I'm in btw. But i know my rank on elo.

I am in.

I much prefer the Germany versus Italy myself, but nevertheless this sounds fun.

WRT Group Stage tiebreaks, it's possible for two people to be level on points but have a win and draw between them meaning head to head matters.

Also @Zultar come on, it's not that much of a commitment. You'll only have to play for the group stage anyway.

It's the number of Austria wins in head to head that's irrelevant, Jeff. You can't have more Austria wins in a two game set if that set was tied. If the first tiebreaker fails to break the tie, it'll always go to the third.

I think in a 3 way tie it is possible for 1 player to have 2 Austria wins and the other two to each have 1 Austria win.

Could we have more pause time? This could potentially go on for a long time (all summer?) and I don't want to be limited to just 7 days of out of town excursions for the whole summer. Maybe 7 days of pause *per stage* ?

Not to be harsh, but you could limit yourself to zero 1-v-1 tournaments instead. Priorities.

I'm in.

Need to get my 1v1 skill honed a bit, so anyone who wants a practice game with me, please PM me.

I've heard internet is available even "out of town" on these new-fangled mobile-phone devices some people have. And if you're going off-the-grid for days at a time, you might want to restrict yourself to 10-day phase games.

Curious phrase, "Not to be harsh".

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Well, OK, by "out of town", I meant in the wilderness (hiking, climbing, etc.) so internet access is not available.

I have no ELO as far as I know, but I know I am good. Only if there is some open 1v1 cup, I will get the games needed to get some proper ELO in the first place. But that said, I would play if I ever got the chance to do so.

Peter can have my spot.

I'm in

Hello guys, I am in !

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OK, to put it bluntly:

Adding an additional week of pause time to appease a single person can end up costing the 31 other people an additional week of wasted time. PER ROUND.

I am strongly against adding time. Group stages should take two weeks or so, max.

I like HR's original proposal of 1 week of pause time. Use it judiciously like a chess clock.

If is only going to take two weeks total then NEVERMIND!

I am just in this 2-day phase game in which people *never* ready up and it is taking forever. So I figured this tournament might be like that.

Regarding tiebreakers - Jeff is indeed correct that in three or higher way ties, Austria wins in head to heads do come into play.

Regarding pause time - This tournament is designed to progress significantly faster than the current large scale one, with readying up encouraged as often as possible. One week of total pause time, to be split up as much as people require, is the best solution to prevent other games hanging around waiting for games that are too far behind, whilst also allowing for people to fit this into their schedules.

I'm not sure how long the group stages will take, but this tournament should not be spanning 4-5 months. Ideally it will finish within two months at the longest.

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I don't think I will qualify (playing against decent players seems to have hurt my ranking), but if 20 players better ranked then me don't want to play, count me in.

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I'm 282, I have no shot. Maybe next year.

Bumping. 17 of the current top 32 are signed up already but there's still plenty of spaces!