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[Theben]

Originally posted by gjramsey
Tirschenreuth Germany (visiting family) for the most part, with a side trip to Venice (1 day), Siena and Tuscany (2 days), and the Cinque Terra (1 day).

Cinque Terre requires a minimum of two days.

And I'll be back by the 8th of October.

YAY! The grandson of Jamski-San (also called Jamski-San) brings his ancestors' katana and (very repaired) bamboo armour to the gladiatorial arena!

That's Weapon 10, Armour 10, BTW, incase you've all forgotten

-Jam

Too bad you couldn't make it last time.

[DrSpike]

Yeah, nothing quite as fun as mashing Jamski.

[DrSpike]

Proposal: Some people wont like this, but I think we have enough games for seeding to be a good idea.

Proposed.

1: Doctor
2: Theben
3: SC
4: Drogue

[Kassiopeia]

Hmm, you mean putting the Grand Old Men to their separate seed and the newer people to another one? I think that that *might* attract more new players. I'm not sure what it'd do to game balance.

[DrSpike]

We either have 2 groups of 4 both with 2 seeds (with 8 players like usual) with top 2 from each group going through. We could play each player twice.

Or we could just play normally and if the seeds all happen to get to the semis 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3. Otherwise 1 plays non-seed (instead of 4), or lowest placed non-seed if 2 get through.

[gjramsey]

Originally posted by Theben


Cinque Terre requires a minimum of two days.

We are having a tough time trying to figure things out on what we want to do and for how long. The family obligations are crimping our planning. We are guessing that we will leave the Cinque Terra late on the day after we stay there, and drive late into the night back to Germany. This should be a fun trip.

[gjramsey]

Back to the game. I like the seeding idea myself, but with the seeds being used in the semis

[J Bytheway]

Sign me up. I'll try to come up with a novel gladitorial alter ego...

[Kassiopeia]

So we have:

Ljube-Ljvcetko
DrSpike
Drogue
Spaced Cowboy
Jamski
J_Bytheway

If we wait til October 8th: Theben
If we wait til October 19th: gjramsey

That's eight but we'd have to wait a month. I'd prefer two more who can play a bit sooner.

[DrSpike]

Yeah, if we go fast we can start a new one next month.

[Jamski]

Its not likely that we get a game done in only one month, is it?

-Jam

[Sheep]

I'LL JOIN

[DrSpike]

Just a post to remind all players that we operate a strict(ish) 48 hour order time limit, and the tournament is likely to last some time.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Proposal: Some people wont like this, but I think we have enough games for seeding to be a good idea.

I don't think we do. Unless we have more than 16, I'd say same style as usual. And we won't get more than 16.

[DrSpike]

I said enough games, not enough people. Perhaps championships would have been clearer.

One possible way would be to have 2 group of equal size (and play each player twice), with 2 seeds in each. Top 2 from each group go through, and for semi final pit the lowest placed non-seed or lowest seed (whichever is relevant) against the highest seed that progressed.

If we do the usual with 7-9 players I think it makes sense to set up the semis according to seeds, rather than according the rankings in the prelims. The rankings would still determine matchups if more than 1 non-seed gets through. Again the lowest placed non-seed or lowest seed (whichever is relevant) would play against the highest seed that progressed.

Just a thought.