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Piaras M Carney 29 draws to a close with Zarte picking up his first title in 11 cycles, Jim M coming in an impressive second, and Hazel Drury in third. The newcomers Robin and James Haughton stayed safely above the playoff place, while Thomas Carey held his nerve against a very competent Sean Fletcher (ul, Sean), impressively spotting TRAITEURS, maxing the last ten rounds and dropping just eight points. (1/5)

Piaras M Carney In Division 2, the only emigrant is Alex H, joining Division 1 for next cycle despite being just four points from the bottom. Tracey Mills, at the foot of the table only on point difference, also stayed in her division by just three points, seeing off a very unfortunate Matty Artell on a crucial con. (2/5)

Piaras M Carney Division 3, and the two going up are Matt Croy (with his second successive promotion) and, by a single con on points difference, Steve (With Two Spaces) Anderson. Good luck in Division 2, lads. At the opposite end of the table, Andy SC played a second successive playoff (his relegation being annulled last cycle), and narrowly finished off Stephen Holford (to whom I apologise for his being turned into a victim of my laziness and not-being-bothered-to-sort-the-table-ness) in, to my disappointment, the first playoff game of this thread of comments in which neither contestant offered CUNTIEST. (3/5)

Piaras M Carney In Division 4, James Rowan managed his second consecutive promotion, beating out runner-up Luke Johnson-Davies by just one point. I also congratulate LJD on getting a rather ridiculous 120 points per game, and also his second successive promotion. At the table’s tail end, Ross Jeffries unfortunately suffered the only relegation of the entire cycle, being beaten by Matt The Critic in the playoffs. Let’s hope he comes back next cycle. :( (4/5)

Piaras M Carney (Speaking of, I’m going to allow for bigger divisions, if need be from next cycle onwards, should a case ever arise in which 9 or 10 people are in the lowest division. I’m not going to split it into groups provided . Which makes the Division 4 playoffs probably the only ones ever in Aptotudian history (or at least for a long time) in which there was more than one tie played.)

So in Division 5, we have three promotions. Reginald Thompson and Joseph H as group winners, and Matt the Critic as playoff winner, whom I congratulate on winning two games, seeing off Ian Birdman (ul, but at least he got the highest score of the cycle (and the second highest since I started) with 143) maxing 13 rounds in a close first-round game, and Ross Jeffries in a low-scoring final.

Thanks to all who participated (and any who watched from the sidelines at any point). Congrats again to Z on his championship. It’s been a good shitshow, and I’ll see you all for Cycle 30.

Piaras :)