Sunday, September 13, 2015

FKMTkrazy Mahjong Tournament Bracket!

Hi everyone! The FKMTkrazy mahjong tournament is now all planned and ready to go! You can view the full bracket here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1clDjrvjEvlBeSVT8RAxzAd2NE1CUz-yyRJi-yYe0xz4/edit?usp=sharing

The tournament will be held in this lobby: http://tenhou.net/0/?C54071867

If there are any adjustments that you want me to make or any mistakes that you catch, please let me know by Thursday so I can fix them and let everyone else know! If you didn't sign up in time for the tournament, we may need some people to fill in in case people don't show up on time. Details on this and other aspects of the tournament below the cut.



Tournament Structure

As you can see, the tournament will take place over 3 to 4 rounds. I wanted to have the whole tournament be top-2-advance, but since we have players from all over the world and the times do not coincide very much, I had to divide it into 4 divisions, where the top player of each division advances to the finals.

Also of note is the fact that some players start ahead of others. This is called "seeding" players, and it was done based on the positions of the players on the "mahjong night standings" page at the time I made the bracket. The top 11 players on the standings start in the quarter finals, while the other 28 players will begin in the preliminary matches where only the last-place player is eliminated.

The specific positions in each division were randomized using random.org. 

Each game will be one hanchan, no red fives, open tanyao allowed, rounded-up mangan, with multiple rons decided by head-bump. Also important to note is that 4-player riichi is NOT a draw, so be careful about that one.

In the semi-finals and finals, we have enough time for best of 2 or 3 hanchans. You may request to have it be best of 2 or 3 before the game starts, and if all the players agree to it that's what we'll do.

For the final table, I will ask each of the finalists from tables P, Q, R, and S what their availabilities on Sunday will be, and use that to schedule the final table.

Attendance Policy

Because the times I've set are pretty tight, I'm going to need everyone to be right on time. I've allotted 1 hour and 30 minutes for each hanchan, and while most hanchans only last about 45 minutes on tenhou they can easily stretch to an hour or more. So if you're more than 15 minutes late, I'll have to count you as a no-show and disqualify you. If you're disqualified in one of the preliminary, 3-player-advance matches, the other 3 players will advance to the quarter finals without contest. Otherwise, I will need someone to stand in for you.

If anyone would like to volunteer to stand in for players, please check the schedule on the bracket page (second tab at the bottom) and see how many of the quarter-final-and-on matches you can make it to, and let me know in the comments. Ideally, I'd like to have 2 players in the wings for each match from the quarter finals on, just in case. You can stand in for a player even if you're in the tournament in another division.

When standing in for a player, your placement has no bearing on who advances; If you get first place, second place and third place will advance. As such, I'd suggest you try and stay out of other players' way to affect the match as little as possible, but it's up to you.



I will be streaming the tournament live on http://twitch.tv/sonickrazy, so tune in and watch!

21 comments:

  1. What timezone is the tournament i.e. the times posted in?

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    1. PDT, but if you look at the second tab it shows the schedule in 3 different time zones

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  2. Will there be an IRC room or something for the tournament, for easier communication?

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  3. If I understood it correctly, a means a.m. and p means p.m.? And about the timezone, may you tell it in GMT?

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    1. Look at the second tab over, all the times are in GMT+1 as well

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  4. Yo, cool420 here. I thought I was submitting times for GMT Saturday/Sunday. I can't play during the GMT AM on Friday. Hopefully someone shows up who can take my spot.

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    1. I can move you later in the day if that would help? There's a bit of flexibility still. If not, sorry for the miscommunication :(

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    2. For example, I could switch you with Kagakusha in the early afternoon league. He's available to play whenever.

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    3. No, it's my fault, all of Friday ended up a complete no go for me. Thanks for accommodating though, I'll play the next one!

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    4. Aww ok :( Sorry you can't make it

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  5. Kyuu here.

    I have a possible cancellation, pending a real tile play session for Saturday. Decision with the mahjong group is pending. So, I'll post a notice later this week.

    EDIT: Derp, I went full retard. I can make it on Friday. :D

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  6. According to the schedule my first match would be on 17:45 GMT+7 Friday.
    That wouldn't work out for me.

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    1. Ugh, time zones are so hard. Just redid it, does it work now?

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    2. Perfect. Thanks.

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    3. Your timezone is GMT+7? It`s the same as mine. May be you are from Tuva?

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  7. Virr here, sorry I forgot to resubmit but thankfully you allocated me to a good hour, thank you.

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  8. xGeo here.
    I should be able stand in for any of the quarter finals and beyond (except the evening league of course.)

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    1. Actually I probably won't be able to do the morning league

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  9. "In the semi-finals and finals, we have enough time for best of 2 or 3 hanchans. You may request to have it be best of 2 or 3 before the game starts, and if all the players agree to it that's what we'll do."

    What is the system used for determining the winner of multiple hanchans? Is it the same used for the mahjong nights: total score with Tenhou's (-25/-15/+5/+35) oka-uma combination? Or if the players agree, can they choose an alternative rank bonus setup, for example WRC's (-15/-5/+5/+15)?

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    1. Since this is FKMTkrazy and all, I figured we'd do the scoring system from Akagi: 10-30 uma with a 20 oka. That works out to (-35/-15/+5/+45)

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