Posts from One for all and all for one - 2

I congratulate the Plan B team on their victory! I am especially happy for Masha :smile49:

Congratulations to the winners, and a special shout-out to Masha for her first medal! Keep up the good work!

Thanks to everyone! I also wanted to mention that it was Masha who came up with the idea to name the team Plan B. :)

Congratulations, guys, well done!
Also, congratulations to my teammates on a good second place ;) I want to thank my dad, the lawyer, for the great start to the tournament :D And also for the idea for the team name and motto.
Sanya twaryna - no comment, just a god of Heroes :D
Vardesha - it's hard to play against bukhabler, this baker somehow ended up in the third bracket :D But still, well done.
And I tried my best.
Thank you to the organizer for the tournament, but playing with that damn Sod's timer is just not the same...

Thanks to the organizer for the tournament, but playing with that damn Sod's timer is just not enjoyable anymore...

You actually made a good point here. It's very possible that we would have had a chance to compete if my timer hadn't run out on turn 217 and I had been able to scout one more path. However, that would have been more due to the opponent's miscalculation than my own merit.

Congratulations! :)

Thank you to the organizers for the tournament. Congratulations to the winners. Also, respect to my teammates. Clean Draw will still cause a stir! ;)

Congratulations! Someone was very worried throughout the tournament, and I'm even glad it's over. And especially since it ended this way :) You did a great job.

I completely forgot to thank my teams, the real fighters. For their will to win, they fought to the end and won, well done. Also, thanks to R55Maks for a good tournament and for such a valuable skill as patience throughout the tournament:), because it was quite long and there were many different situations.
P.S. Let's have "One for All - 3" ;)

How about adding the final results to the table on the first page?

The 2nd tournament has come to an end.

Bishop, the 3rd tournament will definitely happen :)

Unfortunately, real life took me away from my planned schedule, so we are summarizing the results with a slight delay...

The duration of the tournament, excluding registration for it, was almost 9 months, and 271 games were played.

During the tournament, there were many different events, and we all successfully overcame them. The group stage was very competitive until the last games, and its results had some surprises, which added excitement.

In terms of gameplay, the team Siberian Sloths caused the most problems. That's not how you should play. All players caused a lot of trouble. But while Redsnow and Dimast managed to complete their games, albeit reluctantly, ВА/|ЕНОК only completed 3 out of 10 games, managing to start all of them.

Even more notorious "game dodgers" turned out to be Pent and Frol off. Interestingly, both were selected during the draw :D. They simply ignored the tournament without explanation or response on ICQ, although I saw them online repeatedly, wrote to them, but they didn't respond. Not a great approach; perhaps they could be added to some kind of list...

We can also send Juristis there; unfortunately, one is already getting used to his inadequacy, and that's sad. He doesn't take into account the impunity for all his actions in many tournaments and the all-forgiving attitude towards him, instead behaving ungratefully. He withdrew from this tournament, previous tournaments, and continues to drop out of upcoming ones. And he's quite rude too.
I recommend that tournament organizers reject applications from this player. He has way too many issues.

The story with ColdRain was also memorable in a negative way. Everyone has their own opinion, and I hope that each side will learn something from this experience.


Against the backdrop of the criticism outlined above, there is much more positivity, which is pleasing:smile01:.

For any tournament, and therefore for the organizer, the most important thing is timely completion of games, and for this, players need frequent online presence, activity during game negotiations, and most importantly - independent communication with organizers and judges in case of any problems!. Let's focus on this now :)

All 10 group stage games were completed very quickly by Iamsamstan, Akella, злой_романтик, and Simon5760. Guys, keep it up in other tournaments :smile20:, such high activity in games is sure to be a balm to any organizer's soul. Other players were also active, but their activity was sometimes hindered by less active participants or some incidental details, and generally, there were no problems with them regarding games; perhaps just some minor issues. These include HellLight, marajan, Dirty_Player, .DiGGeR., Maretti, wariator, darkello, twaryna, Grizvald, and akaWard3n, as well as many others who showed consistent performance without delays.

The tournament itself is based on such a stable base of players because they really take all the rules, deadlines, etc., seriously.

The discovery of the tournament for me was marajan (despite being in the 3rd tier); he still won all his games in the tournament, 11 out of 11, even though his previous game level was clearly lower, and he remained the only player who won all his games. This is a very good indicator; if he had reached the final, he would definitely have received the MVP award:smile02:.

Also, Grizvald and Diabler had very high win rates.

During my time as an organizer, I've developed a clear understanding that it involves a lot of problems, various hassles, pointless arguments, meaningful discussions, misunderstandings. But perhaps these challenges are also what attract me. Thanks to this, I feel much more respect for people who independently (without reminders and promptly) report all their difficulties in the game with opponents, inform them about their current state of affairs, carefully read and follow the tournament rules, and generally keep everyone informed, while also monitoring their teams, etc., because these participants save a huge amount of time (which is wasted on others), thereby showing human respect, and you deserve respect too. There aren't many such players, but there aren't few either. I won't list anyone so as not to forget someone.

I would like to address everyone:
Promote such a culture of participation, not only for yourself but also for others. Also, write to your opponent FIRST, write several times, never wait for anyone, and then you will definitely be closer to the truth!

I give credit to the finalists - the team "Чистая ничья" (twaryna, Grizwald, akaWard3n). You played well; thank you guys, but today, others were stronger.

Drumroll

"Plan B":smile49:

- BISHOP
- Lim4
- Diabler

You have undoubtedly succeeded in creating a real team, and everything has come together as they say. In the group stage, you scored an unbeatable 27 points out of 30 possible, even though Lim4 was placed in a very difficult group where she faced many experienced players who know their stuff and have been on the forum for a long time and have very good results. But here, like true men, BISHOP and Diabler took on the burden. Diabler achieved almost maximum wins, while BISHOP achieved an equally magnificent result in the "group of death," with 7 wins out of 9, confirming the validity of his victories in the final games against twaryna.

I sincerely congratulate all of you on your victory!

The most valuable player of the tournament is:

BISHOP

In addition to excellent play, he demonstrated very valuable qualities as a captain. Timely requests for clarification, caring attitude towards the results and problems of his players, and correct communication are proof of that! Congratulations!You can use the MVP award in your signature (a reduced version of the MVP badge for inserting into the signature is available; if you need it, feel free to ask).

Thank you everyone for participating!

A special thank you to the judges for all their help!

We're closing down :)

A few comments regarding the tournament. Please consider these as suggestions for improvement, not as criticism. 1. Voting for Captains. I didn't like this aspect, as many people vote not based on playing skill, but based on personal connections and friendships. This leads to situations where players who barely make it into the second-ranked group end up in the first group. Naturally, such a team can no longer compete for victory, as the captain's value as a player in the first group is much higher than their captaincy duties. A possible solution would be to select N captains based on certain criteria and then have them compete for the order of player selection. 2. Unknown Players. Everyone remembers the situation with ColdRain, and we wouldn't want to repeat it. Therefore, either don't include unknown players in the tournament, or set a stricter participation criterion (more games played, a place in the ranking table at the end of the season). The fate of the entire team depends on an unknown player who might disappear without a trace. 3. Player Selection After the Group Assignment Results. I would like some time to familiarize myself with the group compositions, and in case I cannot be present during the player selection, allow me to designate a trusted representative or submit a list of priority players. 4. Reducing the Number of Games in the Group Stage. Six teams playing in two rounds is too much, in my opinion. Either reduce the number of teams in each group if you want to play in two rounds, or increase the number of teams in each group but play only one round. Perhaps there is another system. This needs to be considered, as much depends on the participants. 5. Switching to a Chess Timer. I understand that this is a sensitive topic for you, but we still need to consider the opinion of the majority and follow current trends. 6. Review the pool of templates, remove the least popular ones, and add some new ones. Perhaps the entire selection system should be reviewed. But this is not critical.

and that dirty thing is talking! Except for the templates, I don't see any possible changes there, except maybe getting rid of m200 altogether:smile10:

I also have some suggestions for improvement:
1) Allow free team formation, instead of using pre-defined pools;
2) Increase the team size to 7(9) players;
3) Count the results of each match individually, rather than based on the majority, meaning the score should be 4:3, 5:2, 6:1, or even 7:0, instead of 1:0;
4) Only the team captain communicates with the organizers, distributes players according to their numbers, monitors the team's adherence to deadlines, and, if necessary, submits protests.

1) free team formation, not based on tiers;

Yeah. And a handicap based on the average rating difference between teams. Plus, extra restart days, the right to freely choose a color/template/castle, etc. So that players don't assemble a dream team...

2) increasing the team size to 7(9) players;

Based on experience, 5 max, otherwise it will turn into chaos. And even better, 4 players in the field + 1 substitute.

3) crediting each game in the overall result, not based on the majority, i.e., the score is not 1:0, but 4:3, 5:2, 6:1, and even 7:0.

Debatable. Players often don't finish games that don't affect the match outcome.