 | Ian Volante Interesting tactical potential. |
 | George Ford THIS LOOKS SO GOOD |
 | Kieran Bray This is the best tourney idea I have ever come across! Perfect for thickos like me :-) |
 | Johnny Canuck The deadline for each round will be a strict two weeks, with a three-day extension available to anyone who requests it. |
 | Gerry Tynan Would these have to be played as practice games to avoid messing up the ratings? |
 | Sean D This looks delightfully insane. As per Gerry could it be done via practice games? |
| Johnny Canuck It could. How are the results for practice games recorded? |
 | Callum Todd They're not, but you can spectate if the players set it up that way in custom games.
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| Johnny Canuck In order to see the results, this would mean that I would have to be present for every game, and games could be happening anytime.
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| Callum Todd I'll just be playing to win so I'm not concerned about ratings. |
| Johnny Canuck Maybe I could ask Charlie to rejig the system so that these practice games get saved. |
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| George Ford or just do 29/31 seconds |
| Callum Todd ratings still affected then, just not high scores, etc. |
| George Ford oooooo |
| Johnny Canuck Reminder: Signups close in two days! |
| Johnny Canuck Last call for entry! (Note: Since I said "British STANDARD Time", you can still sign up for another hour.) |
Tourney round: Antimatter: Sign-ups & Preliminaries
Notes from the organizer: "Antimatter" works almost exactly like a standard Countdown tourney -- except precisely backwards! I credit my inspiration for this tourney to the introduction of the new Deepdown variant... and to the ancient party game of Truth or Dare (which I am recommending that no one here play).
Da Rulez:
- In letters rounds, the normal progression of word scores is reversed. Thus, 9-letter words score 1 point, 8s score 2, 7s score 3, ..., 2s score 8, and 1-letter words will net you 18 points. However, it is still only the player with the LONGEST word that receives these points.
- Numbers rounds work similarly. You receive 5 points for an exact solution; 7 points for between one and five away; and 10 points for between five and ten away. But once again, only the player who is CLOSEST receives the points.
- A conundrum solution during the first three seconds receives 1 point; between 3 and 6 seconds, 2 points; between 6 and 9 seconds, 3 points; and so on up to 10 points for a solve in the last three seconds. Naturally, only the FIRST player to solve receives the points.
- Ignore the score reported by Apterous at the end of the match. I will be posting and periodically updating a file containing the "Antimatterized" results of your matches.
- Signups will close at noon British Standard Time on Sunday, 9 March 2014.
- At that time, players will be seeded based on their Apterous ratings, with the LOWEST rating getting #1 seed. Thus, if the number of applicants is not a power of two, the HIGHEST-rated players will have to take part in a preliminary round.
- The tourney is conducted in a single-elimination style. However, the match formats progress backwards through time. All stages up to and including the last 16 will be done as new 15-rounders; the quarter-finals, as old 15s; the semi-finals, as 14-rounders; and the final will be a 9-rounder.
Good luck! Hope you annihilate the competition!
Ran from: 2 – 9 March 2014. Format: 15 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.
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