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 26, 2015 12:41 am

PenguinAttack says... · Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:41 am

omg I would also be dying if I had to review atm. But I wanna see such challenges as would crush the competition.

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Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:09 pm

Kale says... · Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:09 pm

Life is being all sorts of unexpectedly lifey. And here I was hoping to have a few reviews by now.

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Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:52 pm

Pretzelstick says... · Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:52 pm

Let the scores heathen up

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Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:00 am

Firestarter says... · Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:00 am

Not much time to get those reviews in! Just 1 might give you a victory!

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Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:14 pm

Firestarter says... · Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:14 pm

The second round has ended! Scores up soon...

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 29, 2015 12:43 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:43 pm

THE SECOND ROUND RESULTS

Final scores

Match 1

@Morrigan 68 - 45 @Dracula

A TITANIC SECOND ROUND BATTLE GIVES MORRIGAN THE WIN! HOWEVER, DRACULA'S BIG HAUL MEANS THERE IS A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS AS THE HIGHEST SCORING LOSER.

Match 2

@megsug 1 - 0 @PickledChrissy

NOT A CLASSIC BUT MEGSUG STEALS THIS MATCH WITH A SINGLE REVIEW! THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, EVERYONE! SOMETIMES YOU NEED JUST 1 REVIEW, SOMETIMES YOU NEED 70!

Match 3

@Strange 1 - 3 @PickledChrissy

PICKLEDCHRISSY HEADS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS IN THIS LOW-SCORING AFFAIR! CONGRATS!

Match 4

@ArcticMonkey 0 - 16 @Tuesday

TUESDAY AKA CAPITALMONDAY CONTINUES THEIR STRONG PERFORMANCE IN THE CUP SO FAR WITH A ONE-SIDED WIN OVER ARCTICMONKEY! WILL ANYBODY BE ABLE TO STOP TUESDAY IN THE QUARTER-FINALS?

Match 5

@AdrianMoon 0 - 4 @meandbooks

MEANDBOOKS HEADS INTO THE QUARTERS WITH JUST 4 REVIEWS, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S ENOUGH! WELL DONE!

Match 6

@Kyllorac 1 - 0 @Zhia

ANOTHER VERY LOW-SCORING MATCH SEES KYLLORAC VICTORIOUS AND INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS!

Match 7

@pretzelsing 16 - 17 @wolfare1

WOW, THIS ONE WAS CLOSE! WOLFARE1 HEADS INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS WITH A MATCH THAT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE VERSUS PRETZELSING.

Match 8

~~Iggy~~ 0 - 0 ~~Widdershins~~

OH NO! NEITHER OF @Iggy OR @Widdershins DID A SINGLE REVIEW ALL WEEK! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BOTH ARE ELIMINATED, MEANING DRACULA HEADS THROUGH INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS AS THE HIGHEST SCORING LOSER! CONGRATS DRACULA!

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:47 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:47 pm

THE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

The following users are in the pot for the quarter-finals:

@Morrigan
@Dracula
@megsug
@PickledChrissy
@Tuesday
@meandbooks
@Kyllorac
@wolfare1

Watch this space for the draw for the quarter-finals, coming soon!

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:00 pm

Firestarter says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:00 pm

YWS Cup II Quarter-Final Draw

The draw was randomised using paper and a hat.

All times are in GMT. Convert here for your local time

All second round matches will begin at 12 pm noon (GMT) on Friday 4th April - Good Friday!

Winners advance to the semi-finals.

The winner is the user with the most reviews posted within the time stated.

Quarter-final 1

meandbooks versus Morrigan

Friday, April 4th, 12 pm GMT - Friday, April 11th, 12 pm GMT

Quarter-final 2

PickledChrissy versus Dracula

Friday, April 4th, 12 pm GMT - Friday, April 11th, 12 pm GMT

Quarter-final 3

megsug versus Wolfare1

Friday, April 4th, 12 pm GMT - Friday, April 11th, 12 pm GMT

Quarter-final 4

Kyllorac versus Tuesday

Friday, April 4th, 12 pm GMT - Friday, April 11th, 12 pm GMT

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 29, 2015 3:21 pm

Mea says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:21 pm

Firestarter wrote:meandbooks versus Morrigan

...Crap.

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:24 pm

Tuesday says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:24 pm

May the best reviewer win @Kyllorac...

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:41 pm

Kale says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:41 pm

I have never been so ashamed to win a match.

I just hope I have time for the next round. >.>

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:39 pm

megsug says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:39 pm

Kyllorac wrote:I have never been so ashamed to win a match.

I just hope I have time for the next round. >.>

Ditto

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:43 pm

Iggy says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:43 pm

Highest-scoring loser sounds like an awful title >_>

I'm so ashamed of myself! ;__; next time, I will be victorious. Next time.

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:45 pm

Dracula says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:45 pm

Awful? I've never been happier to be highest-scoring loser. XD @Iggy

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:07 pm

Rook says... · Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:07 pm

I feel awful too. >.< I kept meaning to review, but I kept putting it off...
Then I realized that I wouldn't be able to do any reviews for the rest of the week, and by then it was too late.
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