Qualified Players for 2012 Continental Championships

KevinM wrote: Remember that the Qualified Players For 2013 list should have been started with the FCQ event at Origins. Or didn't we fully resolve this issue last time we discussed it?

Fully resolved, methinks.
I remember the issues were with the regular tournaments parallel to the first day of the NAC. Were they before or after the NAC.
Space-time continuum issue.
The FCQ wasn't an issue - it was always the first qualifier for the new season.
If I didn't put it in here, it was an error of memory.

Cheers!
Tiago

Juggernaut1981 wrote: This was missing from your list.

Burning Wrath (Qualifier), Blacktown Australia Saturday 18th February

Qualified Players

• Andrew Chirgwin (Organiser)
• Paul Azzopardi (winner)
• Katy McDonald
• Will Allison
• Nick Miller
• Ben Froggatt

Jeff didn't list this twd and I missed it in the twd thread here.
Thanks for pointing it out to me.

Cheers!

Brum wrote:

KevinM wrote: Remember that the Qualified Players For 2013 list should have been started with the FCQ event at Origins. Or didn't we fully resolve this issue last time we discussed it?

Fully resolved, methinks. I remember the issues were with the regular tournaments parallel to the first day of the NAC. Were they before or after the NAC?

The First Chance Qualifier is the first qualifier of the calendar year.

(Note that each Continental Championship has its own calendar year, which is different from each other CC calendar year.)

The Shadow Twin tournaments are the first tournaments of the calendar year. So the winners qualify.

Unless someone from the VEKN wants to correct or clarify what I said? Johannes?

I think it stands to reason that Shadow Twin should be counted as providing qualification for the coming year.

The FCQ should be a no-brainer.

Thanks for the confirmation, Johannes.

I assume you meant "calendar" year, i.e. since the NAC is held earlier than the EC, then even though the NAC is the end of North America's calendar year, if you are a finalist, you qualify to go to the EC, since you are still within the EC's calendar year.

That's really the issue that I think people are having a difficult time comprehending.