Re: MASTERS 2025!
Posted: 18 March 2025, 21:32
MASTERS LEAGUE - Event 2 (Alpine) – summary
It was a very surprising and unpredictable tournament!
There was probably a record number of surprising promotions and final results in total (taking into account all 9 previous editions, including those from the previous year).
A very wide range of great players ended their participation in the group stage:
Group A (The most difficult group in history?) :
- Helbiii (6/14) - player with the highest rating, winner of the entire 2024 edition, barely place 9 in the group
- Llorent (9/14) - Very unlucky! This is a very rare situation when a player does not pass the group stage after scoring as many as 9 points! The weaker balance of small points than two other players was decisive (fp149 and Rikerslash were better). This is also the first situation when this player does not advance to the finals two editions in a row!
- Den172 (7/14) and Lemmmmm (8.5/14), finalists of the first edition, who were also among the favorites to advance, also did not make it to the final
- AJT - Spartacus (5/14) - winner of the first edition of the open series, eliminated in 10th place
- Lawton (2.5/14) - He can talk about a very unsuccessful return to the tournament, and yet a year ago he took 8th place in the general classification, finishing the tournaments in 2nd, 6th and 7th place.
- MASA 444 (4/14) - also had an unsuccessful comeback (10th in the general classification last year)
A total of 7 players I predicted to advance from the group were eliminated in group A alone.
It was one of the strongest, if not the strongest group in the history of the tournament
In Group B:
- StArvid (8/14) - I predicted him to be the favorite of the tournament, he also failed, 7th place
- -Popiette- (5/14) - 2nd place in the first edition of this season, also failed, 13th place
- haiduk (7/14) - a rookie, with the 2nd highest ranking before the start of the tournament, failed, 10th place
In Group C:
- noel344 (8/14) - unluckily finished the competition in 6th place in the group
So who made it to the finals?
From my pre-tournament predictions:
Main favorites of 2nd edition tournament: (based on experience and results so far)
***** - fp149
*** - wkccc, sentimental1spica
** - Flemin, MalteH
* - DarkNumenorean, muggel_b, Fred75014, Pam2428
Underdog: Pfcmic, ttseppel, Board Game Enjoyer, Dead Girl, Rikerslash, Pea Sprout
This gave a record number of 6 players who were not predicted for the finals and a good chance for more surprises!
FINAL STAGE:
The winner was quite unexpectedly the rookie Rikerslash (Germany), who entered the tournament with a rating of barely over (500+), who has not played too many games compared to other players. A real dragon's entrance!
This is the first title for a player from Germany, a nation that is widely represented, from which the game comes!
A win (11/14) of the matches ensured a victory with a considerable margin! Congratulation!
2nd Pea Sprout (9/14) - Another rookie! Congratulations on a great result!
3rd Flemin (9/14) - My humble self. The first podium. It could have been better :p Hah
FP149 (8.5/14) - 4th place for the defending champion from the first edition and favourite of the final in this edition too! A great streak! This means that the fp149 is defending the first position in the overall standings of the 2025 season! Bravo!
The other favorites of the final phase:
sentimental1Spica (8/14) 5th place!
wkccc (6,5/14) 9th place!
The entire table with the results from the final of the second edition can be found at the link:
https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=352648
Important topic:
There were several violations of the unofficial tournament rule during the tournament. We are talking about the principle of "not to kick people overtime". This is very ugly behavior, and we want the game to take place in a friendly atmosphere.
Therefore, I am forced to add this rule officially and I will remind you of it on the occasion of the start of each edition!
I'll add a rule of not skipping the game to every future event (even if the player's time runs out). There are 10 days for the group stage and 10 days for the final stage in total. Any skipping of players will result in a penalty of no invitations to future tournaments and negative points in the annual table of the competition.
We must remember that the player who has less time after 10 days will automatically lose this match anyway. However, we should let the opponent play his game within these 10 days
Let's take a look at the general classification table of the 2025 season after two events:
Top 15:
1. fp149 305pts.
2. wkccc 244
3. Rikerslash 190
4. -Popiette- 171
4. Flemin 171
6. StArvid 170
7. Pea Sprout 156
8. MalteH 154
9. Helbiii 137
10. Lemmmmm 127
11. Pfcmic 118
11. Den172 118
13. Ladinek 116
14. sentimental1spica 106
15. DarkNumenorean 101
The full leaderboard with the results of 70 players after two editions can be found at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... id=0#gid=0
The 2nd edition of the OPEN league is currently underway!
Registration for the 3rd edition of the MASTERS league (rank 500+) has also begun.
This time we will compete in the WOODLAND EDGE expansion!
----------------------------------------------------------
GOLD - favourites
RED - strong pretenders
ORANGE - pretenders
BLUE - outsiders, but with a good chance of advancing to the final
GREEN - potential big surprises
It was a very surprising and unpredictable tournament!
There was probably a record number of surprising promotions and final results in total (taking into account all 9 previous editions, including those from the previous year).
A very wide range of great players ended their participation in the group stage:
Group A (The most difficult group in history?) :
- Helbiii (6/14) - player with the highest rating, winner of the entire 2024 edition, barely place 9 in the group
- Llorent (9/14) - Very unlucky! This is a very rare situation when a player does not pass the group stage after scoring as many as 9 points! The weaker balance of small points than two other players was decisive (fp149 and Rikerslash were better). This is also the first situation when this player does not advance to the finals two editions in a row!
- Den172 (7/14) and Lemmmmm (8.5/14), finalists of the first edition, who were also among the favorites to advance, also did not make it to the final
- AJT - Spartacus (5/14) - winner of the first edition of the open series, eliminated in 10th place
- Lawton (2.5/14) - He can talk about a very unsuccessful return to the tournament, and yet a year ago he took 8th place in the general classification, finishing the tournaments in 2nd, 6th and 7th place.
- MASA 444 (4/14) - also had an unsuccessful comeback (10th in the general classification last year)
A total of 7 players I predicted to advance from the group were eliminated in group A alone.
It was one of the strongest, if not the strongest group in the history of the tournament
In Group B:
- StArvid (8/14) - I predicted him to be the favorite of the tournament, he also failed, 7th place
- -Popiette- (5/14) - 2nd place in the first edition of this season, also failed, 13th place
- haiduk (7/14) - a rookie, with the 2nd highest ranking before the start of the tournament, failed, 10th place
In Group C:
- noel344 (8/14) - unluckily finished the competition in 6th place in the group
So who made it to the finals?
From my pre-tournament predictions:
Main favorites of 2nd edition tournament: (based on experience and results so far)
***** - fp149
*** - wkccc, sentimental1spica
** - Flemin, MalteH
* - DarkNumenorean, muggel_b, Fred75014, Pam2428
Underdog: Pfcmic, ttseppel, Board Game Enjoyer, Dead Girl, Rikerslash, Pea Sprout
This gave a record number of 6 players who were not predicted for the finals and a good chance for more surprises!
FINAL STAGE:
The winner was quite unexpectedly the rookie Rikerslash (Germany), who entered the tournament with a rating of barely over (500+), who has not played too many games compared to other players. A real dragon's entrance!
This is the first title for a player from Germany, a nation that is widely represented, from which the game comes!
A win (11/14) of the matches ensured a victory with a considerable margin! Congratulation!
2nd Pea Sprout (9/14) - Another rookie! Congratulations on a great result!
3rd Flemin (9/14) - My humble self. The first podium. It could have been better :p Hah
FP149 (8.5/14) - 4th place for the defending champion from the first edition and favourite of the final in this edition too! A great streak! This means that the fp149 is defending the first position in the overall standings of the 2025 season! Bravo!
The other favorites of the final phase:
sentimental1Spica (8/14) 5th place!
wkccc (6,5/14) 9th place!
The entire table with the results from the final of the second edition can be found at the link:
https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=352648
Important topic:
There were several violations of the unofficial tournament rule during the tournament. We are talking about the principle of "not to kick people overtime". This is very ugly behavior, and we want the game to take place in a friendly atmosphere.
Therefore, I am forced to add this rule officially and I will remind you of it on the occasion of the start of each edition!
I'll add a rule of not skipping the game to every future event (even if the player's time runs out). There are 10 days for the group stage and 10 days for the final stage in total. Any skipping of players will result in a penalty of no invitations to future tournaments and negative points in the annual table of the competition.
We must remember that the player who has less time after 10 days will automatically lose this match anyway. However, we should let the opponent play his game within these 10 days
Let's take a look at the general classification table of the 2025 season after two events:
Top 15:
1. fp149 305pts.
2. wkccc 244
3. Rikerslash 190
4. -Popiette- 171
4. Flemin 171
6. StArvid 170
7. Pea Sprout 156
8. MalteH 154
9. Helbiii 137
10. Lemmmmm 127
11. Pfcmic 118
11. Den172 118
13. Ladinek 116
14. sentimental1spica 106
15. DarkNumenorean 101
The full leaderboard with the results of 70 players after two editions can be found at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... id=0#gid=0
The 2nd edition of the OPEN league is currently underway!
Registration for the 3rd edition of the MASTERS league (rank 500+) has also begun.
This time we will compete in the WOODLAND EDGE expansion!
----------------------------------------------------------
GOLD - favourites
RED - strong pretenders
ORANGE - pretenders
BLUE - outsiders, but with a good chance of advancing to the final
GREEN - potential big surprises
However, I wish you good luck!