BeaverBoy: No they do not.

Tournaments always go till there is a winner.

Yes, Thad has a good idea. Maybe limit the tournament to 1 or 2 tie breaking rounds? then if no winner is determined, it is a tie..

IN THE NAVY 3
Night Of The Amazons 3
Battle Boats Celebration
IN THE NAVY 4
GAME CLOSET PARTY 3

Fencer: An extra round or two would be better than an automatic tie. Ties are ok, but not when there hasn't been any attempt at all to break it. In my case, partica & I never faced each other in the tournament we were co-winners of. That is a travesty. We should have faced each other AT LEAST once before a tie was declared.

True..

Doesn't seem like it would happen that often though..

I just hate ties! LOL...

I wasn't taking into consideration more than 2 people involved in the tie.. The 2 win match to break the tie, obviously wouldn't work in situations with 3 or more people..

rod03801: If you have a round with only 1 section containing 4 players (for example) and all of them would be the winners, the next round would be exactly the same.

I agree. I hate tournaments ending in a tie..
Why would they be endless? Wouldn't it be possible to have those people remaining play a 2 win match to decide? (I think the 3 win matches when there are only 2 people, are too much)

Thad: No. It could lead to endless tournaments.

Fencer: Then can I suggest that tournaments be changed so that they continue until there is a winner?

Because round 2 had only one section.

Why was there no round 3 in this tournament:
http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?tri=25594

Nothingness: I do not believe that there is a way to get into another Espionage tourney, since you are still in your current one, other than upgrading to a rook. ;-)

im still locked out of a tourney even as a member, b/c i cant enter more than 1 version of that game. im in espionage and i won my section almost immediately, and the other section hasnt even scratched the surface of their 1st round games yet.isnt there a way to get into another tourney while i wait. it could possibly last over a year before i can enter another tourney.

Hrqls: The smile page still hasn't been updated to show what a 141 is, so I hope that's a nice smiley...

ClayNashvilleTn: The misconceptions appear at any site... Most people just don't bother trying all the links. "New game" is the only link that some of the players around here know...

pawns in a tournament :

Nothing at all to be afraid of. The one thing pawns should be aware of though is that they are tied to that tournament until it's completion, unless they've completed all their games and are taking no further part in the tourney and they talk very nicely to Fencer who might release them.

JamesHird: Which brings up a good point.
I played every day for two years as a pawn and never entered a tournament.
Played several weeks after paying and never did.

For some reason some people are reluctant to participate in tourneys.

I was slow to get involved and was leery of tournaments. I only read GC and didn't see much said about them. Wasn't even sure that I could, if I didn't belong to a F/S.

There are a lot of misconceptions, as to who can do what or when.

I have asked pawn friends to get involved and most all seem to be afraid.

I would have thought there would be quadruple this many people signed up.

# Five in Line (60)
# Backgammon (103)
# Battleboats (63)
# Hyper Backgammon (93)

Last term to sign up: 30. April 2005, 17:00:00


The numbers continue to rise!


Five in Line (59)
Backgammon (102)
Battleboats (63)
Hyper Backgammon (92)



WIN $50.00 on each of the four games! Sign up for all four and win $200.00 TOTAL
Five in Line Tournament
Hyperbackgammon Tournament
Battleboats Tournament
Backgammon Tournamanet

Yea, it's just how Fencer has it programed - to make it easy, it just looks for 5 free game slots for "1 game per 2 players", and 10 free game slots for "2 games per 2 players" .... even if more or less game slots are needed.

(So a pawn may have 10 free game slots, start a tournament and add 14 games bringing the total to 24 games, which they would then need to get the total back down below 20 before starting any new after that.)

pauloaguia: I did a search and found a previous post by BBW:

"For the 2 games per 2 players, players will need 10 slots open. Even if a player starts 6 or 8 games, they will still need 10 games slots open."

bumble: Thanks. I'll take your word for it then

10. Please don't ask me why! BBW can explain but it is 10.

I've seen lots of tournaments where the tournament creator states that pawns and knight must have 10 available slots to enter the tournamente. However some of those have a maximum of 8 players per section with 2 games between each player, giving a maximum of 14 possible games on one section for each player.

So how many free slots does a pawn really need to enroll in such tournaments?

The SCRL Fellowship is running several internal tournements. Wanna play them then come to the SCRL Fellowship and join.

Interested in playing Tablut? Sign up for my beginners Tablut series of tournaments for players with 1500 BKR or less (unrated is allowed).

There are 10 tournaments in all, starting each week for the next 9 weeks (the first tournament started last Monday) and the winners of each one will be invited to a final Beginners Tablut event which will start at the end of tournament #10.

If the same person wins two events, the place in the final will be awarded to the runner up of the later tournament.

There is no physical prize, other than the reward for playing such a great game and the chance to win a tournament against other new (or poor, or both!) players.

BerniceC:

ClayNashvilleTn: WOW...that is a very generous offer.... We will have to rethink the "old".....""Your money, my shopping expertise ""HAHAHAHA

BerniceC:nooooooooo I will pay any and all charges! Each winner will receive the promised amount!

ClayNashvilleTn: I agree with Harley but have found it better if you dont join...In regards to big BKR's LOLOL....desperate for a quid (dollar)...$64.50 Australian today but by the time Fencer took charges etc out of it, there wouldnt be too much left I dont think. Going by what has been said about charges in the Czech Rep. :(

harley:hehehehe I am really trying not to get destroyed in my own tournament! Have you seen some of those "BIG" BKR's.........Zowie the BIG GUNS are signing up!

When I have prize tourneys, I say if I win, I'll give the prize to the second place winner. Not that I've ever won one of my own tourneys

Jason: I kind of agree with you but I don't want any contention. I have removed myself from playing in any of the games.

well you should be able to stay in your own tournament clay , alot of the prize tournaments that has had a prize of somesort has also had the creators in them ... if you won one of them you could always donate it to a good cause

BerniceC: I was wondering about that! I think I will go and remove my name! It sounds like the right thing to do!

ClayNashvilleTn: rATHER GENEROUS OF YOU i MUST SAY :) oops sorry caps.....I hope you dont join your own tournaments :( I joined my prize tournaments and got shouted out LOLOL...what and how would you explain winning? You have good number joining tho...congrats :)

eagle eye: The first Pond Run had about 250, but I don't know if you count that. I also don't know if there was a regular tourney that was bigger.

does anybody knows what is a biggest tournament (per game) on BK?

bumble:Thanks for your undying confidence! hehehehe

NOT a floosie:Thanks Flooz

As of 10 minutes ago we have !
Five in Line (49)
Backgammon (85)
Battleboats (52)
Hyper Backgammon (76)

ClayNashvilleTn: It looks like it is going to be a GREAT first tournament for you. Come on everyone....sign up. Let's see if we can get a record number of entries and have some fun. :o)

ClayNashvilleTn: You? Goof up? Never....

I think your right! It says Maximum 8 for each section so I guess one section can be short that number.

This is my first tourney and have already made several mistakes! Just trying to head off goof ups!

The computer works that out for you surely?

What is the highest number of players in a tournament as a rule?

What is the most ever?

What do you do if the right number doesnt sign up to balance the teams?

If you would like to start the week with a couple of quick games of back and hyper then join my tournaments - Sandy's Sunday Quickie - only 24 places available.

redfrog: Congrats Billmo8 - you whipped me good in the opener for that one too!

redfrog: Thanks, bro - while I didn't have the stones to manage all the sections, I'm proud to have my first tourney win hosted by and populated with some great players!

I do not know what all the hoopla was about! I will win all 4 tourneys anyway! hehehehehe