if we signed up like 2 weeks ago when you asked we're still on right?

There's a link to the registered players. Sicarius you're on the list.

sweet

signalseven is registered twice

Lol good point how'd he manage that?

With computers you have to be very specific and so it didn't notice that Signalseven and signalseven are the same.

He must be trying to improve his odds! He knows that everyone will be watching him closely since he's the reigning co-champion! Maybe we should just disqualify him :)

Haha probably lol...he's hoping to get put into the same game as himself and roll over everyone with a Juggernaut or something ;)

I didn't bother to put case insensitive checking in, so that made it through. I'd noticed that myself and just got around to removing the dup. So there goes his insidious plan. :)

bump! hope we have loads of players join this. wonderlama, how many took part last year?

I am not sure I quite get the idea behind the scoring system which is :

Solo victory in a game = 36 points
Participation in a draw = 34/# of players involved in the draw
Surviving a game = # of SCs you control at the end of the game

So if there are 3 players left and the centers are 13-13-8
if you go for the 3 way draw the players with the 13 get about 11+ points each. they are actually better off agreeing to have one of them go for a solo win and kill the 8 guy because if the game ends 18=16 the player with the 16 does better off than being in a three way draw.

Seems odd to have a situation where you are better off if someone else wins, other than the fact that that person has more points than you. But then again when it comes to advancing to the next round or getting into a top board, it may not matter if they have 1 more point than you or 20.

Anyone else think the scoring system is encouraging an odd sort of play>?
Then again all scoring systems are odd in many ways, so maybe I should restate that as:
is the scoring system giving an acceptable result as a background incentive to play in an acceptable achievement recognition system?

You do bring up a valid concern, Edi. The key elements are this:
* there are only minimally (if any) more spots for round 2 than there are games in round 1
* winning 1 game gives more points than two 16 center survivals and more than two 2-way draws
With these two factors it makes more sense for someone who cannot win a game to ensure no one else does in order to maximize his or her chances of moving on to the next round.

FYI - I ruptured my Achilles tendon playing basketball tonight. I ruptured my other Achilles two years ago, so I know the drill, no big deal. Anyway, I may have surgury tomorrow or maybe Tuesday, so I'm hoping whatever game I'm in that maybe it can start a day or two late if need be, though I guess I don't really know when they're supposed to start anyway...

how do I sign up?

ignore prev post - I'm signed up - watch out world!

Not sure how the number of people in Round 2 equal the number of GAMES in round 1. if there is no multiple of 7 in round 1. Do you then take the number of additional players to make up a multiple. so if there were 8 games in round one then you would have to take the top 14 players to make 2 games in round 2.

In that case there is an even more interesting situation. Let us say we are in 7 games in round 1 and you are in the last game. The other 6 games have all ended in a win. Then the players in game 7 could collectively decide that the best alternative is to restructure their game with 6 players at 5 each and then one player at 4 so that all 6 players can make it to the second round, Therefore it is in your tournament interest to drag the game out till you have a handle on the result of the other games unless you are going to win quickly.
This is one of the reasons that I always look at Tournament Diplomacy as a Variant.

bump

You misread Edi, its the other way around. There are about equal games in round one as there are players in round two. So if we had 49 players (I think its around that) then that would be 7 games and then we would pick the seven best and form a championship game. Or atleast thats my understanding.

I see noone responded to MadMarx. I for one think that a severe injury isn't justification for a game pause. Better luck next year.

I have registered myself a while ago, but I don't see my nick in the list. Has something gone wrong? And if I'm not on the list, could I still join? I'm certain I did register..

when do the games start

Idk the registration has closed now, bet it takes a little bit of time to get the seedings all straight and stuff

That's cool if the show must go on, but it may not be an issue depending on when the games start. I should have surgery on Thursday or Friday and then will have lots of time lying around for diplomacy... Anyway, didn't figure a day or two would hurt anything, but again, no worries, I will be waiting to do a lot of things this fall, like walking!! :-)