no need to be a dick to them. It's a pretty great idea, the execution is hard. We're all poker players here, we're going to make mistakes.

+1 to rnc's idea of $15 to mers to run thew hole thing

Great call on you running it awesome. And to everyone saying rules aren't set are you just ******ed or too lazy to read back? The only thing that hasn't been decided is the payout structure. That being said take it over mer I'll be happy to ship you the 15 to handle this tournament.

I'll send mersenneary my $500+15 as soon as everything is finalized and set in stone.

Isn't nemo still escrowing?

I have zero problem with Nemo being escrow and me still running it. It makes sense for the person you know and who has escrowed so many HSNL things to do so, so no need to shuffle it around unless anybody objects. I would also like to make it explicitly clear that me getting a cut is not at all required, who knows how much I'll actually have to do. In fact I'd even say don't worry about it and then the winners can tip at the end if he/she feels like it, and that still would not at all be necessary. Personally I'd be more comfortable with that rather than getting shipped money now when it's not at all clear how much legwork will actually go into running this.

For now:

1. I see no holes with the rules listed, except that we need a payout structure and a final list of players. All this has to be put into place before the draw. Let's try to have that take place Sunday night, which gives us from now until then to figure out a firm player list and payout structure.
2. Nemo, can you post a list of people who have currently escrowed to you?
3. I'm going to err on the side of not taking away people's equity unless it's very clear, but everybody needs to be aware that if I'm going to run this and enforce rules that aren't 100% cut-and-dry, everybody who joins has to be prepared to accept my decisions as an arbitrator. I think it's impossible to have completely 100% letter-of-the-law rules in terms of people not playing when they should, so just be aware that in escrowing, you are authorizing me to interpret the rules and make decisions that may in some cases decrease your equity. I will of course be asking lots of people and making sure I get tough decisions right.

I agree with all of this. Thanks for stepping in

ur a beast mers

Received

Zackac
Iamalgatrad
Cowpigmonkey
CubKiller
Rumnchess
Bareware
ImsoLucky09
DassNoSeek

OK. Let's get to 16, yeah?

Syous
LordRush
ShipitFMA
Joseph Cur
meltdowncity
bluelight30
wyvo

have all expressed interest but no final escrow. I'll PM them all tonight (or post ITT if you're reading this). If you're not on this list and want to jump in, please post, we very likely have room for you.

As for payout structure, I'm just going to propose one to keep it moving: 50%/30%/20% for 1st/2nd/3rd, as is standard in STTs. We can pay 4th if people want, but I think top 1/2/3 is good: I think if you go 2-2 (which 4th place will), tough luck, that's not a cash. That makes for this:

1st: $4000
2nd: $2400
3rd: $1600

If we get 16 people, which I think we will.

If anybody has questions about the rules, please ask them now. You can PM me if you think your question might be dumb. Everybody should feel like they had an opportunity to have any rules clarified to them they didn't understand before this starts.

I will join if any spot is open

Looks like it is, go ahead and escrow $500 to NemoInDenial on Ftp ( Clown) City (I).

Sent

got it

I just shipped mers $15 -- I encourage others to do the same. Note this is not something mers asked or anything like that. In fact I just randomly volunteered him without even asking him. But he's doing great already. If run well this competition will really be great for the HUNL community in a number of ways and is something we should consider doing more regularly

mers im out on this one sorry, if any1 is interested in 100nl instead ?!?! i wud def play! just not smart enough to set it all up!
maybe any1 interested in 100nl aswel cud PM me and we cud try get something rolling! sorry to derail my bad!

Just sent $500 to NemoInDenial on FTP from LordRush2.

received

I say we use the payout structure mers recommended.


1st: $4000
2nd: $2400
3rd: $1600

+1 looks good to me, will be shipping mers maneys in the near future

Confirmed in:

1. Zachvac
2. Iamalgatrad
3. Cowpigmonkey
4. CubKiller
5. Rumnchess
6. Barewire
7. ImsoLucky09
8. DassNoSeek
9. TeeJayorTJ
10. LordRush

I'll send PMs out now to people who said they might be interested. Still 3 days to register and get up to 16. Looks like we do have spots for anyone on the outside looking to jump in.

100% in

Sweet. Go ahead and escrow to NemoInDenial on Ftp ( Clown) City (I) if you haven't already.

escrow sent to nemo

received

1. Zachvac
2. Iamalgatrad
3. Cowpigmonkey
4. CubKiller
5. Rumnchess
6. Barewire
7. ImsoLucky09
8. DassNoSeek
9. TeeJayorTJ
10. LordRush
11. NLSoldier