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Signups as of this post added to OP.

All invites have now been sent, so signups will close 72 hours from this post.

What the heck, sign me up.  Do you know when this is going to start?

Round 1 matches should be posted sometime Saturday (and weekly for subsequent rounds).

I've started sending invites/reminders. Unfortunately, I am limited in how many messages I can send per hour, so they will have to be staggered a bit. Signups will be extended to 72h after I finish sending invites, whenever that is.

[This thread is for anyone who lost their Round 2 match in the main tournament. There will be separate signups for each round.]

This thread is for anyone who lost their Round 2 match in the main tournament. There will be separate signups for each round.

General Rules:
1. Match rules are identical to the main tournament except where noted here. (This includes subscription eligibility.)
2. Signups will occur on a per-round basis. If you lost in Round 1 of the main tournament, you will join in Round 1 of Losers'. If you lose in Round 4 of the main tournament, you will not join until Round 4 of Losers'.
3. If you have already entered Losers', you do not need to signup again to continue participation - you will advance to the next round by winning your match.
4. I will aim to send out a reminder for signups and matchups; however, it is your responsibility to sign up at the appropriate time and to schedule your match.

Scheduling:
1. The Losers' Bracket will lag approximately 72-96 hours behind the end of the corresponding main tournament round. Signups for Round 1 will close on Friday (Sep 29) at 6 UTC.
2. You should complete your match within a week of the match-ups being posted. If your opponent has not responded within 48 hours of match-up posting, please notify me.
3. If your opponent does not show up for a scheduled match (within 15 minutes grace period), please notify me as well.

Bracket Structure:
1. Each round, the top half of entries (by seed in main tournament) will be paired randomly with the bottom half. If there are an odd number of entries, the best seed remaining who has not already received a bye will advance automatically to the next round.
2. The winners in the Losers' Bracket will advance to the next round, and be joined by new signups (who were knocked out of the main tournament).

Prizes:
1. Pending approval by the organizers of the main tournament, I will offer a 3 month Gold subscription as a prize for the winner of the Losers' Bracket.
2. I will also offer a 3 month Gold subscription for the biggest non-forfeit upset, as determined by X Win% at the time of the match (to be split in the case of ties).

Eligibility:
1. In order to participate, you must have participated in the main tournament, and must not have forfeited your match due to lack of participation/communication (resigning single games is fine).
2. Please only sign up if you can commit to playing your matches until you are eliminated again.
3. Those eliminated in the quarterfinals of the main tournament or later are not eligible for the Losers' Bracket prize, since they will already be receiving a prize for their placement in the main tournament. However, they are welcome to participate, and if one of them wins the prize will go to the highest finisher(s).

[This thread is for anyone who lost their Round 1 match in the main tournament. There will be separate signups for each round.]

This thread is for anyone who lost their Round 1 match in the main tournament. There will be separate signups for each round.

General Rules:
1. Match rules are identical to the main tournament except where noted here. (This includes subscription eligibility.)
2. Signups will occur on a per-round basis. If you lost in Round 1 of the main tournament, you will join in Round 1 of Losers' (this thread). If you lose in Round 4 of the main tournament, you will not join until Round 4 of Losers'.
3. If you have already entered Losers', you do not need to signup again to continue participation - you will advance to the next round by winning your match.
4. I will aim to send out a reminder for signups and matchups; however, it is your responsibility to sign up at the appropriate time and to schedule your match.

Scheduling:
1. The Losers' Bracket will lag approximately 72-96 hours behind the end of the corresponding main tournament round. Signups for Round 1 will close on Friday (Sep 29) at 6 UTC.
2. You should complete your match within a week of the match-ups being posted. If your opponent has not responded within 48 hours of match-up posting, please notify me.
3. If your opponent does not show up for a scheduled match (within 15 minutes grace period), please notify me as well.

Bracket Structure:
1. Each round, the top half of entries (by seed in main tournament) will be paired randomly with the bottom half. If there are an odd number of entries, the best seed remaining who has not already received a bye will advance automatically to the next round.
2. The winners in the Losers' Bracket will advance to the next round, and be joined by new signups (who were knocked out of the main tournament).

Prizes:
1. Pending approval by the organizers of the main tournament, I will offer a 3 month Gold subscription as a prize for the winner of the Losers' Bracket.
2. I will also offer a 3 month Gold subscription for the biggest non-forfeit upset, as determined by X Win% at the time of the match (to be split in the case of ties).

Eligibility:
1. In order to participate, you must have participated in the main tournament, and must not have forfeited your match due to lack of participation/communication (resigning single games is fine).
2. Please only sign up if you can commit to playing your matches until you are eliminated again.
3. Those eliminated in the quarterfinals of the main tournament or later are not eligible for the Losers' Bracket prize, since they will already be receiving a prize for their placement in the main tournament. However, they are welcome to participate, and if one of them wins the prize will go to the highest finisher(s).

Signups:
(176) scottshauf
(198) yahas
(223) santamonica811 (josh bornstein)
(241) jakey
(251) SamanthaCarter
(274) Der Quasi
(279) Tabou
(281) whitedovenz
(283) Aquariangirl-2- (jennifer0204)
(286) Damiracle
(288) wildaboutmn
(293) choloepus
(295) Oyvind
(296) gregors67
(299) Nefarious6th
(304) paulrudz
(309) DieFault
(316) blamelewis
(322) nhpsmith
(323) fainting_goats
(325) nexxus
(326) Wavyhill
(356) cruiskeen
(358) aaronargo
(360) elliottjf
(362) Vali1987
(363) beolight
(368) Gandalf86
(373) Meadowstress777 (Meadowstress)
(374) kscrapqueen
(380) G.L. Morrison (Morrison)

Ok, I think I've been talked into it. Will get a thread up later today, and try to get invites/reminders out to everyone eligible as well.

Leaning toward not running this. Not convinced there is enough interest, and I am still way too busy. I'll make a final decision by Friday though.

mith 3.5-2.5 SamanthaCarter

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Hi, I'm not sure what a loser's bracket is - could you elaborate?

Thanks

Tim

Tim, this would be a bracket of players eliminated from the main tournament who want to continue playing matches. In previous years (2012 and 2015) I have had signups for newly eliminated players, and these are added to the players progressing in the Losers Bracket. (Effectively, it's double elimination, but only for the players who want to participate, and without feeding back into the main bracket.)

See https://docs.google.com/a/grandstream.com/spreadsheets/d/1e3smI10h90WGry-hfTlvxvPgemQyM0BlXUQZ7Yp6eWg/htmlembed?widget=true#gid=0 for example.

After a year's hiatus due to baby, I am considering organizing a Losers Bracket again this year, if there is sufficient interest.

This is not a guarantee that it will happen, even if everyone wants to participate. I am very busy right now. But I thought it would be worth gauging interest at least.

This is not the signup thread - this is a list of signups who have met the requirements for participating.

The signup thread is here: http://forum.shuffleit.nl/index.php?topic=2035.0

(I'm at 20 games now, yay. Now to improve my rank some more so I hopefully don't get clobbered in the first round.)

/in

(Hopefully between now and then I can find some time to play again. Toddler + Work = Exhausting. If not, I'll /out.)

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