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Tourney round: Triangulation: Da Rulez

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Notes from the organizer: "Triangulation" is a tourney where every competitor must fight a continuous skirmish on two fronts.

Similarly to my previous tourney ("Mind the Gap") or to Lincoln-style CO-events, each stage of the tourney will begin with registered players being broken into three-player "tables". A 9-round fixture will then be set up between each possible pair of players at the same table (A vs. B, B vs. C and C vs. A).

At each stage, any player who loses to BOTH of the other players at their table will be eliminated from the tourney, while any player who wins at least one game will advance to the next stage, where the tables will be re-allotted based on both success rate in the previous stage and the desire to avoid repetitions of previous matchups (I haven't quite decided the algorithm yet, but I will post it when it is determined).

Most commonly, there will be one elimination per table per stage, though in some cases there may be none, which will happen if there is a balanced triangle of wins and losses at a table -- i.e., A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A. As such, the exact number of stages it will take to win the tourney is unpredictable. However, if two consecutive stages finish with no eliminations at all, I will stop the tourney from dragging on too long by adding a "shootout" stage in which all players play Prune and the bottom third of the players, based on max percentages, will be eliminated. I will explain this very thoroughly if it happens, which it very well may not anyway. Prune will also be placed on random tables if the number of people in a division is not a multiple of three.

The tourney will comprise three divisions, similarly to the "flights" that have been used in Apterous Masters and similar tourneys in the past. These divisions are entirely separate, with each one having its own system of tables. Eligibility for each of these divisions is based upon the rolling ratings that the players possess at the time they sign up. The three divisions will be:
* EQUILATERAL DIVISION: ANYONE may enter, regardless of rating
* ISOSCELES DIVISION: only people with rolling ratings 1600 AND UNDER at the time they sign up are eligible
* SCALENE DIVISION: only people with rolling ratings 1200 AND UNDER at the time they sign up are eligible

Winning each of these divisions will be considered an equally meritorious feat, and all three winners will be announced on the tourney's front page when it is done.
Note that if you meet the eligibility criteria for more than one division, you are permitted to sign up for any or all of the ones for which you do qualify. For example, someone with a rolling rating of 900 has the option to enter Scalene, Isosceles, Equilateral, all three, or any combination of two; someone rated 1300 may choose to enter Isosceles, Equilateral or both; and someone rated 1700 is permitted to enter Equilateral only.

If your rating is within the boundaries of a division at the time when you sign up, but later increases beyond the boundaries of the division, you may still participate in any divisions for which you are already registered. Similarly, if you sign up for one division and your rating then drops such that it qualifies you for a lower division, you may join the lower division after your rating gets low enough (unless I suspect you've intentionally tanked games to get your ratings down, and I know none of you would do that). Only your rating at sign-up time is relevant, since I'm planning to keep sign-ups open for only a week anyway.

The system of 9-rounders conducted on tables of three players will persist until only two people remain in a division. At this point, these two people will play a 14-round grand final to decide the division's champion.

Each stage is to feature a strict ONE-WEEK deadline. The first stages of each of the three divisions will begin simultaneously at 12:01 AM BST on Thursday, 1 September (i.e., "Wednesday night"), whereupon Aptomails will be sent out to all contestants detailing the fixtures they are involved in in the upcoming week. Thereafter, a new stage will be initiated weekly at 12:01 AM each Thursday, meaning the deadline for playing all the matches in a stage is Wednesday night. No extensions will be granted on the Wednesday night deadlines this time; however, each player is entitled to ONE FREE WEEK where they can sit out the stage without being eliminated. If you wish to use your free week, you should inform me of this IN APTOMAIL (preferably in your table's thread), PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE. Any player whose matches are still unplayed after the deadline runs the risk of having their scores counted as 0 and being eliminated; if multiple players on a table have unplayed matches, the tie will be broken based on whoever has been more active on Apterous during the preceding week.

I will need a volunteer to help me conduct the initial draws for each division, which I plan to do in Aptochat shortly after the sign-ups close. Would anyone be available NEXT Wednesday (31 August) at 8 PM British time or later? If so, please leave a comment in this tourney's sidebar.

Sign-up pages:
EQUILATERAL DIVISION -- http://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1778
ISOSCELES DIVISION -- http://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1779
SCALENE DIVISION -- http://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1780

Happy triangulating!

Ran from: 23 – 30 August 2016. Format: 9 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Johnny Canuck.

Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.

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