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hilltopgo wrote:Yes, you won your division on SOS; and the kid who came in 2nd had actually defeated you over the board, if I recall correctly. I'm sure it's always a mess when that happens.


Ahh, it is a mess with every score-based tournament-type system. Check out the BCS :). You could have a head-to-head exception, but meh.
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Thanks for clarifying the situation, Mike.

judicata wrote:Ahh, it is a mess with every score-based tournament-type system. Check out the BCS :). You could have a head-to-head exception, but meh.

I think that would've made deciding the winner of the Open section pretty complicated, what with the top three players beating each other. Ziyang Hu > Zhaonian Chen > Yongfei Ge > Ziyang Hu :lol:

I didn't meet as many forum members as I would've liked, but I hung out with Shaddy some, ran into EdLee (who I'd already met at Cotsen), met daniel_the_smith in the last days and Redbeard at the awards banquet. :D Shaddy and I were wondering why Joaz and Kirby weren't there, although I know Kirby probably has more pressing obligations at present. Posted some of my day to day thoughts about Congress here: http://eachmovematters.blogspot.com/ (No pictures, unfortunately, too lazy)
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lindentree wrote:I think that would've made deciding the winner of the Open section pretty complicated, what with the top three players beating each other. Ziyang Hu > Zhaonian Chen > Yongfei Ge > Ziyang Hu :lol:


Oh, I wasn't advocating for a change. There is no way around complications in tournaments like this (a lot of participants and a short amount of time).
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lindentree wrote:I didn't meet as many forum members as I would've liked,

me neither... I even tried to arrange a meetup, but then couldn't make it myself

game recorders often don't get meal breaks either, and top players games can last 5-6 hours

I'm glad I didn't have to buy(waste) a meal plan
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Yeah, I didn't see about your posted meetup until it was too late. Maybe next year we can try and arrange something in advance.
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really great to read this thread! Otherwise i'd barely know what happened at congress, other than my announcements ;) Thanks a lot guys, i'm really glad you all made it! :)

Mike is being very, *very* diplomatic. The list of things i'd fix next time is as long as my arm :D
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:lol: I do have a longer list, and I'm still adding to it... but the numbers only go up to 9, so that seemed like a good place to truncate. (Just so y'all know, the vast majority of stuff on my list has to do with my own performance, not Lisa and Andrew.)

It was a pleasure meeting you, Andrew. I admit to still being a bit steamed about packing up the boards in the same room while where people were still playing on them :lol: but I'll get over it... as long as we make sure it never happens again. I think you did a great job with what you had, and earned that certificate Karoline and I pilfered. I look forward to more frisbee in NC. :salute:
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daniel_the_smith wrote:Oh, I met you, too. :)

I think quite a number of you appear somewhere in my photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/1070908531 ... gress2011#


Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Oh, I forgot to say: Redbeard gets the award for "most resemblance to L19 profile"... :mrgreen:
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daniel_the_smith wrote:Oh, I forgot to say: Redbeard gets the award for "most resemblance to L19 profile"... :mrgreen:


Alas! I had hoped it would be one of the... THREE people who were there that have rad dinosaur avatars? Alas, I suppose you could only fit a few dinosaurs into Corwin Hall, anyways.

Anywho, Congress was a blast! I'm sorry I didn't get to meet more of you folks, but I really enjoyed hanging out with everyone I did meet. Beer with strangers that you can reference go stuff to, midnight rengo sessions, crazy self-pairs... a great time, all in all. Not to mention I did a whole problem book by the time I got home. =D Shaddy really inspired me to work on more problems, so here goes nothing!

Also, I like how everyone from the forum seemed to be universally friendly. =D
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Kirby wrote:
daniel_the_smith wrote:Oh, I met you, too. :)

I think quite a number of you appear somewhere in my photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/1070908531 ... gress2011#


Thanks for sharing the photos.


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I'm glad you all like my photos-- if you want a larger version of one feel free to PM me your email address and which one you want and I'll send it to you. :)
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daniel_the_smith wrote:Oh, I forgot to say: Redbeard gets the award for "most resemblance to L19 profile"... :mrgreen:

Thanks! That's the only award I got all week ;)
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