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pio_magic vs. hrothgar mkgnao vs. elyk25 please finish it within a day. Thanks

Matches left to play broze vs. derppp stoppiello vs. hrothgar pio_magic vs. hrothgar powerduck vs. hrothgar mkgnao vs. elyk25

I believed I entered correctly so far, but if any of you have any extra time please check at least your result and see if I entered anything wrong. Thanks!

Yes replay to make the format consistent please.

The top 8 of Gp 2 can be determined with the information now but please still finish the last two matches (tim_ucin vs. shuba, tim_ucin vs. twisterrz). For people in Gp1 and Gp3, if you haven't finished at least half of them you should speed up.

@barmar can you check results of people who didn't post hand record link? @everyone please make sure you post the hand record link or any proof (e.g. screen shot) if the link is not available. Make sure you finish on time. Don't start the match if it's about to expire, resend the challenge instead.

As usual I'll wait for Elyk25's explanation.

If that is the case can you guys just play another 7 boards match to complete?

OK, let's wait a while and see if derppp can explain it (otherwise I'll make adjustment).

Please contact each other on BBO before sending an invitation. Do not send too many invitations at the same time. I omit some detail (like how seeding points and group assignment work) here but if you have any question you can ask here.

Look at entrants/group assignment information here. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7cui5ar3z293cqq/Event10.xlsx?dl=0 I'll update the score everyday. You can start KO round now.(You should have adv. bot for free now.). Play 4 sets of 16 boards, IMP, best hand challenge vs. your opponent. Try to finish each round in a week. The deadline might be adjusted to earlier/later time based on the progress. Fail to complete a match: in KO, that means you lose the match. The result will be determined by total IMP.

OK registration stop here, give me some time to figure out the format.

It costs nothing, but also awards nothing (except for seeding points for future challenge events which has little effect anyway).

Because the voting result shows this is the format that is preferred by most people.

I won't play but will organize the event.

It seems like people still have some interest in this, so let's keep it. We'll use basic robot unless BBO let us upgrade for free as before.We'll have adv. bot as before (confirmed by barmar) We'll play IMP best hand. The tournament is likely to be RR in the early round(s) and KO in the late rounds, it will depend on number of participants. Reply this thread to register. I'll be quite busy in the incoming 2 weeks, so I'll set the deadline to register 8/25 11:59pm PST.

Alright add some polls.

In theory that could work but 1. This is a detail people tend to forget, I'm sure there will be people forgetting this. 2. I'm not sure how many people are willing to pay 0.5$ (0.25$*2 if take turn paying) per round(64 bds) for the event that does not pay any BBO/ACBL master points.

I think I'll temporarily suspend the future challenge event because of the new BBO policy (add 0.25$ for adv. bot). If we run it in the usual way, we cannot control what kind of robot people use and who should pay it. If you have any thought, or is interested in taking charge of the challenge event, reply it here.

Checking this forum once a week should be sufficient.

ok broze vs. sieong last match!

OK 1 set left in QF, sieong vs. icycookie

OK from now on play as fast as possible. No more than 10 days after previous round is completely done but you're encouraged to play much faster.

What is the result of this match?

Just a reminder broze vs. toast1 still need to play 2 sets in R16.