The YWS Cup II

Firestarter · 2015-02-19T14:29:37Z

The YWS Cup II The Second Critiquing Championship Start: March, 2015 Current champion: @guineapiggirl http://i.imgur.com/KuBjwyx.jpg ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED Current Entrants (32): Morrigan Wolfare1 AdrianMoon Zhia pretzelsing Strange LadySpark Lauren2010 KatyaElefant Iggy Demeter StellaThomas CHRISSY321 lostthought QueenAnne Kyllorac Dracula Meandbooks PenguinAttack Pamplemousse TheWanderingWizard Adnamarine PickledChrissy Widdershins Arkhaion ArcticMonkey AstralHunter megsug 1morestupidlovesong buggiedude2340 Juniper Gravity FIRST ROUND DRAW BELOW YWS Cup II First Round Draw Beautifully, we have the exact number for a round of 32. This means there will be 16 ties, with 16 winners and 16 losers. Whoever wins will go through to the Second Round. The draw was randomised using paper and a hat. The First Round Draw All times are in GMT . Convert here for your local time The matches will be staggered to prevent us destroying YWS. Matches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 will be played between February 28th, 2 pm, and March 7th, 2 pm. Matches 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16 will be played between March 7th, 5 pm and March 14th, 5 pm. Please pay close attention to the start and end times of your match. I will endeavour to PM you before the start of your match to remind you and also before the end, but is your responsibility to be aware of when your match is occurring. The winner is the user with the most reviews posted within the time stated. Match 1 Zhia versus Juniper February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 2 Widdershins versus buggiedude2340 February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 3 PenguinAttack versus Iggy February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 4 Strange versus AstralHunter February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 5 Morrigan versus TheWanderingWizard February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 6 AdrianMoon versus Arkhiaon February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 7 meandbooks versus ArcticMonkey February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 8 wolfare1 versus KatyaElefant February 28th, 2 pm - March 7th, 2 pm. Match 9 pamplemousse versus QueenAnne March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 10 Lauren2010 versus PickledChrissy March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 11 Dracula versus LadySpark March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 12 pretzelsing versus Adnamarine March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 13 Demeter versus megsug March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 14 lostthought versus CapitalMonday March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 15 StellaThomas versus Gravity March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm Match 16 1morestupidlovesong versus Kyllorac March 7th, 5 pm - March 14th, 5 pm We now have 32 entrants and entry is currently closed. Knock-out championship. Randomly drawn rounds create a match between two users. Some users may receive byes in the first round. A match consists of a week-long reviewing battle. The user with the most reviews at the end of a week wins the match. This is calculated by comparing your review total at the start of the match to your review total at the end of the match. In the case of a tie, there will be a coin flip to decide the winner. If an entrant drops out, the highest scoring winner from the previous round will be reinstated. If an entrant drops out during a match, the other entrant will win that match automatically. The winner receives the adoration of his peers and a £25 Amazon voucher (roughly $38 American, or $50 Australian). The previous winner is @guineapiggirl To receive the Amazon voucher, you will need to provide me with your e-mail address. I will not retain this information. I am the judge and ultimate arbiter of any disputes about match scores and winners. Further explanations of the schedule will be posted once the number of entrants have been established. CHANGES TO PREVIOUS RULES If you entered the championship last time, there are some changes to the rules: 1. Unsportsmanlike behaviour will not be tolerated. This includes tactics such as writing reviews but not posting them until the very last minute to obfuscate your review total, and make it more difficult for your opponent to understand the size of the challenge. Such tactics will be punishable by either score deduction or automatically losing the match. I am the final arbiter of all disputes to do with unsportsmanlike behaviour and will take a very hard line on it in this competition. 2. Matches which end in a tie will be decided by coin flip. 3. Art & Photography reviews do not count. The only reviews which are counted are the same ones which YWS itself counts. Therefore, the only reviews which count towards your match total are the ones on the YWS leaderboards.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:51 pm

Firestarter says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:51 pm

To receive the Amazon voucher, you will need to provide me with your e-mail address. I will add this to the first post.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:54 pm

lostthought says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:54 pm

I'll enter for fun.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:20 pm

AdmiralKat says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:20 pm

How are the points determined? I would say that it would be unfair if say someone did 75 paragraph reviews in a week and then someone else did 50 really good quality reviews and then the person that did the 75 reviews won. Is there some way you guys grade that?

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:37 pm

Firestarter says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:37 pm

Points are not determined - as stated, it is simply the number of reviews. Someone can indeed write the minimum required to be counted as a review. However, I don't think quantity always necessarily means a review is better than another. I've seen plenty of long reviews that say nothing at all, and plenty of short reviews that have the best advice in them.

This competition rewards number of reviews. There are others which favour points, such as review days, but this rewards something else - the ability to read lots of different works from different people and contribute something to all of them. That can be just as difficult as writing an in depth review.

It is also worth me saying that any reports of people being unsportsmanlike by post very short, unhelpful reviews (e.g. by simply padding paragraphs without actually helping the author) then I will disqualify those reviews.

Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:38 pm

TheCrimsonLady says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:38 pm

I'm in.
I'll probably lose, but whatever.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:41 pm

Demeter says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:41 pm

@QueenAnne well that's no attitude to adopt.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:51 pm

Kale says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:51 pm

I AM SO IN THIS.

I need to get back into the swing of reviewing, anyways. It's been far too long since my last reviewing spree...

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:57 pm

Deanie says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:57 pm

I so want to do this!

But in March at some point I am going to another country... so I don't think I will be here for all of it DD: And school will go crazy.

Hope you all do well :3

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:11 pm

Dracula says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:11 pm

Count me in, I'll give it a go.

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:47 pm

Mea says... · Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:47 pm

I'm in.

It's a crazy idea, considering my current workload, but I'm in.

We're all stories in the end.

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I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
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Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:26 am

PenguinAttack says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:26 am

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YAAAAAAAAS

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:20 am

Pamplemousse says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:20 am

This is scary. I haven't reviewed in forever. I like scary.

ΔCOUNT ME IN!!!!! :elephant:

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:09 pm

ThePatchworkPilgrims says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:09 pm

Ooh, shiny!! Where do I sign up? *conjures magical quill and signs death wish after seeing all the other entrants*
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Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:18 pm

Pretzelstick says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:18 pm

@TheWanderingWizard, you sign up right here.So you are in?

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