And once again, here is a lovely little recording of the procedure of events for the Justice Seal competition in 2012. The participants are as follows: Hyde, Nicholo, Xena, Morbo, Ethelon, Druken, Phoebus, Riluna, Shedrin, Gwenaelle, Lorina, Alacardael, Rika, Danla, Ssaliss, Demuiq, Revan, Malarious, Calesta, Azula, Glint, Laxinova, Lita, Draylor, Aeden, Ragniliff, Arafinwe, Enyalida, Sondayga, Ildaudid, Talan, Pesukaru, Tulemrah.

The preliminary round is up, and the results are as follows:


Enyalida---\\ Draylor
Draylor----/

Revan------\\ Malarious
Malarious--/

Talan------\\ Talan
Riluna-----/

Arafinwe---\\ Pesukaru
Pesukaru---/

Shedrin----\\ Shedrin
Rika-------/

Sondayga---\\ Ssaliss
Ssaliss----/

Nicholo----\\ Nicholo
Gwenaelle--/

Alacardael-\\ Ildaudid
Ildaudid---/

Xena-------\\ Xena
Druken-----/

Ragniliff--\\ Calesta
Calesta----/

Lorina-----\\ Lorina
Lita-------/

Laxinova---\\ Phoebus
Phoebus----/

Azula------\\ Ethelon
Ethelon----/

Glint------\\ Demiuq
Demiuq-----/

Aeden------\\ Morbo
Morbo------/

Tulemrah---\\ Hyde
Hyde-------/

Sondayga gets a pass to the next round.

Getting knocked out in round one is what all the cool people do. :)

The preliminary rounds have concluded, and the following names have progressed to the next round: Draylor, Malarious, Talan, Pesukaru, Shedrin, Ssaliss, Nicholo, Ildaudid, Xena, Calesta, Lorina, Phoebus, Ethelon, Demiuq, Morbo, Hyde and Sondayga.

The next round begins and the pairings go:

Lorina----\\ Ethelon
Ethelon---/

Shedrin---\\ Hyde
Hyde------/

Xena------\\ Calesta
Calesta---/

Malarious-\\ Talan
Talan-----/

Ssaliss---\\ Nicholo
Nicholo---/

Sondayga--\\ Pesukaru
Pesukaru--/

Morbo-----\\ Morbo
Demiuq----/

Ildaudid--\\ Phoebus
Phoebus---/

Draylor gets a pass into the next round.

And the semi-finals approach with Ethelon, Hyde, Calesta, Talan, Nicholo, Pesukaru, Morbo, Phoebus and Draylor moving on. Per Avechna's ruling, this is how things will proceed: We will have four winners. These pair and the winners and losers then debate. The winner of the losers debate will pair with the extra to determine who debates the winners for 1-3. The other two debate for 4-5. Everyone debates at least twice for a place this way.

And so the semi-final rounds begin:

Talan----\\ Talan
Phoebus--/

Draylor--\\ Hyde
Hyde-----/

Morbo----\\ Morbo
Calesta--/

Nicholo--\\ Nicholo
Pesukaru-/

Ethelon fills the wild card position. The losers of the following debates will debate to face Ethelon. That winner will go to challenge the top three.

Nicholo-\\ Talan
Talan---/

Morbo---\\ Hyde
Hyde----/

Now, just in case things are still confusing: the winner of the debate with Ethelon will join Hyde and Talan to fight for the top three. The other two will debate for the bottom two. Morbo and Nicholo have gone at it and Morbo has won. Now Morbo must debate Ethelon to determine the top three.

Alright, now that that little mess has been dealt with, the standings are as follows (in one of the more...odd..progressions): Talan and Hyde will round robin with Morbo for the seal. Nicholo and Ethelon will debate to determine fourth and fifth place. And so, the finals go on:

Ethelon-\\ Ethelon
Nicholo-/

Talan---\\ Talan-\\
Hyde----/ -------> Morbo
Hyde----\\ Morbo-/
Morbo---/

Since Talan has only lost once, Avechna will allow Talan and Morbo the best two out of three to determine first.

Talan-\\ Morbo
Morbo-/

Standings: 1st: Morbo, 2nd: Talan, 3rd: Hyde, 4th: Ethelon, 5th: Nicholo

Congratulations, Morbo!

Just you wait. I'll make it into the final five next time... ;)

Congratulations everyone!

Well done! I know it was confusing in the end but I believe it all worked out fairly. And, thank you, Talan, for your good sportsmanship.

Until next year's announcements! Good luck everyone!

Well done all!

Hey...Where is Drala?

Danla*

Damn that Danla.

Congrats Morbo, now write a description dammit

Not going to comment on this particular case, because what's done is done, but in future for any Justice/War tournament they should just have a format set out before the event begins. It's not even that hard to find a format that everyone can understand and agree with. For example, you can just do a simple single elimination tournament and just not hand out a prize for 5th place. Alternatively, if you find yourself in a situation such as this one, where you are left with 5 peopel (we have had this situation a few times now), why not just do a round robin? Since you can do matches simulateneously, it wouldn't take that much longer. You'd also save time during the tournament itself because you wouldn't need to think of something on the spot and explain it all.

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