A note regarding the group stage : any tiebreaker match for remaining bracket spots will occur one hour after the group match with the tie in question has ended, at 11pm GMT.
Exception being that somehow all 5 members of a group end up with the exact same number of votes after 24h, in that case that group match will simply be extended for 24h like any bracket match.

Darren and Ray Parsons out already?  

Rhodechill wrote on 06/05/16 at 03:43:31:

I voted for both of them. No one outside of MK7 respects MK7 apparently.

Thanks to everyone who voted for me a couple of days ago. I was away over the weekend and this is the first real opportunity I've had to say thank you.

Also shame on anyone who didn't vote Darius in group 1, this is a grievous error on your parts that you will have to wait a whole 2 years to atone for.

Rhodechill wrote on 06/05/16 at 03:43:31:


You're surprised?  I voted for them, but knew they wouldn't make it unfortunately  

It's also looking like I may suffer the same fate considering the group I'm in.

You know who I am, right?
_{My match is tonight I need voters}

I think you should add Paul Tanney. A similar situation happened in 2012, where someone withdrew (unsure who, but that doesn't matter) and the runner up in the play-in match replaced him.

Vinnie927 wrote on 06/05/16 at 11:34:47:

The person in question was Fenner, and it DOES matter, as there two differences from the scenario that happened 4 years ago :

-Fenner was the bottom seed in his group, while Neo was the top seed on his group, thus any potential replacement for Neo would have to be a much lower seed than him.
-Honko is in the Group 16, an opponent that Paul already faced a few days ago.

We have Paul in mind as an option, but we want to handle this sudden change with a careful approach, to minimise possible controversies. Unfortunately, no matter what we do, Group 16 will be unbalanced relative to other groups.

Vinnie927 wrote on 06/05/16 at 12:16:02:


So basically what you're suggesting is a second nominations phase?

Lol i just hit 500 posts, was not expecting that

Sounds cool, we could get pobre in lol

You should give Darius a second chance and allow all the people who made the mistake of not voting for him in group 1 to atone for their mistakes now rather than having to wait 2 years for the opportunity to do so #SaveDarius

I thought Thing was going to withdraw to allow the loser of Tanney vs. Honko (in this case, Tanney) to stay in the contest. And yet he's on one of today's ballots... I guess he wasn't being serious about it, or he was talked out of the decision.

But bringing back one of the losers wouldn't be fair to all the other losers, unless one loser in particular has shown that he does indeed deserve another shot. It looks like a few people here really do want Tanney back, but Mick and all of us voting need to come to an agreement on who (if anybody) we bring back to replace Neo in Group 16.
If we go strictly by performance, Darius may be a deserving candidate, since he missed top three in his group by a single vote, beating me out since I missed my group's top three by two votes. However, the closest losing candidate would have to be the loser of the KMacc vs. Fank tiebreaker, currently underway, and there may be more tiebreakers before we get to group 16.
Tanney, on the other hand, was beaten pretty handily by Honko in the play-in match-- a margin of 8 votes. I don't know if it would be so fair to bring him back over people who came so much closer, but I guess the final decision is, as I said before, between Mick and everyone else here. If we create a "loser group" of top five losers to decide who fills the hole in group 16, I'd be fine with that. (Not saying that I expect to be the one-- that position would be best filled by somebody who did not lose by more than one vote.)
But when push comes to shove, a four-person group 16 is what I currently foresee. On one hand, there's a bit of unfairness involved in bringing back a loser, but on the other hand, the people who found themselves in a smaller group 16 will now have an easier time advancing with fewer opponents. There is no perfect course of action here.