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Posted: **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.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:08 pm**

Count me in for all of them.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:17 pm**

I wrote:Count me in for all of them.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:25 pm**

Main (bottom section) and Junior, please

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:28 pm**

Yup, for all.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:36 pm**

Would like to play in all Thank you.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:48 pm**

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

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:49 pm**

Count me in for all as well.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:34 pm**

All 3 please

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:55 pm**

All plsktksbai

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:23 pm**

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

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:40 pm**

All please.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:48 pm**

All of them please.

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:05 am**

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

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:21 am**

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

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:22 pm**

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

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:36 pm**

All of them please

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:39 pm**

I will enter all please

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:18 pm**

In for the first two please.

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:49 pm**

First One

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

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:09 pm**

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

lol

Posted: **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?

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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."

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:05 pm**

Yes please - all three

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:25 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:46 pm**

All 3 please - my first Apterous tournament!

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:22 pm**

All 3 please - under my own name this time!

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:58 pm**

Main and speed for me please.

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:46 pm**

I'll do everything!

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:38 pm**

Speed and main, please.

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:11 pm**

All three please

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:29 am**

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

What they said.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:29 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:34 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:04 pm**

Me for the Speed and Normal please!

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:51 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:21 am**

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

Posted: **Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:27 am**

All 3 please

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:16 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:51 pm**

I'll stick to just the main tournament please.

Posted: **Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:31 am**

I'll go into all three please

Posted: **Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:42 pm**

Count me in for all three please!

Dan Seasmith

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:23 pm**

In for all three please

Posted: **Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:42 pm**

all three please

Posted: **Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:42 pm**

Lesley Hines wrote: _________________
Lowering the averages since 2009

What exactly does this mean?

Posted: **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

Posted: **Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:38 am**

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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:04 pm**

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:25 am**

Andrew Feist wrote:Junior Mint:

I congratulate you on this joke.

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