Glacier Alley [Winner: amazzony]

[MrGlassB]

Round 6 games for the loser brackets have been created and invitations sent. The semifinals will begin after this round, so the winner brackets' break is almost over.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

The semifinal games for the winner brackets have been created and invitations sent.
The Round 7 games for the loser brackets have been created and invitations sent.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

I am out of town, this week, with no internet access. As a result, I won't be able to update any tournaments until I get back. Sorry for the delay.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

I am back home. The tournament will continue tomorrow.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

The Round 8 games for the loser brackets have been created and invitations sent.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

In an effort to allow ddslu to play most of their games before their vacation on the 23rd, I have created the Iceland final game between them and amazzony. Good luck, guys!

MGB

[amazzony]

Iceland - Game AF - Game 7341529 - ddslu slipped on ice, lost his lucky dice and amazzony won.

[MrGlassB]

Congrats to amazzony for winning the Iceland bracket.

The Final for the Greenland bracket has been created and invitations sent. The winner will play amazzony for the Championship.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

I've updated the format for determining the champion in the first post. Basically, I added a way to handle a tie. Below are the old and new versions with the relative sections in bold.

• Format - Each bracket will be double-elimination (more chances to win!). Each round will consist of 1v1 games on the corresponding map. The winners of each bracket will then play each other on each map in best-of-3 format. In the event that the same player wins both brackets, this last part will obviously be skipped.

• Format - Each bracket will be double-elimination (more chances to win!). Each round will consist of 1v1 games on the corresponding map. The winners of each bracket will then play each other on each map 3 times in best-of-6 format. In the event that both players win 3 games, the player winning in the least amount of total rounds will be declared the overall winner. In the event that the same player wins both brackets, this last part will obviously be skipped.

If anybody has a better idea for handling ties, I'm open to suggestions.

MGB

[amazzony]

In the event that both players win 3 games, the player winning in the least amount of total rounds will be declared the overall winner.

If I may suggest, though not sure if doing it is a good idea, then I'd just suggest a 7th game either on Classic map or on a random map. Number of rounds is decided a lot by drop and dice so not sure if finals should be decided like that. Of course, I don't want to butt in so I'll accept whatever format is decided on

[MrGlassB]

I don't really like the idea of using a completely different map. I also don't like the idea of a playoff on only one of the two glacier maps. That being said, using both maps for a playoff will never work (as far as I can see), because you'll always have an even number of games.

Let me think about this a little more and see if I can come up with a better solution. I agree number of rounds isn't the best option.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

Okay, I think this will work better.

• Format - Each bracket will be double-elimination (more chances to win!). Each round will consist of 1v1 games on the corresponding map. The winners of each bracket will then play each other on each map 3 times in best-of-6 format. In the event that both players win 3 games, the player winning in the least amount of total rounds will be declared the overall winner. In the event that the same player wins both brackets, this last part will obviously be skipped.

• Format - Each bracket will be double-elimination (more chances to win!). Each round will consist of 1v1 games on the corresponding map. The winners of each bracket will then play each other on each map 3 times in best-of-6 format. In the event that both players win 3 games, the higher-seeded player will choose between the two maps for a one-game playoff. In the event that the same player wins both brackets, this last part will obviously be skipped.

MGB

[MrGlassB]

Congratulations to ddslu for winning the Greenland bracket!

Championship games have been created and invitations sent. Good luck, guys!

MGB

[MrGlassB]

And the title goes to amazzony who won the series against ddslu 4 games to 2 games. Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone that participated! I hope it was enjoyable. Please do let me know if you'd be interested in my running the tournament again.

MGB

[amazzony]

MrGlassB, thank you for a well ran tournament! I hope to defend my title in the next edition!

And a great applause to ddslu who was a gracious opponent and most likely lost only due to my enormous luck (I started all 6 final games).