[Tournament] Codex Asynchronous Winter Swiss 2021 (CAWS21) Signups now open! Tourney Starts Jan 3rd

Happy new year guys! Thanks for the invite @zango. Still occupied with school and all but I should be able to take a couple turns a day. Plus 9 is not a good number for CAS :wink: Letā€™s make it 10 at least.
My first and crude attempt at multicolor. [Blood/Fire]/Feral.

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Welcome aboard bansa :slight_smile:

Posting matchups a little early in anticipation of no other late entries but happy to accommodate other folks wanting to get in on the action. Happy to see a lot of Green starter here (and a brave Blue starter!), a little surprised to see no White or Purple starter! Should be fun though, GL HF everyone!

CAWS21 Round 1

  1. [CAWS21] Round1: P1 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present
  2. [CAWS21] Round1: P1 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 charnel_mouse [Law]/Fire/Growth
  3. [CAWS21] Round1: P1 Bomber678 [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace
  4. [CAWS21] Round1: P1 Moby_Dick [Demonology]/Peace/Finesse :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 OffKilter [Finesse]/Feral/Truth
  5. [CAWS21] Round1: P1 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 NekoAtl [Balance/Growth]/Strength
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Well we finished early didnā€™t we!

Crazy busy day of work for me today but I have round 2 pairings, here we go!

CAWS21 Round 2

  1. [CAWS21] Round2: P1 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth
  2. [CAWS21] Round2: P1 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 Moby_Dick [Demonology]/Peace/Finesse
  3. [CAWS21] Round2: P1 charnel_mouse [Law]/Fire/Growth :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth
  4. [CAWS21] Round2: P1 OffKilter [Finesse]/Feral/Truth :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral
  5. [CAWS21] Round2: P1 NekoAtl [Balance/Growth]/Strength :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 Bomber678 [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth
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Just over a week to post Round 3, enjoy the weekend and donā€™t sweat if you canā€™t play until Monday. GL HF all!

CAWS21 Round 3

  1. [CAWS21] Round3: P1 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present
  2. [CAWS21] Round3: P1 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 Bomber678 [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth
  3. [CAWS21] Round3: P1 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 Moby_Dick [Demonology]/Peace/Finesse
  4. [CAWS21] Round3: P1 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: P2 OffKilter [Finesse]/Feral/Truth
  5. [CAWS21] Round3: P1 charnel_mouse [Law]/Fire/Growth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: P2 NekoAtl [Balance/Growth]/Strength
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Well we arenā€™t quite done w/ Round 4 but itā€™s close enough I can fairly reasonably do pairings. GGs to @OffKilter and @Nekoatl , I especially liked my game w/ Offkilter and if you missed spectating it, I think it was worth a read! Some unconventional warfare in that one :slight_smile:

I am on vacation until the 31st, so next pairings will probably be that day. Take your time w/ this round and GL HF all!

CAWS21 Round 4

  1. [CAWS21] Round4: P1 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth
  2. [CAWS21] Round4: P1 Bomber678 [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: vs :medal_sports: P2 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth
  3. [CAWS21] Round4: P1 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace
  4. [CAWS21] Round4: P1 Moby_Dick [Demonology]/Peace/Finesse :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: P2 charnel_mouse [Law]/Fire/Growth
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@Bryce_The_Rice please start our game :slight_smile:

from Imgflip Meme Generator

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Spreadsheet Link for up to the when I mark it results

But also fine, just for you Bomber, I marked them :wink: but only because of the Bernie meme, that gave me a good giggle XD

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Not just for him, thatā€™s really appreciated!

While we still arenā€™t quite done w/ Round 4, I can safely give Bomber (whoā€™s at risk of elimination) a bye and everyone else can get matched up, so that is what we shall do!

But first a so long and thanks for playing to @charnel_mouse, who was eliminated by Moby in Round 4. Better luck next tourney to our much appreciated Codex data scientist!

With only 6 players remaining rematches are inevitable at this point, Iā€™ll be doing my best to reverse the P1/P2 assignments and avoid recent rematches wherever possible. GL HF players!

CAWS21 Round5

  1. [CAWS21] Round5: P1 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth
  2. [CAWS21] Round5: P1 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present :knockdown: vs :medal_sports: P2 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral
  3. [CAWS21] Round5: P1 Moby_Dick [Demonology]/Peace/Finesse :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: vs :medal_sports: P2 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace

Bomber on bye (or possibly eliminated, weā€™ll see how our Round4 match finishes).

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Sorry for being a smartass, but:
bansa-zhavier, Moby-Dreamfire, frozen-zango would have been without a rematchā€¦ :wink:

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Shouldnā€™t records matter than avoiding rematches?

It can go either way, I think. Players are matched against opponents theyā€™ve faced the least, then according to losses as a second priority. I think this usually done by matching the least-loss players first, so the first pairing decision is giving zhavier an opponent from FrozenStorm and bansa (least-faced, least-losses), without observing that choiceā€™s effect on other pairings. Accounting for re-matches caused by this would then come under the hostā€™s right to hand-craft pairings to minimise re-matches, which is optional.

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All this to say, Iā€™ve done it and its more complicated than it looks.

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Being itā€™s swiss tourney, I do tend to prioritize keeping w/l within 1 over totally avoiding rematches. To zhavs point itā€™s a tough balance and there are no perfect answers

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The saga continues! We have to say goodbye to newcomer @Moby_Dick who departs in 6th place after a tough loss, thanks for joining and GG WP!

Weā€™re down to 5 and that means someoneā€™s got a bye, that someone is Dreamfire this round. Weā€™ll have 4 next round as Zango and myself are both on two losses. GL HF everyone!

CAWS21 Round 6

  1. [CAWS21] Round 6: P1 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral
  2. [CAWS21] Round 6: P1 FrozenStorm [Necromancy]/Balance/Truth :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: vs :medal_sports: P2 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace
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I know the other way around it would have been the very same for you, but four times P2 in 6 games really isā€¦ Yikesā€¦

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I hear you, this is why the matchups are never perfect, trying to optimize three things at once canā€™t quite happen :confused: I randomed through the sheet and thatā€™s what came up. That said I am not picky and am fine swapping or doing rps through an arbiter if youā€™d prefer

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Na, everything should go as you randomized it, but thanks for your offer, itā€™s very generous and I really appreciate it!

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Onward! GGs to myself ducking out in 5th (grats again on the W zango!), weā€™re in (essentially) semifinals now! Zhavier is begging for an L, whoā€™s going to give him one? Dreamfireā€™s next on deck, rested off the bye.

GL HF to our final 4!

CAWS21 Round 7

  1. [CAWS21] Round 7: P1 Dreamfire [Necromancy]/Discipline/Present :medal_sports: vs :knockdown: P2 zhavier [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth
  2. [CAWS21] Round 7: P1 zango [Balance]/Anarchy/Peace :knockdown: :skull_and_crossbones: vs :medal_sports: P2 bansa [Blood/Fire]/Feral
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