First Tournament Results

So LURPS got off to a great start in the Old Bar with some very well played Rock Paper Scissors. Before giving a run down of the tournament, a big thanks to everyone who came along, particularly to Martin Burley who came all the way from New Zealand and took part.

We started the tournament with 13 competitors, with 8 spots being offered for the quarter finals. Some great matches took place and tickets were given and won all around. In particular congrats to Tiago Cordeiro-Suares for collecting a staggering 21 tokens after starting with only 10. Unfortunately Aimee Bontoft, Max, and Ven L ran out of tickets before time, with Ven L losing two large bets in the last few minutes (after it was announced people could play for more than 1 ticket).

Jamie Chia and Jason Hon Wei Liu managed to survive the first round, but unfortunately did not have enough tickets to procede to the quarter final.

Quarter Final (Best of 1 Match)
Tiago Cordeiro-Suares 0 Vs 2 Miruna Zegheru
Martin Burley 1 Vs 2 Sophia Kirtley
Alex Hammond 0 Vs 2 Tom Emmott
Carley Radford 2 Vs 1 Yurie Sakai

Semi Final (Best of 1 Match)
Miruna Zegheru 2 Vs 1 Sophia Kirtley
Tom Emmott 2 Vs 0 Carley Radford

3rd Place Playoff (Best of 3 Matches)
Sofia Kirtley 2-2 Vs 0-0 Carley Radford

FINAL (Best of 3 Matches)
Miruna Zegheru 2-0-2 Vs 1-2-0 Tom Emmott

So congratulations to Miruna Zegheru, our first winner of the year, who took home Jerry Springer The Opera on DVD and the very funky cuddly duck. Tom Emmott took the Bunny Box (easter sweets) as second prize, and Sofia Kirtley went home with the instant noodles for third place.

Overall it seemed to be a very successful evening, but most importantly it seemed that everyone had a great time. Plans are for the next tournament to be held in March, so we’ll see you then.

Pos	Name	P	W	2	3	4	T8	Sur	Att	Pts
1	Miruna Zegheru	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
2	Tom Emmott	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	8
3	Sophia Kirtley	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6
4	Carley Radford	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
5	Tiago Cordeiro-Suares	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
-	Martin Burley	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
-	Alex Hammond	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
-	Yurie Sakai	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
9	Jamie Chia	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
-	Jason Hon Wei Liu	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
11	Aimee Bontoft	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
-	Max	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
-	Ven L	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Key: Pos – Position; P – Tournaments participated in; W – Tournaments won (10 pts); 2 – 2nd place finishes in tournaments (8 pts); 3 – 3rd place finishes in tournaments (6 pts); 4 – 4th place finishes in tournaments (4 pts); T8 – Top 8 finish in tournaments (3pts) ; Sur – Survived elimation in tournaments (not losing all tokens) (2pts); Att – Attended and participated (1 pt); Pts – Points

Tournament 1 – 10 February 2010

LURPS is back!

The first event of the 2009-2010 year is scheduled to take place for Wednesday 10 February. We start in the Old Bar (in the little area off to the side) at 7pm, so come and have a good time with us in a quality Rock Paper Scissors Tournament!

NO ENTRY FEE!
(I’ll see if I can sort out a first, second, third prize again)

NON-MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME ^_^

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Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Location: Old Bar, Leeds University Students Union, Leeds, UK

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RULES (Simple Version)
- Only throws of Rock, Paper or Scissors will be permitted. Throwing, or claiming to throw, any other move may result in disqualification from the tournament.
- Rock – Rock is to be made by making a fist facing the opponent with the thumb either tucked in or to the side.
- Scissors – Scissors is made like rock, only the index and middle fingers are to point outward towards the opponent.
- Paper – Paper is made by presenting your hand either palm up or palm down (never sideways/standing up) with all fingers together and pointing towards the opponent, not ‘fanned open’.
- Priming (aka Pumping, or ‘What to go on’) – It is very important that both players throw their move at the same time. Therefore we say that both players give three primes before throwing, meaning you bounce your hand 3 times and throw on four. (For example; One …… Two …… Three …… Four (throw when you say four, not after))
- Matches will be played on a best out of 3 Game-basis (i.e. the first to win two hands).
- ‘Smack talk’, ‘putting off’, trying to ‘psyche out’ a player and so on is all fine, however no physical contact is permitted. That being said bad sportsmanship will not be tolerated (i.e. lying about throws).
- The judge’s decision is final.
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- The tournament will begin with each player receiving three tokens.
- Each player will try to play as many people as possible in the allotted time.
- When a player wins a match (not a game), he/she takes a token from his opponent.
- When a person loses all of their tokens, they will be eliminated from the tournament.
- At the end of the allotted time, the 8 players with the most tokens will advance to the
- If there are only 8 players remaining before time runs out, time will be called early.
- Those 8 players will then play a random opponent, with the winner advancing forward.
- The two semi-final losers will play each other for 3rd place before the final.
- The finalists will play each other on a best of 3 Match-basis (i.e. the first to win two matches).