Summing up a season of good fencing fun!

As we are drawing close to the end of the season, it's time to sum up the results. If you can't remember winners, here is a list:

Spring 2008:

• Round 1: Sophia Debevec & Escorts Lounge Elite
• Round 2: Joycelyn Liotta & Heart of Dragons
• Round 3: Clairvaux Debevec & Heart of Dragons
• Round 4: Sultan Qinan & Heart of Dragons
• Round 5: Clairvaux Debevec & Team Vaux
• Round 6: Gary Kumaki & Escort Lounge Elite
• Round 7: Juls Rosca & Escorts Lounge Elite
• Round 8: ? & ?

The individual winners will get their prizes in a little ceremony at the finals on June 8th.

We ask the team leaders to name their team for the Ultimate Team Battle the same day! As it stands now, we need following nominations:

• Escorts Lounge Elite: 4 fencers
• Heart of Dragons: 2 fencers
• Team Vaux: 1 fencer
• In addition the same three teams plus Kilt by Antiquity must be prepared to nominate a player for the 8th round.

Round 8 - Draw!

21 players in this round! 10 games each! As always - you find your opponents here.

Play your games before Saturday, June 7th, noon. You have 11 days to play 10 games. But try to schedule your games as soon as you can - to avoid time squeeze and desperation right before deadline!

Send notecard of each match with players, score, place and time after the game - to Aries Oh. After 50% of games are played, we will start announcing ranking (without scores) daily. When 75% of games are played, we will post detailed scoring.

Wish you all the best of luck!

En Garde!

Round 8 - SIGN UP!

OK! 12 more hours to deadline for signing up for Round 8. As you see below, the final will be a special day in the league!

Send your notecard with name and team plus L$100 to Juls Rosca! Before midnight today, Tuesday, May 27th.

En Garde!

GRAND FINALE!

The end is near! At least the end of this season! Let us go out with a BIG BANG - and fireworks! June 8th is a day for all Champions League players and our friends. All are welcome!

Of course! We will have the same routine as the previous finals:

• Final between the 8 qualified finalists of Round 8
• Team battle between 2 best teams of Round 8

This will be held at 11 AM SLT, June 8th. And ran according to tradition.

Following this, we will have the ULTIMATE TEAM BATTLE. Winning teams from each round will meet. The winning team is this season's Team of Champions! (More info to follow soon.)

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You think that is it? Think again!!!! The Grand Finale will last for 24 hours! From Midnight SLT Saturday night, to Midnight SLT Sunday - making it possible for all fencers from all continents to participate.

In addition to the main event half way through the 24 hours, we will have 3 separate, exciting competitions running:

1. "Casual Tournaments"
2. "Longest-Winning-Streak"
3. Photo Competition

Casual Tournaments: Choose an 8-man or 16-man tournament. Anyone can sign up, the random seeding is done when the board is full. You can operate boards yourselves, but we will be around to assist you. (More details to follow.)

Longest-Winning-Streak: During the 24 hours, we will award the player with most consecutive wins. The challengers sign up on a waiting list. There will be 2 winners, one for timed and one for untimed games. (More info will follow.)

These games MUST be played on Heart of Dragons island. The will be run all day, only interrupted by the main event (which starts at 11 AM SLT). They are casual, almost self-organized, but we will be there to assist you.

Photo Competition: Hang your pictures on the wall and let fellow residents cast their votes. Any picture related to En Garde, fencing or Heart of Dragons can enter. (More info will follow.)

PRIZES:

Yes - of course we have those!

• Round 8 Final: L$
• Round 1-8 winners will be awarded a unique prize designed for the league.
• Ultimate team battle: Prizes to all members of the winning team
• Casual tournaments: L$ and prizes
• Longest-winning-streak: L$
• Photo Competition: Prizes

We have a big purse!

We encourage you all to dress according to the sim's Medieval theme. (Try the shops in our village if you need a good shopping tip!)

More detailed information will be added as we come closer to the day!

FINAL Results for round 7!!!!!

Well round 7 drew to an exciting close on Sunday 26th May in Heart of Dragons arena. Some great games to watch - which is always a bonus!!! The results are as follows;

1st place Juls Rosca - Heart of Dragons

2nd place Sultan Qinan - Escorts Lounge Elite

An exciting final again!!! A big congratulations to all who took part in this round. The preliminaries are going very smoothly and it is class to see how everyone is playing their games within the time frame!!

Some pictures to follow later on today!!

Round 7: 8 FINALISTS are ready!

Eight of 13 great players have qualified for the final tomorrow, Sunday. Ranking is based on average score untill all games are played. If players have the same score, number of wins and win margin are used to determine ranking.

Finals will be held at Heart of Dragons, Sunday, May 25th, at 11 am SLT.

1. Serpentino Eel, 4.5 points
2. Dusty Merlin, 4.33 p. (5 wins)
3. Sissy Stardust, 4.33 p. (4 wins, 2.8 win margin)
4. Sultan Qinan, 4.33 p. (4 wins, 2.3 win margin)
   
5. Johan Binder, 4.17 p. (4 wins, 3.0 win margin)
   
6. Juls Rosca, 4.17 p. (4 wins, 2.3 win margin)
   
7. Manannan Amat, 3.67 p.
8. Aries Oh, 3.33 p. (3 wins, 2.3 win margin)
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9. Hope Coakes, 3.33 p. (3 wins, 1.7 win margin)
10. Erik Rossini, 3.33 p. (2 wins, 2.5 win margin, won over Zephyr)
    
11. Zephyr Washborne, 3.33 p. (2 wins, 2.5 win margin, lost to Erik)
12. Lisa Pye, 3.17 p.
13. Aldo Blanco, 2.67 p.
    

The team battle is ranked like this:

1. Escorts Lounge Elite, 4.33 points
2. Kilt by Antiquity, 3.83 p.
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3. Heart of Dragons, 3.81 p.
4. Team Vaux, 3.72 p.
   

The details can be found here.

Draw for Round 7!

We have a cute, little draw for Round 7. As you can see here, we will only have 6 games each. Which means each of them will be even more important. Because of this, we would like to remind you how ranking is calculated:

1. Actual score from games
   but if this is equal,
2. Number of wins
   but if this is the same too,
3. Average win margin

The scores and ranking will also be posted from the first game. We will try to keep the information as up-to-date as possible, but will promise to make at least one daily update.

Remember to hand in your game scores* before 6 PM on Saturday, May 24th.

Finals between the 8 best players will be held on Sunday, May 25th.
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*) Note cards with names, score, time and place, should be sent to Aries Oh.

SIGN UP for round 7!

Oh! Spring has sprung and we are drawing close to the end of this season. However - Round 7 is open for registration - for those of you who can't resist a good En Garde game! The usual routine, please:

• Notecard with your name and team
• L$100

All to be sent to Juls Rosca before midnight SLT on Tuesday! The qualifying games will start the following morning!

The final of round 7 will be held on Sunday, May 25 - so mark your calendars!

FINAL Round 6!

Congratulations to Gary Kumaki and Escorts Lounge Elite!

Mother's Day, holiday weekend in Europe and new sims being delivered aside, Sunday's final turned out to be the most efficient tournament ever held on the grid!  After two weeks of qualification games, this round was nicely wrapped up in 1.5 hrs of suspense! Our brave fencers did what they could to win, but in the end Gary proved to be the best fencer - at least in this round.

1. Gary Kumaki, Escorts Lounge Elite
2. Tamil Cerveau, Team Vaux
3. Brook Yifu, Team Vaux and Aries Oh, Heart of Dragons

Escorts Lounge Elite beat Team Vaux in the Team Battle as well!

PS! This final also showed that even if you don't make the cut, I might be worthwhile turning up for the final. We had 2 forfeits on the day - which meant we had to go down to player #10 in the qualifying round!

Preliminary ranking - Round 6!

All games have been played (or forfeited)! The latest update shows the final scores for this round's qualifying games! The detailed scores are here.

1. Sultan Qinan, 45 p
2. Gary Kumaki, 43 p
3. Clairvaux Debevec, 42 p
4. Alissa Munro, 40 p
   
5. Kati Voom, 38 p, 6 wins, 2.8 win margin
6. Sissy Stardust, 38 p, 6 wins, 2.0 win margin
7. Tamil Cerveau, 35 p
   
8. Brook Yifu, 34 p, 4 wins, 4.0 win margin
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9. Erik Rossini, 34 p, 4 wins, 3.8 win margin
10. Aries Oh, 34 p, 4 wins, 3.0 win margin
11. Manannan Amat, 33 p, 5 wins
    
12. Serpentino Eel, 33 p, 4 wins
13. Johan Binder, 32 p
    
14. Aldo Blanco, 26 p
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15. Galahad Courtois - computer problems
16. Tyr Akina - withdrawn

The team ranking is:

1. Team Vaux, 3.89 p
2. Escorts Lounge Elite, 3.56 p
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3. Heart of Dragons, 3.18 p

En Garde!

See you all the the finals - at Heart of Dragons Arena, 11 am SLT. Oh - and if you didn't reach the 8 top places, be there anyway. History shows that things may happen in RL and we have experienced no-shows.