Mark0n created the tournament on 2023-04-12

Competition is tough in the World Championship. There are some big names here already. Thanks for the consolation invite, good luck to us all!

Yes!!! Thanks a lot for the consolation invite.
It is really welcome.

Thanks to all the players who responded to the invitation for the play off tournament.
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect for the turnout, but we've got 160 players in the tournament, which is amazing to me! Thank you CGE and Pajada for the support for this tournament as well.

This will be a straightforward setup, top 2 players from the group will advance to the next stage. So per stage it will be 160, 80, 40, and then 20 players.

Once the tournament reaches 20 players, I will decide how many players will advance to the next round. I have several ideas regarding the number of players in the final stage of the tournament. The decision will be announced in time.

For now I hope you enjoy the tournament and the games. All the best and good luck!

First Stage of the tournament is over. Thank you all for participating.
Seeding for the 2nd stage was semi-conducted with 2 group winners and 2 runner-ups in each groups. No contestant that was in the same group in the 1st stage could play together in the new group. I will do the same thing for the 3rd stage, but players who were in the same group in Stage 1 could end up in the same group then.

Top 2 players will advance to the next stage. Group format and amount of players advancing through will remain unchanged until Stage 4. I will have an announcement at the start of Stage 4 regarding the next stage.

Enjoy your games and all the best!

To my group: I'm sorry for playing this slow. I've been caught up with lots of things and don't have much spare time, but I'm trying my best to not being timed out and off course being promoted.

Hello, when is the planned start time for Stage 3?
Thanks in advance.

Greetings everyone! Stage 4 is about to start. Congratulations to everyone qualified. Last 20 players remain in the tournament.

An important announcement regarding advancing to the final stages of the tournament.

Stage 5 will consist of 12 players divided into 3 groups of four players. That means that top 2 players in the group will advance to the next stage, as well as two best 3rd place players. So like a wild card system.

Stage 6 and the Final stage will consist of one group of 7 players! It means that top 2 players of the groups, and best 3rd placed player will advance to the final!

So we will have a group size the same as in the International Championship, however this time with the added 2p games in the process. Each player will play 6x 2p games, 3x 3p games and 4x 4p games, encountering everyone else in the group exactly 4 times (once in 2p games, once in 3p games and 2 times in 4p games)!

Top 3 players will have a BYE in the qualifying stage in the next World Championship. It's not much, but this play off has always been a consolation tournament, and we're keeping the World Championship Spirit alive. And it contributes to Glicko rating.

Let me know in the comments if you like the system for the Final Stage, as it is still subject to change.

Hi, how to define the 2 third-best finishers? By points?

Thanks,
Rap2

rap2 good question. Sry for not clarifying it sooner.
Best 3rd placed player(s) is determined by:

1. Points
2. Number of wins
3. Glicko rating

SaMatra

I see. Yes, it should've given you 2 points. I'll take that into consideration. Though your first position should't come into question. But if it was a tie breaker for 2nd, or best 3rd position, I would've taken your result in consideration.

Im out.
It was a tense stage for me. Lots of wars caught me unaware and I ended tied up with Allisti, who is moving up.
Congrats to Arce and Allisti, from my group.

virvett
Thank you Virvett. Sometimes it happens. You are tied in points with Alistxi, but he's ahead of you in head to head matches 3-2.
I hope you had fun and good luck in your games.

New stage will begin next week. Best 3rd places go to BoatyMcBoatface and Lothar. Good luck in the next stage, where only best 3rd place goes to the Finals. Good luck!

Welcome to the Final Stage of the World Championship Play Off Tournament!
Congratulations to the 7 finalists!
The final batches will be random games of 2p, 3p and 4p games. I'll try to start the 4p games faster because they tend to last longer.
Best 3 players get a BYE for the qualifying stage of the next World Championship, as approved with pajada.
Good luck and have fun!

Mark0n my game crashes every time I enter #27

Same error for me as well I’m same game. Crashes upon load

BoatyMcBoatface sorry for not seeing the games sooner. is it taken care of now?

Congratulations to @FreddyCrugerKiller for winning the Play Off tournament. Congratulations as well to @Praetorianer for finishing 2nd and @LittleBob for winning 3rd place.
As I said before, this was a spin off to World Championship, with a competitive edge for the Glicko rating, and depending on the format and the applied players for the next World Championship, top 3 players would get a bye in the qualifying stage.
We'll see how many players apply for the next World Championship, but if all 1024 players do apply, there probably won't be any bye's for the 1st stage.
I'll give future updates via message or Discord channel.
Thank you all for participating in the tournament.