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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Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:23 pm

Paracosm says... · Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:23 pm

Actually, I though I did three... either way I lost by quite a bit. Sorry for the disappointing performance. *insert lame excuses here* They're too numerous to mention. Congratulations Hannah, go gitter Guineapig!

Trust me, next time I'll be back with a vengeance!

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

Don't panic!

Also, Shino!

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Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:32 pm

guineapiggirl says... · Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:32 pm

This is as far as I honestly ever dreamed of getting.
I have absolutely no ambition, not even a tiny little bit of hope, to win this.
I physically cannot do 70 reviews in a week.
I will try, but...
What's the prize for second place?

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Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:39 pm

Firestarter says... · Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:39 pm

Shino wrote:Actually, I though I did three... either way I lost by quite a bit. Sorry for the disappointing performance. *insert lame excuses here* They're too numerous to mention. Congratulations Hannah, go gitter Guineapig!

Trust me, next time I'll be back with a vengeance!

Really? When I checked the leaderboard for weekly reviews, your name wasn't on there!

Just double-checked your profile, you did 4 reviews on the Review Day, but they were between midnight and 1 am GMT, whilst the semi-final began at 1pm GMT.

As for guineapiggirl, this is the greatest underdog story of all time! You can do it! Hannah is Goliath and you are David. There can be only one winner.

Re: the final being a month, I did originally think that would be cool, but I actually think it would take too long and be boring! So I think we'll stick with a week, it's a good length.

I think we'll kick it off next Sunday at around the same time (1pm GMT) as the semi-finals, but I'll confirm in a little bit.

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 Mar 05, 2013 3:39 pm

Paracosm says... · Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:39 pm

Oh well, thanks Jack!

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

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Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:49 pm

guineapiggirl says... · Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:49 pm

I like decision to make final a week very much.
Very much

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Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:16 pm

Firestarter says... · Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:16 pm

Many many apologies -- the YWS Cup Final will not be starting tomorrow.

Life has caught up on me a lot the last few days. I'll hoping it'll kick-off some point soon though! Sorry guys! Use this time to recharge your reviewing batteries.

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 13, 2013 6:16 pm

guineapiggirl says... · Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:16 pm

I keep stressing out and checking this thread to see if it's started so that I don't miss the start and get completely and utterly, totally annihilated!

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Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:36 pm

Firestarter says... · Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:36 pm

Don't worry, guineapiggirl, it doesn't start till this Sunday.

YWS FINAL KICK-OFF IS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 17TH AT 3 PM GMT

Get ready.

Get set.

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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