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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Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:17 pm

Adnamarine says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:17 pm

Can you clarify the exact start and end times? You mentioned the cutoff for joining, but not when we should begin and end.

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:33 pm

PickledChrissy says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:33 pm

Count me in!

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:37 pm

Pretzelstick says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:37 pm

@Firestarter look at Adnamarine question

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:09 pm

Firestarter says... · Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:09 pm

Hey Adnamarine,

I have not stated the beginning and end times as it depends on the number of competitors. The higher the number of entrants, the more rounds we will require! Looking at current numbers, it looks like about 5 rounds minimum, so assuming you would get to the final, the end date might not be until end of April.

This is because each match is a week long, and there has to be some recovery times in between rounds.

I may suspend the cup, for example, if the majority of entrants need to do exams, however! You guys will just need to let me know about when they are.

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:40 am

Firestarter says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:40 am

Current Entrants (23):

Morrigan
Wolfare1
AdrianMoon
Zhia
pretzelsing
Strange
LadySpark
Lauren2010
KatyaElefant
Iggy
Demeter
StellaThomas
CHRISSY321
lostthought
QueenAnne
Kyllorac
Dracula
Meandbooks
PenguinAttack
Pamplemousse
TheWanderingWizard
Adnamarine
PickledChrissy

Ideally, we would like 32 entrants. That means we need 9 more people before next Monday! Please can everyone advertise the cup (feel free to use the hashtag #ywscup) to drum up interest. Ask your friends to join. If we have 32 it means there will no first round byes which makes it fairer and more exciting!

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 23, 2015 1:21 pm

Rook says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:21 pm

I guess I'm in~

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:24 pm

Vervain says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:24 pm

Sure, sign me up.

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:03 pm

ArcticMonkey says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:03 pm

I'll sign up

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:12 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:12 pm

Spoiler

Sane, reasonable side of me: "Your schoolwork is more important. You won't have the time to compete in this."

Crazy, adventurous side of me: "Then I'll make time."

SRSM: "Your reviewing has been lacking for the past few months, so there's no way you're going to win."

CASM: "Oh, is that a dare? Bring it on!"

SRSM: *facepalm*

Besides, I already died and reanimated once - during the first ever YWS Hunger Games - so I might as well do it again. (Perhaps I might even get lucky and have users like @Deanie and @Wolfare1 face off against each other...) Who knows, maybe this will even help me earn my fifth star.

CONSIDER ME SUBSCRIBED AND PARTICIPATING!

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:06 pm

Firestarter says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:06 pm

That puts us on 27 competitors in total! It's hotting up!

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:16 pm

guineapiggirl says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:16 pm

*reads "unsportsmanlike" comment* *feels a bit sheepish* *vaguely croaks about my dad's internet connection breaking for two hours* *feels dozens of eyes boring into me through the internet, filled with loathing and absolute disgust* *falls silent*

OH, I really really want to try to defend my title... But my GCSEs are just round the corner and I'm no good at prioritising, so I'd end up staying up until 2am the night before an exam writing reviews. Plus I'm fairly sure everyone would try their utmost to get me out anyway XD

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:37 pm

Pretzelstick says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:37 pm

Firestarter wrote:That puts us on 27 competitors in total! It's hotting up!

@Firestarter- the competition is hotting up because you are about to start a fire! (get it??)

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Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:20 pm

megsug says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:20 pm

I'm in~

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Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:41 am

Corncob says... · Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:41 am

Hey, I'm scared, but I'm in :mrgreen:

I do have questions, though: What happens if you lose to someone? Do you get kicked out? And in the end, does the person with the most number of reviews win or the most number of matches won? (This starts on March 1st right)
Thanks!

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Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:46 am

Firestarter says... · Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:46 am

@1morestupidlovesong If you lose, you are knocked out of the tournament and no longer compete. It can be a bit brutal - half the entrants will go in the first round.

In the end, the person who has beaten each of their opponents in their match ups will win. There could be a scenario where someone else in the tournament has the most number of reviews, but the winner is the person who never loses.

The cup does not start on March 1st. That is the cut off point for entries. The cup will start in the first week of March TBD. I will PM everyone with details.

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