Congrats on finishing round 1! It took us just shy of three weeks, so not a bad start. If we can get tables set up a little faster this round, we can probably get closer to the two week target.
You can find your round 2 pairings in the same Google sheet that we've been using: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1824tjLmDpTRsMzsKAKQ6BYHCqWJETxbJ12TRi_vaNjY/edit?usp=sharing. If you need to reference the instructions for setting up the game, you can find them here. Please start your games as quickly as possible.
Since I got a few questions in the first round about how the pairings were created, I'll go into a bit more detail this time around. I assigned the four players without BGA Premium to tables 2-1, 2-2, 2-14, and 2-15 (two Ws and two Ls). I then generated a random number (using =RAND()) and repasted the values into the cells (so that I could sort them). I assigned the winners from top to bottom, and then bottom to top, to games 2-1 through 2-13. I then did the same with everyone who lost their first game for tables 2-14 through 2-26. While not relevant in this round, in future rounds we will do our best to prevent folks from having a rematch, if there are other folks available at the same record.
After discussion with the AGMs, we will make a change to the format for future rounds to keep the tournament going - it is not a relevant change for this next round. Instead of assigning byes anytime there are an odd number of players at a record, we will match those players with folks at a similar record. I've updated the tournament format page with this change: https://sites.google.com/view/bpa-pbem/CAR-2025.
Contact the GM with any questions at bpa.pbem+car@gmail.com.
Everyone's membership has been verified and we're underway. We have a total of 52 players, thanks everyone for joining! If you want a refresh on the tournament format, check out https://sites.google.com/view/bpa-pbem/CAR-2025.
Pairings can be found in this Google sheet that we'll use to track the tournament: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1824tjLmDpTRsMzsKAKQ6BYHCqWJETxbJ12TRi_vaNjY/edit?usp=sharing
Contact the GM with any questions at bpa.pbem+car@gmail.com.
Register for the 2025 BPA PBEM Carcassonne 2-player tournament via Google Form by October 1st at 11:59pm Pacific.
Tournament details can be found here. Contact the GM with any questions at bpa.pbem+car@gmail.com.