When will the schedule be publicized? Some live in Europe, some in USA, time zone difficulties could arise. The number is almost exactly 16, ideal for a knockout format, why not repeat that? And yeah I would also definitely like a reminder PM. Cheers to all of those putting time and energy into this.

Theres no schedule. Tomorrow will make the pairings and you have like a couple of days to arrange with opponnent by PM best time to play.
Will try swiss system this time to compare, for future tournaments.

Tournament starts tomorrow.

Whos making the pairings? I'll do it tomorrow aprox. 16:00 ET with 'Chess Administrator 1.0' unless somebody else wants to do it with a better program.
Waiting confirmation.

i'm all in, if it's not too late. Haven't god time to check 2+2 for a while (exams and co).

But the last tournament hasn't still finished, no message from my opponent for a while :/

you were in already (nº3 in the list)

ok, im making the pairings

ok, we are playing 6 rounds (so that it not last forever), 5'2'', 4games matches. We still dont have a rating list so i used the registering order to make the pairing of round1. Players in order are:

1- aussie_poker
2- All-inMcLovin
3- Nikitheone
4- DonCasti
5- YouKnowWho
6- hoyasaxa
7- Damagor
8- unbluffable
9- Tothedeath
10- EEEJay
11- Pawnificator
12- Go_Blue88
13- BobJoeJim
14- MontrealCorp
15- Nezh
16- kataruni ochiru
17- GrasshopperAA
18- Uitje
19- Palinca

PAIRINGS ROUND 1

1. aussie_poker-EEEJay
2. All-inMcLovin-Pawnificator
3. Nikitheone-Go_Blue88
4. DonCasti-BobJoeJim
5. YouKnowWho-MontrealCorp
6. hoyasaxa-Nezh
7. Damagor-kataruni ochiru
8. unbluffable-GrasshopperAA
9. Tothedeath-Uitje
10. Palinca - BYE (unless somebody else late regis.)

ok, GO GO.

I already said that I was Withdrawing...

Scroll up to #50. sigh

Just pair Palinca with Pawntificator then..

ok, updating list player and pairing round 1.

LIST

1- aussie_poker
2- Nikitheone
3- DonCasti
4- YouKnowWho
5- hoyasaxa
6- Damagor
7- unbluffable
8- Tothedeath
9- EEEJay
10- Pawnificator
11- Go_Blue88
12- BobJoeJim
13- MontrealCorp
14- Nezh
15- kataruni ochiru
16- GrasshopperAA
17- Uitje
18- Palinca

PAIRING ROUND 1:

aussie_poker vs Pawnificator
Nikitheone vs Go_Blue88
DonCasti vs BobJoeJim
YouKnowWho vs MontrealCorp
hoyasaxa vs Nezh
Damagor vs kataruni ochiru
unbluffable vs GrasshopperAA
Tothedeath vs Uitje
EEEJay vs Palinca

OK.

mmm i just read Go_Blue88 probably not be playing but i already PMed almost everybody so i m not making a third pairing. if thats the case, nikitheone just wins the round. Sorry about that.
You are free now to PM your opponent and play. GL.

Uitje and i have made arrangements to play on ICC.

i may record the matches i play and post it with commentary just for fun. would anyone be interested in that?

Of course. We always love self-annotated games.

lool, nice start for me

lol nikitheone wtg

I am currently travelling for work, so Nezh and I are going to play on monday evening.

can we post blitz ratings for an idea of seeding? I am currently ~1300 blitz on fics

mine is 2067, but only 20 games played.
lightning is 2134 (best 2141), 53 game played

I won my first round 4-0

I'm back guys, and I have a mouse beware

Palinca > EEEJay 4-0

Remember to post the results.

DONCASTI 4-0 BobJoeJim

got wrecked by Nezh 4-0

Tothedeath - inafewminutes (Uitje) 2 -2

YouKnowWho - MontrealCorp 3:1

watch out guys, he is good, I was lucky to win this

ok, waiting for:

-aussie_poker vs pawntificator
-kataruni ochiru vs damagor
-unbluffable vs grasshopperAA

PMed grasshopperAA couple of days ago, no answer so far

Its been a week so i PMed remaining players. I think if there's no answer by tomorrow, will start 'cutting heads'.
Unbluffable would advance cause he posted had no reply from his opponent. Keep that in mind for future rounds.
Players still have today and tomorrow to answer.