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Notes from the organizer: In a year of crazy tournaments, it would be a wasted opportunity not to bring back the hectic end of year Beat Your Bot tourney. For those unfamiliar with the concept, all your games will be against the bot with the closest rating above your own.

Here is how BYB x3 will work. Below is a list of the formats included in the tourney – to enter send me an ordered list of 6 formats (can repeat, see *) you want to play. The number next to the format is the multiplier, eg. you’ll gain 10x more points for winning a bullet conundrum attack against your bot than you would for winning at a single conundrum. There is a catch though, to progress through the list and score points you have to win each game in order. If you lose at any stage, you’ll be given the fixture again in the following round. Progressing through the list has multipliers of its own, winning your 6th game may be worth 10x more than winning your 1st game for instance.

*You can pick formats multiple times but the multiplier only increases for unrepeated formats.

THE LIST
x1 – Any of Sudden death Conundrum, Letters or Numbers (please specify)
x2 – Numbers Attack
x3 – 9 Rounder
x4 – 15 Rounder
x5 – Bullet Numbers Attack
x6 – Masters (LNC x5)
x7 – Letters Attack
x8 – Conundrum Attack
x9 – Bullet Letters Attack
x10 – Bullet Conundrum Attack

Bots range from Waldorf to Prime (Prime players have a Rex multiplier of x3 for any game(s) they dare to use it), and draws count as a win over your bot. There will be 7 rounds, anyone winning 6/6 will get unlimited attempts in round 7 to beat their bot at any format! I’ll take your ratings as they were at 12:01am on Tuesday 15th December. The first round begins on Mon 21st and will be added every other day, with the final round added on Sat 2nd Jan.

So if you want to be in on the madness, sign up and ping me your list! (unless you want a random list...) Who will have the winning tactics?

Ran from: 15 December 2020 – 3 January 2021. Format: Old 15. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Signed up: Ian Volante, Tom Cappleman, Alex H, Adam Dexter, Jason Turner, Jamie French, Tracey Mills, Thomas Carey, Anthony Endsor, Matty Artell, Andy SC, Hazel Drury, Bradley Horrocks, Dan Byrom, Noel Mc, Steven Oldham, Martin Thomas, Edward Ashcroft, Elizabeth Beer, Fiona T, Ronan M Higginson, Dave Robjohns, Darren Godfrey, Damian McEvoy, Wesley Barton.

Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.