Posts from 9 Kingdoms 2017

In the match between Toganash and Sevensan, a rematch is arranged by mutual agreement of both participants. Consequently, for the winner of this match in the game against =Lizard=, the time limit for the game may be slightly extended if necessary.

Redwhait(blue, Tower, Kira) def HellLight(red, Castle, Adel) Anarchy 132

Bugged passage spawned between our spawns, but the opponent was in no hurry to come meet. I managed to dig up the Grail and place it in Conflux. In one day I managed to fully gear up everything necessary to face the opponent.
Thanks for the game!
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Redwhait(blue, Tower, Kira) def HellLight(red, Castle, Adel) Anarchy 132

Gave up the bugged passage between our spawns, but the opponent was in no hurry to come meet me. I managed to dig up the Grail and place it in Conflux. Within 1 day I managed to join everything needed to face the opponent.
Thanks for the game!
1-0

Ololosh with the Grail)))

I confirm that I only joined 29 games, so I didn't rush to attack the opponent who also had a diplomat. Instead, I built a GM5 castle with the explosion upgrade and headed towards the opponent. I was two days late, as the Grail was unearthed too quickly, and it was also guarded by a Flux in the Dungeon. Thanks for the game.

A match between Psyche_7 and Dark is scheduled for March 25, 2017, at 13:00 Moscow time.
If a player is more than one hour late for the match, it will be considered a no-show.

Redwhait(red, conf, moon) lose HellLight(blue, ramp, riland) Anarchy 131

I fell for the diplomacy on the moon, but the game didn't progress further. I dug up the grail but was short a few days.

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Redwhait(blue, Inferno, octavia, alagar) def HellLight(red, castle, adele) Anarchy 144

Here, Hell bought a DD scroll on 111; I had a bugged passage to the center and dug up the grail there on 122. I only managed to break through to the conf on 131, but still managed to build up tempo thanks to the diplomat. In the finale, 400 against 70 mana under shackles decided the outcome of the battle.
2-1

Thanks for the games!

I confirm, in the second game I responded to a Dimension Door scroll with my own Dimension Door scroll, although a week late, and in the last one, as usual, I chose the wrong directions of movement, which led to a loss of tempo despite the Dimension Door scroll; well, and the key mistake was that I picked up КЗ and didn't pick up the Crystal Ball before the finale, otherwise Adele would have racked up under shackles. Thanks for the games, I'll be back soon)
p.s. but overall, 3 Grails out of 3 in anarchy is just too much!

Sevensan (Red, Barbarian, Crag) def Dark (Blue, Necr, Tant) 8mm6a 132

Managed to place birds in the Citadel on the first and take the Conflux com. On the second, I grabbed boots deep in the resp and came out to my village where I collected 3 hives on 22 ducks by the end of the week. On 127, I grabbed another hive and a hat +4 mana, while placing birds in the Citadel in the Conflux and spotting Dark.

On 131, I took the sixth hive, bought all the birds with trade, and came out to him. He decided to crash into me with single skeletons, but after a mass haste with +1 speed, I managed to kill him.

It was a tough start, as I understood, and by the end of the second week there were only 100+++ bones and a bit more mashna.

Thanks for the game.

All scheduled games have been played! Now it's time to award the prizes!

Grand Final (battle for $125 and $50):
April 13 - April 19 - RedWhait vs Sevensan (first game)
April 20 - April 26 - RedWhait vs Sevensan (second game)
April 27 - May 3 - RedWhait vs Sevensan (third game)

Third-place game (battle for $25):
April 13 - April 19 - HellLight vs Dark

Also, as a reminder (since the games were played ahead of schedule) - prizes will be paid out in May!

Doesn't the double-elimination system include a match for 3rd place?

Isn't there a match for 3rd place in a double elimination system?

In a standard double elimination system, there isn't. This is just a slightly non-standard format (double elimination is only used as a basis). Before the tournament, I showed the format in pictures in the tournament header and in the groups and in the playoffs, plus the schedule compiled in the header also remained (I didn't remove it); it also indicates a match for 3rd place. This was done solely for entertainment purposes.

Why do Reddi and Seven have 3 games scheduled if one is from the upper bracket and the other is from the lower bracket? It starts with a 1-0 lead for Reddi. If it's a best-of-3, then there can be a maximum of 2 games. If it's a best-of-5, then there could be up to 4 more games.

Why do Reddy and Seven have 3 games, if one is from the upper bracket and the other from the lower? It starts with a 1-0 lead for Reddy. If it's a best-of-three, then there can be a maximum of 2 games. If it's a best-of-five, then there could be 4 more games.

This format was chosen from the beginning with the sponsor. I think I wrote the schedule in text form and showed it in pictures, explaining how the tournament would proceed, and also in a video during the draw (final is best-of-three, the match for third place is a single game). But apparently, I didn't explain everything clearly enough. In that case, it's my mistake, or maybe the participants didn't pay much attention. Many perceive the tournament as a double-elimination bracket, and that's it, although I don't think I mentioned this format at all. I can't change the rules during the tournament; that would be unfair to the participants. It's strange that before the tournament, when everything was published (for several weeks), other issues were discussed, but not the tournament format. They agreed to this format. If the players in the final agree to a 1-0 lead for Reddy, I don't think anyone would object. The same goes if Dark refuses to play for third place. In this format, there is no advantage to the upper bracket (the upper bracket simply gives a chance to make mistakes (losses)).

Understood, thanks for the clarification. Don't get upset, the tournament was good, you did a great job, thank you!

Thanks! I'm not getting upset, it's just that you're not the only one who didn't understand the tournament format. And I take such things critically. There's also my fault here – it means I didn't work it out well enough in this regard. Next time, I'll just make a video with a detailed explanation using specific examples. If this were an isolated case, it would be one thing, but when many people are interested, it's already a pattern. With each time, I will try to organize everything better, as much as possible. It's important to me that everything is clear to the participants, viewers, and that it runs as smoothly as possible. It's a shame that no one asked for clarification before the tournament – I could have shown everything with an example earlier... Well, never mind – lessons will be learned.