WELCOME TO COCONUTS EVIL SPADES: I'm cool_breeze5, I am your hostess for Tournament VIII :o)
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COCONUT EVIL SPADES TOURNAMENT VIII: COCONUTS EVIL SPADES: DOUBLE ELIMINATION

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DATE:  Saturday April 15, 2000
TIME:  5PM PST, 6PM MST, 7PM CST, 8PM EST
MEETING PLACE:  Zone > Spades > Social Picnic > Last Tables Open (60's & 70's)
SIGN-UP: OPEN, teams, singles,and subs sign-up's allowed until 12 NOON, EST APRIL 15, 2000
	                   subject line:  tourney VIII signup
		           message body:  nicnames and email addresses

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SHORT EXPLANATION OF PLACEMENT RULES FOR THIS TOURNAMENT:

This week's tournament will be double elimination. It will take alot of skill, and the cards 
falling right for you. The object of this tourney is to not loose a game but you can still 
win with 1 loss.

Good Luck All

         Mike987709, cool_breeze5, loree_oh, and Fast_Cornet

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RANKING:
WELCOME TO THE  RANKING FOR THE COCONUTS_EVIL_SPADES TOURNAMENT. 
PLAYERS. NEXT IS A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE RANKINGS, THE FORMULA AND WHAT 
IT MEANS TO THE PLAYERS.

(1) TOTAL UP THE RANKING'S GIVEN TO A PLAYER
(2) DIVIDE THAT TOTAL BY THE # OF VOTES, TO GET AN AVERAGE
(3) SUBTRACT THE AVERAGE BY THE # OF VOTES
(4) THE RESULTS OF STEP (3) EQUALS THE RANKING FOR THAT PLAYER

THE PLAYER WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER IS THE TOP RANKED PLAYER OR THE #1 SEED, 
AND SO ON DOWN THE LINE. THE HIGHER THE SEED (#1 IS THE HIGHEST) THE MORE 
BYES GIVEN TO THEM. A BYE IS AN AUTOMATIC WIN IN THE 1ST ROUND OF PLAY FOR 
THE NEXT TOURNEY.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND KEEP ON EVILING.-----------------------
Rank players based on 1) tourney results, 2) knowing their play, 3) showing
up and not quitting .

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       Player                         Ranking
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 1) Fast_Cornet		              -10.41
 2) loree_oh			      - 8.18
 3) Ms_Ere                            - 3.87
 4) MIKE987709                        - 2.14 
 5) cool_breeze5                      - 1.40
 6) bunnymo                           -  .77
 7) Risk_Taker_1                      -  .75
 8) maleman_2                             0
 9) dopeykh                              .66
10) Boardwlk_Angel                       .75

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                      Players Signed Up Already
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        Team                     Singles              Subs
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 bunnymo / teacher46
 pollypocket2 / LUV2GET_TUBE
 Bimble8 / TicklishCandy
 maleman_2 / THE_ONLY_TIGGER
 dopeykh / fae9
 can_man / loree_oh
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