The Winner of Consolation Cup is...

The finals of both Champions League and Consolation Cup of MAcFiT Season 5 were so electrifying! On Wednesday @merthin was better than @browery by just ~1250 steps. On Thursday, the two Finalists were separated by 7 time zones. While the step counter started to tick in Greece, the contestant from the USA was soundly asleep. During the day he started to catch up. Got really close, some 1750 steps, but not close enough to win.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Winner of Season 5 Consolation Cup is...

@grecki-bazar-ewy

Congratulations!

Both the Winner of Champions League AND the Winner of Consolation Cup get:

• fame :-)
• HBD award (payout and report on Sunday - for all semifinalists)
• ranking points
• and a FREE slot in Season 6 Champions League (group phase)

"free" means "without qualifications"

A pub quiz fact: both winners of Season 5 competitions originated from Champions League group D! Add a semifinalist of Champions League and you see how much of an uphill battle they had to fight.
Group C was closely behind - both runner-up's plus another semifinalist.

On a personal note, all finalists of both cup do nice write-ups of their days. Reading the updates, it's almost like I have known them for years.

Latest Matches - Season 5 Finals

Champions League

Wednesday, Jan 26

@browery vs @merthin 47:49 (47508-48789)

Consolation Cup

Thursday, Jan 27

@manuvert vs @grecki-bazar-ewy 35:37 (34826-36594)

Currently playing / Next on Schedule - Season 6 Eliminations

Champions League - Round 1

Friday, Jan 28 AND Sunday, Jan 30

Pairs:

The players listed first in each pair have been seeded.

P1: (R15) @sk1920 vs @romualdd (PQ8)
P2: (R16) @pjansen vs @martusamak (PQ7)
P3: (R17) @davidesimoncini vs @ykretz.sports (PQ6)
P4: (R18) @asia-pl vs @kwsnomzys (PQ5)
P5: (R19) @davidthompson57 vs @sandraa1 (PQ4)
P6: (R20) @homesteadlt vs @racibo (PQ3)
P7: (R21) @zimnaherbata vs @matthew1 (PQ2)
P8: (R22) @milabogomila vs @ziabutt3836 (PQ1)

Consolation Cup - Round 1

Saturday, Jan 29 AND Monday, Jan 31

Pairs:

All players have come from pre-qualifiers

P1: @dontcare89 (PQ9) vs bye
P2: @axel-mccornstack (PQ10) vs bye
P3: @kiel91 (PQ11) vs @zireal86 (PQ22)
P4: @notak (PQ12) vs @soluce07 (PQ21)
P5: @mushanov (PQ13) vs @deepresearch (PQ20)
P6: @stefannikolov (PQ14) vs @stewie.wieno (PQ19)
P7: @liftslikealady (PQ15) vs @griega (PQ18)
P8: @krakonos (PQ16) vs @markhodge (PQ17)

"bye" means automatic promotion to the next round as well as two ranking points

Players exempted from Round 1 of Eliminations

The following players either get directly into group phase of Season 6 Champions League, or will start Eliminations from Round 2:

@manuvert
@merthin
@masoom
@browery
@ptaku
@bucipuci
@ilodz24hd
@flaxz
@cezary-io
@mariya36
@venan
@practicaleric
@grecki-bazar-ewy
@pagane
@cryptospa

Season 6 Schedule

Round 1 of Eliminations

Friday - Monday, Jan 28-31

Round 2 of Eliminations

Friday - Monday, Feb 4-7

Main Season Kick-off

Friday - Monday, Feb 11-14

MAcFiT Ranking Table After Season 5

I will elaborate more on it in my Sunday's update. Next season the bottom part will be expanded significantly, as quite a few new players have joined and they are now going thru the Eliminations. Even if they qualify, they will still collect ranking points.

All Times Hall of Fame

@POLIAC League One

@Poliac League One top contenders should take note. The winner will get a Wild Card for #MAcFiT Season 6 Champions League. So @bucipuci and @practicaleric have additional motivation for the last @poliac rounds.

If however the League One winner is one of

• @manuvert
• @masoom
• @browery

as they already have a guaranteed Season 6 Champions League spot, the Wild Card will go to @ptaku, who is the highest ranked player after those who are already in.