Callum Todd

Callum Todd (West) Yorkshire

Adam Finlay

Adam Finlay South West London!

Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley Blackpool (north west)

Jamie M

Jamie M West Midlands

Transude Transude

Transude Transude London And The South East

Marcus Hares

Marcus Hares South west England

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher Pineapple under the sea

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey West Yorkshire (sorry Callum)

Matthew Brockwell

Matthew Brockwell South East England (Kent)

Ian Volante

Ian Volante West Yorkshire or SE Scotland, as required.

Jonathan Wynn

Jonathan Wynn West Midlands

George Ford

George Ford east midlands

Matt Hamer

Matt Hamer Pineapple under the sea

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Will you be entering, Mr Bayfield?

Matt Hamer

Matt Hamer Yeh, if one or two more want to be in "Pineapple under the sea" team with Jon and I.

Spongebob Squarepants

Spongebob Squarepants Pineapple under the sea

George Ford

George Ford sorry just got evicted, new residence is Pineapple under the sea

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Lol. Let's keep it realistic for the good of the tournament.

Kieran Bray

Kieran Bray East midlands

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher If I'm not allowed to represent my homeland of pineapple under the sea then North West England, or Cyprus

Heather Styles

Heather Styles South East England (born Surrey, live Kent)

Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall West Yorkshire

Brett Davids

Brett Davids East mids.

Zubair Patel

Zubair Patel Lancashire

Rhys Benjamin

Rhys Benjamin London. (West or North West should cover it)

Although I'm slightly worried that my skills are so awful that I'm going to be that kid on the football pitch that no one wants...

George Ford

George Ford Yes brett

Giles H

Giles H South East

Innis Carson

Innis Carson Think us Scots will need to stick together.

James Laverty

James Laverty East Mids

Michelle N

Michelle N Team Innis

Richard Freeland

Richard Freeland Wales - probably will have to call that "not England" to join a team.

David Barnard

David Barnard Lived in Ross on wye all my life which is 10 miles away from wales, so could call me wales or west midlands depending on what you want

Anoush Khachik

Anoush Khachik North West

Sean D

Sean D Ireland, The Celtic Nations, Europe or Rest of the World

Andy Platt

Andy Platt OK, have played with the regions a little bit, it would be really nice and balanced if I got two more from South England, preferably one either side of London.

Conor Travers

Conor Travers Ireland.

Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck CA-NA-DA!

Andy Platt

Andy Platt OK well that worked

George Ford

George Ford hahahahahaha

Heather Styles

Heather Styles Names don't get much more Kentish than Conor Travers and Johnny Canuck, surely?

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Could sneak Conor into South East team after some Facebook stalking,if he is ok with it. Not sure on Canada tho..

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher Canada has a town called London, Ontario.

Sean D

Sean D Hands off Paddy Guinness Leprechaun O'Travers.

Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck Jon Stitcher: And doesn't London have a building called One Canada Square, too?

George Ford

George Ford can I pretend to live next to conor travers or is that cheating

Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall Do you live near Halifax, Novascotia Johnny? You'd fit perfectly into West Yorkshire.

Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck In fact, I lived in London, Ontario for a few years so you can definitely stick me on the London team.

Frank Jones

Frank Jones I could do SE/kent or London (bromley)

James Bradley

James Bradley west midlands

Andy Platt

Andy Platt I'll have to see if this makes it to 40, when we can have 5 per team. It looks very well like this might be the case.

Tom Rowell

Tom Rowell Leicester

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Two more please

Matt Conway

Matt Conway East midlands/Notts

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Do you fancy relocating to Brighton in the next day or two?

Matt Conway

Matt Conway I'll relocate to Canada, that's it.

Dave Noble

Dave Noble I generally have region of southern hemisphere , but in the past was South East

Andy Platt

Andy Platt JW told me London for you, is that alright

Dave Noble

Dave Noble London is fine

Amie Bateen

Amie Bateen Surrey/South East for me

Sean Fletcher

Sean Fletcher Currently in Shropshire but moving to Bournemouth in middle of September

Shaun Hogg

Shaun Hogg North West.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Might have to keep you guys as reserves now we've hit 40 unfortunately.

Sean Fletcher

Sean Fletcher No worries

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Right, will probably get this started tonight or tomorrow.

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher Who's in what region then?

Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley If you want to start earlier than the date you've entered, the fixtures won't be generated until that date, so you may have to ask Charlie to change it, just in case you weren't aware.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Oh yeah.

Kieran Bray

Kieran Bray Hope this doesn't hinder anything but just to let you know, I won't be back online now until Sept 6th

Zarte Siempre

Zarte Siempre It's the 1st now...

Andy Platt

Andy Platt I'll have to sort this out Tues evening :(

Adam Finlay

Adam Finlay No problem Andy, just tell us when you're ready :)

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Draw in about 30-40 min in main chat? :)

Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley Sounds cool.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Draw up. Will work on inputting the fixtures and also work on the handicap system.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrSuLzbxrSNlBXclJkVmtvZDQ/edit?usp=sharing

Marcus Hares

Marcus Hares Great mix of teams - good work AP! On balance, I think the early favourites might be West Midlands & Wales but with the handicap system the winner could come from anywhere - excited to see how this goes!

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher I was about to post that exact same thing Marcus!

South England and Canada is an amusingly titled team.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt OK, hugely underestimated the work involved here.

I've settled on the handicap formula of 6a^0.7 + r/40, where r is defined as the rating difference between the players and a is the difference in average maxes over the last 30 days. Where players are rated within 50 points of each other, just play the game as normal.

I've worked out the first fixture manually for your benefit, highlighting the cells in green or red depending on whether you start ahead or behind on handicap. If anyone is colour blind please give me a shout and I'll use some other indicator but it might be obvious enough anyway. I'll have to do the rest tomorrow I'm afraid.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrSuLzbxrSOU1BSUVJLW0zV0E/edit?usp=sharing

George Ford

George Ford PRAISE YOU ANDY PLATT !!!!! well done !!!!!!!!!!!! great job :D !!!! yay !!! treasure to community :)

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Added first QF fixtures, with information about who has what handicap advantage. Flat might not have been the best word to use, but that just means you play it as normal and ignore any potential handicap, rather than it referring to the lesser-used scoring variant.

Callum Todd

Callum Todd What George said.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Alright, finished faster tonight thanks to some nifty handiwork with Excel.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrSuLzbxrSSkhRVG5vSVM4OTg/edit?usp=sharing

Andy Platt

Andy Platt The second and third team fixtures are incorrect, that was just lazy copying and pasting. I'm sure you can work it out.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Er, third and fourth.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt One note by the way is that a couple of games saw one player have a higher rating and the other player have a higher max average. These games have been declared as flat just for the sake of simplicity, if one of your games is amongst these and you don't think it's fair then grab me in private (oo err) and I'll see what I can do.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt If a game is tied after handicap is factored in then I'm happy to call it a tie. I'll also call any 'flat' games that go to a tie-break conundrum as such.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt 40 games played of 100, not sure what that is as a percentage but it's good progress guys nice one. A few players haven't played a single game, but there's plenty of time.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Whoa, we're half way there.

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher Whooaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Livin' on a prayer

Adam Finlay

Adam Finlay Take my hand and we'll make it I swea-ar

Zarte Siempre

Zarte Siempre *takes Adam's hand* Do you promise? *tears up*

Adam Finlay

Adam Finlay *too busy crying to answer*

Andy Platt

Andy Platt On to 69 now. The meal for two with a terrible view.

Alex Fish

Alex Fish Hi all, I just moved home and have no internet atm so i'm only able to play from work, weekdays 9-5 normally. Please PM me to liaise if you can do a little earlier / later.

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher I think the North West are through! Well done boys!

Adam Finlay

Adam Finlay Blame me for that :(

George Ford

George Ford how is team south/canada doing?

Callum Todd

Callum Todd Ee bah gum we've 'ad a reet to-do here cocker.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Thought Yorkshire might be one of the favourites to win, unlucky

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher It's handicapped, hard to have a favourite.

Zubair Patel

Zubair Patel Some will be more "well in" than others though

Andy Platt

Andy Platt With only one week left there are 13 games to play, please ensure these are done. If not, I'll look into who was online most in those fixtures that haven't been decided, or just award ties in those fixtures that have already been decided.

George Ford

George Ford woo canadaa

George Ford

George Ford greg hurry up and do your games!!!!!!!!!!!

Giles H

Giles H I am at uni but I will try!!!!

Andy Platt

Andy Platt So I'll update this tonight.

Callum Todd

Callum Todd Having a look at some of the results here, looks like you got the handicap formula spot on. It's crazy how close it comes to predicting the winning margin on so many games.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt OK, unplayed games are as follows, hopefully this is fairest:

In QF2, both Matthew and Heather messaged James around a week ago and received no reply, so that one doesn't take a rocket scientist. Let's set the precedent for the winning margin at 50.

Haven't seen any efforts from any of the parties in QF3, so I can't feel like I can call the outstanding games either way, and as such, they will be recorded as ties.

In QF4, most notably I have seen Anoush stay logged in but regularly avoid and decline tournament games. As such, each of his three remaining games will be noted as a loss . Furthermore, I don't really feel like he is putting in the requisite effort to get his games played and I will replace him on the NW team with Usman Mirza. Secondly, Rhys has also been online a very low amount, and, as such, I will rule in favour of Jon and Zubair, who have been online and engaged with tournament games on a regular basis.

Will add spreadsheets and stuff in a bit.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Results here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrSuLzbxrSaEpZRGt0NmFqc1k/edit?usp=sharing

A special congrats should go to George, Jon and Zubair who won 5 games out of 5.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt I made an error in one game. Possibly more. But here's the real version of events in which Ireland & Scotland defeat Yorkshire narrowly, rather than vice versa. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrSuLzbxrSc0tJLWFGNy02Z3c/edit?usp=sharing

Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley Surely if a game's unplayed, you should award the win to the player who's made most effort, regardless of the handicap. Otherwise, someone who has more than a 50-point head start on another player could win by not turning up.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt That's exactly what I did.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Oh I see what you mean now. Nah I meant it's a 50-point walkover win post-handicap.

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Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley Ah, OK. Is there any point in setting a margin of victory, though? As far as I can see, margins of victory (post-handicap) aren't important in this tourney, unless I've missed something.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Only if a match is tied 12.5 all, which is pretty unlikely, but I figured best to set a figure in stone just in case.

Andy Platt

Andy Platt Semi Finals will be up tomorrow evening, sorry for inconvenience.

Jon Stitcher

Jon Stitcher I'm not inconvenienced

Zubair Patel

Zubair Patel *high five* Jon. Looks like we're carrying Jack and Andy :)

Tourney round: Regional Rivalry: Quarter Final

Semi Final >>

Notes from the organizer: Alright:-

- The tournament will be a team knockout, starting with eight teams, and there will be three or four players on each team, depending on interest.
- Players will be divided into teams that are based on region (this is calculated after entries close, to avoid weird numbers).
- When you apply, please post whatever city/county/region/country/whatever you call home - either in the tournament comments, or to me in a private message. This could be where you were born, where you're living now, where you lived when you were a kid - whatever really - but please keep it realistic. I'd really rather the final was not Team Mars vs Team Pineapple under the Sea.
- Each player from each team will play one game against each player from the opposing team in any given fixture. This will mean that there are 16 games per fixture. Players are not allowed to help others during their games.
- Games will be played in the normal format, but there will be a handicap system in place. I will probably use the formula I finished this tournament with: http://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1224
- The team with the highest score when the match is completed will advance to the next round. In the event of a tie, each team will nominate one player to play one further independent tie-break game to decide the match.
- Each round of fixtures will last one month, meaning the QF stage takes up September, the SF stage October, and the grand final November.

I think that's all. Any other questions please direct them to me or to James Roper. Cheers!

Ran from: 1 – 30 September 2014. Format: 15 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Andy Platt.

Fixtures: 100. Completed: 91.

Results and fixtures

NotesPlayer 1Player 2Status
QF 1. Callum +24Conor TraversCallum Todd137 – 103
QF 1. Darran +37Darran PriorCallum Todd58 – 102
QF 1. Callum +16Innis CarsonCallum Todd94 – 131
QF 1. Michelle +24Michelle NCallum Todd99 – 118
QF 1. Sean +21Sean DCallum Todd89 – 106
QF 1. Chris +57Conor TraversChris Marshall106 – 52
QF 1. FlatChris MarshallDarran Prior88 – 90
QF 1. Chris +50Innis CarsonChris Marshall125 – 59
QF 1. Chris +18Chris MarshallMichelle N99 – 92
QF 1. Chris +21Chris MarshallSean D123 – 88
QF 1. Ian +48Ian VolanteConor Travers81 – 119
QF 1. Darran +11Ian VolanteDarran Prior94 – 101
QF 1. Ian +41Ian VolanteInnis Carson73 – 122
QF 1. Ian +7Ian VolanteMichelle N96 – 104
QF 1. Ian +11Ian VolanteSean D76 – 61
QF 1. Jason +55Conor TraversJason Turner124 – 78
QF 1. FlatJason TurnerDarran Prior62 – 76
QF 1. Jason +48Innis CarsonJason Turner120 – 73
QF 1. Jason +15Jason TurnerMichelle N73 – 89
QF 1. Jason +18Jason TurnerSean D73 – 85
QF 1. Thomas +44Conor TraversThomas Carey120 – 56
QF 1. Darran +16Thomas CareyDarran Prior118 – 72
QF 1. Thomas +37Innis CarsonThomas Carey110 – 65
QF 1. FlatMichelle NThomas Carey97 – 78
QF 1. FlatThomas CareySean D77 – 68
QF 2. Frank +39David BarnardFrank Jones113 – 87
QF 2. James +19James BradleyFrank Jones68 – 77
QF 2. Frank +18Jamie MFrank Jones120 – 101
QF 2. Frank +18Jonathan WynnFrank Jones106 – 85
QF 2. Frank +7Richard FreelandFrank Jones110 – 71
QF 2. Heather +46David BarnardHeather Styles131 – 110
QF 2. Heather -9James BradleyHeather StylesUnplayed
QF 2. Heather +27Heather StylesJamie M71 – 73
QF 2. Heather +27Jonathan WynnHeather Styles102 – 75
QF 2. Heather +18Heather StylesRichard Freeland62 – 102
QF 2. James +27David BarnardJames Rowan94 – 92
QF 2. James B +31James BradleyJames Rowan65 – 97
QF 2. FlatJames RowanJamie M90 – 80*
QF 2. FlatJonathan WynnJames Rowan84 – 69
QF 2. Richard +8James RowanRichard Freeland88 – 90
QF 2. Matthew +15David BarnardMatthew Brockwell113 – 116
QF 2. James +41James BradleyMatthew BrockwellUnplayed
QF 2. Jamie +11Matthew BrockwellJamie M92 – 95
QF 2. Jonathan +11Jonathan WynnMatthew Brockwell83 – 91
QF 2. Richard +20Matthew BrockwellRichard Freeland114 – 90
QF 2. Zarte +15David BarnardZarte Siempre121 – 115
QF 2. James +42James BradleyZarte Siempre65 – 117
QF 2. Jamie +11Zarte SiempreJamie M95 – 102
QF 2. Jonathan +12Jonathan WynnZarte Siempre70 – 105
QF 2. Richard +21Zarte SiempreRichard Freeland151 – 100
QF 3. Brett +14Amie BateenBrett Davids119 – 80
QF 3. James +22Amie BateenJames Laverty111 – 87
QF 3. Kieran +21Amie BateenKieran Bray119 – 36
QF 3. FlatAmie BateenMatt Conway93 – 96
QF 3. Amie +8Tom RowellAmie Bateen97 – 91
QF 3. Brett +7Brett DavidsGeorge Ford65 – 102
QF 3. James +16James LavertyGeorge Ford84 – 115
QF 3. Kieran +14Kieran BrayGeorge Ford67 – 88
QF 3. George +10Matt ConwayGeorge Ford72 – 97
QF 3. George +15Tom RowellGeorge Ford91 – 101
QF 3. Brett +33Giles HBrett DavidsUnplayed
QF 3. James +39Giles HJames Laverty105 – 63
QF 3. Kieran +38Giles HKieran Bray101 – 74
QF 3. Matt +22Giles HMatt ConwayUnplayed
QF 3. Tom +16Tom RowellGiles H67 – 98
QF 3. Brett +18Johnny CanuckBrett Davids106 – 61
QF 3. James +25Johnny CanuckJames Laverty103 – 73
QF 3. Kieran +24Johnny CanuckKieran Bray114 – 97
QF 3. FlatJohnny CanuckMatt Conway103 – 90
QF 3. FlatTom RowellJohnny Canuck95 – 89
QF 3. Brett +30Marcus HaresBrett Davids102 – 74
QF 3. James +36Marcus HaresJames Laverty111 – 65
QF 3. Kieran +35Marcus HaresKieran Bray119 – 78
QF 3. Matt +18Marcus HaresMatt Conway95 – 82
QF 3. Tom +13Tom RowellMarcus Hares72 – 103
QF 4. Adam +47Andy PlattAdam Finlay122 – 46
QF 4. FlatAnoush KhachikAdam Finlay97 – 80
QF 4. Adam +61Jack WorsleyAdam Finlay115 – 61
QF 4. Adam +33Jon StitcherAdam Finlay99 – 20
QF 4. Adam +25Zubair PatelAdam Finlay103 – 55
QF 4. Alex +21Andy PlattAlex Fish111 – 62
QF 4. Anoush +25Anoush KhachikAlex FishUnplayed
QF 4. Alex +36Jack WorsleyAlex Fish118 – 73
QF 4. FlatJon StitcherAlex Fish115 – 93
QF 4. Zubair +6Zubair PatelAlex Fish87 – 84
QF 4. Dave +39Andy PlattDave Noble110 – 86
QF 4. FlatAnoush KhachikDave NobleUnplayed
QF 4. Dave +53Jack WorsleyDave Noble116 – 71
QF 4. Dave +25Jon StitcherDave Noble107 – 51
QF 4. Dave +17Zubair PatelDave Noble101 – 66
QF 4. Paul +14Transude TransudeAndy Platt70 – 110
QF 4. Anoush +31Transude TransudeAnoush Khachik111 – 101
QF 4. Paul +31Transude TransudeJack Worsley114 – 142
QF 4. FlatJon StitcherTransude Transude97 – 69
QF 4. Zubair +14Transude TransudeZubair Patel66 – 76
QF 4. Rhys +47Rhys BenjaminAndy Platt59 – 110
QF 4. FlatRhys BenjaminAnoush KhachikUnplayed
QF 4. Rhys +61Rhys BenjaminJack Worsley44 – 114
QF 4. Rhys +33Jon StitcherRhys BenjaminUnplayed
QF 4. Rhys +25Rhys BenjaminZubair PatelUnplayed

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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