WELCOME TO COCONUTS EVIL SPADES: I'm Fast_Cornet, I am your host for Tournament XVIII :o)
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COCONUT EVIL SPADES TOURNAMENT XVIII: COCONUTS EVIL SPADES: SINGLE ELIMINATION 

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DATE:  Saturday JUNE 24, 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 JUNE 24, 2000
	                   subject line:  tourney XVIII 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 single elimination. It will take a lot of skill, and the cards 
falling right for you. The object of this tourney is to not lose a game. One loss and you 
are out. 


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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THIS WEEK WE HAVE TIES FOR 1ST PLACE AND FOR 3RD PLACE IN THE RANKINGS.
GOOD JOB PLAYERS ON RANKING YOUR FELLOW NICS.	
       Player                         Ranking
loree_oh/pollypocket2.......# 1.........-4.66
bunnymo/can_man.............# 3.........-4.11
maleman_2...................# 5.........-4.00
fae9........................# 6.........-3.25
leggmen.....................# 7.........-1.71
DawnMarie30.................# 8.........-1.2
KnightHawk_34...............# 9.........-0.5
Michel_330..................#10.........+0.166

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                      Players Signed Up Already
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        Team                       Singles                Subs
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tillerking/Michel_330           KnightHawk_34
bunnymo/DawnMarie30             leggmen
maleman_2/can_man              _MistressHanna
                                fae9
                                dopeykh
                                SimplyDebbie
                                pollypocket2
                                _SHOGUN_TIBERIS
                                to_much_trouble
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                 ROUND 1  ASSIGNMENTS
can_man/loree_oh          VS     to_much_trouble/Rose_65084
fae9/dopeykh              VS     KnightHawk_34/leggmen
bunnymo/DawnMarie30       VS     _MistressHanna/_SHOGUN_TIBERIS
pollypocket2/SimplyDebbie VS     tillerking/Michel_330

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                ROUND 2  ASSIGNMENTS
fae9/dopeykh              VS     can_man/Loree_oh
bunnymo/DawnMarie30       VS     tillerking/Michel_330
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                CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
bunnymo/DawnMarie30       VS     fae9/dopeykh
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FIRST  PLACE     bunnymo/DawnMarie30
SECOND PLACE     fae9/dopeykh
THIRD  PLACE     tillerking/Michel_330
FOURTH PLACE     can_man/loree_oh