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.

SkyeWalker

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Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:01 pm

SkyeWalker says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:01 pm

HOLY CRAP. No. No. No. D:

Spoiler

I'll do my best...

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Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:20 pm

Morrigan says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:20 pm

@TheWanderingWizard
Morrigan is a crow goddess. Some believe that her name came from Morgan Le Fay, a figure from Arthurian legends. As is Merlin.

This battle will be one of legends.

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Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:38 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:38 pm

Drat! My first match happens to be during one of my busiest weeks, since I have a short story analysis event next week, as well as a chess tournament during the weekend.

Well, nothing given, nothing gained, so I suppose I'll have to review whenever I have free time. Therefore, if I do not review regularly, please do not think I'm being unsportsmanlike, @Firestarter, it's simply that I'm too busy.

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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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Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:46 pm

Pretzelstick says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:46 pm

I am ready to review, and I am happy that my match is the second one because that gives me more time to get ready. YWS Cup II here we come! :twisted:

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Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:29 pm

Rin321 says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:29 pm

With all the reviews I red just on the past review day, which was 24 hours (40 reviews!) I can only imagine what I can accomplish. It shall be hard with school, but I will try!

Roses are red
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I am a funtastic awesome writer-
what are you?

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

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Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:08 pm

lostthought says... · Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:08 pm

*laughs evilly*

I challenge you to a review war! With my newly fixed laptop, this shall be easier than using my kindle all of the time.

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:02 pm

Firestarter says... · Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:02 pm

Matches 1-8 of the First Round 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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Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:37 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:37 pm

Score Update

The estimated scores of the matches in play as of 2 pm GMT today:

Zhia 0-0 Juniper

Widdershins 5-5 buggiedude2340

PenguinAttack 0-5 Iggy

Strange 0-0 AstralHunter

Morrigan 3-0 TheWanderingWizard

AdrianMoon 0-0 Arkhiaon

meandbooks 1-3 ArcticMonkey

wolfare1 0-7 KatyaElefant

So after 1 day of 7, we've seen some activity already. Two matches remain scoreless, but there's been strong efforts by the likes of KatyaElefant (7), and Widdershins, buggiedude2340, and Iggy (5). The biggest scoring match so far is between Widdershins and buggiedude2340 with 10 reviews and it's impossible to split the two at the moment.

There's a long way to go though and I'm sure we will see responses from the losing competitors soon. Wolfare1 in particular has a bit of a mountain to climb, while all eyes will be on PenguinAttack to see how she reacts to Iggy's fast start.

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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Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:59 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:59 pm

Quick update - Juniper has sadly had to pull out of the competition, due to conflicting real-life commitments.

This means @Zhia is through the Second Round! Congrats!

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 02, 2015 5:01 am

Willard says... · Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:01 am

@AstralHunter it is pretty funny because I just got back from a trip so I can't be able to review for today, not trying to withhold for purposeful reasons.

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Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:42 am

SkyeWalker says... · Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:42 am

o.o how did that happen. Yay! It's a good thing too, because I had a busy weekend. I thought I was going to DIE.

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Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:05 am

Hannah says... · Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:05 am

GO GO GO!! Where is Penguini!? @PenguinAttack !!! Assessments to the side, reviewing to the front!

you can message me with anything: questions, review requests, rants
are you a green room knight yet?
have you read this week's Squills?

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Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:55 am

SpiritedWolfe says... · Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:55 am

Quick question, will there be another week break in between the second half of the matches in round one and round two? And will round two be split into parts or no?

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Firestarter

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Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:31 pm

Firestarter says... · Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:31 pm

@TheWanderingWizard has also had to pull out due to other commitments, so @Morrigan is through to the second round! Congrats!

@Wolfare1 There will indeed be a week's break between the First Round and Second Round. The Second Round will not be split into two halves.

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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Teacake013

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:36 am

Teacake013 says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:36 am

How so I get into one of these tournaments?

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