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Nearly there now - games to be played:

Group A
• Qatar …. Uzbekistan
Group C
• India … Australia
• South Korea … Bahrain
• Australia … South Korea
• South Korea …India
• Australia … Bahrain
Group D
• North Korea … UAE
• UAE … Iran

I have played Kai. Thought it was already up for some reason.

Kai-bekistan 64 - 0 R-atar

And that concludes group A's games.

Uzbekistan got 9 points and a total score of 184
China got 6 points and a total score of 163
Kuwait got 3 points and a total score of 133
Qatar got 0 points and a total score of 39

Uzbekistan will go on to face Syria in the QFs
China will go on to face Jordan in the QFs

Games to be played:

QFs

Uzbekistan … Syria
Jordan…China

Group C
• India … Australia
• South Korea … Bahrain
• Australia … South Korea
• South Korea …India
• Australia … Bahrain
Group D
• North Korea … UAE
• UAE … Iran

Group C:

Edward McCullagh (Australia) 40-45 James Robinson (Bahrain)

Quarter Final

China - 71 - 61 - Jordan

This started brilliantly and we equalled for the first three rounds, until a sloppy mistake on the numbers let China sneak ahead and it remained this way to the last minute. China were speedily off the mark with an incorrect answer, however, that same incorrect answer was buzzed in with by Jordan. The answer was agonising.

Seems like this game was lost by sloppy numbers (sound familiar?)

Thanks for the game Ryan.

So now the first SF can go ahead: China vs. Syria.

Syria 51 - 63 China

First finalist decided!

Come on guys, still a good few games to go in groups C and D!

Kai Laddiman wrote:Kuwait all the pies?

Joseph Krol wrote:Come on guys, still a good few games to go in groups C and D!

James Levison seems not to want to turn up in my group it seems.

James Robinson wrote:

Joseph Krol wrote:Come on guys, still a good few games to go in groups C and D!

James Levison seems not to want to turn up in my group it seems.

Talk of the devil.

Group C:

James Levison (South Korea) 37-50 James Robinson (Bahrain)

I played Adam Fleetwood a while ago but he seems not to of put the result up http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=376004

india (adam) 43- 41 south korea(myself)

I have no idea what country I am

Edward McCullagh 65 - 40 James Levison

Edward McCullagh 62 - 28Adam Fleetwood

Edward McCullagh wrote:I have no idea what country I am

Based on what James has written down, you must be Australia.

James Robinson wrote:

Edward McCullagh wrote:I have no idea what country I am

Based on what James has written down, you must be Australia.

Correct.

And that concludes group A's games.

Bahrain got 9 points and a total score of 155
Australia got 6 points and a total score of 167
India got 3 points and a total score of 100
South Korea got 0 points and a total score of 118

Bahrain will go on to face the runnerup of group D in the QFs
Australia will go on to face the winner of group D in the QFs

games to be played:
• North Korea … UAE
• UAE … Iran

Joseph Krol wrote:And that concludes group A's games.

Bahrain got 9 points and a total score of 155
Australia got 6 points and a total score of 167
India got 3 points and a total score of 100
South Korea got 0 points and a total score of 118

Bahrain will go on to face the runnerup of group D in the QFs
Australia will go on to face the winner of group D in the QFs

games to be played:
• North Korea … UAE
• UAE … Iran

UAE (win) v Iran (predictable loss)

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 3110120822

Come on kirk and dinos, one more game and we can get on with the finals proper!

I texted Kirk to play last night but he was on a dangerous factfinding mission*. We'll run into each other soon promise.

Kirk 67 - 39 Dinos

Can't remember what country he is. I'm UAE. Kirk was being a whiny little bitch through the whole game saying he's lost his touch, all the while getting words I'd never heard of like RAGWORT and MAGUEYS. Stop being so hard on yourself!

Yay, the group games are done. Games to be played will be played when I can access my spreadsheet.

Games to be played:
Quarters
Australia vs. North Korea
Bahrain vs. Iraq

I've been waiting in this sodding final for almost 2 weeks now. Surely I just win the Asian Cup already?

Ryan Taylor wrote:I've been waiting in this sodding final for almost 2 weeks now. Surely I just win the Asian Cup already?

This tourney is a test of skill, not timekeeping. And by the way, the final will be a 14 rounder.

Sorry this is so late, but:

And that concludes group D's games.

North Korea got 9 points and a total score of 193
Iraq got 6 points and a total score of 176
UAE got 3 points and a total score of 141
Iran got 0 points and a total score of 74
North Korea will go on to face Australia in the QFs
Iraq will go on to face the winner of Bahrain in the QFs

Quarter Final:

Innis Carson (Iraq) 58-54 James Robinson (Bahrain)

Edward Mccullagh vs. Kirk Bevins is the remaining quarterfinal...

Joseph Krol wrote:Edward Mccullagh vs. Kirk Bevins is the remaining quarterfinal...

Exciting. I had no idea I was still in this.

Me vs Edward: Kirk Bevins 72 - 38 Edward McCullagh. A sweet pencil from Ed and a pseudo max (didn't risk UNWIRED) from me sees me through.

I don't want to sound like a moaning ungrateful bastard (although I will do) but all these tournaments at one go have been a complete joke. I'd forgotten about this completely yet now remember I'm actually still in the final (and have been for over a month). After this bump by Kirk you can see that Kirk had also forgotten about this. The same can be said for the hypernumbers tourney that Oli has "organised" which has died. Basically it's just stupid that these tournaments are set up without proper structure and proper planning. And no, I don't want to organise my own tournament I prefer to be a twat and dish out unconstructive criticism.

quite an untimely rant oh well...so Innis won (Iraq)

Result here: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=396717

It's academic now, but here's my semi-final against the UAE (Kirk):

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=396711

Thanks for running this Joseph, always nice to have tournaments, and some great games came out of it.

Ryan does have a point though, if tournaments stall like this people will lose interest quickly, which just fuels itself and soon enough the whole thing grinds to a halt. Not necessarily the organiser's fault, it relies heavily on player commitment/enthusiasm, which doesn't really seem to be there. Perhaps there just isn't much demand for tournaments at the moment.

Innis Carson wrote: Ryan does have a point though, if tournaments stall like this people will lose interest quickly, which just fuels itself and soon enough the whole thing grinds to a halt. Not necessarily the organiser's fault, it relies heavily on player commitment/enthusiasm, which doesn't really seem to be there. Perhaps there just isn't much demand for tournaments at the moment.

Thank you for putting it much better than I ever could!

And so, Mr. Innis Carson of Iraq has won the coveted invisible trophy of the Asian Cup 2011. Now for the points totals of all the teams:

Iraq 428
China 365
North Korea 334
Jordan 273
Syria 268
Uzbekistan 241
Bahrain 209
Australia 205
Saudi Arabia 152
Japan 147
UAE 141
Kuwait 133
South Korea 118
India 100
Iran 74
Qatar39

I know that it was a bit dodgy what with a 3-week gap between the penultimate and ultimate quarterfinals which basically stopped the whole tourney, but in the end all games were played and the tournament is complete. Thanks to everyone who competed in the tourney. I know this is a cliché, but I couldn't have done it without you!

JK

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Innis Carson wrote: Ryan does have a point though, if tournaments stall like this people will lose interest quickly, which just fuels itself and soon enough the whole thing grinds to a halt. Not necessarily the organiser's fault, it relies heavily on player commitment/enthusiasm, which doesn't really seem to be there. Perhaps there just isn't much demand for tournaments at the moment.

Thank you for putting it much better than I ever could!

I think if you're running a tournament, you just have to be prepared to continually pester the people involved.

Gavin Chipper wrote:
I think if you're running a tournament, you just have to be prepared to continually pester the people involved.

This. And not just in this thread either - email them. I had no idea I was still in it as I haven't got time to check c4c much any more.

Kirk Bevins wrote:I had no idea I was still in it as I haven't got time to check c4c much any more.

Ok, we get it Kirk, you've got a life now. I think you've mentioned not having time to check c4c in every post you've made on c4c in the last couple of months!

Matt Morrison wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:I had no idea I was still in it as I haven't got time to check c4c much any more.

Ok, we get it Kirk, you've got a life now. I think you've mentioned not having time to check c4c in every post you've made on c4c in the last couple of months!

Yet some people still don't take the fucking hint.

Do you mind removing this out of announcements please?

Yup sorry.