No Tournament for Old Men

[Montana Grizz]

For your information:

The selection of players for the two divisons was done by "blind draw". However, since you are required to play every person in your division, I matched up as many European vs European and USA vs USA opponents as possible for the first round.

This was done in the hope that this would expedite the completion of the first round. I've noticed in my gaming experience when playing an opponent within my own country that multiple moves are often made during the weekend.

This sometimes happens versus European opponents that either stay up very late or make moves very early in the morning and I am staying up late.

I will perform a "blind draw" for the next and all subsequent rounds.

Once people begin to finish the first round, I will email participants for the next round with scenario name and their opponents name. If these two persons make contact and wish to proceed with the next round, that's fine. No person will be required to begin the next round until such time as the date for that round to begin has been been reached. However, these two participants may begin the next round whether they have finished the previous round or not.

Some combatants may have more gaming time available to them and wish to proceed to the next round, but you can only make contact and ask if your opponent wishes to start the new mirror round. They are in no way obligated to do so.

If every participant finishes a round before the scheduled end of a round, then new beginning and ending dates for the next round will be provided to each of them by email. If you start a matchup prior to all participants having finished the previous round, then you will simply have more time in which to complete that game and will be informed of the new completion date once the previous round has been completed.