# March Madness 2023 (a.k.a the annual Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament)

**URL:** <https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360>\
**Category:** Games\
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360 "2023-02-22T04:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/1 "2023-02-22T04:33:22Z")

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Back on the AO, March Madness referred to the annual Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament, and I’d like to welcome everyone to the 2023 version, the TWENTHIETH such event (that’s right, we’ve hit the big TWO-OH! 🥳), and the third one here at GoActuary! 👏 👏

First and foremost, thank you all for your great participation in the past! 👏 👏

Now that we’ve got a couple of seasons under our collective belts here at GoActuary, we’ll take up to the first 64 players in this tourney (which realistically means if you wanna play, you’re in! 👍). The only prize you’ll get this year is the honor and glory of being an RPS champion (but frankly, do you really need anything else? I think not!).

The method of seeding this year will be based on the order of entering the game - the earlier you say you’re in, the higher your seed (and thus the better chance of getting an opening round bye).

All you need to do is post to this thread that you are interested, and you’re in the game! To be guaranteed a spot in the tournament, you must be one of the first 64 people to post in this thread by Mon, Mar 6th, 6 pm CT. (Yes, we’ve extended the deadline one more day this year! 🥳 )

I’m reserving the #1 seeds for last year’s Final Four contestants (that’s one of the perks!). Those four players are: Defending champion **SteveGrondin** , runner-up **Vorian\_Atreides** , **Snake** and **soyleche**.

Everything will be the same as in the past.

Brackets will be announced no later than Tuesday, March 6th, at 10 a.m. CT, thus allowing for the first matches to occur that day. I’d like to get this rolling as quickly as possible, so again, please sign up ASAP.

The number of games in the matches will increase in the later rounds, so you can show off your true skill. Tentatively, I’m thinking of going back to our usual schedule shown below, since we’ll be starting on time this year, but I will confirm after I know how many players we end up with.

Round of 64: Best of 5 games  
Round of 32: Best of 5 games  
(Note: If we have 32 players or less, we’ll go 7 games for all rounds! 😲 )  
Sweet Sixteen: Best of 7 games  
Elite Eight: Best of 7 games  
Semi-finals: Best of 7 games  
Finals: Best of 7 games

**Be warned - you’d better come ready to play, or a slow start could lead to an early exit!**

You must PM me at least one set of throws a day, unless your opponent is unknown. No throws for 2 consecutive business days will be deemed a forfeit of the tournament.

Once again, to say that you are in the tournament, simply post to this thread.

Details on the games themselves will be the same as in prior years:

The format is simple: This will be a simple “winner advances” bracket. You must win the series in each round to advance.

What will happen is for each game the two players will PM me their first 5 throws. I will resolve them, in order, and post the results of the game to the thread. (In the event of a tie - the 5 throws match exactly - both players would email me their next 5 throws for that game).

Example:

PlayerA PMs me: Rock - Scissors - Paper - Paper - Rock

PlayerB PMs me: Rock - Scissors - Rock - Scissors - Paper

I will only post the results up until the winning throw, so in this case I will post something to the effect of:

```auto
PlayerA defeats PlayerB in Game1, PlayerA leads (1-0)
R-S-P PlayerA
R-S-R PlayerB
```

PlayerA and PlayerB then PM me with their throws for the 2nd game of the match.

Note in the example above it doesn’t matter that PlayerB would’ve won more throws head-to-head; it’s the first non-tie that determines the outcome.

For those of you who still can’t quite see how this works, you can look at the first GoActuary RPS thread: [https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2021-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/2390/](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2021-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/2390/)

… or check out last’s year’s game here: [https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2022-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/5254/](https://community-new.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2022-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/5254/)

to see how this all plays out - I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it very quickly! 👍

It is my intention to update the game at least 2 times a day (midday and early evening), as long as there’s something to report. I will do my best to keep up with the PMs - each year is a little harried in the early rounds, but we manage to sort it all out, and a good time is had by all (although moreso by the winners, I suppose).

So with that… let the sign-ups begin!!

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**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/2 "2023-02-22T04:33:41Z")

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History

And for those who like a little history, here are the Final Four Results from the past nineteen years:

2004[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=443358)  
Semis: foghorn over TomServo (5-2); LaraCroft over RedSoxFan (5-3)  
Finals: foghorn over LaraCroft (5-1)

2005[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=443360)  
Semis: J.T. over 4sigma (5-4), urysohn over Hagbard (5-3)  
Finals: urysohn over J.T. (5-0) [Yes, it was a shutout!]

2006[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=443361)  
Semis: Traina over Actuary321 (5-4), Jables over TomServo (5-4)  
Finals: Jables over Traina (5-0) [Yes, it was a shutout - AGAIN!]

2007[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=207017)  
Semis: IMP over SirVLCIV (5-1), MrPenguin over Werewolf (5-4)  
Finals: MrPenguin over IMP (5-3)

2008[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=269254)  
Semis: kiwi over Browncoat (5-3), udjw828 over DoctorNo (5-4)  
Finals: udjw828 over kiwi (5-2)

2009[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=311527)  
Semis: J.T. over Browncoat (5-4), Jables over kiwi (5-3)  
Finals: J.T. over Jables (5-3)

2010[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=353252)  
Semis: lipman over Feisty8888 (4-3), LaraCroft over soyleche (4-1)  
Finals: LaraCroft over lipman (4-3)

2011[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=394712)  
Semis: soyleche over 2pac Shakur (4-0), urysohn over 1695184 (4-2)  
Finals: soyleche over urysohn (5-1)

2012[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=422025)  
Semis: ADoubleDot over Ray Finkle (5-1), urysohn over Feisty8888 (5-4)  
Finals: ADoubleDot over urysohn (5-4)

2013[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=441489)  
Semis: Browncoat over rekrap (5-3), thing over urysohn (5-4)  
Finals: thing over Browncoat (5-1)

2014[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=452015)  
Semis: Numerical Neuroticism over thing (5-3), Pintsize over actuary\_aspire (5-3)  
Finals: Numerical Neuroticism over Pintsize (5-2)

2015[BracketMaker view](http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=457417)  
Semis: RedLaces over actuary\_aspire (5-4), campbell over Gandalf (5-2)  
Finals: campbell over RedLaces (5-3)

2016 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: Ezekial Cumberland over MayanActuary (5-2), rekrap over soyleche (5-1)  
Finals: rekrap over Ezekial Cumberland (5-4)

2017 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: MayanActuary over Whiskey (5-2), Doctor Who over CindyLou Who (5-3)  
Finals: Doctor Who over MayanActuary (5-3)

2018 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: Ezekial Cumberland over Vorian Atreides (5-2), dgtatum over Gandalf (5-4)  
Finals: Ezekial Cumberland over dgtatum (5-1)

2019 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: GargoyleWaiting over Ray Finkle (5-0), sam10gle over Bingboing (5-3)  
Finals: GargoyleWaiting over sam10gle (5-2)

2020 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: Whiskey over Feisty8888 (5-3), MayanActuary over CindyLou Who (5-3)  
Finals: Whiskey over MayanActuary (5-4)

2021 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: ALivelySedative over ao\_fan (4-3), MayanActuary over Doctor\_Who (4-2)  
Finals: MayanActuary over ALivelySedative (4-2)

2022 (BracketMaker view not available at this time)  
Semis: VorianAtreides over Snake (4-1), SteveGrondin over soyleche (4-2)  
Finals: SteveGrondin over VorianAtreides (4-3)

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**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/3 "2023-02-22T04:33:53Z")

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(thru Post 58)

Players in this year’s game: 27 👍 👍

Players still in the game: 4 (\* denotes #1 Seed)  
Echo  
OutdoormanNowActuary  
Kid\_Rock  
Klaymen

Players eliminated:  
meep  
MayanActuary  
1695814  
NumericalNeuroticism  
Mountainhawk  
Doctor\_Who  
John.S.Mill  
skysn93  
ALivelySedative  
WishBear  
BruteForce  
Tiffany  
JFG  
twig93  
Whiskey  
A\_Student  
AbstractActuary  
SteveWhite  
Vorian\_Atreides\*  
IPD  
Actuary321  
soyleche\*  
SteveGrondin\*

## SteveGrondin Region - won by Klaymen

```auto
StevGrondin ---- StevGrondin 4 ---- StevGrondin 1
(BYE)

IPD 4 ---- IPD 2
BruteForce 3

-----------------------------------

NmrclNeurot 0
Klaymen 4 ---- Klaymen 4 ---- Klaymen 4 - **FINAL FOUR**

twig93 4 ---- twig93 3
Doctor_Who 0
```

## Vorian\_Atreides Region - won by Kid\_Rock

```auto
VorianAtrds ---- VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 3
(BYE)

MayanActry 2
Tiffany 4 ---- Tiffany 2
 
-----------------------------------

MtnHawk 3
Kid_Rock 4 ---- Kid_Rock 4 ---- Kid_Rock 4 **FINAL FOUR**

Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 3
1695814 1
```

## soyleche Region - won by OutdoormanNowActuary

```auto
soyleche ---- soyleche 4 ---- soyleche 3
(BYE)

meep 0
A_Student 4 ---- A_Student 3

-----------------------------------

OutdoorAct 4 ---- OutdoorAct 4 ---- OutdoorAct 4 **FINAL FOUR**
JohnSMill 2

WishBear 2
SteveWhite 4 ---- SteveWhite 2
```

## Snake Region - won by Echo

```auto
JFG ---- JFG 2
(BYE)

skysn93 2
Actuary321 4 ---- Actuary321 4 ---- Actuary321 2

-----------------------------------

ALivelySed 1
AbstractAct 4 ---- AbstractAct 1

Echo ---- Echo 4 ---- Echo 4 **FINAL FOUR**
(BYE)
```

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**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/4 "2023-02-22T04:37:35Z")

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In! Let this be my year.

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**Author:** ![SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/stevegrondin/32/3257_2.png) [@SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveGrondin)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/5 "2023-02-22T04:40:29Z")

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Do’oh ninjaed! In.

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**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/6 "2023-02-22T04:42:01Z")

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I’m warming up beating everyone.

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**Author:** ![Echo](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/echo/32/5099_2.png) [@Echo](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Echo)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/7 "2023-02-22T04:45:08Z")

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You promised you’d never! 🐕

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**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/8 "2023-02-22T04:47:33Z")

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in

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**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/9 "2023-02-22T05:02:57Z")

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First!

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**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/10 "2023-02-22T05:04:33Z")

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In!

nth!

I was just thinking about this today! Woo hoo!

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/doctor_who/32/169_2.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Doctor_Who)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/11 "2023-02-22T05:05:10Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/numericalneuroticism/32/464_2.png) [@NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NumericalNeuroticism)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/12 "2023-02-22T05:15:36Z")

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Ni!

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**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/13 "2023-02-22T08:17:18Z")

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Twelve posts in and no mention of Spock!

iNI 🙃

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**Author:** ![Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mountainhawk/32/82290_2.png) [@Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mountainhawk)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/14 "2023-02-22T12:50:44Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![OutdoormanNowActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/outdoormannowactuary/32/6159_2.png) [@OutdoormanNowActuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/OutdoormanNowActuary)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/15 "2023-02-22T12:57:27Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/alivelysedative/32/1337_2.png) [@ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ALivelySedative)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/16 "2023-02-22T15:36:25Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/17 "2023-02-23T05:49:16Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![A\_Student](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@A\_Student](https://community.goactuary.com/u/A_Student)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/18 "2023-02-23T13:19:14Z")

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In

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**Author:** ![Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tiffany/32/7975_2.png) [@Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Tiffany)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/19 "2023-02-23T13:48:31Z")

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INZIES

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**Author:** ![BruteForce](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bruteforce/32/175_2.png) [@BruteForce](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BruteForce)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/march-madness-2023-a-k-a-the-annual-rock-paper-scissors-tournament/7360/20 "2023-02-23T14:20:18Z")

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I’m in like my belly button!

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