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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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Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:33 am

Firestarter says... · Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:33 am

@Gravity Your match ended on Saturday March 14th at 5 pm GMT. You did 5 reviews between March 7th 5 pm and the end time. 4 more of your reviews were done after the match end time. So unfortunately StellaThomas won in your match as she did 6 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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Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:24 am

Gravity says... · Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:24 am

okay I was just confused as to when the contest started and ended

And the heart is hard to translate
It has a language of its own
It talks in tongues and quiet sighs,
And prayers and proclamations

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Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:34 am

Firestarter says... · Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:34 am

Yeah it can be really tricky with everyone having different time zones!

@ArcticMonkey Are you happy to compete in the Second Round as the next highest scoring loser after @KatyaElefant? (as she is busy)

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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Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:20 pm

Firestarter says... · Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:20 pm

@KatyaElefant can't make it, so @ArcticMonkey is subbed in to the match below:

Match 4

ArcticMonkey versus CapitalMonday

March 21st, 5 pm - March 28th, 5 pm

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Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:03 pm

Tuesday says... · Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:03 pm

@ArcticMonkey May the best reviewer win and in, all and all, I wish you luck and great sportsmanship along the way.

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Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:19 pm

Tuesday says... · Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:19 pm

Can't wait until tomorrow!

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Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:37 am

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:37 am

THE SECOND ROUND HAS BEGUN (ABOUT 17 HOURS AGO!)

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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Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:40 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:40 pm

Score Update

Not a very exciting round! 50% of competitors have not even done a single review since Saturday. Disappointing!

@Morrigan 32-22 @Dracula

@megsug 0-0 @StellaThomas

@Strange 1-2 @PickledChrissy

@ArcticMonkey 0-16 @Tuesday

@AdrianMoon 0-2 @meandbooks

@Kyllorac 0-0 @Zhia

@pretzelsing 10-3 @Wolfare1

@Iggy 0-0 @Widdershins

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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Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:02 pm

SkyeWalker says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:02 pm

I'm so sorry! D: Life hurts so bad.

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Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:00 pm

Tuesday says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:00 pm

16 is not that bad...

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Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:09 pm

Rook says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:09 pm

What Zhia said. My life's a whirlwind right now. ugh.

Instead, he said, Brother! I know your hunger.
To this, the Wolf answered, Lo!

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Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:12 pm

Mea says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:12 pm

Same, I'll try to do more tonight, though. Next week would've been better, but oh well.

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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Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:23 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:23 pm

Didn't want to make anybody feel bad! Just wanted to try and encourage you to review, otherwise you'll be at the Cup! Of course life gets in the way. Don't worry about it.

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 Mar 26, 2015 12:25 am

SkyeWalker says... · Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:25 am

Thank you. <3

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Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:40 am

TiffanyToy says... · Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:40 am

I really would love to participate!! @Firestarter

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