Kong Off 3 Wild Card Qualifier #1 and WCR #3 ***FINAL*** Results

[ChrisP]

You know I'm quite upset here ..

Brian, there is no prize for anything but 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, you didn't win a bounty that got snatched by someone else, and 640K would not have held up over the next two tournaments as one of the top 8 wildcard scores.

So, you lost nothing but a few mostly-meaningless notches on the scoreboard for a one-day free tournament. It's not worth having bad feelings about.

[danman123456]

Yeah its Top 8 over all 3 tournaments SANS the Top 12 dedicated. I think 900k+ will be needed to be in for sure. Still need to know what "Top 12" is. Since the WCR is mame will that apply? Have to wait and see.

[Bliss1083]

Great games for everyone. Sucks I couldn't get any games in but my weekend was busy with other things. Maybe I'll have a free weekend on one of the other tournaments.

[corey.chambers]

ok, so I have to ask. What is the $25.00 - Mystery bounty: Eric Tessler and the More will be announced shortly?

[Jonesy]

Guys, this tourney was fantastic!

Although I didn't participate, I watched way too much, it was a blast and I saw some amazing games.

Watching Mitch and Vincent chasing (I think then) Mr Tudose's 12,500 level 1-1 high score was pretty funny especially when Vincent started getting bored and suddenly a large bicep appeared haha!!

Fast Eddie, well played Jon I didn't see you're big game but I saw most of the others. Well done man, you were playing really well and a great finishing position.

Well done guys, this was really awesome.....great dedication and great forum

[ChrisP]

Yeah its Top 8 over all 3 tournaments SANS the Top 12 dedicated. I think 900k+ will be needed to be in for sure.

A basic kill screen might actually do the job, if even that. Maybe as low as 800K.

You have to think about a few things:

- The 12 players who are already out of the running (the top 12).
- Qualifiers who actually end up getting into the top 12 by the time of the KO3, thus freeing up a spot, and the player they pushed out not playing or qualifying in these tourneys. I'd say we have two already: Phil is now in the top 12 (or he damn well better be), and we all know Ben is gonna go bananas and get 1.1 or something by November.
- All the people who will technically qualify, but will NOT be going to Denver and are just playing these for fun. It's my understanding, for example, that Corey won't be at KO3.

Either way, even if you don't qualify in these tourneys and you have to start at the live qualifier on Friday at the KO3 itself, a whole lot of players (20 to be exact) will be "upstream" and out of your way, along with a bunch of other DK beasts who won't even make it to Denver. So the live qualifier will be quite a bit softer than the online qualifiers. And even *then* there are still 8 spots to move on to Saturday. That's a lot of spots.

Theoretically, you only have to be the 28th best DK player to get to Saturday, minus all the people who won't even be coming to Denver.

I'm actually really looking forward to the Friday match and seeing how it goes down. It's gonna be the mid-level guys' time to shine.

[ChrisP]

It was nice to see Dave playing today, and a smart move on his part to put up a very strong score.

Mike G says that he'll submit his score, and if Phil submits his score (assuming Richie and Jourdan don't say "arcade only" and cause a riot/mutiny), it would put Dave in 12th, meaning that he is now on the chopping block.

If somebody beats Dave, and he doesn't improve between now and November, his 934K is a lock for one of the 8 pre-qualifier wildcards, so he now has insurance.

In other words, naysayers aside (even I was skeptical), the "open" format for this weekend's tournament actually fulfilled its purpose perfectly!

Somebody better get in touch with Kyle Goewert...

[LMDAVE]

Yeah, it's getting a little too close for comfort.  I have to remember TG will be using my 1.015M game also. Funny thing is if I finished yesterday's game at 1.04M, I wasn't TG recording, I was just streaming for the tournament. So wouldn't have helped my cause much.

I'll probably back off on 1.1M attempts now and shoot for 1.07-1.08M just to get a spot back up. Yesterday's game at 1.04M pace was very comfortable, because of going staight for the top hammer without grouping. Not that grouping is that uncomfortable, but adds so much time to the game.

Fun Tournament this weekend, thanks for allowing us in.

[Fast Eddie]

Cheers Jonsey! 

Big thanks to Eric and John for another great tourney!

Well done Dean! you totally deserve the prize man...

 

[Fast Eddie]

Can i get listed as Jon Mckinnell please...

cheers

 

[xelnia]

I'd also like to say thanks to John and Eric! Things got a little crazy when Twitch went down, but everybody stayed positive and supportive of them and the competitors (for the most part). Let's do it again in a couple months!

I'll try to do better next time. 

[danman123456]

Haha while Dan the Man is cool its Daniel Desjardins for the officialness.

Now I gotta pay up a 1M Bounty. I should have said only non-1 Million point scorers are eligible but hey I'll leave that for next round.

[homerwannabee]

Very cool tournament as usual.  I am just glad I was able to put up a score that landed me in the top half of the competition.  It took me getting a really, really good game though for me pulling that off.

[danman123456]

Yeah Great job George. I thought I would beat my PB too as I had 2 lives left on 15-3 but then choked big time. Died on 2 barrel boards on 15-3 and 16-5 I believe 

I am starting to think its a little bit of nerves when I get towards the end. Will be interesting to see how it all goes. I'm probably just going to be playing 1.05+ pace from here on out and see what happens. I still feel a KS is any day away but with all the glitches on my laptop (and quite frankly me being stupid way too many times) just not sure when that will be. Could be tonight could be Feb 2015. Grrrrr

Congrats to everyone! If the next one is in Aug then any Sat but Aug 17th please John/Eric

[JohnTheLawnMan]

Sorry for the delay in verifying.  I had an intense weekend with work and the tournament.  Only a few hours of sleep total.  I tried to put up a more respectable score at the zero hour, and crashed hard shortly after the tournament was over.  Total body shut down.

I’m very doubtful the current final list will change, since Eric and I are usually on the same page with this stuff.  I'll review and verify this evening when I get home.  Most of them I've already verified during the tournament.  The rest won’t take long.

Thanks everyone,
John