Apterous Winter Tournament sign-up

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:59 pm

I am pleased to announce that entries are now being taken for the Apterous Winter Closed series of tournaments. We have:

The Main Event: The Winter Closed itself. This tournament will be divided into sections based on rating. Rather than have a pre-defined cutoff, I will instead split the list at "convenient" points, with the goal of having about a dozen in the top and bottom sections, and the rest in the middle section. Matches in this event will be best-of-three "Standard 15" games. The exact formats will depend on the number of entries, but you should expect to keep playing throughout the course of the event (i.e., no knockout formats).
Speed Demon: A tournament featuring 10-second rounds. Again, the exact tournament format will depend on the number of entries, but the basic unit will be one "Speed 15" game (as opposed to the two speed 9 games from last year). This will probably be pool-and-playoff format, but there is a chance of some knockout being added.
Junior Mint: A tournament featuring the Junior format. (All ages are eligible.) As above, this will probably be pool-and-playoff format, with a small chance of knockout.

How to register: You can post in this thread, or you can send me a PM/email using the links below my name here if you have questions or want to be all sneaky about it.

Dates and times: Anyone who registers by Friday, November 26 will be placed in the tournament; people who register after that date will be added only on a space-available-and-convenient basis. The tournament will start on Sunday, November 28. The basic unit of the tournament will be the "week" (i.e., you will have a week 1 match, a week 2 match, etc.) The tournament weeks will then be:

Week 1: November 28 -- December 4
Week 2: December 5 -- December 11
Week 3: December 12 -- December 18
Holiday Break
Week 4: January 2 -- January 8
Week 5: January 9 -- January 15
Week 6: January 16 -- January 22

I will (soon) have a list of participants available on the tournament web site (once the tournament web site gets created), so that you can check that your registration got noticed.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:08 pm

Count me in for all of them.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:17 pm

I wrote:Count me in for all of them.

Howard Somerset · Post by **Howard Somerset** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:25 pm

Main (bottom section) and Junior, please

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:28 pm

Yup, for all.

peter lee · Post by **peter lee** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:36 pm

Would like to play in all Thank you.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:48 pm

I'll do the main and the speed demon please.

James Bradley · Post by **James Bradley** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:49 pm

Count me in for all as well.

James Doohan · Post by **James Doohan** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:34 pm

All 3 please

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:55 pm

All plsktksbai

James Leroux · Post by **James Leroux** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:23 pm

I'd like to enter the main and the juniors, please.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:40 pm

All please.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:48 pm

All of them please.

Miriam Nussbaum · Post by **Miriam Nussbaum** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:05 am

I wrote:
You wrote:Count me in for all of them.

Liam Tiernan · Post by **Liam Tiernan** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:21 am

No Speed for me, please. I've got enough addictions, tyvm.

Edwin Mead · Post by **Edwin Mead** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:22 pm

I'd like to join in the Main Event only, please.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:36 pm

All of them please

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:39 pm

I will enter all please

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:41 pm

Howard Somerset wrote:Main (bottom section) and Junior, please

James Leroux wrote:I'd like to enter the main and the juniors, please.

tomrowell wrote:I will enter all please

I am enjoying all this polite smut.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:18 pm

In for the first two please.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:49 pm

First One

Timing should work if I'm not doing Spoilers admin.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:09 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Timing should work if I'm not doing Spoilers admin.

lol

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:12 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Timing should work if I'm not doing Spoilers admin.
lol

erm...why?

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:14 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:Timing should work if I'm not doing Spoilers admin.
lol
erm...why?

I dunno. But you just posted the 100,000th post with those words.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:15 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:I dunno. But you just posted the 100,000th post with those words.

Nah, that was you, you big loser.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:16 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote: lol
erm...why?
I dunno. But you just posted the 100,000th post with those words.

I posted the 99,998th post.

YOU Posted the 100,000th post with

Ryan Taylor wrote:100,000th Post is shit."

Marcus Hares · Post by **Marcus Hares** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:05 pm

Yes please - all three

Matthew Tassier · Post by **Matthew Tassier** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:25 pm

I'd like to take part in all 3 please.

Thomas Cappleman · Post by **Thomas Cappleman** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:46 pm

All 3 please - my first Apterous tournament!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:22 pm

All 3 please - under my own name this time!

Andrew Herbertson · Post by **Andrew Herbertson** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:58 pm

Main and speed for me please.

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:46 pm

I'll do everything!

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:05 pm

Without wishing to appear too much of a slut, I would like to get involved in all the sexy action on offer please.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:38 pm

Speed and main, please.

James Hall · Post by **James Hall** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:11 pm

All three please

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:12 pm

Kirk Bevins wrote:All 3 please - under my own name this time!

Well why don't you sign in then Richard?

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:29 am

Lad wrote:
I wrote:Count me in for all of them.

What they said.

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:50 am

The web page for the tournament has been set up, and all the entries that I've gotten so far should be listed in the proper place. If you have already registered, please just hit the page up quickly and double-check that you are where you want to be.

I'm going to keep to one-match-a-week as far as is possible; if anything has to give, it will be the Speed Demon, since those games are single Speed 15, so doing two of those in a week shouldn't be stretching you too thin.

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:16 am

If there's any more room on the Main Event list, could you please add me to that as well

Chris Hare · Post by **Chris Hare** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:29 pm

If there's room, count me in for all three, please.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:34 pm

That's the first time I'm ever top of the list.

Scott Gillies · Post by **Scott Gillies** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:04 pm

Me for the Speed and Normal please!

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:51 pm

Count me in for the main one and the speed one, please.

Hugh Binnie · Post by **Hugh Binnie** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:21 am

I'd like to play in every section if possible.

Tom Barnes · Post by **Tom Barnes** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:27 am

All 3 please

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:53 pm

I would like to enter the normal, gently thrust into the speed, and casually thumb myself into the juniors. Please.

Martyn Simpson · Post by **Martyn Simpson** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:16 am

I'd like to enter into the Main Event please, Andrew

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:51 pm

I'll stick to just the main tournament please.

Ben Cooke · Post by **Ben Cooke** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:31 am

I'll go into all three please

Dan Seasmith · Post by **Dan Seasmith** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:42 pm

Count me in for all three please!

Dan Seasmith

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:08 pm

Currently we have 40 in the Main Event, 33 in the Speed Demon, and 30 in the Junior Mint, with three days left in the registration period, so there's plenty of room (although I have to admit 36 in the Speed Demon would be a really really really really good number).

As with the last summer tournament, I will allow half-point byes in the Junior Mint and flight A of the Main Event (it's pretty certain now that flight A will be ratings between 1000 and 1600), so if you know you will have to miss a round for whatever reason, let me know as soon as you can.

Lesley Hines · Post by **Lesley Hines** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:23 pm

In for all three please

Lloyd Pettet · Post by **Lloyd Pettet** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:42 pm

all three please

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:42 pm

Lesley Hines wrote: _________________
Lowering the averages since 2009

What exactly does this mean?

Lesley Hines · Post by **Lesley Hines** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:47 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote: _________________
Lowering the averages since 2009
What exactly does this mean?

It means I joined in 2009 and have been consistently more rubbish than everyone else since, hence lowering the averages

John Gillies · Post by **John Gillies** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:38 am

Please put me in for the Main Event & the Junior one. Thanks.

Jeffrey Burgin · Post by **Jeffrey Burgin** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:09 pm

Count me in for the Main Event please, no idea what group I'd be in but would love to make a return.

Ralph Gillions · Post by **Ralph Gillions** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:04 pm

Andrew Feist · Post by **Andrew Feist** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:06 am

So we're at the end of standard registration, so anyone who is a last-minute kind of person had better hurry. In terms of space available:
Championship Flight (>1500 Pro ranks): no more than 1 spot open
Flight A (1000-1500 Pro ranks): must be an even number of people
Flight B (<1000 Pro ranks): as many as want to show up
Speed Demon: no more than 1 spot open
Junior Mint: no more than 31 spots open

Also, the Flight A and Junior Mint will be Swiss, so if you know you will have to miss a week let me know as soon as you can and we can work around you.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:25 am

Andrew Feist wrote:Junior Mint:

I congratulate you on this joke.