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[Rebelslayer]

He probably means that Tom IS the team captain!

[stargate]

[stargate]

[Laurion]

[rseulow]

[rseulow]

[Legalu]

[rseulow]

The "kicker" rule has been deleted. A 6-game "match" for will be played for each round of Semi/Finals as recommended by Legalu.

[rseulow]

Note: Teams in BOLD have completed all 6 games; dark blue highlight = clinched Division; light blue highlight = Division Leader

Although only 6 teams have completed all 6 games in the Qualifying Rounds, most of the divisions winners have been decided, and 2 of the 3 Wildcards look to be locked in.

Division A
With 1 game left to complete, Australia already edges Texas by 1 Advancement point, although the latter are clearly advancing to the Great 8 as a Wild Card team.

Division B
Team Italy holds a precarious 2-point lead over Brazil and must hope that the Flavio-led Brazils get waxed in their two remaining games to take the division. Both teams, however, appear destined to advance to the Great 8.

Division C
New England have dominated this Division in Belichick-like fashion. We can neither confirm nor deny the allegations that we have been recording the games electronically.
Germany, with only 3 games completed, may yet win a post-season berth.

Division D
Finland emerges as the Top Seed in the Great 8, beating out New England by 4 Pyramids!!!
The Greater-Moravian Coalition has an outside chance to make the Great 8 as a Wild Card team.

Division E
Albion - featuring Gaditus, the Prometheus of Amun Re Tournaments - has already defeated WestUS but must hold off challenges from both Great Lakes and Lancashire to claim the Division.

[jglazier]

So, it's still possible that WestUS could get the last wildcard spot?

[rseulow]

They have not yet been eliminated.

[t_o_m9]

Not sure if the great lakes score is accurate, as we had completed 2 games by Aug 11th and they were both wins (tom vonpotty), so not sure if you counted one as a tie

[rseulow]

T_o_m9:

I show you and von potty have completed 2 game:

E28 which you won (3 goals to 1)

and

E26 which was a tie (2 goals to 2)

See the rules again - in the Doubles, first place = 2 goals (not 3 goals, which it's worth in the Singles where you have to defeat 3 opponents without help), the 2nd and 3rd = 1 goal each and 4th place = 0 goals.

In game E26, von potty took first place with 48 points but you finished in 4th place with 25 points, so your team scored 2 goals, as did Albion (taking 2nd and 3rd place). So that's a tie.

[t_o_m9]

Did that scoring change after the tourney started?

[rseulow]

No, the only change made to the Rules was to have a 6-game "match" for the Quarter/Semi/Finals instead of just advancing 2 players per team.

The scoring rules have not changed. Changing scoring rules after the tourney had started would be rude, wouldn't it?