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7TH NEW ZEALAND TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP (2006) |
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|  TOURNAMENT HOME PAGE
May - Jul 2006
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Pekko (NZL)
Matt Peek |
Congratulations to Matt Peek (Pekko) on winning the 2006 NZ Tantrix Championship over Jason Oliver (Zorpolotta) in the final. Cat Moxham (Bastet) won the 3rd place playoff against Hamish Watt (Metallor).
Many thanks to everyone that participated in the tournament this year.
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Runner-Up
Zorpolotta (NZL)
Jason Oliver |
Third
Bastet (NZL)
Cat Moxham |
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Entries for this tournament have now closed
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THE DRAW, RESULTS and PLAYER DETAILS
Phase 1 Group Summary
FINALS Summary
LIST OF ENTRANTS:
by LOCATION order
by SEED order
Tournament FORUM - previews, reports, polls, etc
Register to add forum reports / vote
TOURNAMENT RULES & CONTROLLERS
Summary tournament rules
FULL TOURNAMENT RULES
*TIEBREAKS*
'Decisive victory' rule - applies to KO Phase (knockout) ONLY
NB. the full rules and the 'decisive victory' rule in English will always take precedence if other versions differ
The controller for this tournament is Bevan Chong
TANTRIX TOURNAMENTS HOME PAGE (UK)
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Notes for Entrants
All the notes are on this page - if you only want a specific section, click on one of these links:
Who can enter?
Tournament format
Rules
Free entry
Elo ratings/Seeding method
Final note
Who can enter:
The next New Zealand Tantrix Championship will be held sometime in the first half of the year and is open to players of all standards who either live in or come from New Zealand. There is no entry fee and while there are deadlines for matches to be completed, there are no fixed match times - you arrange a mutually convenient date and time for each match with your opponents.
Even if you are new to Tantrix, this is a good chance to start getting in some tournament practice in time for the World Championship later in the year, though you might even surprise yourself in this tournament.
Please note that if you come from New Zealand but no longer live there, you should enter only if you are willing to play the majority of your games at times convenient to those in New Zealand, i.e. mainly their evenings and weekends. In addition, if you enter this tournament you will be treated as coming from New Zealand for the purposes of deciding your eligibility to enter any other tournaments in the first half of the year. eg. if you come from New Zealand but live in the USA, you can enter either the New Zealand or the Pan Am this year but not both.
Tournament format:
There will be an initial group phase in April/May followed by a knockout phase in May/June for the top two (or more) in each group.
You will need to play about 2 matches per week on average during the group phase and they will consist of 3 games, so they will each take about an hour. Knockout phase matches will be about twice as long and you will need to play 1-2 matches of 6 games each per week if you qualify for that phase. Please do not enter the Championship unless you intend to find the time to arrange and play all of your matches.
When the tournament starts, there will be links on this page to fixture lists and results, which will be updated AUTOMATICALLY.
Rules:
The standard tournament rules apply eg. the time limit is 15 minutes per player per game and matches are scored using tournament points, which are mainly based on who wins and loses each game but also make some allowance for margins of victory.
Click here if you want to see the full rules or click here for just a summary of the main rules.
Free Entry:
There is no entry fee and the winner will be able to call themselves this years New Zealand Tantrix Champion. In order to maintain the integrity of online tournaments, we do not seek to award big prizes in order to avoid increasing any temptation for people to try to cheat.
Elo ratings / Seeding method:
All games played will count towards the Tantrix Tournament Elo Ratings which are the main factor in deciding seedings for future tournaments. See the Elo seeding list page for details, but please note that you do NOT need to have an Elo rating in order to enter.
Final note:
The main tournament controller/s and contact/s will be announced before the start of the tournament. For now, the main contact is Steven Trezise, email tournaments@tantrix.co.uk, and assuming that a player from NZ ends up doing most of the running of the tournament, Steven will act as the independent non-playing controller in situations where a conflict of interest might arise. In the case of disputes, the decisions of the controllers will be final. Assistant Controllers, who will be the first point of contact for players in specific sections of the draw, may be appointed later.
To avoid chaos, we have to reserve the right to default at our discretion people whom we have very good reason to think are either cheating or not making an effort to arrange a match, even if (given the nature of the Internet) we cannot conclusively prove it. We will not, however, abuse this right and it is only ever used in extreme circumstances.
Click here to add/change time details if you have already entered
Click here to send an email if you have any questions
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Boring but important ...
1) We have to reserve the right to default and/or ban at our discretion people whom we have very good reason to think are either cheating or not making an effort to arrange a match, even if (given the nature of the Internet) we cannot prove it. We will not, however, abuse this right - in previous tournaments it has only been very rarely necessary to make use of it and we very much hope that will continue to be the case.
2) We have had two instances in the last four years of people using different names to enter the World Championship more than once in the same year. This is grossly unfair to the other players so, in order to protect the integrity of the major Tantrix tournaments and to be fair to the vast majority of players who are honest, we reserve the right to request evidence of identity from participants during the tournament if this is felt to be necessary at any stage and to disqualify anyone who cannot prove that they are who they say they are if requested to do so. This is unlikely to affect you, but you need to be aware of this possibility before entering.
3) If you enter, please ensure that emails from tournaments@tantrix.co.uk and auto@tantrix.co.uk (and, once the tournament starts, emails from your AC and opponents) will not be blocked under any circumstances. This is because if we are unable to contact you by email for an extended period, we may have to default you out of the competition and this may lead to a ban from future tournaments.
4) If you enter this tournament, please ensure that you have anti-virus software that is updated regularly on the computer you use to email your opponents.
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