GENERAL ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS:
1. Quads Discipline Champion of Initech XXV: Olympic Games - danryan, Deli, Commander9 and ndrs
2. Doubles Discipline Champion of Initech XXV: Olympic Games - Gilligan and thekidstrumpet
3. Assassin Discipline Champion of Initech XXV: Olympic Games - Gilligan
4. Standard Discipline Champion of Initech XXV: Olympic Games - keef12
5. Terminator Discipline Champion of Initech XXV: Olympic Games - tec805
NOTE: Each Discipline winner will get a "General Achievement Medal." The Overall Champion will receive the "Tournament Winner Medal."
The Silver Edition of the Initech Series needs to be something special, so I'm going to pull out all the stops for my 25th tournament. I'm happy to unveil the celebratory extravaganza, which will be a multi-discipline event that will award a series of medals and an overall award for the tournament champion. I am pleased to present... Initech XXV: Olympic Games!
OVERVIEW
64-player event that will involve Quads, Doubles, Standard, Assassin and Terminator games. Each player will play a minimum of 26 games across those five disciplines. There will be a total of between 484 and 495 games in the tournament. The single-player games will vary among 8-player, 6-player, 5-player, 4-player, 3-player and possibly 1 v 1 matches.
ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
Only premium players accepted. You must register as a Quads team. Your Quads team will be split into two Doubles teams for the Doubles portion of the tournament. The first two players listed will be a Doubles teams, the last two players listed will be the other team for the Doubles portion of the tournament.
RULES
As always, all games will be sequential, standard, chained, flat rate, foggy.
MAPS
Each discipline will represent a continental area and Olympic ring.
Quads will be in Africa: Africa, Rail Africa and South Africa 1885 will be used.
Doubles will be in Oceania: Australia, Oceania and Cairns Coastal will be used.
Standard will be in Asia: Greater China, Japan, Middle East, Soviet Union and Indochina will be used.
Assassin will be in the Americas: Greenland, Haiti, Canada and Central America will be used.
Terminator will be in Europe: Luxembourg, Ireland, Cyprus, Macedonia and Iceland will be used.
QUADS - AFRICA - BLUE RING
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Round 1: 16 teams faceoff in eight head-to-head series. The 8 winners advance to the winners' bracket, the 8 losers enter the losers' bracket.
Round 2: 8 winners faceoff in head-to-head series. The 4 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 4 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 8 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 4 winners advance to the next round of the losers' bracket.
Round 3: 4 winners faceoff in head-to-head series. The 2 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 2 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 8 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 4 winners advance to the next round of the losers' bracket.
Round 4: 2 winners faceoff in a head-to-head series. The winner wins the winners' bracket and advances to round 7, the loser enters the losers' bracket. The 6 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 3 winners advance to the next round of the losers' bracket.
Round 5: 4 losers faceoff in a head-to-head series. The 2 winners advance to the next round of the losers' bracket.
Round 6: 2 losers faceoff in a head-to-head series. The winner advances to Round 7 against the winner of the winners' bracket.
Round 7: The winners' bracket champion and the losers' bracket champion faceoff in a head-to-head series. If the winners' bracket champion wins, they are the Medalist for the Quads portion of the tournament. If the losers' bracket champion wins, then the series is repeated; the winner of that rematch is the Medalist for the Quads portion of the tournament.
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Round 1: 32 teams faceoff in head-to-head series. The 16 winners advance to the winners' bracket, the 16 losers advance to the losers' bracket.
Round 2: 16 winners faceoff in head-to-head series. The 8 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 8 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 16 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 8 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 3: 8 winners faceoff in head-to-head series. The 4 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 4 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 16 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 8 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 4: 4 winners faceoff in head-to-head series. The 2 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 2 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 12 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 6 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 5: 2 winners faceoff in a head-to-head series. The winner wins the winners' bracket and advances to Round 9, the loser enters the losers' bracket in Round 8. The 8 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 4 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 6: 4 losers faceoff in head-to-head series. The 2 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 7: 2 losers faceoff in a head-to-head series. The winner advances in the losers' bracket.
Round 8: The winner from round 7 and the losing team of the winners' bracket from Round 5 faceoff. The winner advances to Round 9.
Round 9: The winners' bracket champion from Round 5 and the losers' bracket champion from Round 8 faceoff in a head-to-head series. If the winners' bracket champion is victorious, they are the Medalist for the Doubles portion of the tournament. If the losers' bracket champion wins, the series is repeated and the team who wins the rematch is Medalist for the Doubles event.
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Round 1: All matches on the Greater China map. 64 players will play sixteen 4-player games. The 16 winners advance to the winners' bracket, the 48 losers to the losers' bracket.
Round 2: All matches on the Japan map. The 16 winners will play four 4-player games. The 4 winners will advance in the winners' bracket, the 12 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 48 losers will play six 8-player games. The 6 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 3: All matches on the Middle East map. The 4 winners play a single game. The winner is winners' bracket champion and advances to Round 5. The three losers enter the losers‘ bracket. The 18 losers will play three 6-player games. The 3 winners advance to Round 4.
Round 4: All matches on the Soviet Union map. The 6 losers will play two 3-player games. The winners advance to Round 5.
Round 5: The 3 remaining players play a match on the Indochina map. If the winners' bracket champion wins the match, that player is the Standard Medalist for this portion of the tournament. If any other player wins, then that player and the winners' bracket champion advance to Round 6.
Playoff Round: A head-to-head match on the Greater China map (with no spoils) between the two remaining players. The winner is the Standard Medalist for this portion of the tournament.
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Round 1: 64 players will play sixteen 4-player matches on the Greenland map. The 16 winners enter the winners' bracket, the 48 losers enter the losers' bracket.
Round 2: All games will be played on the Haiti map. The 16 winners will play four 4-player matches. The 4 winners advance in the winners' bracket, the 12 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 48 losers will play eight 6-player matches. The 8 winners will advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 3: All games will be played on the Canada map. The 4 winners will play a single match. The winner is winners' bracket champion and advances to Round 5. The 3 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 20 losers will play four 5-player matches. The 5 winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 4: All games will be played on the Central America map. The 7 losers will play a 3-player and a 4-player match (allocated via random draw). The winners advance to Round 5.
Round 5: The three remaining players will play a match on the map of the winners' bracket choosing. If the winners' bracket champion wins that match, that player is declared Medalist for the Assassin portion of the event. If one of the other players wins, all three players will enter the Playoff Round.
Playoff Round: The Playoff Round starts with a 3-player match on a map chosen by the winner of Round 5. The winner of that match chooses the next map to use and that principle continues throughout the Playoff Round. The first player to win two matches in the Playoff Round is Medalist for the Assassin portion of the event.
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Round 1: 64 players are divided into 8 groups. Each group plays an 8-player match on all 5 maps. The top 2 point scorers in each group enter the winners' bracket. The remaining 48 players enter the losers' bracket.
Round 2: The 16 winners are divided into 4 groups. Each group plays a 4-player match on all 5 maps. The group winners advance in the winners' bracket. The 12 losers enter the losers' bracket. The 48 losers are divided into six groups. Each group plays an 8-player match on all 5 maps. The top 2 point scorers in each group advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 3: The 4 winners play 4-player matches on all 5 maps. The top 2 point scorers advance to Round 5. The 24 losers are divided into six groups. Each group plays a 4-player match on all 5 maps. The group winners advance in the losers' bracket.
Round 4: The 8 remaining losers are divided into 2 groups. Each group plays a 4-player match on all 5 maps. The group winners advance to Round 5.
Round 5: The 4 remaining players play a 4-player match on all 5 maps. The player with most points is Terminator Medalist for this portion of the event.
NOTE: in any given round, the tiebreaker utilized is most map wins that round. If a subsequent tiebreaker is necessary, it will be most points in the previous round. If multiple tiebreakers are necessary, they will follow the principles used in previous Initech tournaments (most points, then map wins from previous rounds starting with the most recent) and are at the discretion of the tournament organizer. If no equitable tiebreaker is available, a head-to-head game will be used.
The Quads event will not be seeded. The Doubles event will ensure that Quads teammates do not face each other in the first two rounds. There will be no other seeding of that event. The Standard event will ensure that Quads teammates do not face each other in the first round. An attempt will also be made to seed the top 16 players in separate matches for the first round. The Assassin event will ensure that Quads teammates do not face each other in the first round. An attempt will also be made to seed the top 16 players in separate matches for the first round. The Terminator event will ensure that Quads teammates do not face each other in the first round. There will be no other seeding of that event.
OVERALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
Since there is an irregular nature to each component of the tournament (different number of rounds, different number of players, different number of matches, etc.), finding a standard way to determine the overall champion is difficult. I've settled on a mathematical formula with a couple tweaks. This is how an overall tournament champion will be determined:
1. Each player will have a winning % for each Quads match that they participated in. That number will be multiplied by 0.40 to get a Quads Coefficient.
2. Each player will have a winning % for each Doubles match that they participated in. That number will be multiplied by 0.60 to get a Doubles Coefficient.
3. Each player will have a winning % for each Standard match they participated in. This winning % will be the Standard Coefficient.
4. Each player will have a winning % for each Assassin match that they participated in. That number will be multiplied by 0.80 to get a Assassin Coefficient.
5. Each player will have a winning % for each Terminator match that they participated in. In addition, a bonus of 0.02 will be given for each elimination made on a map where the player did not win. The adjusted number will be the Terminator Coefficient.
The 5 Coefficients will be added up to get a Preliminary Tournament Coefficient. That Preliminary Coefficient will be adjusted as follows:
A. For every medal won, a 0.50 bonus will be added to the Preliminary Coefficient.
B. For every discipline where the player failed to advance to the winners' bracket or failed to advance past the initial matches in the losers' bracket, a 0.20 deduction will be taken from the Preliminary Coefficient.
After the above two adjustments, each player will have a Final Tournament Coefficient. The player with the highest Final Coefficient will be declared Tournament Champion.


