Gameroom Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament IV

[GeneralHankerchief]

First tournament
Second tournament
Third tournament

Yeah, it's time for another. But this time, by popular demand, I'm adding a wrinkle.

Rules:
Pretty simple really. I create the one-on-one matchup, each participant sends me a PM saying which one they pick. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock. In the case of there being a tie, players will also send me a second choice in the PM. If there's still a tie, then the game ends in a draw.

Tournament structure will be a single round robin which will determine seeding. The knockout round will be your standard seeded ladder structure, with the top four seeds earning first-round byes. In the round robin, players get 1 point for a win, 0 points for a loss, and 0.5 points for a tie. There are no draws in the knockout round, obviously.

BETTING RULES ZOMG IT'S HAPPENING:
If you don't want to test your skills at Rock/Paper/Scissors, or if you weren't able to sign up in time, or if you did sign up but want to take part anyway, I'm adding a betting feature for this game. Basically, anytime you want (even if the tournament has already started), just indicate your interest and I'll start you off with 100 gold (note: this sum is not transferable to future Pirate Ship Mafia games Barto). You can then wager on... whatever you want, so long as you have somebody to take your bet - I'm too lazy to be an actual bookie and establish odds, etc. At least not right away.

Transactions can be confirmed publicly or privately, as long as both sides agree on the stakes.

The person with the most gold at the end of the tournament is crowned, uh, Gameroom betting champion, I guess.

Post here to indicate interest in the tournament, betting, or both. For the tournament, I can take any number of players so long as we get at least 8, though I'll probably cap it at 13. Best of luck to all, and happy WIFOMing!

Signed up for the tournament:
Zack
El Barto
BSmith
Jolt
Al Sipsclar
atheotes
edse
Sigurd
Csargo
Myrddraal
Visorslash
Winston Hughes
seireikhaan

Signed up to bet:
Zack
El Barto
BSmith
Jolt?
Al Sipsclar
atheotes
edse
Csargo
Myrddraal
Winston Hughes
seireikhaan

[Zack]

yes yes yes

edit: tournament and betting

[El Barto]

vote: Zack

Make the number of players be a power of 2, GH.

(and I'm in for everything)

[Zack]

vote: Zack

Make the number of players be a power of 2, GH.

(and I'm in for everything)

2⁰ = 1

only I can play

[Zack]

The possibility of atheotes joining frightens me. Hopefully the connection stays broken.

[El Barto]

2⁰ = 1

only I can play

It's OK if you want to play with yourself.

[BSmith]

I'll be in. Might as well be for both.

[Jolt]

The prodigal son returns for this tournament!

[GeneralHankerchief]

The prodigal son returns for this tournament!

Welcome back! Are you in for betting as well?

[Al Sipsclar]

In for both, please.

[atheotes]

Count me in for both.

I played the first (7 yrs ago) and the third one.
Played the first tournament like the South African cricket team. Entering the last round of preliminaries at 1st position and then losing the next 2 games to exit the tournament when the pressure was on!
Played poorly in the third tournament and again lost the first knock out match!
I am looking to better my record and go all the way!

The possibility of atheotes joining frightens me. Hopefully the connection stays broken.

Be very afraid! (What is he talking about connection? Why is he frightened? )

[edse]

In on both :)

I lost against Sigurd on the fifth throw in the quarter-finals of tournament III :( . I want revenge.

[GeneralHankerchief]

On the fence about playing? Here, have some testimonials.

The tension! THE TENSION!!!

Man.... I'm kind wishing I'd been able to sign up for this. Never seen such an exciting rock/paper/scisssors tournament.

I've been wanting to participate in this tourney. Hopefully I shall be in the sequel.

whoa... Only my stomache has had more upsets than this tournment!

Wow.... this is some awesome rock paper scissors going on...

Waiting for the sequel and rooting for underdog!

I shouldn't have entered this. I got way too caught up in it.

Thank you GH for this fantastic game... I actually would check the results while lying in bed every morning before doing anything else. Even Facebook.

EPIC!!!!

Awesome tournament, awesome write-ups! Very entertaining even if you didn't participate!

I'm actually excited about this strangely.

I hate this game so much right now.

There's no way this should be as satisfying as it is.

I just have to say that I am actually lurking this with great interest. The writeups are really good, keep it coming!

Yes, to bad I hadn't noticed this earlier, I'd have signed up

Awesome. It's remarkable how compelling this is.

Oh my giddleys. I'm actually pretty excited about this

CURSE YOU ATHEOTES!!!!

This suspense is killing me!

That was so much fun.

Thanks GH for hosting this; it's been significantly more fun than I realised a RPS tournament could be!

[Sigurd]

In on both :)

I lost against Sigurd on the fifth throw in the quarter-finals of tournament III :( . I want revenge.

Logged on today from a too long absence. What are the odds...

In for the tournament.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Logged on today from a too long absence. What are the odds...

In for the tournament.

Nice.

Five spots left for the tournament.

[Csargo]

I'll play. Both

[Myrddraal]

In for both

[GeneralHankerchief]

Per tradition, I'm going to reserve one of the three remaining spots to defending champion @Visorslash, who I know is around considering he's thanked a couple of posts in this thread. However, if he declines to participate, or if he doesn't respond in the next 24 hours, then I'll open it back up to the general public.

[Visor]

Alright, I'll play. (just the rps, not the betting).

Gotta give my title defence a shot.

[Zack]

(What is he talking about connection? Why is he frightened? )

Re-read the writeups from the last tournament involving me or you.

[Winston Hughes]

Inston for the Winston.

(that's for both, btw)

[seireikhaan]

Am I in on time? Both if the spots are there.

[Zack]

I can't express how excited I am to bet against seirei "the rock" khaan every time in the round robin.

[GeneralHankerchief]

You're the last one in for the tournament.

For betting, you can join in at any time, so if you're reading this just post to indicate interest.

Give me an hour or four to determine the matchups, etc, and we'll start!

[Zack]

There. Now let's start!

[GeneralHankerchief]

There. Now let's start!

Don't rush me.

[Zack]

[GeneralHankerchief]

Tournament Start

Master list of matchups:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Day 1:
Zack vs. Csargo
Myrddraal vs. Sigurd
Visorslash vs. edse
Winston Hughes vs. atheotes
seireikhaan vs. Al Sipsclar
El Barto vs. BSmith
Jolt (bye)

Day 2:
El Barto vs. seireikhaan
BSmith vs. Winston Hughes
Jolt vs. Visorslash
Al Sipsclar vs. Myrddraal
atheotes vs. Csargo
edse vs. Sigurd
Zack (bye)

Day 3:
Zack vs. Sigurd
Csargo vs. edse
Myrddraal vs. atheotes
Visorslash vs. Al Sipsclar
Winston Hughes vs. Jolt
seireikhaan vs. BSmith
El Barto (bye)

Day 4:
Zack vs. Visorslash
Winston Hughes vs. Myrddraal
seireikhaan vs. Csargo
El Barto vs. edse
BSmith vs. atheotes
Jolt vs. Al Sipsclar
Sigurd (bye)

Day 5:
Zack vs. Al Sipsclar
atheotes vs. Jolt
edse vs. BSmith
Sigurd vs. El Barto
Myrddraal vs. seireikhaan
Visorslash vs. Winston Hughes
Csargo (bye)

Day 6:
Zack vs. edse
Sigurd vs. atheotes
Csargo vs. Al Sipsclar
Myrddraal vs. Jolt
Visorslash vs. BSmith
Winston Hughes vs. El Barto
seireikhaan (bye)

Day 7:
Zack vs. Winston Hughes
seireikhaan vs. Visorslash
El Barto vs. Csargo
BSmith vs. Sigurd
Jolt vs. edse
Al Sipsclar vs. atheotes
Myrddraal (bye)

Day 8:
Zack vs. seireikhaan
El Barto vs. Visorslash
BSmith vs. Myrddraal
Jolt vs. Csargo
Al Sipsclar vs. Sigurd
atheotes vs. edse
Winston Hughes (bye)

Day 9:
Zack vs. atheotes
edse vs. Al Sipsclar
Sigurd vs. Jolt
Csargo vs. BSmith
Myrddraal vs. El Barto
Winston Hughes vs. seireikhaan
Visorslash (bye)

Day 10:
Zack vs. BSmith
Jolt vs. El Barto
atheotes vs. seireikhaan
edse vs. Winston Hughes
Sigurd vs. Visorslash
Csargo vs. Myrddraal
Al Sipsclar (bye)

Day 11:
Zack vs. El Barto
Jolt vs. seireikhaan
Al Sipsclar vs. Winston Hughes
atheotes vs. Visorslash
edse vs. Myrddraal
Sigurd vs. Csargo
BSmith (bye)

Day 12:
Zack vs. Myrddraal
Visorslash vs. Csargo
Winston Hughes vs. Sigurd
seireikhaan vs. edse
El Barto vs. Al Sipsclar
BSmith vs. Jolt
atheotes (bye)

Day 13:
Zack vs. Jolt
Al Sipsclar vs. BSmith
atheotes vs. El Barto
Sigurd vs. seireikhaan
Csargo vs. Winston Hughes
Myrddraal vs. Visorslash
edse (bye)

You will note that this tournament has 13 entrants instead of 12. The top four seeds will still receive first-round byes in the knockout round, but last place, the #13 seed, will miss out on the knockout round entirely. This is done to patch out an exploit that a certain person WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS used in order to go into the knockout round while purposely not scoring a single point in the round robin.

It is now Day 1! Scheduled matchups for today:
Zack vs. Csargo
Myrddraal vs. Sigurd
Visorslash vs. edse
Winston Hughes vs. atheotes
seireikhaan vs. Al Sipsclar
El Barto vs. BSmith
Jolt (bye)

Please PM me with your choice for either Rock, Paper, or Scissors. In addition, please send me your backup choice in case the first throws end in a tie. Once I get all results, I will resolve them immediately. Good luck!

[GeneralHankerchief]

Betting Start

This is going to be a little ad-hoc, so bear with me. First of all, you can sign up to bet at any point during the tournament, even if you've missed out on signups/only discovered the thread halfway through.

Everyone who signs up to bet starts with 100 gold - no rebuys allowed. Probably. You can wager on anything you want to, publicly or privately, but both/all sides must confirm to me - again, publicly or privately - in order for the bet to go through.

Bets do not have to be even on both sides: i.e. you can set up a wager where you can put up 1 gold saying that an unlikely event will happen (exactly four draws in one round, let's say) and somebody can take that bet but put up 10 gold. This could work out either way: on one hand, it's a good way to pick up small amounts of money, but on the other hand it could be a way to take a big gamble and have it pay off.

I will let you know when I receive all orders and begin my writeup. Bets made in the interim will be allowed, but there might not be enough time for all sides to agree unless you're online at the same time.

Various tournament errata:
- No #1 seed has ever won the tournament
- Each tournament has been won by someone from a Commonwealth nation (twice Australia, once UK)
- Sigurd has appeared in all four tournaments and made at least the semifinals each time, though he has never won
- atheotes and seireikhaan have appeared in three tournaments, though neither has made a semifinal
- This will be the second tournament for Csargo, BSmith, Zack, Visorslash, and edse. Visorslash is the defending champion.
- Out of the 32 entrants in the previous three tournaments, one person has made it through the round robin stage without any defeats

I can't think of any others at the moment but you should all get the idea of what you can bet on by now.

Bettors:
Zack - 100
El Barto - 100
BSmith - 100
Al Sipsclar - 100
atheotes - 100
edse - 100
Csargo - 100
Myrddraal - 100
Winston Hughes - 100
seireikhaan - 100

Jolt - 100 (unconfirmed)

[edse]

I want to bet 20 on 3 or more rocks thrown in the first round. Anyone take it?