Well, it finally happened. I managed to host a tournament which didn't spontaneously combust or implode under its own weight. And it turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun, too.
Thanks to everyone who played and played in good spirit (under the pain of SHOES' freaky modem) and especially thanks to Hyko for the excellent tournament page.
Results? Oh, yeah, right, of course.
Rank  |Playername      |won   |lost  |won   |lost   |diff   |
   |           |games  |games  |rounds  |rounds  |     |
-------|--------------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|
1 Â Â Â |SHOES Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | Â Â Â 5| Â Â Â 0| Â Â Â 15| Â Â Â 3| Â Â Â 12|
2    |Hyko         |    4|    1|    12|    4|    8|
3    |Eno         |    3|    2|    11|    6|    5|
4    |HoNu         |    2|    3|    6|    11|    -5|
5    |Dingo        |    1|    4|    4|    14|   -10|
6    |msxgamesbox     |    0|    5|    5|    15|   -10|
   |checksums      |   15|   15|    53|    53|    0|
Playoffs:
1 v 2 SHOES 3 : Hyko 0
3 v 4 Eno 3 : HoNu 1
Finals:
SHOES 0 : Eno 3
Hyko 3 : HoNu 1
Eno came home with a wet sail and stormed into first place from third after the round robin. After playing the qualifiers so well (and under duress), SHOES was left to gnash his teeth and dream of the sweet revenge to come next tournament. Hyko finished with a well deserved win and HoNu gains immense respect for playing at 4 o'clock in the morning. msxgamesbox and yours truly were left to ponder starting a "division 2" league where the grand masters can't hurt us any more.
Congratulations to Eno, Kaisama Inu 3 champion and prize winner.
You have earned the title of "Top Dog of Pop Pop"!
Due to me having something which vaguely approximates a life, I can't guarantee being able to run a regular tournament. It's something I really need to plan for well in advance. Rest assured that sometime, there will be a KI4, there will be more prizes and I will want a whole lot of people playing. In the meantime, I hope to see you all on the tracker. Thanks once again for making KI3 so much fun.
(edit: evil text formatting...)
(edit2: thanks Hyko!)
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Hi. I'm Dingo. Can I have your baby?
(This message has been edited by Dingo (edited 10-06-2003).)