Hey everyone! I'm hosting an ALBW any% tournament over on challonge. It is an any% double elimination tournament open to players of all skill levels.

Here are details and clarifications about the tournament. I'll close sign-up on Wednesday, and starting 24 hours before the tournament starts on Friday afternoon eastern time, you need to check-in. To do this, just go to the tournament page and do whatever you need to do (I don't actually what this is, but it's probably just clicking a button saying that you're ready for the tournament or something simple like that.)

Once the tournament starts, you should contact whoever you are facing and setup a time to race. Races should be conducted on SRL and do not need to only be 1 v 1; for example, multiple matches can take place in the same race. In fact, anyone is allowed to join the race EXCEPT for people participating in the tournament who are not facing off against their opponent: if you participate in an ALBW any% race on SRL during the tournament that does not actually count for the tournament, you will be forced to forfeit your next match.

Once you finish your match, report the results here on this thread or to me on twitter @TRJeff621 if you do not have a speedrun.com account. I expect each round to take no more than 24 hours, so you should play about one match per day, but feel free to play several rounds ahead if you already know who your next opponent will be. If a match does not happen within 48 hours of when a round begins, then both any players who caused the match not to be played will be disqualified unless I am notified in advance. If something comes up and you will be gone for several days, then we will try to work around that, but anything that will make you unavailable for a week for longer will most likely disqualify you.

For all intents and purposes, we will only time to the second. If the times are within 1 second of each other according to the timers, then you will race again. For example, 1:33:44.51 and 1:33:45.27 are tied, even though the seconds are different. Runs should only be retimed if both runners have recorded their runs; if runs are retimed, and they are still within 1 second of each other, then you will race again. In the rematch, if you tie again, the lower seed will advance for the sake of moving the tournament forward.

If anyone has a serious object to the guidelines I've set forth, please let me know before you check-in. By checking-in, you agree to all the guidelines listed here. That being said, this tournament is a fun event, and I hope you all enjoy it to the fullest.

I have two things to say regarding the tournament:

Firstly, addressing the race last night between Zaheer and Giga... I don't even know who should win. I realize that Giga said that Zaheer won, so I don't think we should have to switch the results and have Giga win, but at the same time I did explicitly tell Zaheer that SRL race timing is the official timing for the tournament, so he could have been more careful in typing .done. The problem I'm having is that I don't want to use non-SRL race timing for the tourney, but that's what's happening because Giga said Zaheer won.

I'll think about this more and let you all know what I think later. One thing that won't happen is a rematch.

Secondly, addressing finals... I've decided what the format will be. The first race will between the winner's winner and the loser's winner will be a 2 of 3; if the loser wins the set, then the true final will just be a fourth game, and the winner of that game will win the tourney. So, basically, it's a 4 game set, and the winner's winner has to win 2, while the loser's winner must win 3.