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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Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:04 am

Pretzelstick says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:04 am

@Teacake013 This YWS Cup II is closed, the registration closed before the end of Feb. I believe, you can not come in on it, because there are 32(I think?) users that are consistent and get promoted to the next level if they win.Hope that this helps and answers your questions!
If you have anymore questions then PM @Firestarter who made this tournament become real.

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:06 am

AdmiralKat says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:06 am

When do we get an update on points? *I just want to see how everyone else is doing*

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:11 am

LadySpark says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:11 am

OKay, so unfortunately, I'm going to have to drop out. I'll be out of town with the Boy when this is going on, so I won't be able to review. I'm so so so so so sorry.

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:10 pm

Rin321 says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:10 pm

You had to sign up quiet some time ago. I think it is too late... The rounds are already set up, but I may be wrong.

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:38 pm

Firestarter says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:38 pm

@LadySpark Thank you for letting me know. No worries.

@Teacake013 As LadySpark has dropped out, and her match against Gravity is not due to start for 2 days, I am happy to let you enter instead of LadySpark. The previous drop-outs were in the middle of a match so it was unfair on the other person for me to insert somebody new, but this is different.

Let me know before tomorrow if you want to enter.

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:00 pm

Firestarter says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:00 pm

Score Update

These are guesses at the current scores - they may not be up to date so please do not take these as gospel. They are indicative of the rough review scores of everyone. The final scores will be accurate!

Zhia x-x ~~Juniper~~

Zhia goes through to the 2nd round as Juniper pulls out of the competition.

Widdershins 6-6 buggiedude2340

Still tied with two days to go!

PenguinAttack 0-6 Iggy

Iggy still in front, but plenty of time for PenguinAttack to strike back...

Strange 0-0 AstralHunter

Oi, @Strange and @Astralhunter Wake up and review!

Morrigan x-x ~~TheWanderingWizard~~

Morrigan goes through to the 2nd round as TheWanderingWizard pulls out of the competition.

AdrianMoon 1-0 Arkhaion

Just the 1 review between the two competitors, here. Not really got started...

meandbooks 7-5 ArcticMonkey

Bit more meat in this tie. Slogging it out with some decent scores here, meandbooks just edging it, but ArcticMonkey has plenty of time to respond.

wolfare1 27-30 KatyaElefant

WOAH! Here we go. This is a true YWS Cup bout. Huge scores from both competitors, and it would be a shame for either to go out so early with this kind of reviewing speed in their arsenal. But who will come out of top?

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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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:18 pm

SpiritedWolfe says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:18 pm

Firestarter wrote: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.

The mountain just keeps getting steeper xD

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AdmiralKat

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:20 pm

AdmiralKat says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:20 pm

I think all eyes are on Wolf and I at this point

We are literally using Skype to distract each other. XD

Whale. Whale. Whale. What do we have here?
Some scurvy dog looking at my post, eh?

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:31 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:31 pm

Bad @KatyaElefant! XD

And drat you, @Firestarter for making the deadline Saturday! Now I have to get up while it's still dark so I can review, because @TheWanderingWizard and I have a chess tournament this weekend.

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AdmiralKat

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:41 pm

AdmiralKat says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:41 pm

@AstralHunter Wolf and I have snow days so we have no school today and tomorrow so you may see our scores double over these two days. 0-o

Whale. Whale. Whale. What do we have here?
Some scurvy dog looking at my post, eh?

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:43 pm

BrumalHunter says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:43 pm

You have too much time on your hands, while I have too little.

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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AdmiralKat

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Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:44 pm

AdmiralKat says... · Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:44 pm

Actually, I could be doing much more productive things like homework but who has time for that?

Whale. Whale. Whale. What do we have here?
Some scurvy dog looking at my post, eh?

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