Connect Four Tournament!

[-N-]

Raistlin: We need a connect four tournament!

I think I can make it happen, thanks to this site. I clicked the "play as guest" link, and apparently I can send the URL of that game to whoever and have them join me. In fact, it does work - you can thank Bert as your beta tester. :D

http://www.kurnik.org/intl/en/connect4/

Signup! Format will be classic double elimination, according to the first entry on this site.

http://jsoo.home.mindspring.com/articles/formats/

Draws result in a replay until a winner is decided.

I'll cutoff at 16, but if there are a bunch of other people who want to play than I'll extend to 32.

edit: they're timed games - bert just pwnt me ;_;

[Cz]

xDDDDDD

...

Sure, why not? :)

[-N-]

Oh, uh, yeah, to keep the signups consistent, keep adding to the following list when you sign up.

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. *your name here*

and so on

[escobert]

yes I will dominate somemore!
EDIT: damn you and you list
1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert

[Madonna]

Oh, I am a sucker for Connect Four. I want to buy one to abuse in the break room at work.

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert LOLz
4. Lynxie

[Cz]

Rock Paper Scissors tournament plzkthx.

[escobert]

haha lynxie said LOLz :D

[Black Mage]

I would never forgive myself if I didn't sign up.

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage

[Old Manus]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus

[edczxcvbnm]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm

[Epiphany]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence

[DK]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono

BRING IT NEEL :mad2:

Edit: I'm going to make you the Pakistani bowling lineup to my Sehwag 309, brother.

[My name is...something..?]

I'm game.
I'll be under m_n_i_s.
Someone already took my acronym.:(

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?

[Brian The Pink Shark]

I'll play :D

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn :choc:

[Raistlin]

Oh hell yeah.

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn
12. Raistlin

[rubah]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn
12. Raistlin
13. rubah

[escobert]

Rock Paper Scissors tournament plzkthx.
Dude, it's no good when you can't punch the personr in the head when you beat them. That's the true rock paper scissors. Or slap eachother.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Dude, it's no good when you can't punch the personr in the head when you beat them. That's the true rock paper scissors. Or slap eachother.

or indeed use the scissors :choc:

[Dreddz]

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn
12. Raistlin
13. rubah
14. Dreddz

Seems fun.

[Rase]

this website is still mostly frequented by Polish-speaking people who play usually between 11am to 11pm CET (Central European Time); if you would like to make it more international, please invite your friends and link to it on your website or blog (thanks!);
Sounds good to me. :up:

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn
12. Raistlin
13. rubah
14. Dreddz
15. Rase

[nik0tine]

I don't know what connect four is, but...

1. Neel
2. Czanthor
3. Bert
4. Lynxie
5. Black Mage
6. Old Manus
7. edczxcvbnm
8. Malevolence
9. Kyono
10.My name is...something..?
11. Squinn
12. Raistlin
13. rubah
14. Dreddz
15. Rase
16. nik

[-N-]

Hooray - we're ready to go. As I said before, this will follow the standard double elimination format shown below - this will let each person play at least twice. I randomized the starting positions of everyone, so no whining. Try to get your first matches done and get the results to me by Saturday. Connect Four is a short game, so this should not take long.
http://jsoo.home.mindspring.com/articles/formats/diagrams/diagram1.gif
Dreddz vs. Rubah
Czanthor vs. Black Mage
Genius Lynx vs. Old Manus
nik0tine vs. Malevolence
Kyono vs. edczxcvbnm
Neel With A Hat vs. Squinn
Bert vs. My name is... something..?
Raistlin vs. Rase

[Old Manus]

That picture roxors

[Raistlin]

Well at least this tournament has a much simpler system than that chess tournament system you cooked up.

[Epiphany]

My failure is imminent.

[Dreddz]

Me And Rubah eh, This should be amusing.

[edczxcvbnm]

Is this best 2 out of 3 or one game only? Can we do it how we choose?

[Dreddz]

Probably, just have to decide a winner I guess.......

[-N-]

Play as you like, 2 out of 3 or whatever. There is a time limit to playing on this thing, so I advise not to multitask.

[Psychotic]

Damned internet absence!

If someone drops out, can I be their replacement? I might have to arrange a few..."accidents" :) (it would be so much more dramatic if the theme from The Godfather played as your eyes ran over that sentence, don't you think?)

PS: If there is ever a tic-tac-toe tournament, the victory is already mine.

[-N-]

Yeah, if I don't hear from anyone by Saturday, I'll slip you in. RSL wanted in too, so I'll do that. I dunno about you being tic-tac-toe champion though - RSL is pretty fantastic. Or maybe I just suck. In either case, I'll let you two know.

[escobert]

I got pwned

[My name is...something..?]

I got pwned
:):cool:
My name shall be sounded from the mountaintops.

[Xaven]

Yeah, if I don't hear from anyone by Saturday, I'll slip you in. RSL wanted in too, so I'll do that.
If a third person happens to drop out, let me know!

[Miriel]

*wants to play*

:(

[Pheesh]

*wants to play*

:(

Stay Essential
EE

[nik0tine]

I got pwned

[Dreddz]

I got pwned

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Neel is 4 hours late for our match :/ :choc:

[-N-]

Hey man, 6 PM doesn't mean jack when you don't tell me a time zone.

Play you right now.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

lol sorry about that xD, yeah lets get it on :choc:

EDIT- what the hell were do i go once i reach the site ? :choc:

[DK]

Uh actually, I forfiet to ed 'cause I can't do this anymore, so Psy can take my spot if he wants it.

[Psychotic]

Thank you, dear Kyono! If I am victorious, I will eat a curry in your honour.

edacizzlewizzlewhatsit, your head is mine!

[Madonna]

Now if only Manus and I could actually match times...

[Brian The Pink Shark]

I win, cant wait for next round :choc:

[Madonna]

Lynx moves up a rung, leaving the battered body of Manus in his wake~!

[Old Manus]

:cool:

[Cz]

Wow, this is going to be more fun than I expected, not to mention tougher. I just scraped a 2-1 victory over Black Mage, in a thrilling contest that will be talked about for generations to come!

That might be overselling it a bit, but it was a good game. :p

[Psychotic]

edczxcvbnm kicked my stupid scrawny ass. :(

[edczxcvbnm]

I have slain the beast.

[Mittopotahis]

I'll join the next round :D

[-N-]

Great going everyone. I'm waiting on two more matches - Raistlin vs. Rase and nik0tine vs. Malevolence. That could be up to four replacements in less than 24 hours, so get your shotguns ready, folks. All's fair - I'll be sending them another notice. Here's who I have for backup.

1. RSL
2. Xaven
3. Miriel
4. Eternal Essence
5. Mittopotahis <-- took me fscking forever to type this out >:\

[Epiphany]

xD I pwned Nik.

[-N-]

While we're waiting for Raistlin and RSL to play (I gave them some extra time since RSL took Rase's place), I'll post the second round matches. Sorry Xaven, Miriel, EE, and Mitto! :( You can still play though (I'm always down for a game) - it's not like you can't play Connect Four unless you're in a tournament. :p

Anyways, here are the second matches.

Winner's Bracket:
rubah vs. Black Mage 121
Genius Lynx vs. Malevolence
edczxcvbnm vs. Brian the Pink Shark
My name is... something..? vs [Winner (Raistlin or RSL)]

Loser's Bracket (you're out for good if you lose this time!)
Dreddz vs. Black Mage
Old Manus vs. nik0tine
Psychotic vs. Neel
Bert vs. [Loser (Raistlin or RSL)]

I'll send out the PMs.

[Cz]

[Loser (Raistlin or RSL)]
I read this as a cleverly veiled insult. :D

Good luck to everyone in their matches.

[Epiphany]

Lynx has thoroughly owned me. I knews it.

[Bowser]

I'd like to be in the next round. :D

[RSL]

Raistlin beat me.

[Raistlin]

I blasted RSL into oblivion. Bring it on, something.

[My name is...something..?]

Oh, I'm ready anytime.
Another person to leave battered
and bruised in my quest for glory.

[Black Mage]

I'm not sure if he reported it, but Dreddz got the best of me.

[Xaven]

Sorry Xaven, Miriel, EE, and Mitto! :(
Well, it was worth a try. =3

[Raistlin]

I lost due to not paying enough attention in the 3rd round and being utterly exploited. Very, very stupid. I am turning off AIM next game. >=o

[My name is...something..?]

I lost due to not paying enough attention in the 3rd round and being utterly exploited. Very, very stupid. I am turning off AIM next game. >=o
I was wondering why you went down so easily in the last round.:)

MNiS for the win!
MNiS advances!!
*and the crowd goes crazy*

[Cz]

I'm not sure if you already know Neel, but I have slain the mighty rubah.

[Miriel]

Sorry Xaven, Miriel, EE, and Mitto! :( You can still play though (I'm always down for a game) - it's not like you can't play Connect Four unless you're in a tournament. :p

Yeah, I'm ok with not being in the tournament now that I've DOMINATED Del Murder at Connect Four. :D


TWICE!

[Raistlin]

Did he let you win?

[Dreddz]

tHis has become alot more intresting than I thought, so, where am I. I lost first time, then won. So do I still have the loser brackets, or am I out of those. ?

[Rye]

Too late for me to join. :(

[Dreddz]

Kinda off topic, but still, has anyone played some of those high ranked players. I played some guy/girl called 0789, Oh god, I was owned major.
Sometimes, it seems unreal how good these people are.

[-N-]

Well, Connect Four is a solved game, so player 1 can guarantee his or her win.

The loser's bracket just means that if you lose again, you're out. Once you lose, you enter the loser's bracket; that's about it. Oh yeah, the winners of each bracket play again at the finals.

[Old Manus]

nik is avoiding me

[-N-]

then he'll lose lol

[nik0tine]

nik is avoiding me
No.

[Old Manus]

Then let's do it

[escobert]

I'll do you! I'm gonna play LSR today :p

[nik0tine]

And so I was beat
In the old losers bracket
By an old Briton.

:mad2:

[Old Manus]

That's Manus to you, boy

[edczxcvbnm]

Brian and I will probably not be able to play until Friday...maybe. He lives in GMT and I live in CST. When I get home most nights it is 1 AM where he lives. I can post at work but playing a game pushes it too far.

Having said that FUCK ENGLAND!

[Old Manus]

Therefore ed forfeits because he lives in a sucky time zone

[edczxcvbnm]

Don't make me bring RSL up in this bitch. We all know CST is the one true time zone.

[-N-]

Brian and I will probably not be able to play until Friday...maybe. He lives in GMT and I live in CST. When I get home most nights it is 1 AM where he lives. I can post at work but playing a game pushes it too far.

Having said that smurf ENGLAND!No worries. Thanks for letting me know. I'll have a series of games waiting for both of you that weekend, then, so hopefully you can execute them in quick succession.

edit: Namely, Moldy will have to wait for the loser of your match, and My name is something? will wait for the winner. This is proceeding much more smoothly than that beleaguered chess tournament. Sweet, I used beleaguered in a sentence.

[RSL]

Don't make me bring RSL up in this bitch. We all know CST is the one true time zone.

Yeah, edczxcvbnm knows the score.

Um, whenever Bert gets online I'll be playing him, I hope.

[Dreddz]

*waits for Raistlin*

[Raistlin]

Yeah, Dreddz and I might need a couple of days, as we've had trouble getting on at the same time. I'm not consistently online until after 8 PM or so EST, and then he's off. But we'll get this done.

[-N-]

Yeah, there's time - Bert and RSL have been having the same trouble recently (ed and Squinn, too). I'm moving the next round matches forward though - effectively staggering matches. So don't be surprised if there's a pileup somewhere. :p

[Brian The Pink Shark]

there's a slight possibility i might miss Ed's and my match, if that happens i'll drop out k :choc:

[edczxcvbnm]

No way dude. I am on now so lets do this thing. I am in room worytki.

[-N-]

Did this happen?

[edczxcvbnm]

I didn't happen then but it did happen now. I got raped!

[Brian The Pink Shark]

i just won against edczxcvbnm woohoo, twas a close game :choc:

[Dreddz]

Well, I won against Raistlin, good game it was ;)
Am I out of those blasted loser brackets ?

[RSL]

Bert beat me. I guess i'm out!

[escobert]

Well, I won against Raistlin RSL, good game it was ;)
Am I out of those blasted loser brackets ?

[-N-]

Well, I won against Raistlin, good game it was ;)
Am I out of those blasted loser brackets ?dude, all the loser bracket means is that you lost once. :p

since i'm out THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT IS CANCELLED ;_;

No, really. The following matches need to be played:

Round 2.5
edczxcvbnm vs. Old Manus

Round 3:
Black Mage 121 vs. Genius Lynx
Brian the Pink Shark vs. My name is...something..?
Dreddz vs. winner [edczxcvbnm vs. Old Manus]
Neel vs. rubah

PMs are out for all of these except Dreddz's next match. Finish by Sunday.

Only eight of you left! After Round 3, only six total matches left.

[Mittopotahis]

5. Mittopotahis <-- took me fscking forever to type this out >:\

That's all I needed to hear. I am happy. :)

*waits for next round*

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Wow tournie is surely heating up, good luck to all of you in round 3
.
.
.
.
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You'll need it muhahahahahahahaha :choc:

[Cz]

Can't find Lynx anywhere. Not that I've tried looking, of course. :p

[-N-]

Yeah, well get your slow ass out of first gear and find him.

[-N-]

I'll take post 100 too so I only have to load the second page.

[Madonna]

http://www.akusui.net/_lynxius/screen_bm121ownedme.gif

[Epiphany]

Same sort of thing I did with Neel, Lynxie. XD

[Mittopotahis]

How in the world could you not see that coming?

[Dreddz]

When is my next match coming.....*waits*

[Brian The Pink Shark]

i been waitin for my name is something fo ages, he aint on ever :choc:

[My name is...something..?]

i been waitin for my name is something fo ages, he aint on ever :choc:
We're never on at the same time.:(
We need to set up a time and date.:)

[Brian The Pink Shark]

yeah that would be good, what time zone you at? :choc:

[My name is...something..?]

I'm in a central time zone.

[edczxcvbnm]

I am out...which means I don't have to play anyone else from GMT again!

[Old Manus]

All I can say is :cool:

[escobert]

http://www.akusui.net/_lynxius/screen_bm121ownedme.gif
xD

[Brian The Pink Shark]

I'm in a central time zone.

this is going to be rather complicated :choc:

[-N-]

I was in Central when I played you, Squinn. Surely you can work this out.

[edczxcvbnm]

Next time you do a Tournament you need to match everyone up based on time zone. CST and GMT is not easy when people have jobs.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Yeah Central is GMT - 6 right? :choc:

[Dreddz]

*continues waiting*

[Old Manus]

I was pwned :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[-N-]

Next time you do a Tournament you need to match everyone up based on time zone. CST and GMT is not easy when people have jobs.That's actually how things were set up initially, but if people from each time zone advance, they're bound to run into each other eventually. Sorry it worked out, but I'm glad you got it done.

edczxcvbnm, you play Dreddz next. I'll send a PM.

[Old Manus]

Wait, Neel, I beat ed this morning, then just lost against Dreddz


I'm just too fast for you

[-N-]

wait what

okay, then Dreddz needs to wait to play the loser of Squinn v MNiS

[edczxcvbnm]

Welll....Then I got screwed because I played nothing but people from England.

[Dreddz]

Hmmm, in 10 minutes, pretty please

you only prolong your loss
:choc2:

[Brian The Pink Shark]

My_Name_is_something has been destroyed, bring on the next one :choc:

[My name is...something..?]

Squinn got me.
:)

[Dreddz]

Guess its me and MNiS next :)

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Guess its me and MNiS next :)

who am i up against then? :choc:

[Dreddz]

Who knows, Im apparantly meant to be facing the loser out of your recent battle.

[-N-]

oh snap, the match actually got played?

Round 4 Matches:
Black Mage 121 vs. Brian the Pink Shark
Dreddz vs. My name is... something..?
rubah vs. Genius Lynx

I think the timezones line up this time. :D?

edit: PMs sent.

[Dreddz]

So, is this the semi finals or something ?

[Brian The Pink Shark]

final of winning and losing brackets :choc:

[Dreddz]

Ok, good good.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

damn i dont wanna face dreddz again, we had a few friendly matches and i got my arse kicked each time :choc:

EDIT- OMG i beat BM121 im in the final :D :choc:

[Cz]

Brian beat me. It was like that scene in that movie where that guy beats that other guy, and he's all like 'I beat you man' and the other guy's like 'dang'. :(

[Dreddz]

Gratz Squinn, Hopefully we'll meet inthe final :)

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Gratz Squinn, Hopefully we'll meet inthe final :)

hopefully not, if your game will be anything like the friendlies we had then im screwed :choc:

[My name is...something..?]

Gratz Squinn, Hopefully we'll meet inthe final :)
Oh, I don't think you'll need to be worrying about that.:)

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Oh, I don't think you'll need to be worrying about that.:)

tis reasurring :p :choc:

[-N-]

Okay, neither MNiS nor Dreddz responded to my ultimatum to have their match done by today, so sadly I will have to drop them and move to the final matches.

rubah must first battle Black Mage 121 for the right to reach the final game. The two dueled in the second round of the tournament with Black Mage 121 coming out the victor. rubah came back, persisting through the tough and gritty losers bracket, defeating Bert, Neel, and Genius Lynx to scramble towards the opportunity to reach the finals. Black Mage 121, meanwhile, has shown incredible dominance thus far in the tournament, losing only recently to the undefeated Squinn. If he can make history repeat itself, he'll find himself facing Squinn again in the final match.

The undefeated Squinn awaits the winner of this match.
The 3rd place title awaits the loser.

Okay, I'm done. Play C4 already.

[Dreddz]

Noooooooooo, it wasnt our fault, we have very different time zones, when ever he is awake, Im all asleep, we tried Neel, we tried :cry:

[-N-]

I'm sorry, I know it's a problem, but I gave you guys one week, which includes two weekends. Other people have managed to coordinate, and I've stated before I wanted it done by this date, since I'm leaving the country in three days. I have no choice but to move on.

I'll give you the fourth place banner for responding first. You were pretty streaky after your first loss anyways. How's that sound?

[Dreddz]

Ok, But Ill be back I tell thee !

[RSL]

Holy cow this thing is still going on?

[-N-]

Yeah, delays in getting matches done and stuff. It should have been done a week ago or so, but I didn't feel like rushing things.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

hehe who dares face me :choc:

[My name is...something..?]

Ah well, I'll take the championship next time.
Too bad too, I had a good run going.
Anyways, good luck to all those still in the race.:D

[Dreddz]

hehe who dares face me :choc:
Ill be back, dont you worry ....

[Brian The Pink Shark]

damn man this is taking forever :choc:

[-N-]

All of you suck.

1st: Brian the Pink Shark
2nd: Black Mage 121
3rd: rubah
4th: Dreddz

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Yaypers :choc:

EDIT- do i not get a trophy ? :choc:

[Old Manus]

This is hilarity

[Dreddz]

4th !!!!!!
Ill be back......

[Cz]

All of you suck.This is so true.

[Dreddz]

Hmmmmmmm, what way does he mean we suck, Im getting a little upset here....

[Brian The Pink Shark]

i dont suck, i'd played all my matches (and won 'em :p ):choc:

[RSL]

I sucked, I was 0-2!

[Cz]

We suck for not finishing this thing off by now. But Brian would've only kicked my ass in the final anyway, so it doesn't affect the result, and I get away without being humiliated at his hands. :p

But yeah, sorry Neel.

[Dreddz]

I think it was held back because of me and MNiS, we had troubles with getting the match done as whenever he was on, I was fast asleep, and Vise Versa. Thats why Im angry I didnt get a Chance at the top spot :(

[Brian The Pink Shark]

I think it was held back because of me and MNiS, we had troubles with getting the match done as whenever he was on, I was fast asleep, and Vise Versa. Thats why Im angry I didnt get a Chance at the top spot :(

Au contrare, im glad, you would have kicked my arse in the final :p :choc: