The goal is simple -- Enter a shot each week that will score better than your average score. If you succeed, you survive. If not, you're out. Last one standing wins. See full rules at bottom of this post.
Stay tuned for BTA 2 – We’ll take a short break to give our winners a chance to bask in their glory and recharge their engines before starting this tourney up again, but watch the Forums for another announcement soon! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IT TOOK 11 WEEKS, BUT WE FINALLY HAVE A WINNER -- CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR A GREAT RUN!
Thanks to everyone who participated, whether you lasted one week or ten, you made this a great, fun challenge to watch and run. And congratulations to all our winners:
to ace flyman for lasting 11 weeks!
to andrewt for lasting 10 weeks and averaging 0.6763 above his average!
to tfarrell23 for lasting 10 weeks and averaging 0.6673 above his average!
to EBJones for lasting 10 weeks and averaging 0.5791 above his average!
Those are all incredible runs ... both in the length of time you kept your scores up, and the average amount by which you exceeded your averages. Congratulations!
Honorable Mentions also go to the rest of our Top 20 finishers ... each of whom lasted at least a month in this tourney!
Week 8 challenges: Numbers, Risk, Safety, Long Exposure IV
And the beat goes on -- EVERYONE survives to Week 9 ace flyman - 0.2143 above his avg for andrewt - 0.5830 above his avg for EBJones - 0.6902 above his avg for tfarrell23 - 0.5376 above his avg for
Sorry to see bspurgeon, levyj413 and Trumpeteer4 leave, but you all had a great run and should be proud of what you accomplished here. Hope to see all of you back for BTA 2!
Congrats to all the winners, and all the people who got bounced this week for lasting as long as they did. Particular congrats to raish for being both the last non-member and the last sub-5.0 average entrant to get bounced, and to Bogi for being the last over-6.0 average entrant to leave.
1. You must enter a challenge every week for the duration of the tournament -- Open, Member, Free Study or Speed.
2. If your score in the challenge is better than your overall average, you survive and go on to the next week. If your score does not beat your average, or you fail to enter any challenges, you're out.
3. If you enter more than one challenge, your first entry for the week counts, unless you post a message before voting starts on that challenge stating otherwise. ("First entry for the week" refers to the submission deadline, not the actual date you submit your entry.).
4. You must have completed at least 10 challenges before the tourney starts to be eligible to participate.
5. Last one standing wins. In case of a tie (no one left standing in the final week), the overall "winner" will be the person (among those surviving the longest) who has beaten their score by the highest average amount during the tourney (i.e., the sum of all the amounts over average divided by the number of weeks of survival.)
Great to see all the early interest. Looks like we'll get a wide range of participants, which is what I was hoping for. Thanks everyone!
Originally posted by Eyesup:
When will it all start?
If interest keeps up at its current pace, we can start with the challenges announced this Sunday. If you'd all rather wait until the following week to give more time for sign ups, and to let the Olympics and Age tourneys run their course, we can do that too. If you have a preference, post it.
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Oh, and this could turn out to be a marathon side challenge!
Judi, looking at your recent challenges you'd last 5 weeks, just 2 for me but count me in please as this could be fun :)
Oh, and this could turn out to be a marathon side challenge!
I seriously doubt that I would make it through 5 weeks...LOL!!
Oh and my preference is to start with the Sunday Challenge! This is they type of event that can continuously run. You don't need to try and find teams for it. It is an individual style contest...therefore just run it!
I seriously doubt that I would make it through 5 weeks...LOL!!
If we start next week there will be 6 weeks of OlympicsII to run so plan to last that long :) And yes, starting with the next Members challenge sounds good :)
