9th KO2 World Cup: The Seeding Groups

[alkis21]

At the moment we have 33 confirmed players.

Seedings are below, as written by me and Robert. As always, principles used are:

-Ranking points
-Performance in previous World Cups
-Performance in other tournaments
-Recent form and practice level
-Where two players must be separated, head-to-head record
-Personal opinions / quality assessment.

As there are four groups in the first round, we draw from 9 seeding 'layers' of 4 people. If a player drops out, everyone below him moves up a place. If someone registers, then we appoint him where we think he belongs and everyone below him moves down a place.

The aim of this process is not to favor or punish any individual, but just to come up with four equal groups (as much as is possible). So please don't complain about your seeding. The way to prove the seeding committee wrong is by winning, not whining.

Hopefully we did a better job than last year, which was a disaster. Oh and I've been thinking, we've never managed to correctly guess the world cup semi finalists in the first seedings group. Not even in Cologne where each seeding group had eight people! I wonder if this is the year where it will happen.


Group 1
Gianni T
Spyros P
Alkis P
Oliver St

Group 2
Nikos A
Ektoras K
Alessandro V
Robert S

Group 3
Steve C
Fabio F
Luca F
Frank F

Group 4
Knut L
Rodolfo M
George Ka
Alex B

Group 5
Jacob K
Mark W
Volker B
Jorg P

Group 6
Kostas Ka
Flavio Z
Tommaso R
Lorenzo L

Group 7
Thorsten B
Klaus Le
Helmut H
Harald B

Group 8
Michael Ma
Michael F
Wolfgang M
Armin K

Group 9
Astrid L
Andreas Kl


Edited on 9th November.

Ektoras K added into second group.
Robert S drops to third group.
Frank F drops to fourth group.
Alex B drops to fifth group.
Jorg P drops to sixth group.
Kostas Ka added into sixth group.
Lorenzo L and Thorsten B drop to seventh group.
Harald B and Michael Ma drop to eigth group.
Astrid L and Andreas Kl drop to ninth group.

Edited on 10th November.

Sandro T removed from first group.
All other participants below Sandro T move up one position.

[Armingo]

Many thanks Alkis!

Just on question: In which group do I play? I´m the only unseeded +gg+

Many thanks

BR
Armin

[Rodolfo]

Thanks for the fundamental seeding work.

Armin, one of the groups will have 9 players, that is all.

[alkis21]

Well, what this basically means is that if we stay at 33 players, one group will have 9 players instead of 8 and you will be placed in it before the drawing begins.

[dnielsen]

LOL, you have big faith in Lockout and LOB. Fabio and Jacob are stronger than their seedings, but you didn't ask . And I will surely have a hat to eat afterwards, so don't worry. Seedings are good, group 2 and 3 are essentially equally strong, so it doesn't matter, and group 1 is a given, of course. We will bring out the popcorn and beer and enjoy the show.

[durban]

Christ, Group 1 looks a tricky one!!!

Thats definately the group of death, I can't work out who will finish top of that one!!!!

[Tripod]

The only thing I don't quite understand is how Robert could let himself be seeded in group 2. If I may quote from last year's tournament stories...

But this 23rd place after being seeded second was shit, shit, shit and I hereby go on record and state that I will not allow myself under any cicrumstances to be seeded higher than 4th next year – if that, and if I attend.

[dnielsen]

But Lockout and LOB is STRONG. Just ask Knut, after all he is seeded 4th, much higher than.... ohhhhh, never mind.....

[alkis21]

Well Robert had every intention of seeding himself lower this year, but it's not his fault that the likes of Dagh, John, Panayotis, Ektoras, Steve E not to mention Klaus, Gianluca, Michael, Mario, Jon etc. will not show up.

[Tripod]

I think he's fine in the 2nd group. I was just quoting back what he wrote. He said he's going on the record in saying this so I thought I have to bring it up.

[Abyss]

I think he's fine in the 2nd group. I was just quoting back what he wrote. He said he's going on the record in saying this so I thought I have to bring it up.

Alex is right of course

[alkis21]

I can't find the quote but he also stated that he'd never attend another autoslides world cup.

[dnielsen]

What a fucking noob