The tournament will require 96 players and will end with a final of the last 4!
Premiums only please as multiple games will be played at once. No New Recruits or players with less than 95% attendance please.
This tournament has a slow elimination rate to minimise the luck factor and show who the truly skilled players are.
The tournament will consist of 6 group stages, a Quarter-Final group stage, a Semi-Final group stage, and then a Grand Final on the World 2.1 map.
Each stage will have a theme as follows:
Stage 1: BeNeLux Theme
Stage 2: British Theme
Stage 3: Ancient Theme
Stage 4: Egyptian Theme
Stage 5: City Theme
Stage 6: European Theme
Stage 7 (QF): Asian Theme
Stage 8 (SF): North American Theme
Grand Final: World 2.1
All games will be Standard, Sequential, Escalating, Unlimited, Sunny.
Each Stage will consist of between 3 and 6 games (which will all be played at the same time).
Points will be awarded as follows:
6 Player Games:
1st: 8 points
2nd: 5 points
3rd: 3 points
4th: 2 points
5th: 1 point
6th: 0 points
4 Player Games:
1st: 8 points
2nd: 4 points
3rd: 2 points
4th: 0 points
At the end of each of Stages 1 to 6, the top 3 players in their group will automatically go through to the next round. The other players will play against each other to go through as a 2nd chance. This will be explained in more detail below.
All players who go through to the next round will have their points carried over.
Here are the details of the stages:
Stage 1
BeNeLux Theme
16 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Netherlands
Luxembourg
BeNeLux
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 48)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 24):
- 4th place players – 4 groups of 4 – Classic Art – Top 3 in each game qualify
- 5th place players – 4 groups of 4 – Classic Shapes – Top 2 in each game qualify
- 6th place players – 4 groups of 4 – Doodle Earth – Winner of each game qualifies
24 players eliminated
Stage 2
British Theme
12 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Scotland
Ireland
British Isles
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 36)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 12):
- 4th place players – 2 groups of 6 – Classic Art – Top 3 in each game qualify
- 5th place players – 2 groups of 6 – Classic Shapes – Top 2 in each game qualify
- 6th place players – 2 groups of 6 – Doodle Earth – Winner of each game qualifies
24 players eliminated
Stage 3
Ancient Theme
8 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Ancient Greece
Alexander’s Empire
Circus Maximus
Imperium Romanum
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 24)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 12):
- 4th place players – 2 groups of 4 – Classic Art – Top 3 in each game qualify
- 5th place players – 2 groups of 4 – Classic Shapes – Top 2 in each game qualify
- 6th place players – 2 groups of 4 – Doodle Earth – Winner of each game qualifies
12 players eliminated
Stage 4
Egyptian Theme
6 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Egypt: Lower
Egypt: Nubia
Egypt: Upper
Egypt: Valley of the Kings
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 18)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 6):
- 4th place players – 1 group of 6 – Classic Art – Top 3 qualify
- 5th place players – 1 group of 6 – Classic Shapes – Top 2 qualify
- 6th place players – 1 group of 6 – Doodle Earth – Winner qualifies
12 players eliminated
Stage 5
City Theme
4 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Charleston
Montreal
San Francisco
Sydney Metro
NYC
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 12)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 6):
- 4th place players – 1 group of 4 – Classic Art – Top 3 qualify
- 5th place players – 1 group of 4 – Classic Shapes – Top 2 qualify
- 6th place players – 1 group of 4 – Doodle Earth – Winner qualifies
6 players eliminated
Stage 6
European Theme
3 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
France
Malta
Germany
Iceland
Italy
Iberia
Automatic Qualifiers: Top 3 in each group (Total 9)
2nd Chance Qualifiers (Total 3):
- 4th place players – 1 group of 3 – Classic Art – Top 2 qualify
- 5th place players – 1 group of 3 – Classic Shapes – Winner qualifies
- No 2nd Chance for 6th place players
6 players eliminated
Stage 7: Quarter Finals
Asian Theme
2 groups of 6 players
Spoiler
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Greater China
Indochina
Philippines
Asia
The top 4 players in each group will go through to the Semi Finals. There is no 2nd Chance Stage
4 players eliminated
Stage 8: Semi Finals
North American Theme
2 groups of 4 players
Spoiler
USA
Dust Bowl
Canada
US Senate
Great Lakes
North America
The top 2 players in each group will go through to the Grand Final. There is no 2nd Chance Stage
4 players eliminated
Stage 9: GRAND FINAL
One final of 4 players
World 2.1
Winner is declared CHAMPION OF THE GRAND WORLD MARATHON 2009
Day -18 2008-12-14
Tournament Opens For Signups
Day -3: 2008-12-29
All 96 places filled; reserves spots available
Day -1: 2008-12-31
PMs sent out for Round 1 games
Day 1: 2009-01-01
Round 1 Begins - 96 players fight for 72 places
Day 23: 2009-01-23
Round 1a Begins
Day 44: 2009-02-13
Round 2 Begins - 72 players fight for 48 places






