The long awaited final round of the grand prix is here. We've had two video games and one tabletop game so far. To keep things even, the final battle is tabletop yet again. Welcome to the Hacienda.
Hacidena makes an optimal grand prix game because you can play it for free on the web asynchronously. That really helps out our players in distant time zones. To play, you just need a free account on SpielByWeb. The the rulebook is on their site as well.
Anyone who wishes to participate in this round, simply send an email to grandprix@frontrowcrew.com requesting entry. On Monday September 9th I will combine entrants into games, most likely with 4-5 players. The format will be single elimination. The winner of each game will advance and all others will be eliminated. Depending on the number of players, we may be able to finish this in very few rounds of play. At the end of each game, every player in the game must submit the complete final results of points and coins via email.
In order to rank players who lost in the same round we will have multiple tiebreakers. The first is position in the game the player lost, 2nd place, 3rd place, etc. Next comes points scores in the losing game followed by final coin count in the losing game. If necessary we can dig into points scored in prior rounds or compare who allowed their opponents to score fewer points.
I sent my email within 10 minutes of the announcement. It seems I'm currently guaranteed to be in at least second place overall, and I only need to come in 14th in this round to guarantee first place.
Email sent. It seems I'm currently guaranteed to be in at least second place overall, and I only need to come in 14th in this round to guarantee first place.
I'm sure some people won't count the Galaga round. They may consider themselves the true winners.
There are only two days left to sign up. So far we have hardly any people for a game that is completely free and asynchronous.
The main cost is setting up a new account (which I hate to do). There is also the cost of learning the rules (not too bad). But moreso there is a cost associated with having to look at the SpielByWeb website. Dear Lord, it is like a time machine to the 90's.
The game will not interfere with your handegg. It e-mails you when it is your turn. You go to the web site. You lay some tiles. Then it emails the next person.
Ok, so we have 10 players. I randomly split you into two games of five players each using random.org. The top TWO players from each game will then move onto the second a final round. Real simple.
Game 1
Lackofcheese pence Luke Burrage Linkigi Coldguy
Game 2
YoshoKatana Apsup Birdville starfox Blahshaw
You have to start the games yourselves. Take whatever time you need to finish them. If someone is a no-show, let me know. You can start the game again and disqualify them if they are sandbagging.
I have only ever played one game of Hacienda in my life. I'm going to have to look up the rules again for sure. But that's the beauty of play by mail, right?
I have only ever played one game of Hacienda in my life. I'm going to have to look up the rules again for sure. But that's the beauty of play by mail, right?
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It seems I'm currently guaranteed to be in at least second place overall, and I only need to come in 14th in this round to guarantee first place.
PS: Should have made SaltyBet the fourth round!
Game 1
Lackofcheese
pence
Luke Burrage
Linkigi
Coldguy
Game 2
YoshoKatana
Apsup
Birdville
starfox
Blahshaw
You have to start the games yourselves. Take whatever time you need to finish them. If someone is a no-show, let me know. You can start the game again and disqualify them if they are sandbagging.
I will go ahead and start up Game 1, doing all the default settings. FRC Forum Game 1, password: grandprix
If you can't find it, go to Games List > Games Waiting to Start > Passworded Games. Interface takes a couple minutes to figure out.
Name: FRC Game 2
pw: GrandPrix
YoshoKatana
starfox
Blahshaw