Plenty of top 8 regional finishers, a world champ, and a North American champ. We're doing 7 rounds of Swiss so this is going to be nuts.
77 players at the FFG regionals!
****, that's going to be a long day for the ones that make the final 8....7 rounds plus up to 3 more if you make the final match. We had 6 rounds at Kublacon and I was fine till the final round when I hit the wall as the day caught up to me.
Awesome. Madrid still had the most so far at 116 though!
For stats tracking on the Regionals thread, I'll take the top 25 after Swiss, even if the Final Cut is only to Top 8 / Top 16. Assuming we can get the list. :-)
How long are the swiss rounds?
Should be an hour, at least in my experience.
awesome! I'd be eternally grateful if you could post a few pics of the printed and posted round pairing/result sheets! (I have some buds I'd like to keep track of)
Edited by sozinWow, seven rounds is madness. The tournament won't end until tomorrow morning!
Who's betting on who? If only we had a list of names with squads to choose from. It would be like watching the World Cup! (I guess. I hate Futball. Who designs a sport where use of one of your primary evolutionary features is disallowed? And where running faster than your opponent can be a penalty?).
What regional is it?
I'm jealous. I wanna be there!
What regional is it?
FFG HQ Regionals. Here's the entire list of Regionals, from the Regionals tracking thread. We're on week 7.
Week 1 (8 out of 9 fully reported):
May 3, 2014. Fairview Park, SA, Australia. The Hobby Matrix
May 4, 2014: Iserlohn, Western Germany. Fantasy Warehouse (missing #6, #7, #9, #12)
Week 2 (3 out of 4 fully reported):
May 10, 2014. Aldershot, United Kingdom. TGS (only Top 4 reported, Final Cut was to Top 8)
Week 3 (7 out of 7 fully reported):
Week 4 (2 of 4 fully reported)
May 24: Burlingame, CA, USA. Kublacon (partial report)
May 25: Conder, ACT, Australia. Good Games Canberra (partial report)
Week 5 (1 of 1 fully reported)
Week 6 (1 of 2 fully reported)
June 8: Toulon, France. Association Les yeux dans les Jeux (need #6 - #8)
Week 7 (4 upcoming)
June 14: Bundaberg, QLD, Australia. Pegasus Games
June 14: Stockholm, Sweden. Dragons Lair
June 14: Roseville, MN, United States. Fantasy Flight Games
June 15: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. GameKnight Games
Week 8 (6 upcoming)
June 21: Melton, VIC, Australia. Tezzas Games
June 21: Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sentry Box
June 21: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Phoenix Rising
June 21: Kissimmee, FL, United States. Coliseum of Comics
June 21: Bosie, ID, United States. All About Games
June 22: Oslo, Norway. Arcon
Week 9 (3 upcoming)
June 28: Frankfurt, Germany. JK Entertainment
June 28: Bydgoszcz, Poland. Centrum gier Pegaz
June 28: Mesa, AZ, United States. Empire Games
Week 10 (4 upcoming)
July 5: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Freres de Bataille
July 5: Santiago, Chile. El Muro
July 5: Turku, Finland. Fantasiapelit Turku
July 6: København, Denmark. Faraos Cigarer
Week 11 (3 upcoming)
July 12: Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Kingston Nexus Hobbies
July 12: Nuernberg, Germany. Ultra Comix GmbH
July 14: Salzburg, Austria. P3 Comix
Week 12 (6 upcoming)
July 19: Mexico, D.F., Mexico. El Duende - Hobbie Games
July 19: Broomfield, CO, United States. Total Escape Games
July 19: Plano, TX, United States. Madness Games and Comics
July 19: Spokane, WA, United States. Uncle's Games
July 20: Hobart, TAS, Australia. Area 52
July 21: Berlin, Germany. Funtainment
Week 13 (4 upcoming)
July 26: Duluth, GA, United States. Wasteland Gaming
July 26: Malmö, Sweden. Playoteket
July 26: Chicago, IL, United States. Chicagoland Games and Dice Dojo
July 26: Cambridge, MA, United States. Pandemonium Books and Games
I'll post pairings. 65 minutes per round, no lunch breaks.
9 store championship byes, 2 players arriving late and taking first round losses.
Round 1 pairings:
Round 2 pairings:
This just reinforces the belief I have that double elimination is just a better format.
Think about how many lose 3 games and leave ruining other peoples strength of schedule. or lose 4 games etc. Your ability to make the top cut shouldn't have to depend on other people staying the full rounds of swiss.
Even the FIFA format with groups leading to the finals is better.
drat, looks like hothie lost his first game :-(
sweet, hothie's back on page one at board 15. and Kinetic's on board 1. pbpancho, thanks for posting!!
I'm in the twin cities for the weekend, but we're taking my girlfriends dad to the Mall of America for Father's Day so I couldn' make the tournament. There were rumors Wave 4 would be in stock, any truth to those(I'm guessing not?)
Sozin, I won first round, 3-3 so far. Have only lost one game I was way ahead on. Dice fail at the end if that one. Lots of great players here. MIss you guys!
Looking at lists of names, one conclusion really springs to mind: what a sausagefest.
Then you need to look closer to the top of page 1. Siri and Arianna are both doing very well.