24-October 7, 3) October 8-21, 4) October 22-November 4.
Players who have not played a single match by October 7 will be disqualified.

Tomorrow, the second round of the group stage ends; half of the first part of the tournament is over. Fortunately, everyone has managed to play at least one match.

In the event of a tie in points among several contenders for advancement in groups where all matches have been played and no one has withdrawn, the judges will decide the placement based on: 1) Berger coefficient, 2) head-to-head result, 3) the time at which the player completed the group stage, 4) seasonal rating, 5) permanent rating. In groups with technical results and withdrawals, we will act on a case-by-case basis.

To avoid being subject to the "individual order" and "judges' discretion," play and win as many matches as possible as quickly as possible.
Since it is now possible to start summarizing the results in some groups, here are some additional notes on the regulations:
- Players who have played one match in the group by November 5 will be disqualified, and the results of games with them will be annulled;
- All technical results will be recorded after the group stage;
- In the event of a tie in points, the player who received points for games will have the advantage, not technical wins;
- 3rd place in groups with withdrawals/disqualifications/technical results does not guarantee a place in the transition games; the deciding factor in this case will be the number of points scored (0 or 0.5 points, and 1 technical win is not enough; with 1 point, the player will be a candidate for the lucky loser);
- If in any group with withdrawals/disqualifications/technical results, 3rd place does not score enough points, the vacancy in the transition games will be given to the lucky loser;
- Criteria for selection to the list of candidates for the lucky loser: 1) all matches in the group have been played, 2) number of points, 3) time at which the group was completed.
This is the main part; we will think about it specifically later; maybe we missed something.

Updated the tables as of October 5. In the tables, green highlights the places that made it to the 1/8 finals, yellow - to the transition games, beige - candidates for the lucky loser, and we say goodbye to those with red in this tournament.

Recorded:
09/27/2010 SEM_56 (red, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def Legionerdv (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 145 +++
09/27/2010 AYMAN (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def theShevanesian (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 215 +++
09/28/2010 OUTLAW (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def numOne (red, Stronghold, Kragg Hakk, Kragg Hakk), 2SM4d(3), 1-4-3 +++
09/29/2010 OUTLAW (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def zloy_romantik (blue, Necropolis, Izra, Izra), 2SM4d(3), 1-3-7 +++
10/02/2010 Erdem (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def RomarioGrom (Red, Conflux, Moner, Luna), 2sm4d(3), 121 +++
10/02/2010 GoD (Blue, Castle, Valya, Valya) draw StickyFingaz (Red, Necr, Goshan. Goshan) jebus cross 136 +++
10/02/2010 GoD (Red, Castle, Valya, Tyraxor) def Mar (Blue, Confl, Random, Kalt, Gundula) jebus cross 136 +++
10/02/2010 rebellious (blue, Tower, Neela, Neela) def zloy_romantik (red, Necropolis, Isra, Isra), 2SM4d(3), 114 +++
10/03/2010 Medium_HP (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), SoD, Mininostalgia, 135 +++
10/03/2010 Kluka (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def bRitvo4kA (red, Barbarian, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2sm4d(3) 146 +++
10/03/2010 Piterius (red, Conflux, random, Brissa) def FAVorite (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3) 135 +++
10/05/2010 SEM_56 (blue, Swamp, Vistan/Kragg Hakk) def Alone (red, Necropolis, Vedomina/Izre) 2sm4d(3), 123 +++
10/06/2010 Medium_HP (blue, swamp, Brokhild, Brokhild) def P.Alexei (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), Mininostalgia, 141 +++

RiMpel2 withdrew

Group situations:

Group J has finished playing. 1st place and advancement to the 1/8 finals were won with 3 points by RomarioGrom (Conflux)!!! Congratulations!!!
2nd place (according to the Berger coefficient) is held by Erdem (Fortress) (2 points), 3rd place with 2 points (according to head-to-head result) is held by Dubrovin Pavel (Castle), 4th place - Javdet (Rampart) (2 points), who, due to a high result, is included in the list of candidates for the lucky loser, 5th place - Hermit (Inferno), who took a point from the second place.

In Group L, one match remains for 2nd-3rd place between LeBron (Inferno) and AYMAN (Rampart). 1st place is unequivocally held by Mizrael (Castle) with 4 wins. 4th place - theShevanesian (Fortress) - with 1 point, is included in the reserve list. 5th place was taken by Van (Stronghold).

Group N. RiMpel2 (Conflux), who played 3 matches and scored 1 point in them, withdrew; one match remains: numOne (Stronghold) vs zloy_romantik (Necropolis), the outcome of which will determine the distribution of 2nd-4th place. 1st place and advancement to the 1/8 finals are secured by OUTLAW (Rampart) - 4 points!!! Congratulations!!!

In Group S, 2 matches remain - the match between SEM_56 (Fortress) vs Stinger (Tower) is already in progress, and Alone (Necropolis) vs Legionerdv (Castle), which will determine the distribution of places. Gomunguls (Dungeon) is already in the playoffs.

Group F needs to play 3 matches; for now, we can only say that Kluka (Rampart) has already made it to the playoffs.

Group K. Keba (Dungeon) with 3 points - in the playoffs, all 3 remaining games - with Piterius (Conflux), Petr, push harder!

Group M. Only scorp (Dungeon) has played all the matches, and he is in the playoffs. Of the 4 remaining games, 3 involve Dirty_Player (Conflux), Kostya, be more active, please!

The slowest Group W - 5 matches have not been played. Only StickyFingaz (Necropolis) has played everything, but, unfortunately, the half-point scored does not give any chance of making the playoffs.