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.
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 10 - (winner - loser) × 0.2
, 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.
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
Acerees
aMadMouse
Dysania
Emil Praga
Equinox
Iraffnix
Kifla
KrAyZiE1991
Lemmiwinks
Link
Mr. Longus
Omega
Philter
Punisher
Robbie
Steel
Suicidal Biscuit
Viceguy
Invited, responded, but not selected
Invited but not responded
- 22px .Grim.
Beppo
- 22px Brian
- 22px Cavalier Roy
Chef
Erasmusguy
Gadget
- 22px Hero_unit
- 22px Insomnia
M3hran
- 22px MetroidNut
Neil Bywater
- 22px Nicky FD
Poppleton
- 22px Schmucks
- 22px SenR
- 22px Shaki
- 22px SteveRogers
- 22px Stobart Chilton
- 22px StonerSteve
Summer
Winnie Der Puh
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:00 |
Mr. Longus  00:42 - melee 04:34 - bow 06:30 - melee 14:00 - melee |
4–2 |
Punisher 11:30 - melee 14:38 - bow
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:00 |
Link  |
0–1 |
Iraffnix 04:55 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:00 |
Kifla  03:18 - melee 05:46 - bow |
2–2 |
Lemmiwinks 01:52 - melee 06:30 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:15 |
Omega  11:35 - melee |
1–2 |
Equinox 03:05 - melee 06:38 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:15 |
Viceguy  |
0–2 |
aMadMouse 04:18 - melee 05:29 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:15 |
KrAyZiE1991  01:26 - melee 02:47 - melee |
2–3 |
Suicidal Biscuit 06:10 - melee 12:38 - melee 14:01 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:30 |
Philter  |
0–2 |
Robbie 01:26 - melee 04:57 - melee
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:30 |
Acerees  00:58 - melee 04:08 - melee 05:59 - bow 10:56 - melee 14:49 - bow |
5–0 |
Dysania
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 16:30 |
Steel  12:49 - melee |
1–2 |
Emil Praga 02:52 - melee 11:59 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:00 |
Acerees  03:31 - melee 07:23 - bow |
2–2 |
Mr. Longus 00:25 - melee 11:28 - bow
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:00 |
aMadMouse  04:15 - melee 05:51 - melee 08:11 - melee 10:08 - melee 11:48 - melee 14:24 - bow |
6–1 |
Equinox 06:49 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:00 |
KrAyZiE1991  04:07 - bow |
1–0 |
Omega
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:15 |
Lemmiwinks  13:40 - melee |
1–2 |
Suicidal Biscuit 00:36 - melee 11:07 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:15 |
Link  09:40 - melee |
1–0 |
Viceguy
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:15 |
Philter  1:52 - melee |
1–2 |
Punisher 05:51 - bow 10:09 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:30 |
Dysania  03:46 - melee 07:43 - melee 12:47 - melee |
3–4 |
Emil Praga 00:30 - melee 02:28 - melee 08:54 - melee 11:17 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:30 |
Iraffnix  05:58 - bow |
1–4 |
Robbie 01:27 - melee 02:24 - bow 10:56 - melee 12:59 - melee
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Monday, February 13, 2017 16:30 |
Kifla  |
0–2 |
Steel 09:41 - melee 13:40 - melee
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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.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:00 |
Acerees  10:15 - melee 13:00 - melee |
2–2 |
Omega 01:16 - melee 03:46 - bow
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:00 |
aMadMouse  07:46 - melee 13:28 - melee |
2–1 |
Robbie 09:46 - bow
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:00 |
Dysania  00:25 - melee 05:36 - melee |
2–2 |
Kifla 06:56 - melee 08:04 - bow
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:15 |
Emil Praga  07:17 - melee |
1–0 |
Suicidal Biscuit
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:30 |
Equinox  09:17 - melee 10:28 - melee |
2–0 |
Mr. Longus
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:15 |
Iraffnix  01:03 - melee 06:49 - melee 07:51 - melee 10:02 - melee 12:40 - bow |
5–1 |
Lemmiwinks 02:42 - bow
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:15 |
KrAyZiE1991  11:09 - melee |
1–2 |
Steel 02:59 - melee
08:01 - melee
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:30 |
Link  02:05 - melee |
1–5 |
Punisher 00:59 - melee 03:12 - bow 07:37 - melee 10:47 - melee 12:54 - melee
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 16:30 |
Philter  04:54 - melee |
1–0 |
Viceguy
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:00 |
KrAyZiE1991  04:22 - melee |
1–2 |
Philter 11:49 - melee 12:41 - melee
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:00 |
Mr. Longus  03:08 - bow 10:15 - melee 14:39 - melee |
3–2 |
Iraffnix 01:59 - bow 09:10 - melee
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:00 |
Viceguy  14:27 - melee |
1–0 |
Lemmiwinks
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:15 |
Dysania  03:07 - melee 07:37 - bow 13:30 - bow |
3–3 |
Omega 01:10 - melee 06:23 - melee 11:25 - melee
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:15 |
Steel  14:27 - bow |
1–1 |
Equinox 06:51 - melee
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:15 |
aMadMouse  |
0–5 |
Emil Praga 00:56 - melee 02:10 - bow 06:14 - melee 12:09 - melee 13:59 - bow
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:30 |
Kifla  00:54 - melee 02:15 - melee 03:42 - bow 06:26 - melee |
4–0 |
Link
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:30 |
Acerees  12:22 - melee |
1–2 |
Suicidal Biscuit 13:16 - melee 14:49 - bow
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 16:30 |
Robbie  06:27 - melee 10:42 - melee |
2–2 |
Punisher 08:02 - bow 12:32 - melee
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:00 |
Equinox  00:41 - melee 02:06 - bow 07:30 - melee |
3–0 |
Suicidal Biscuit
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:00 |
aMadMouse  04:24 - melee 09:40 - melee 10:49 - bow |
3–1 |
KrAyZiE1991 05:02 - melee
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:00 |
Robbie  |
0–3 |
Mr. Longus 04:55 - melee 08:34 - melee 11:07 - bow
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:15 |
Link  05:40 - melee |
1–9 |
Lemmiwinks 00:36 - melee 02:09 - melee 03:15 - bow 03:57 - bow 07:45 - bow 08:42 - melee 09:39 - melee 11:39 - melee 13:02 - bow
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:15 |
Kifla  |
0–3 |
Acerees 03:41 - melee 08:11 - bow 09:51 - melee
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:15 |
Emil Praga  |
0–0 |
Punisher
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:30 |
Steel  00:45 - melee 02:23 - melee |
2–2 |
Omega 05:47 - melee 14:24 - melee
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:30 |
Iraffnix  06:05 - melee 06:49 - melee 11:22 - bow 12:18 - bow 13:37 - bow |
5–0 |
Philter
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:30 |
Viceguy  04:20 - melee 05:25 - bow 09:45 - bow |
3–5 |
Dysania 07:55 - melee 09:03 - bow 10:48 - melee 12:52 - melee 14:53 - melee
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:00 |
aMadMouse  14:35 - melee |
1–5 |
Mr. Longus 01:13 - melee 02:53 - melee 06:21 - melee 10:56 - melee 11:52 - melee
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:00 |
Steel  04:54 - melee 06:31 - melee |
2–0 |
Acerees
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:00 |
Punisher  00:28 - melee 06:43 - melee 09:44 - melee 11:18 - bow |
4–1 |
Equinox 13:16 - melee
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:15 |
Omega  04:59 - melee 07:05 - bow 10:17 - melee |
3–2 |
Lemmiwinks 02:27 - melee 08:55 - bow
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:15 |
Link  03:36 - melee |
1–3 |
KrAyZiE1991 00:36 - melee 07:32 - melee 11:20 - melee
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:15 |
Suicidal Biscuit  06:16 - melee 12:36 - melee 13:37 - bow 14:55 - bow |
4–0 |
Robbie
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:30 |
Emil Praga  00:28 - melee |
1–0 |
Iraffnix
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:30 |
Dysania  07:03 - bow 10:33 - melee |
2–1 |
Philter 04:39 - melee
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Friday, February 17, 2017 16:30 |
Viceguy  |
0–0 |
Kifla
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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.
Pos
|
Player
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Rd 1
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Rd 2
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Rd 3
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Rd 4
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Rd 5
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Rd 6
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1
|
Emil Praga |
110 |
116 |
126 |
138 |
133 |
139
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2
|
Mr. Longus |
110 |
110 |
98 |
110 |
120 |
130
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3
|
Punisher |
90 |
100 |
110 |
110 |
115 |
126
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4
|
Steel |
90 |
102 |
112 |
112 |
107 |
117
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5
|
Suicidal Biscuit |
110 |
118 |
108 |
118 |
107 |
116
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6
|
Equinox |
110 |
100 |
112 |
112 |
123 |
112
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7
|
aMadMouse |
110 |
120 |
130 |
118 |
121 |
111
|
8
|
Dysania |
90 |
84 |
84 |
84 |
94 |
104
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9
|
Iraffnix |
110 |
100 |
111 |
99 |
109 |
103
|
10
|
Omega |
90 |
80 |
86 |
86 |
91 |
99
|
11
|
Acerees |
110 |
110 |
104 |
94 |
104 |
94
|
12
|
Robbie |
110 |
120 |
110 |
110 |
100 |
91
|
13
|
KrAyZiE1991 |
90 |
100 |
90 |
80 |
77 |
88
|
14
|
Kifla |
100 |
88 |
88 |
98 |
88 |
85
|
15
|
Philter |
90 |
80 |
90 |
100 |
90 |
80
|
16
|
Viceguy |
90 |
80 |
70 |
82 |
72 |
75
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17
|
Lemmiwinks |
100 |
92 |
81 |
69 |
81 |
73
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18
|
Link |
90 |
100 |
90 |
80 |
68 |
59
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