Initiator Ranked

The Initiator, Ranked was an MCM-sanctioned simulated minecraft duel tournament that took place from the 12th to the 17th of February, 2017 – after the Fresh Seconds Tournament but before The Gatekeeper. The Initiator was only open to those who had never participated in previous MCM-sanctioned tournaments but who were invited to the MCM Royale, up to a maximum of 18. It was the first implementation of an experimental Elo-like rating system.

Emil Praga won with a rating of 139 after winning all six of his duels. This gave him and his runner-up, Mr. Longus, a place in The Gatekeeper, a prestigious tournament that took place 2 days after IR.

Format
Each participant was to play 6 standard MCM duels, each duel being part of a "round" for this tournament. Players were assigned a rating that changed based on their results, and at the conclusion of the sixth round, the participant with the highest rating was to be crowned victor, ties being allowed. Since there were 18 participants and 6 rounds, the tournament had 54 duels total.

In the first round, matchups were be random. Each subsequent round, the participants were, in a random order, matched with their nearest-rated rival that they hadn't played before in the tournament.

If two players were matched with equal rating and one player won, the winning player took 10 off the rating of the losing player and added it to their own. If a higher-rated player won against a lower-rated player, the rating transfer was to be less than 10: For each 5 points difference, the higher-rated player gained 1 less, down to a minimum of 1 rating total, or the lower-rated player gained 1 more, up to a maximum of 19. The formula was roughly, capped at 1 and 19.

For example, say player A with rating 125 duels player B with rating 100. If player A wins, they only take 5 rating, however if player B wins, they take 15.

Invites
Everyone who was invited to MCM Royale – with the exception of those who participated in MCTTT1, MCTTT2, the MCM Cup, the February Best Of and the Fresh Seconds Tournament – was invited. Invites were sent out on February 7, 2017.

Invited, responded and selected Invited, responded, but not selected Invited but not responded
 * Acerees undefined
 * aMadMouse undefined
 * Dysania undefined
 * Emil Praga undefined
 * Equinox undefined
 * Iraffnix undefined
 * Kifla undefined
 * KrAyZiE1991 undefined
 * Lemmiwinks undefined
 * Link undefined
 * Mr. Longus undefined
 * Omega undefined
 * Philter undefined
 * Punisher undefined
 * Robbie undefined
 * Steel undefined
 * Suicidal Biscuit undefined
 * Viceguy undefined
 * Delgado undefined
 * Fuyjin undefined
 * Kirennian undefined
 * Multi21 undefined
 * R777R undefined
 * Ranger undefined
 * The Genius undefined
 * .Grim. undefined
 * Beppo undefined
 * Brian undefined
 * Cavalier Roy undefined
 * Chef undefined
 * Erasmusguy undefined
 * Gadget undefined
 * Hero_unit undefined
 * Insomnia undefined
 * M3hran undefined
 * MetroidNut undefined
 * Neil Bywater undefined
 * Nicky FD undefined
 * Poppleton undefined
 * Schmucks undefined
 * SenR undefined
 * Shaki undefined
 * SteveRogers undefined
 * Stobart Chilton undefined
 * StonerSteve undefined
 * Summer undefined
 * Winnie Der Puh undefined

Rounds
Seeding for rounds took place in the moments leading up to the round's beginning, except Round 1, which was seeded on February 7 when invites were received.

Round 3
Round 3 was originally simulated as scheduled, but there was a problem logging the results so all results were excluded. The matches were rerun early the next day before Round 4.

Ratings over time
The Emil Praga–aMadMouse duel in round 4 incorrectly resulted in a 12-rating transfer when the transfer should've been 10. Subsequent duels with other participants may therefore not correctly represent the correct rating transfer. The top few participants remained in the same order however, so MCM took a decision to leave the results as they were – albeit incorrect.