The YWS Cup

Firestarter · 2013-01-01T16:35:53Z

The YWS Cup The Inaugural Critiquing Championship Start: January, 2013 End: To be decided http://i.imgur.com/pF57vl.jpg ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED Open to all. Schedule will be decided based on number of entrants. Knock-out championship. Randomly drawn rounds create a match between two users. Some users may receive byes in the early rounds. A match consists of a week-long reviewing battle. The user with the most reviews at the end of a week wins the match. In the case of a tie, there will be a week-long replay immediately following the end of the match. Because I'm cruel. The later final rounds will consist of month-long battles just to ramp up the tension. The winner receives the adoration of his peers and probably an Amazon voucher of some sort (to be decided) and will be known as the YWS Cup Champion until the next Championship. The runner up will receive a slightly worse prize (to be decided). If nobody enters, I automatically win the YWS Cup. Forever. The picture above is not the finished YWS Cup. Someone with photoshop skills will make it. Please. I am the judge and ultimate arbiter of any disputes about match scores and winners. Further rules and explanations of the schedule will be posted once the number of entrants have been established. 23 Entrants: Rydia Hannah VereenVKS Lauren2010 Elinor Brynn Stella Thomas LouisCypher Audy Griffinkeeper Shadow_Vyper noninjaspresent Alteran Kyllorac Shino Dreamwalker EnchantedPanda ash211 Mush99 PenguinAttack znale1 FermentingFruit zephion guineapiggirl YWS First Round Draw 23 users have entered the cup: Rydia Hannah VereenVKS Lauren2010 Elinor Brynn Stella Thomas LouisCypher Audy Griffinkeeper Shadow_Vyper noninjaspresent Alteran Kyllorac Shino Dreamwalker EnchantedPanda ash211 Mush99 PenguinAttack znale1 FermentingFruit zephion guineapiggirl Due to the uneven numbers, not everybody will have to compete in the First Round. 9 entrants will get a bye to the Second Round. The remaining 14 entrants will enter the First Knockout Round, meaning 7 matches will be drawn. Hence, the 7 victors will join the 9 who received a bye, to comprise the 16 taking part in the Second Round. The draw was randomised using paper and a hat. First Round Byes The lucky nine that sailed through to the Second Round: Shino noninjaspresent Dreamwalker LouisCypher Shadow_Vyper Mush99 Hannah Elinor Brynn VereenVKS Congratulations! You made it through to the Second Round! The First Round Draw Proper Matches 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be played between January 15th, 3 pm, and January 22nd, 3 pm. Matches 5, 6, and 7 will be played between January 22nd, 5 pm, and January 29th, 5 pm. All times are GMT. The winner is the user with the most reviews posted within the time stated. Match 1 StellaThomas versus Kyllorac January 15th, 3 pm - January 22nd, 3 pm Match 2 Alteran versus Lauren2010 January 15th, 3 pm - January 22nd, 3 pm Match 3 FermentingFruit versus guineapiggirl January 15th, 3 pm - January 22nd, 3 pm Match 4 Audy versus ash211 January 15th, 3 pm - January 22nd, 3 pm Match 5 zephion versus Griffinkeeper January 22nd, 5 pm - January 29th, 5 pm Match 6 EnchantedPanda versus znale1 January 22nd, 5 pm - January 29th, 5 pm Match 7 PenguinAttack versus Rydia January 22nd, 5 pm - January 29th, 5 pm

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Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:10 pm

veeren says... · Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:10 pm

I lost by thirty reviews?

Hannah, you could've gone a little easy on me D:

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But honestly, congratz Hannah, you won fair and square

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Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:22 pm

Rydia says... · Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:22 pm

Oh man. I'm sad to be out, but seriously give me some popcorn - I'm not missing this for the world!

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Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:48 pm

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:48 pm

The start of the cup has been delayed!!! We will start the quarter finals at 5 pm GMT, which is in just over three hours.

Sincere apologies for the delay!

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 12, 2013 2:02 pm

Hannah says... · Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:02 pm

Welp, there goes my early start. I'mma be sleeping at 1am, I am sure of it.

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Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:59 pm

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:59 pm

The Quarter-finals have begun!

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 13, 2013 2:10 am

FermentingFruit says... · Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:10 am

Good luck guys!

Save time... see it my way.

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:49 am

PenguinAttack says... · Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:49 am

Oh man, Jack. That gif makes my heart so sad, I totally watched that documentary before he became a raptor!

Also, I hope I can be around enough for this. (It isn't looking good, I'm sorry).

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:12 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:12 pm

I hope you can too! Who else can stop Hannah?

Slow start to proceedings all round so far!

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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Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:58 pm

Firestarter says... · Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:58 pm

Nobody's competing.

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 Feb 18, 2013 2:59 pm

Shady says... · Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:59 pm

He makes me feel bad...

When does this Match end, Firestarter?

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Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:19 pm

Hannah says... · Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:19 pm

Tuesday, February 19, 5PM GMT !

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Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:02 pm

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:02 pm

THE QUARTER-FINALS ARE OVER

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DISCLAIMER: These are the predicted scores based off the weekly leaderboards. I know that some people have been reviewing Art & Photography, which isn't counted. If you feel like you scored more than I've stated below, it is your responsibility to contact me in the next 24 hours to change your score. You have to provide evidence for your other reviews. I will then alter the score (and possible the result) accordingly.

Failure to provide evidence for reviews will result in the scores below staying final. If you want to win, show me the money!

Once again, the scores below are predicted! Although you guys are getting better at this so these are mostly definite.

Match 1

LouisCypher 4 - 7 Shino

SHINO ADVANCES TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

Match 2

Audy 2 - 12 guineapiggirl

GUINEAPIGGIRL ADVANCES TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

Match 3

Hannah 12 - 2 PenguinAttack

Not the titanic clash we all might have hoped for, but sometimes life just gets in the way!

HANNAH ADVANCES TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

Match 4

ShadowVyper 18 - 1 noninjaspresent

SHADOWVYPER ADVANCES TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

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 19, 2013 5:04 pm

Paracosm says... · Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:04 pm

*breathes sigh of relief*

Good job Ita! I barely scraped by today...

Review unto others as you would have others review unto you.

Don't panic!

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Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:05 pm

FermentingFruit says... · Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:05 pm

ITA, YOU FAILED ME!!!!!!! JK, you still made it farther than me

GUINEAPIGGIRL!!!! WIN THIS FOR ME! YOU GOT THIS *Cheers*

Great job to all so far.

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Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:06 pm

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:06 pm

Only four reviewers remain in the championship! The quarter-finals were a little bit of a come down from the frantic excitement of the second round clashes, but it was only to be expected after so much effort was used up during those matches.

Congratulations to Shino, guineapiggirl, Hannah, and ShadowVyper for making it this far! The semi-finals will probably start at the same time as the Review Day (on the 24th) to kick things off with a bang. That gives you a five day rest.

Thanks to everybody for taking part.

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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