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

Who’s a gud gurl??? Are u a gud gurl??? OF COURSE U R!!!

Echo, Echo
U’r r gurl
If u cant dewit
No one … skwirl!!

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HI DR. JFGW!!! :wave:

This should be a best of five round.

Just saying.

Quick and easy throw #3. Snip snap

:hsmack:

Quick Summary:
:skull_and_crossbones: :skull_and_crossbones: :skull_and_crossbones:
:popcorn:
:oh_noes: :oh_noes: :oh_noes: :oh_noes:

That’s right, folks - it’s a very hectic Friday! A good Friday for some, and a not-so-good Friday for others.

We’ve lost 3 players in this update, and not-so-coincidentally 3 players have punched their ticket into the Sweet Sixteen! Meanwhile we’ve got our first “Winner Takes All” match (a.k.a. the :popcorn: game) of the tournament, between MountainHawk and Kid_Rock - Will Kid_Rock complete the comeback after being down 3-1, or was this all just MountainHawk toying with Kid_Rock? Stay tuned to find out! :popcorn:

And if that wasn’t enough (it’s never enough for you, is it??) - we’ve got FOUR more players who are on the cusp of elimination, so there may be further carnage today! Will those hanging by a thread keep hanging on, or will they flinch and lose their spot in the tournament? Even more reason to stay tuned!! :+1:

SteveGrondin Region

twig93 defeats Doctor_Who in Game 2, twig93 leads (2-0)
P twig93
R Doctor_Who

StevGrondin   ---- StevGrondin   
(BYE)

IPD         2
BruteForce* 1

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NmrclNeurot 0
Klaymen*    3

twig93      2
Doctor_Who  0

Vorian_Atreides Region

Tiffany defeats MayanActry in Game 6, Tiffany wins (4-2)
S MayanActry
R Tiffany

Kid_Rock defeats MtnHawk in Game 6, series tied (3-3)
R MtnHawk
P Kid_Rock

Whiskey defeats 1695814 in Game 5, Whiskey wins (4-1)
R Whiskey
S 1695814

VorianAtrds   ---- VorianAtrds 0
(BYE)

MayanActry  2
Tiffany     4 ---- Tiffany     0
 
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MtnHawk     3
Kid_Rock    3

Whiskey     4 ---- Whiskey     
1695814     1

soyleche Region

A_Student defeats meep in Game 4, A_Student wins (4-0)
P meep
S A_Student

OutdoorAct defeats JohnSMill in Game 5, OutdoorAct leads (3-2)
P-R-R OutdoorAct
P-R-S JohnSMill

SteveWhite defeats WishBear in Game 4, SteveWhite leads (3-1)
S WishBear
R SteveWhite

soyleche      ---- soyleche    0
(BYE)

meep        0
A_Student   4 ---- A_Student   0

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OutdoorAct  3
JohnSMill   2

WishBear    1
SteveWhite  3

Snake Region

Actuary321 defeats skysn93 in Game 5, Actuary321 leads (3-2)
P skysn93
S Actuary321

JFG            ---- JFG
(BYE)

skysn93     2
Actuary321  3

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ALivelySed  1
AbstractAct 2

Echo           ---- Echo
(BYE)

Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted

GG numberman

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too good

Ugh. I started out so strongly and then failed miserably. Best of luck to you, @Whiskey on the rest of your RPS journey.

As for me, well, I guess I can focus on the losers’ bracket .

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Good job Tiffany.

Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go drown out my pain and misery from this loss with some ice cream.

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I’d scream too

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Chocolate ice cream?

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only edible with mint

There’s only a handful of throws submitted, so I’ll update this over the weekend when the :bed: isn’t calling for me so much. :sleeping:

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Nooooooooo

betrayed by random.org!

gg @A_Student

No, the random variates were good, your translation formula was bad. :laughing:

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I think with so few players this year, UA? decided to go the best-of-7 route as it wouldn’t slow things down too much (as it would with a bigger bracket)

… and we’ve got one last update before Daylight Saving Time kicks in!! (I know y’all were worried about that! :wink: ).

Quick Summary:
:skull_and_crossbones: :skull_and_crossbones:
:oh_noes: :oh_noes: :oh_noes: :oh_noes:

Before we move our clocks forward, we will be leaving two folks behind, one via the :broom: and one via the :popcorn:. Regarding the latter, it was an epic battle between MountainHawk and Kid_Rock, a great fast-moving match-up that went the full seven games, but alas only one can move on… congrats to Kid_Rock for completing the comeback!

We’ve still got 4 players on the verge of elimination, so Monday the 13th may not be so lucky for them…ot maybe since it’s Monday and not Friday, the luck will be reversed, and it’s their opponents who should be worried! :tfh:

Stay tuned for the next update midday Monday! :+1: In the meantime, rest up, both players and spectators - the intensity will be cranking up as we fill in the rest of the Sweet Sixteen next week!

SteveGrondin Region

BruteForce defeats IPD in Game 4, series tied (2-2)
P IPD
S BruteForce

Klaymen defeats NmrclNeurot in Game 3, Klaymen wins (4-0)
P NmrclNeurot
S Klaymen

twig93 defeats Doctor_Who in Game 3, twig93 leads (3-0)
S-S twig93
S-P Doctor_Who

StevGrondin   ---- StevGrondin   
(BYE)

IPD         2
BruteForce  2

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NmrclNeurot 0
Klaymen     4 ---- Klaymen     

twig93      3
Doctor_Who  0

Vorian_Atreides Region

Kid_Rock defeats MtnHawk in Game 7, Kid_Rock wins (4-3)
S MtnHawk
R Kid_Rock

VorianAtrds   ---- VorianAtrds*0
(BYE)

MayanActry  2
Tiffany     4 ---- Tiffany     0
 
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MtnHawk     3
Kid_Rock    4 ---- Kid_Rock    0

Whiskey     4 ---- Whiskey     0
1695814     1

soyleche Region

soyleche      ---- soyleche*   0
(BYE)

meep        0
A_Student   4 ---- A_Student   0

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OutdoorAct  3
JohnSMill   2

WishBear    1
SteveWhite* 3

Snake Region

JFG            ---- JFG
(BYE)

skysn93*    2
Actuary321  3

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ALivelySed  1
AbstractAct*2

Echo           ---- Echo
(BYE)

Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted

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gg Kid Rock. Continuing my streak of not getting out of round 1!

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Looks like I’ll be entering the ring soon.