Looks like not enough for a tournament, let’s try again next week!
I’ll make a live one for tomorrow, it’s a good way to get some games for the challenge.
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Here’s something I was thinking might be fun:
Is that kind of thing interesting to anyone here?
Do we have enough crazy people on OGS to make this work?
11 rounds of fast live games lasting hours (I hope).
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6.30 in the morning is killing me.
Perfect. That’s how it’s meant to feel, though I was aiming for 5:30am in Holland (The official start time of Elfstedentochts I believe) so I hope I got that right.
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You meant to exclude me? 
I’m going to shed my lonely tears in the corner.
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Not at all. You’ve got a whole week to adjust your body clock. I don’t think completing an Elfstedentocht should come easy. Is your determination excluding you? 
I hope not. There’s still time to change your mind. 
I’ll admire y’all from afar. 
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This is also traditional for an Elfstedentocht, In great and enthusiastic numbers.
If it goes ahead, someone live-streaming highlights from a virtual helicopter would be good. Anyone?
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So at ~20 minutes/round we’re looking at 3.5 to 4 hours? It would be almost the perfect time for such a thing here in UTC-8…
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It may even be slower with good participation. The slowest game of each round holds up the next round ofc. Also. +12s fischer is significantly slower than +12s byo-yomi or similar.
Oh wait, it’s McMahon? How does that work for a live tournament?
A bit like swiss but with a fixed number of rounds. McMahon also has bars (categories) that apply some -ve points to people that get easier games but for this tournament I’ve set the bars so low they should be irrelevant.
McMahon: Not to be confused with the more common Simultaneous McMahon. There are no simultaneous games unless a bug rears its ugly head.
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How do you incorporate “klunen” into your Elfstedentochts tournament?
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Unfortunately there are a number of elements that are hard to incorporate into the event. For example; The gentleman that attempts backstroke on the ice before being removed by police.
If you are referring to my new profile pic then I will arrange something more aerodynamic for the occasion. 5days 7hours to go.
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