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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Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:27 pm

Morrigan says... · Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:27 pm

I will have limited internet access from March 6th to the 14th-- you said not to post reviews in groups, but I might have to to stay in the competition. However, would this disqualify me?

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Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:12 pm

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:12 pm

@Morrigan That's fine. You are being sportsmanslike by giving advance warning! It's more for when somebody posts all their reviews at the last second so their opponent can't respond.

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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Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:45 pm

Morrigan says... · Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:45 pm

Thanks, Firestarter!

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:24 am

Corncob says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:24 am

Sounds like the Hunger Games! Thank you for clearing all my questions up. Very excited!!

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:35 am

Pretzelstick says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:35 am

1morestupidlovesong wrote:Sounds like the Hunger Games! Thank you for clearing all my questions up. Very excited!!

@CHRISSY321 this is him talking about YWS cup and I thought l that you might like this perspective,

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got yws?

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:08 pm

Rin321 says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:08 pm

Haha! Thanks!

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what are you?

You are an awesome writer as well-that is what you are

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:05 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:05 pm

We currently have 29 participants. This means if the YWS Cup was to start now, three competitors would get a first round bye, meaning they would breeze through into the second round without even having to review! The other 26 competitors would face off in 13 individual matches.

Do you want this to happen? No? Then recruit me 3 more people!

32 people is also the maximum number I will allow to compete so if you're on the fence, it's first come, first serve!

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 Feb 25, 2015 2:42 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:42 pm

@Buggiedude2340, won't this be a fun way to test whose reviewing skills are the best? @Wolfie36, I think you should have a go at this as well, then all three Wolf-Musketeers can participate.

Finally, I have another person I am sure will fare excellently in this challenge, but I am slightly afraid of mentioning this to him. After all, he did manage to earn, ALL of his blue stars in one year: @TimmyJake, I think it is about time you were on the competing end of a reviewing contest.

Finally, I have a question for you, @Firestarter - do we have to keep a log of our reviews, or will you be doing that for us? The monthly log only keeps track of the top fifteen.

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:09 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:09 pm

@AstralHunter I will keep track of the reviews for you. The leaderboards have several options on the left hand side that give you the full list, not just the top 15. I will be using the review count on each person's profile to compare the total at the start versus the total at the end, as well as these full leaderboards.

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 Feb 25, 2015 4:23 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:23 pm

Oh, all right. Thank you for clarifying!

But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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Winter is inevitable. Spring will return eventually, and AstralHunter with it.

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:44 pm

Gravity says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:44 pm

Sign me up!
And @AstralHunter Timmyjake is retired and only able to visit on weekends and such. Otherwise I agree he would win hands down

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It has a language of its own
It talks in tongues and quiet sighs,
And prayers and proclamations

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:59 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:59 pm

Oh, thank goodness! *is able to breathe again*

But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
— Paul the Apostle

Winter is inevitable. Spring will return eventually, and AstralHunter with it.

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:20 pm

Iggy says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:20 pm

Gravity wrote:Timmyjake is retired and only able to visit on weekends and such. Otherwise I agree he would win hands down

I agree that Timmy is a good reviewer and would certainly rock if he entered this contest, but I think that everyone has a fair chance at winning. Just saying. >_>

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:47 pm

Juniper says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:47 pm

Well, if you need another person, sign me up.

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Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:58 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:58 pm

Yay! One more to go.

Wait, why am I yaying? A person with two purple stars just joined. :shock:

*dies*

But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
— Paul the Apostle

Winter is inevitable. Spring will return eventually, and AstralHunter with it.

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