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SUMMARY:[Invitational] 🌎 🌍 2025 Ultimate Showdown! 🏆 🎉
CLASS:PUBLIC
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 Showd
 owns I run and Online organized play. There are a few ways you can qualify
  for the event.\n\n\nThe top 6 players from each 2025 Online Showdown\n\nT
 he 2025 CBI Champion\n\n\nThe three 2025 Online Continental Champions\n\n\
 nThe 2025 Worlds Champion\n\n\nThe top player ranked on the season 3 Beans
 talk on Nov 1st.\n\nThere will be no hand down invitations. If anyone qual
 ifies twice or can not attend all remaining slots will be filled from the 
 beanstalk based on season 3 Nov 1st rankings.\nQualified players so far:\n
 ant1 1st New Year's Showdown\nOF15-15 2nd New Year's Showdown\nnot_yeti 3r
 d 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\
 nDeeR 1st Summer Showdown\nnot_yeti 2nd Summer Showdown (Double Qualify)\n
 passive_mult 3rd Summer Showdown\ndavz131 4th Summer Showdown\nSmolgrump 5
 th Summer Showdown\nMotionBlur 6th Summer Showdown\nTheKing 1st at APAC Co
 ntinental Championship Online\ntbu3k 1st at EMEA Continental Championship 
 Online\nAugustusCaesar 1st at American Continental Championship Online\nRo
 tomAppliance 1st Worlds Showdown\nwowarlok 2nd Worlds Showdown\neden_onlin
 e 3rd Worlds Showdown\njan tuno 4th Worlds Showdown\nSl33p3r 5th Worlds Sh
 owdown\nxiaat 6th Worlds Showdown\nZomZraft 1st at NSG Worlds 2025\n\nUlti
 mate Showdown Event Structure:\nThe format will be standard with open list
 s during the whole event. For a hopefully fun and dramatic event we will b
 e using a modified version of the SSS + cut. The event will be triple elim
 ination. Once you lose 3 games\, you will be eliminated under most circums
 tances. 

\nThe first 6 rounds of the event will be paired 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 towards the end of t
 he event will hopefully lead to a more dramatic finish. From the simulatio
 ns I ran\, this should run fairly smoothly\, but there are some outliers w
 hich I will try and cover here for those who like to know what’s going t
 o be happening with edge cases. 
\n\nEdge Cases I have planned for:\nThe
 re will be no ties. Every player in the event will have a seed that will b
 e used 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
  even numbers. If an odd number of players would be eliminated\, the highe
 st 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 thr
 ee 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 the 6 rounds of SSS\, there are more than 8 players w
 ith all 3 lives remaining\, we will play a tiebreaker round to determine t
 he 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.\
 n
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 O
 nline organized play. There are a few ways you can qualify for the event.<
 /p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<strong>The top 6 players</strong> from each 2025 Online 
 Showdown</li>\n<li>\n<strong>The 2025 CBI Champion</strong>\n</li>\n<li>\n
 <strong>The three 2025 Online Continental Champions</strong>\n</li>\n<li>\
 n<strong>The 2025 Worlds Champion</strong>\n</li>\n<li>\n<strong>The top p
 layer ranked on the season 3 <a href=\"https://netrunner-beanstalk.net/?se
 ason=3&amp\;formatCode=standard\">Beanstalk</a></strong> on Nov 1st.</li>\
 n</ol>\n<p>There will be no hand down invitations. If anyone qualifies twi
 ce or can not attend all remaining slots will be filled from the beanstalk
  based on season 3 Nov 1st rankings.</p>\n<p>Qualified players so far:\n<s
 trong>ant1</strong> 1st New Year's Showdown\n<strong>OF15-15</strong> 2nd 
 New Year's Showdown\n<strong>not_yeti</strong> 3rd New Year's Showdown\n<s
 trong>CobraBubbles</strong> 4th New Year's Showdown\n<strong>Ollie</strong
 > 5th New Year's Showdown\n<strong>AnOddRadish</strong> 6th New Year's Sho
 wdown\n<strong>Kikai</strong> 1st CBI 2025\n<strong>DeeR</strong> 1st Summ
 er Showdown\n<strong>not_yeti</strong> 2nd Summer Showdown (Double Qualify
 )\n<strong>passive_mult</strong> 3rd Summer Showdown\n<strong>davz131</str
 ong> 4th Summer Showdown\n<strong>Smolgrump</strong> 5th Summer Showdown\n
 <strong>MotionBlur</strong> 6th Summer Showdown\n<strong>TheKing</strong> 
 1st at APAC Continental Championship Online\n<strong>tbu3k</strong> 1st at
  EMEA Continental Championship Online\n<strong>AugustusCaesar</strong> 1st
  at American Continental Championship Online\n<strong>RotomAppliance</stro
 ng> 1st Worlds Showdown\n<strong>wowarlok</strong> 2nd Worlds Showdown\n<s
 trong>eden_online</strong> 3rd Worlds Showdown\n<strong>jan tuno</strong> 
 4th Worlds Showdown\n<strong>Sl33p3r</strong> 5th Worlds Showdown\n<strong
 >xiaat</strong> 6th Worlds Showdown\n<strong>ZomZraft</strong> 1st at NSG 
 Worlds 2025</p>\n<hr />\n<h4>Ultimate Showdown Event Structure:</h4>\n<p>T
 he format will be standard with <strong>open lists during the whole event.
 </strong> For a hopefully fun and dramatic event we will be using a modifi
 ed version of the SSS + cut. The event will be triple elimination. Once yo
 u lose 3 games\, you will be eliminated under most circumstances. 

</
 p>\n<p>The first 6 rounds of the event will be paired using SSS. Players w
 ith 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 towards the end of the event wi
 ll hopefully lead to a more dramatic finish. From 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 what’s going to be happen
 ing with edge cases. 
</p>\n<hr />\n<h4>Edge Cases I have planned for:</
 h4>\n<p>There will be no ties. Every player in the event will have a seed 
 that will be used to break ties in the event that the game would usually r
 esult in a tie. 
</p>\n<p>During the first 6 rounds\, players will alway
 s be eliminated in even numbers. If an odd number of players would be elim
 inated\, the highest ranked player with 3 losses is “saved”. 
</p>\n
 <p>After the 6 rounds of SSS are complete\, there is a chance that less th
 an 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 w
 orks if we end up in that situation. If after the 6 rounds of SSS\, there 
 are more than 8 players with all 3 lives remaining\, we will play a tiebre
 aker round to determine the final 8</p>\n<p>If you can think of any edge c
 ases I haven't covered feel free to reach out and I'll make sure there is 
 a plan before the event starts.</p>\n
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