Okie dokie it is time to get this tournament underway! We have gotten 78 players in the tournament so for each half map it will be 78 games or 4 games per player. I am going to be sending out 4 half maps today. So the 4 maps chosen are City Mogul 2, AOR2 2, Feudal Epic 2 and Middle Ages 1 I did think we were going to have all 2's to start with but the middle ages broke the trend.
So if all 78 players stick it out till the end I will need to send out 78*32*4 invites or 9984 just shy of 10k

Though based on the past I will almost certainly need to send out more than that due to making mistakes and players missing the odd invite. I also will be surprised if all 78 players make it to the end though I would love it if we all do go the distance

The scoreboard has been set up and the link has been added to the first post any questions or issues with it please let me know and I can fix or answer them

I have also randomised the 40 undecided picks of various players and so all of the predictions are now in and not subject to change. I hope you all had your precognition hats on or consulted your favourite oracle.
The most predicted map other than Random is Feudal Epic with 35 players who choose it as 1 of there 4 picks and 2 who had it randomly assigned to them for 11.86% of the competitors, joint 2nd for picks are New World and Jamaica for about 11% of the competitors. The Least popular map is the most recently quenched map of Krazy Kingdoms only 2% of competitors either picking it 4 or assigned it 2 for a total of 6. Followed by Labyrinth with only 8 players 6 and 2 and Middle Ages with 10 players 8 pickers and 2 assignees
Nick11,
Pelagic and
TODRICH have all picked the 3 most popular maps along with 1 of the 2 joint 4th AYBABTU or Antarctica so maybe being the group average will pay off for them alternatively picking the most of the bottom maps are
Clanlord Carl and
TheLord both of which have picked 3 of the least picked maps. So maybe being confident where less people are will pay off better

Great news everyone you are all in joint first

let's see who can keep it up and stay in first once the games start to finish

Good luck in the games ahead and I do hope everyone enjoys the games

Don't be afraid to reach out if you have any questions or comments on the tournament. Now I am going to go send out 1248 invites
