Gameroom Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament III

**classical_hero** · 06-08-2012, 05:16

I thought I had already sent my orders in, my bad.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 06-08-2012, 06:16

Day 10 results

It took nine entire days, but at long last the players can be clumped into tiers.

Standing alone at the top is The King, who has had a round robin for the ages. He has yet to lose in this tournament, has already clinched a bye, and will in all likelihood secure the #1 seed today. Behind him are the three people on the inside track for the other byes: Sigurd, Visorslash, and Ishmael, who all only have to hold course to keep their coveted positions. Staring in from the outside are Montmorency, classical_hero, and LazyMcCrow, who can all still grab a bye with two more wins plus a bit of luck. Behind them are edse, atheotes, Zaccino, and BSmith, all having no chance to get a bye but are still gamely playing out the tournament in hopes of building momentum for the matches that truly matter. Bringing up the rear is issaikhaan, who is clearly marching to his own drummer and, in spite of his 0-9-0 record, is probably the most feared opponent heading into the first round of the knockout round.

At this point in the tournament there is no breaking out of tiers; instead, only intra-tier movement is possible. There are lots of storylines that still need resolving, and they are in fact about to be resolved, as the referee walks out, acknowledges the contestants, and raises his hand in the air.

"Rock... paper... scissors... shoot!"

BSmith plays issaikhaan in the first match of the day. khaan is clearly not taking this one seriously, which is just fine with BSmith as he's looking to put some separation between himself and the rest of the cluster of 3.5-point players. BSmith first covers his bases by throwing Rock, and then, seeing that khaan has done the same, throws the expected winning Paper against khaan's Rock. So far, so good in terms of separation.
BSmith defeats issaikhaan

Up next is the match between Zaccino and Ishmael. Ishmael is shaping up to be a very dangerous opponent in the knockout round, not having lost in nearly a week of play. Zaccino, meanwhile, is searching for some separation and some consistency, his tournament so far being marred by losses and the strange connection with atheotes. A win today would mark his first two-match winning streak of the entire tournament, which doesn't hold up quite so well to Ishmael's gunning for the #2 or even #1 seed. Nevertheless, the two start evenly-matched, both throwing Paper. The audience gasps in shock, though, on the rethrow as Zaccino unexpectedly triumphs with his Paper covering Ishmael's Rock. The cheers of Montmorency, classical_hero, and LazyMcCrow are among the loudest; Ishmael is suddenly looking a lot more vulnerable.
Zaccino defeats Ishmael

Visorslash takes on Sigurd in the most anticipated match today. With Ishmael's loss just now, the winner of this matchup will most likely secure the #2 seed - Sigurd would outright clinch it and Visorslash would still need to take care of business tomorrow but would hold the inside track. Sigurd is a half-point up, though he knows that means very little if anything. Unfortunately for the Dragonslayer, this proves to be exactly the case as he finds his Paper having come up short against Visor's Scissors. Sigurd's resume against the projected players with a bye is looking very shoddy: two losses to The King and Visorslash and a draw against Ishmael. Meanwhile, Visorslash pumps his fist in celebration. This match has given him confidence going into the knockout round.
Visorslash defeats Sigurd

In the next match, LazyMcCrow faces off against The King. Out of the three players that have a chance of moving up into the top four going into today, Lazy faces the slimmest odds, being two points behind Visorslash and Ishmael, meaning he'd need to win both matches and have Visorslash lose both of his (Ishmael would win over Lazy due to tiebreakers). In addition, one of Lazy's two wins would have to come against The King, who is cruising to the #1 seed and hasn't lost at all in this tournament. Visor's victory against Sigurd rendered all of this moot, but The King delivers a final eulogy to Lazy's playoff hopes with a throw of Paper, which covers Lazy's Rock. The crowd explodes in celebration as The King has officially clinched the #1 seed in the tournament with this victory.
The King defeats LazyMcCrow

atheotes battles classical_hero in the next match. atheotes is a bit annoyed; two people in his tier have already won today, meaning the best he can hope to do is keep pace. Meanwhile, classical still has hopes of leaping over Ishmael into the fourth playoff spot. Lazy's loss has just made sure nobody can creep in from behind. In the end, though, it is atheotes who is able to keep pace with a throw of Paper, defeating classical's Rock. There is now officially a massive logjam in the middle of the pack at 4.5 points, with four people already there and a fifth, edse, potentially able to hit it as well with a win. Naturally, atheotes notes, Zaccino is in that group.
atheotes defeats classical_hero

The final match of the day is between edse and Montmorency. edse's storyline of the day is something of an amusing one (to everyone but the tournament organizers); can he be a part of the massive cluster of players with 4.5 points with one day to go? However, in terms of drama Monty's storyline wins out easily: he is now the one remaining player on the outside with a chance of securing a first-round bye. Unfortunately for Monty, though, better storylines mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. edse quickly knocks him out of contention with a throw of Rock, smashing Monty's Scissors. Everyone at the top breathes a sigh of relief; with Monty's loss, their byes are secured. Everyone else though will be in an absolute dogfight for position with only one day to go in the tournament that will most likely require multiple tiebreaker rounds to sort out.
edse defeats Montmorency

Standings through Day 10:

The King: 9
Visorslash: 7
Sigurd: 6.5
Ishmael: 6
Montmorency: 5
classical_hero: 4.5
edse: 4.5
atheotes: 4.5
Zaccino: 4.5
BSmith: 4.5
LazyMcCrow: 4
issaikhaan: 0

Some notes:
- The King, Visorslash, Sigurd, and Ishmael have all clinched first-round byes (Ishmael holds a tiebreaker over Montmorency).
- The King has clinched the #1 seed.
- Visorslash can finish no lower than third, Sigurd can finish anywhere from 2-4, and Ishmael can finish no higher than third.
- In the extreme likelihood that tiebreaker rounds will be needed to determine final seeding among the gigantic cluster, I will explain the tiebreaking procedure when the scenarios are fully determined at the end of Day 11's matches.

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It is now Day 11!

Day 11 matchups:

issaikhaan vs. Ishmael
BSmith vs. Sigurd
Zaccino vs. The King
Visorslash vs. classical_hero
Lazy McCrow vs. Montmorency
atheotes vs. edse