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[ghug]

Man, couldn't you have let Germany beat me?

[TooCoolSunday]

MM, you talk of TTs

[The Hanged Man]

Man, couldn't you have let Germany beat me?

Didn’t he? I think Hamilton Brian just had to survive G3 with at least one center and nobody soloing, in order to beat you out for the last spot.

[ghug]

I believe I beat him by a point.

Assuming I'm not wrong on that, what are people's thoughts on pushing phase lengths to 36 hours or something for the finals? I feel like these had a lot of time-related burnout. Presumably any game would need unanimous agreement, but I don't really see a downside.

[leon1122]

I disagree. 24 hours is challenging in a good way. For instance, it gives plausible deniability for not responding to messages.

[TooCoolSunday]

I think that while 25 hours does require some commitment the pace makes the games more interesting.

[Hamilton Brian]

Yeah, that really disrupted the game.

Definitely. Just when I was getting in to a good flow...BAM! Me in a game where I was in over my head.

[SuperSteve]

This is dragging on already and we want it to be longer?

[ghug]

I just want to play a quality game, and none of the games I've played thus far were that. I'll suck it up if my fellow first-tier finalists are more masochistic than me, but I figure it's worth a shot.

[Durga]

I just want to play a quality game, and none of the games I've played thus far were that. I'll suck it up if my fellow first-tier finalists are more masochistic than me, but I figure it's worth a shot.

What are you talking about? You loved that first game

[goldfinger0303]

I just want an updated scoreboard to see if I got relegated

[ghug]

I just want to play a quality game, and none of the games I've played thus far were that. I'll suck it up if my fellow first-tier finalists are more masochistic than me, but I figure it's worth a shot.

What are you talking about? You loved that first game

I worry for the people closest to you...

[Yonni]

I just want to play a quality game, and none of the games I've played thus far were that. I'll suck it up if my fellow first-tier finalists are more masochistic than me, but I figure it's worth a shot.

I'm having a damndest time getting a decent game here lately. Maybe let's try start up a high GR game when the next one comes out.

[TooCoolSunday]

Isn't a 'quality game' a subjective experience. For example can it be a quality game for everyone if a player gets eliminated by 03?
For these games the 10 year limit certainly made me, and I suspect many others, play differently than I otherwise would have done. Couple that to the 1st,2nd, 3rd points system and a 'quality game' becomes something different in the League.

[ghug]

I just want to play a quality game, and none of the games I've played thus far were that. I'll suck it up if my fellow first-tier finalists are more masochistic than me, but I figure it's worth a shot.

I'm having a damndest time getting a decent game here lately. Maybe let's try start up a high GR game when the next one comes out.

Oh yeah, I should be able to get that out tonight.

Isn't a 'quality game' a subjective experience. For example can it be a quality game for everyone if a player gets eliminated by 03?
For these games the 10 year limit certainly made me, and I suspect many others, play differently than I otherwise would have done. Couple that to the 1st,2nd, 3rd points system and a 'quality game' becomes something different in the League.

Sure. It's subjective. All I know is that for the most part I haven't enjoyed this tournament, and while I'm sure there are other reasons, I think the phase length is a factor that could be easily changed without really altering what the tournament is.

[damian]

The last game of the round robin round is now complete.
Updated scores have been posted to the tournament site
https://sites.google.com/site/phpdiplom ... inter-2018
I'll be sending out links to the final game tomorrow. To give anyone a chance to point out any mistakes I've made in scoring.

Right now it looks like the line ups are:
Tier 1: ckroberts, Tom Bombadil, Thechosen41, Ezio, Stackelberg Follower, The Hanged Man & ghug.
Tier 2: TooCoolSunday, Ogion, The Czech, micha, stefanodangello, Ursa & CroakandDagger.
Tier 3: Loqutus, halt, leon1122, OB_Gyn_Kenobi, SuperSteve, bozotheclown & Yoak.
Tier 4: Zackattack413, TimKB, DemonRHK, halt, Jason4747, King Cyrus & Lazybones.

halt was nice enough to sub into two tiers, but I told him at the time he could only compete in a single final. I'll let him decide which final he wants to compete it and then we'll take the next person in line for either tier 3 or 4. Which would be (Wusti for Tier 3 or mcbride for Tier 4).

I've realized I need to tweak the relegation system as it was set up initially when all the tiers were going to have the same number of people. Which means its a little bit broken right now.

Regarding the 36 hour vs 25 hour thing. For the final if your entire board unanimously approves a 36 hour phase I'll let it fly.

[TooCoolSunday]

Will the finals be ten years limits?

[damian]

Yep! Same parameters as the round robin games.

[goldfinger0303]

Woooooo, I beat out MM and rdrivera. Goal achieved.

[Yonni]

Congrats guys