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SUMMARY:[Invitational] 🌎 🌍 2025 Ultimate Showdown! 🏆 🎉
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DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis is a 24 player invitational event to cap off the 2025 
 competitive season.\nStream will be on the Metropole Grid\nI have always b
 een a big fan of the intercontinental championship event and when I heard 
 it was canceled this year I thought it would be worth running a similar ev
 ent in it's honer! \nThis event is specifically set up to support the Show
 downs I run and Online organized play. There are a few ways you can qualif
 y for the event. \n1) The top 6 players from each 2025 Online Showdown\n2)
  The 2025 CBI Champion\n3) The three 2025 Online Continental Champions\n4)
  The 2025 Worlds Champion\n5) The top player ranked on the season 3 Beanst
 alk on Nov 1st. \nThere will be no hand down invitations. If anyone qualif
 ies twice or can not attend all remaining slots will be filled from the be
 anstalk based on season 3 Nov 1st rankings. \nQualified players so far:\na
 nt1 1st New Year's Showdown\nOF15-15 2nd New Year's Showdown\nnot_yeti 3rd
  New Year's Showdown\nCobraBubbles 4th New Year's Showdown\nOllie 5th New 
 Year's Showdown\nAnOddRadish 6th New Year's Showdown\nKikai 1st CBI 2025\n
 DeeR 1st Summer Showdown\nnot_yeti 2nd Summer Showdown (Double Qualify)\np
 assive_mult 3rd Summer Showdown\ndavz131 4th Summer Showdown\nSmolgrump 5t
 h Summer Showdown\nMotionBlur 6th Summer Showdown\nTheKing 1st at APAC Con
 tinental Championship Online\ntbu3k 1st at EMEA Continental Championship O
 nline\nAugustusCaesar 1st at American Continental Championship Online\nRot
 omAppliance 1st Worlds Showdown\nwowarlok 2nd Worlds Showdown\neden_online
  3rd Worlds Showdown\njan tuno 4th Worlds Showdown\nSl33p3r 5th Worlds Sho
 wdown\nxiaat 6th Worlds Showdown\nZomZraft 1st at NSG Worlds 2025\n\nUltim
 ate Showdown Event Structure:\nThe format will be standard with open lists
  during the whole event. For a hopefully fun and dramatic event we will be
  using a modified version of the SSS + cut. The event will be triple elimi
 nation. Once you lose 3 games\, you will be eliminated under most circumst
 ances. 

\nThe first 6 rounds of the event will be paired using SSS. P
 layers with four wins after the 6 rounds will move on to a “top 8 cut”
 . During the cut rounds players will still be eliminated based on their in
 itial 3 lives\, but changing way rounds are paired towards the end of the 
 event will hopefully lead to a more dramatic finish. From the simulations 
 I ran\, this should run fairly smoothly\, but there are some outliers whic
 h I will try and cover here for those who like to know what’s going to b
 e happening with edge cases. 
\n\nEdge Cases I have planned for:\nThere 
 will be no ties. Every player in the event will have a seed that will be u
 sed to break ties in the event that the game would usually result in a tie
 . 
\nDuring the first 6 rounds\, players will always be eliminated in ev
 en numbers. If an odd number of players would be eliminated\, the highest 
 ranked player with 3 losses is “saved”. 
\nAfter the 6 rounds of SSS
  are complete\, there is a chance that less than 8 players have all three 
 lives remaining. In that case\, all players 3/3 will still have a slim cha
 nce of winning\, and I will explain how that works if we end up in that si
 tuation. If after the 6 rounds of SSS\, there are more than 8 players with
  all 3 lives remaining\, we will play a tiebreaker round to determine the 
 final 8\nIf you can think of any edge cases I haven't covered feel free to
  reach out and I'll make sure there is a plan before the event starts.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src=\"https://imgur.com/U1qXh2H.png\" 
 alt=\"Ultimate Showdown 2025\" /></p>\n<hr />\n<h4>This is a <strong>24 pl
 ayer invitational event</strong> to cap off the 2025 competitive season.</
 h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@MetropoleGrid\">Stream will be
  on the Metropole Grid</a></h4>\n<p>I have always been a big fan of the in
 tercontinental championship event and when I heard it was canceled this ye
 ar I thought it would be worth running a similar event in it's honer! </p>
 \n<p>This event is specifically set up to support the Showdowns I run and 
 Online organized play. There are a few ways you can qualify for the event.
  </p>\n<p>1) <strong>The top 6 players</strong> from each 2025 Online Show
 down\n2) <strong>The 2025 CBI Champion</strong>\n3) <strong>The three 2025
  Online Continental Champions</strong>\n4) <strong>The 2025 Worlds Champio
 n</strong>\n5) <strong>The top player ranked on the season 3 <a href=\"htt
 ps://netrunner-beanstalk.net/?season=3&amp\;formatCode=standard\">Beanstal
 k</a></strong> on Nov 1st. </p>\n<p>There will be no hand down invitations
 . If anyone qualifies twice or can not attend all remaining slots will be 
 filled from the beanstalk based on season 3 Nov 1st rankings. </p>\n<p>Qua
 lified players so far:\n<strong>ant1</strong> 1st New Year's Showdown\n<st
 rong>OF15-15</strong> 2nd New Year's Showdown\n<strong>not_yeti</strong> 3
 rd New Year's Showdown\n<strong>CobraBubbles</strong> 4th New Year's Showd
 own\n<strong>Ollie</strong> 5th New Year's Showdown\n<strong>AnOddRadish</
 strong> 6th New Year's Showdown\n<strong>Kikai</strong> 1st CBI 2025\n<str
 ong>DeeR</strong> 1st Summer Showdown\n<strong>not_yeti</strong> 2nd Summe
 r Showdown (Double Qualify)\n<strong>passive_mult</strong> 3rd Summer Show
 down\n<strong>davz131</strong> 4th Summer Showdown\n<strong>Smolgrump</str
 ong> 5th Summer Showdown\n<strong>MotionBlur</strong> 6th Summer Showdown\
 n<strong>TheKing</strong> 1st at APAC Continental Championship Online\n<st
 rong>tbu3k</strong> 1st at EMEA Continental Championship Online\n<strong>A
 ugustusCaesar</strong> 1st at American Continental Championship Online\n<s
 trong>RotomAppliance</strong> 1st Worlds Showdown\n<strong>wowarlok</stron
 g> 2nd Worlds Showdown\n<strong>eden_online</strong> 3rd Worlds Showdown\n
 <strong>jan tuno</strong> 4th Worlds Showdown\n<strong>Sl33p3r</strong> 5t
 h Worlds Showdown\n<strong>xiaat</strong> 6th Worlds Showdown\n<strong>Zom
 Zraft</strong> 1st at NSG Worlds 2025</p>\n<hr />\n<h4>Ultimate Showdown E
 vent Structure:</h4>\n<p>The format will be standard with <strong>open lis
 ts during the whole event.</strong> For a hopefully fun and dramatic event
  we will be using a modified version of the SSS + cut. The event will be t
 riple elimination. Once you lose 3 games\, you will be eliminated under mo
 st circumstances. 

</p>\n<p>The first 6 rounds of the event will be p
 aired using SSS. Players with four wins after the 6 rounds will move on to
  a “top 8 cut”. During the cut rounds players will still be eliminated
  based on their initial 3 lives\, but changing way rounds are paired towar
 ds the end of the event will hopefully lead to a more dramatic finish. Fro
 m the simulations I ran\, this should run fairly smoothly\, but there are 
 some outliers which I will try and cover here for those who like to know w
 hat’s going to be happening with edge cases. 
</p>\n<hr />\n<h4>Edge C
 ases I have planned for:</h4>\n<p>There will be no ties. Every player in t
 he event will have a seed that will be used to break ties in the event tha
 t the game would usually result in a tie. 
</p>\n<p>During the first 6 r
 ounds\, players will always be eliminated in even numbers. If an odd numbe
 r of players would be eliminated\, the highest ranked player with 3 losses
  is “saved”. 
</p>\n<p>After the 6 rounds of SSS are complete\, ther
 e is a chance that less than 8 players have all three lives remaining. In 
 that case\, all players 3/3 will still have a slim chance of winning\, and
  I will explain how that works if we end up in that situation. If after th
 e 6 rounds of SSS\, there are more than 8 players with all 3 lives remaini
 ng\, we will play a tiebreaker round to determine the final 8</p>\n<p>If y
 ou can think of any edge cases I haven't covered feel free to reach out an
 d I'll make sure there is a plan before the event starts.</p>
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