Hard Drop Open 2009!

[Blink]

http://harddrop.com/tourney - current standings & match results

Regular Season Results: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Au...amp;hl=en#gid=2

Final Results:

Gold: Blink
Silver: Maserati
Bronze: Corrosive



Hard Drop is the home to some of the best Tetris players in the world, and that's why we
are proud to announce our first competitive tournament titled the Hard Drop Open 2009.  

This is for anyone to enter, regardless of skill level.  If you're a novice, come see what it's like to play with the top players.  So start practicing, and get ready to battle it out with the most confident and crafty players in the world.

This tournament has ended!  Thank you all for participating

Rules:  You have until July 18th@ 11:59PM PST to enter.  This tournament starts on July 19th and is held on the Blockbox client, if you don't have an account yet you can register for free at http://www.blockboxgame.com.   Players who have not played a single match by July 26th will be dropped from the tournament.  The tournament will end no later than August 31st.  The deadline to have your matches counted for the rankings is August 15th.  Use the Blockbox "rated match" settings, First to 10 (win by 2) is the winner.  Play as many opponents as possible in order to receive more points.  Since this is our very first tournament, there are no divisions between skill and anyone can play anyone else.

Scoring:  The scoring system is simple, you will be awarded 4 points for a shutout win (10-0), 3 points for a win, and 1 point for a loss.  In the event of ties in the leaderboard, the player with the better rounds won/lost ratio will receive higher seeding, so don't forget to also include the score when reporting match results.  At the end of the Hard Drop Open, the top 8 players will advance to a short single elimination Pro tournament based on their seedings and only ONE player will be crowned as Hard Drop's Champion of 2009.
Depending on the interest level and amount of players of this tournament, we'll decide what happens with Hard Drop's next tournament series.  Remember to play your best as your seed could determine whether or not you move to a higher level (intermediate) next time around.

Match Scheduling: Matches can easily be scheduled using the live shoutbox on the main page, or in the Blockbox lobby with whoever is currently playing.

Prize: Along with the title of Hard Drop Champion for first place, the top 3 finishers will also be rewarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze trophies by their names in the forums.

Regular season has ended, PLAYOFFS start now.

 Play your opponent whenever possible.

Matchups:


Match 1: [1] Blink VS [8] jujube  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1991399
Match 2: [2] meow VS [7] Maserati  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1998998
Match 3: [3] Shizi VS [6] SecretSalamander  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1992496
Match 4: [4] heretic VS [5] Corrosive  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2006708

The format is first to 15 win by 2.

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Match 5: [1] Blink will play [5] Corrosive  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2008140
Match 6: [6] SecretSalamander will play [7] Maserati  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2039096

The format for this round will be first to 20 win by 2.

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Match 7:  [1] Blink will play [7] Maserati for the title!  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2048273
Match 8: [5] Corrosive will play [6] SecretSalamander for 3rd place!  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2101052/highlight/16416

The format for this round will be first to 25 win by 2.


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Good luck everyone!





Current Entrants: [60]

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Blink
jujube
Shizi
oliv
papas
heretic
Baxter
KevinDDR
TheSagaciousCynic
clincher
NoiseAssault
goofer
Anonymous
Caroso
Enfuego
Corrosive
computerguy99
illshill
Magnanimous
SiRTeTRiS
jermain2009
zokapi
milkolate
LadyLily
PedXing
meow
DeLusionisT
bigwig
Keridwen
sandibaby
pangoli
ohitsstef
freakwithfire55
mzhang
hopeless
gezmodean
Calown
Trance
caffeine
Monte
hello0olleh
DraKKiE (stanimal)
Jes
Maserati
Vakarin
myndzi
lampi
bowcy
TetrisdAiSuki
bluesphere
tetkris_001
I_AM_SAND
SecretSalamander (AcroAmphibian)
Zircean
Allancat
Samaf
Feynman
friendship
profane
Amnesia

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[jujube]

i'll play.

[Shizi]

count me in

[papas]

Count me in,too!

It's also a cool chance to meet new members of hard drop ^^

[oliv]

i play

[NOISEassault]

I'll bite for a change.

[heretic]

+ me

[Baxter]

I'll play too.

[Trance]

I'm in.

[michelle_o5]

i wanna watch it (only!)

[kitty]

i registered. i'll be watchin!

[KevinDDR]

I'll enter, sure.

[michelle_o5]

can i watch even though im not playin ??

[TheSagaciousCynic]

I'll join! I'm new to this website, does one have to apply somewhere, or does simply expressing interest on this thread count?

[clincher]

I'm in
[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]can i watch even though im not playin ??[/quote]

and yeah you can watch without playing but wheres the fun?

[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]I'll join! I'm new to this website, does one have to apply somewhere, or does simply expressing interest on this thread count?[/quote]

expressing interest is enough