The Gatekeeper

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The Gatekeeper was a one-day MCM-sanctioned simulated minecraft tournament that took place on Sunday February 19, 2017. It was a single-duel knockout tournament with only 12 participants, most of which were selected for their demonstrated and recognized skill and success in other MCM tournaments. Eight Challengers were randomly seeded in to four knockout duels, the winner of which going on to face one of the four Champions. The winning four from those duels then entered a simple semi-finals and finals knockout.

Wolf won his third MCM-sanctioned event, and second in February, Fresh Seconds Tournament winner Chicane coming second.

Invitees[edit | edit source]

Invites were sent out on February 13. Invitees were ranked in case any Champions or Challengers did not respond to invitations. Additional invites for the random selectees were sent out on February 17. By early on February 19, all invitations were RSVPed, with the random newb selectee MetroidNut being unable to attend. Tourny took his stead. WeeKiwi and Destroyer accepted but all slots had been filled.

Each invite in rank order (17):

Player Recognized for RSVP
Player flag for Wolf.png Wolf Winner of MCTTT2, February Best Of Accepted
Player flag for Digger.png Digger Winner of MCM Cup Accepted
Player flag for Chicane.png Chicane Winner of Fresh Seconds Tournament Accepted
Player flag for Onyx.png Onyx Winner of MCTTT1 Accepted
Player flag for Emil Praga.png Emil Praga Winner of Initiator Ranked Accepted
Player flag for Padawan.png Padawan MCM Cup runner-up Accepted
Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo February Best Of runner-up Accepted
Player flag for JoeViiZaa.png JoeViiZaa Fresh Seconds Tournament runner-up Accepted
Player flag for Mr. Longus.png Mr. Longus Initiator Ranked runner-up Accepted
Player flag for Bendy.png Bendy Best noob from February Best Of Accepted
Player flag for Neil Bywater.png Neil Bywater Random selectee (anyone) Accepted
22px MetroidNut Random selectee (newbie)
Player flag for Tourny.png Tourny February Best Of semi-finalist Accepted
~ Everyone below this line was refused entry as all slots had been filled ~
Player flag for WeeKiwi.png WeeKiwi and Player flag for Iggy.png Iggy Fresh Seconds Tournament semi-finalists WeeKiwi accepted
Player flag for Destroyer.png Destroyer and Player flag for Noob Cybot.png Noob_Cybot MCM Cup semi-finalists Destroyer accepted

In cases where two or more players occupied the same invite and accept, the selectee was to be randomized.

Tournament[edit | edit source]

Seeding took place early in the day of the tournament.

Each duel had a regulation time of fifteen minutes, but an overtime of 10 minutes was permitted if a the duel ended in a draw. If the tie was not broken after those 25 minutes, each opponent was reduced to minimum health and told to charge at one another with melee weapons only to determine a winner.

Each duel was run in succession one after the other, with a few seconds in between to prepare the next duel and log results. The tournament was scheduled to take a minimum of 2 hours 45 minutes and a maximum of around 5 hours, and ended up taking 3 hours 45 minutes.

Knockout[edit | edit source]

Challengers Champions Semi-finals Final
Duel 1 Duel 5
Player flag for Mr. Longus.png Mr. Longus 0 Player flag for Onyx.png Onyx 1
Duel 9
Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo 2 Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo 3
Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo 0
Duel 2 Duel 6
Player flag for Chicane.png Chicane 2
Player flag for Padawan.png Padawan 2 Player flag for Chicane.png Chicane 3
Duel 11
Player flag for JoeViiZaa.png JoeViiZaa 1 Player flag for Padawan.png Padawan 2
Player flag for Chicane.png Chicane 0
Duel 3 Duel 7
Player flag for Wolf.png Wolf 2
Player flag for Tourny.png Tourny 3 Player flag for Wolf.png Wolf 2
Duel 10
Player flag for Emil Praga.png Emil Praga 2 Player flag for Tourny.png Tourny 0
Player flag for Wolf.png Wolf (a.t.) 2
Duel 4 Duel 8
Player flag for Digger.png Digger 1
Player flag for Neil Bywater.png Neil Bywater 1 Player flag for Digger.png Digger 2
Player flag for Bendy.png Bendy 4 Player flag for Bendy.png Bendy 1

Duels[edit | edit source]

Times in United States Eastern

Sunday, February 17, 2016
10:00
Mr. Longus Player flag for Mr. Longus.png 0–2 Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo
01:14 - melee
12:37 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~10:15
Padawan Player flag for Padawan.png
01:41 - melee
12:36 - melee
2–1 Player flag for JoeViiZaa.png JoeViiZaa
04:14 - bow
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~10:30
Tourny Player flag for Tourny.png
01:52 - melee
04:58 - melee
09:29 - melee
3–2 Player flag for Emil Praga.png Emil Praga
02:37 - melee
05:56 - bow
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~10:45
Neil Bywater Player flag for Neil Bywater.png
00:47 - melee
1–4 Player flag for Bendy.png Bendy
01:24 - melee
03:49 - melee
05:18 - bow
08:37 - bow
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~11:00
Onyx Player flag for Onyx.png
14:18 - melee
1–3 Player flag for Fordo.png Fordo
02:57 - melee
08:47 - melee
13:17 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~11:15
Chicane Player flag for Chicane.png
10:52 - melee
15:59 - bow
24:18 - melee
3–2 Player flag for Padawan.png Padawan
10:52 - melee
21:12 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~11:30
Wolf Player flag for Wolf.png
06:11 - melee
09:14 - melee
2–0 Player flag for Tourny.png Tourny
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~11:45
Digger Player flag for Digger.png
04:43 - melee
08:15 - melee
2–1 Player flag for Bendy.png Bendy
10:25 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~12:00
Fordo Player flag for Fordo.png 0–2 Player flag for Chicane.png Chicane
01:31 - melee
04:46 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~12:15
Wolf Player flag for Wolf.png
09:13 - bow
sudden death
2–1
(added time)
Player flag for Digger.png Digger
04:36 - melee
Sunday, February 17, 2016
~12:30
Chicane Player flag for Chicane.png 0–2 Player flag for Wolf.png Wolf
06:03 - melee
12:28 - bow