7th Official FFR Tournament

[Charu]

Re: 7th Official FFR Tournament

My best solution is : soulwar is back in D4, but still 8 people pass to the next round. (8 out of 16 + soulwar) All the prizes are still rewarded with the 16 contenders in the tournament. (the inclusion of soulwar shouldn't interfere with other's position in the tourney)
Since he doesn't want "real" prizes but only the tokens, we could award him what he would have got if he was still in. For example :
Charu, .Gazelle. and Novelties finishes 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. soulwar gets a score that would have put him 3rd. So, award him the right amount of credits (240,000 in that situation), vRofl, +tokens. Novelties ranked 3rd, so he gets the same prizes.

Dunno if my explanation was clear. But that should be fair for everyone left.

I like this idea a lot.

[qqwref]

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So has soul? They've put in scores for ALL four rounds. Then being swicthed midround 4 without notice. Where does Soul's work go? Down the drain? I don't think THAT's fair.

It's not about the work in soulwar's case, it's about the dishonesty of not being straightforward about skill level. In a division-based tournament, if you play against people who are way worse, and win, you're essentially cheating and taking a prize you don't deserve. If he was just another active, well-known player being moved up to D4 in the middle of the tournament for a legit reason (like wanting to be pushed up) I would be all for letting him continue - but this is not one of those cases. Hell, at this point we can't even be sure he won't win D4 if given the chance.

[i heart candy]

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Wow, that's some great mentality for a person trying to focus on improving his or her skill! You don't welcome competition at all, and you ostracize others that might be a potential competitor. In addition, you flaunt the fact that you're a veteran after playing for only 0.13 years. That's pretty amazing and shows your lack of ability to welcome people. Keep it up buddy! I'm sure you'll do great with that mentality in upcoming tournaments. Keep it up.

Why would I welcome someone who I know has been in this community? Plus the personality you play does not add up at all. You play innocent (live you've done in the past), then you play the whole stop harrassing me card (so lame), and then you play your final dry, sarcastic remarks card. Sounds like someone I already know who is known for bs. *cough cough*

But then again, it's whatever. This tournament has already fallen apart in my opinion anyway. The people who did placements this year allowed d5 players to sandbag until the 5th round. Congrats you guys!

[noname219]

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I like this idea a lot.

Yeah, you like my idea because I predicted you'll finish 1st! Haha.

[soulwar]

Re: 7th Official FFR Tournament

It's not about the work in soulwar's case, it's about the dishonesty of not being straightforward about skill level. In a division-based tournament, if you play against people who are way worse, and win, you're essentially cheating and taking a prize you don't deserve. If he was just another active, well-known player being moved up to D4 in the middle of the tournament for a legit reason (like wanting to be pushed up) I would be all for letting him continue - but this is not one of those cases. Hell, at this point we can't even be sure he won't win D4.

I was originally placed into Division 1 and I requested to be put into a higher division, of at least division 3. I think I had a very challenging AAA or something along those (even higher I think) before signing up for the tournament. I made sure to play some hard songs. Also, I've been training extremely hard as well, playing through the majority of songs in Xoon and SMG packs, so that gave me a boost as well. I've never been dishonest about my skill, just pretty darn obscure because I prefer playing stepmania over FFR most of the time. I'm not ohmygodamazing good but I did believe I was at least Division 3. I think I would still give it my best if I got put into Division 5, I'm not going to go down without a fight~

[bmah]

Re: 7th Official FFR Tournament

soulwar is currently being investigated. If he's simply making fair play yet trying his best, then there's nothing for him to be worried about.

Meanwhile, this thread will be temporarily locked. We don't want speculation to turn into a distasteful argument, do we?


edit: The investigation is complete and so this thread is now unlocked. Please don't get out of hand, guys.

[Salitz]

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Continuing the discussion in a civilized manner... I completely agree with noname's solution to this (I was about to suggest the EXACT same thing, but he beat me to it). Soulwar has stated that he/she doesn't care about prizes and is mostly interested in competing in the tournament. Proceed with the tournament and rankings as if Soulwar weren't even in the competition, and consider Soulwar as an "extra". Rankings 1-16 should be calculated as normal, with prizes distributed accordingly. AFTER those have been calculated, you should then place Soulwar into the mix to determine whether he/she advances to the next round as well as what the overall rank should be. This way, none of the current D4 competitors are affected by the situation while at the same time, Soulwar is still able to compete.

Now, what prizes should be given out to Soulwar is completely up to the discretion of the people running the tournament (whether it be credits, tokens, etc). Everyone just has to realize that mistakes are impossible to avoid when it comes to choosing divisions, plain and simple. Obviously some people are going to cheat and everyone has their suspicions, but lets face it... its a game. If this is really so much of a problem, then we should just have one huge division so nobody is butthurt (I'm sure everyone would just LOVE that). Just have fun, and enjoy the competition.

[DayMan951]

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cutoffs so far. starting to get intense

Division 1: (2-0-0-0)
Division 2: (2-0-0-0)
Division 3: (4-1-0-0)
Division 4: (2-0-0-0)
Division 5: (5-0-0-0)
Division 6: (5-0-0-0)

[d4u7211]

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Kinda wanna shit my pants. I'm tied with people for tiebreaker round...

HEY ADAM-V AND SHONEN7! Let's do this, tiebreaker! Make it epiccccc

[dAnceguy117]

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findarian, did you bump me off the bubble spot? youuuuuu

dammit I keep telling myself I won't play so my mindblocks will fade, and then I see what the standings are. if I were in last I wouldn't give a ****, but being on the borderline is terribly aggravating.

edit: there is now a gnat in my room that only flies in my face when I'm playing ffr.

[bob bob]

Re: 7th Official FFR Tournament

well looks like im stuck at 4 goods for the rest of the round

Be enuffffffffffffff

[woker-X]

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findarian, did you bump me off the bubble spot? youuuuuu

dammit I keep telling myself I won't play so my mindblocks will fade, and then I see what the standings are. if I were in last I wouldn't give a ****, but being on the borderline is terribly aggravating.

edit: there is now a gnat in my room that only flies in my face when I'm playing ffr.

and bob bob ... I'm pretty sure you are safe with that score

[dAnceguy117]

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^ riiiiiiiight? lmfao

I figured out a workaround for most of my mindblockage :') and it's the goofiest shit, too. I just stare down the 3 and 4 columns. like, to the point where 0% of my focus is on 1 and 2. no idea how my left hand knows what to do. gonna ragequit again soon, but I think I have a shot here.

anyone else have tips for mindblocks? looking right at the receptors seems to make mine worse. also I can't read dizzy, lol.

[xXOpkillerXx]

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^ riiiiiiiight? lmfao

I figured out a workaround for most of my mindblockage :') and it's the goofiest shit, too. I just stare down the 3 and 4 columns. like, to the point where 0% of my focus is on 1 and 2. no idea how my left hand knows what to do. gonna ragequit again soon, but I think I have a shot here.

anyone else have tips for mindblocks? looking right at the receptors seems to make mine worse. also I can't read dizzy, lol.

Try playing while listening to some music you really like and mute FFR, I almost always play like that and it helps me alot with nerves/mindblocks. Just focus a bit more on the music than on the game and let your fingers go. A few plays should be enough to get the right focus on game/music.

[dAnceguy117]

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thank ya. sounds good, shall try. I rely pretty heavily on the music, so I dunno if I'll get great results. at least I'll get to listen to something else for a while rofl.