Player of the Year 2020

[gogolen]

Point Calculation: 

Points are earned based on finish and attendance, in the following manner:
Tournaments with: 
8 or fewer players- 1st place: 1 point
9-16 players- 1st place: 2 points, 2nd place: 1 point
17-24 players- 1st place: 3 points, 2nd place: 2 points, 3rd/4th place: 1 point
25-35 players- 1st place: 4 points, 2nd place: 3 points, 3rd/4th place: 2 points
36-47 players- 1st place: 6 points, 2nd place: 4 points, 3rd/4th place: 3 point, 5th-8th place: 2 points
48+ players- 1st place: 8 points, 2nd place: 6 points, 3rd/4th place 4 points, 5th-8th place: 2 points

**Regardless of size, Top 8 players in each Major will earn at least 1 POY Point. Top 16 of the OCS will also earn 1 pt (2020 change)

Leagues: 
1st place: 2 points, 2nd place: 1 point

These points are then multiplied based on the tier level of the tournament, as follows:
Level 1 (States, Provincials, Mini Opens, Leagues, Holotable (OMTS) events, Major tournament Sunday Consolation events) : x1
Level 2 (Regionals, European Nationals): x1.5
Level 3 (Majors): x2
Level 4 (Worlds): x2.5


Leaderboard:

Joe Olson 33
Bastian Winkelhaus 31
Paul Myers 30
Justin Desai 29
Hayes Hunter 28
Greg Shaw 26
Conor Britain 16
Matthew Harrison-Trainor 16
Justin Branch 15
Quirin Furgut 15
Chris Kelly 14
Jarad Konsker 12
Eric Hunter 11
Brad Kippel 11
Chris Wirfs 9
Brian Fred 9
Kyle Krueger 8
Matt Wadden 8
Gavin Ortlund 8
Bill Kafer 8
Mike Kessling 8
Charlie Arlandson 7
Steve Baroni 6
Jared Napolitano 6
Matt Lutz 5
Fernando Castanon 5
Steve Harpster 4
Dennis Reinhardt 4
Bryan Mischke 4
Wayne Cullen 4
Matt Scott 4
Drew Lichtenstein 4
Adam Fletcher 4
Brett Carlson 4
Ryan Sersen 3
Cedric Vanderhaegen 3
Pat Johnson 3
Dan Tartaglione 2
Timo Dussel 2
Miguel Tarin 2
Martin den Boef 1.5
Tom Strother 1
Steve Brentson 1
Justin Miyashiro 1
John Moorley 1
Chris Gogolen 1
Anthony Howard 1
Adam Trunzo 1
Kyle Kallin 1
Justin Carulli 1
Alex Klimo 1
Vjekoslav Keskic 1
Nick Reisch 1
Tom Damen 1



Events Included:

2019 OCS
2019 OCS 9th-16th
Endor GP
Endor Consolation
MPC
MPC Consolation
Texas Mini Worlds
European Champs
2020 OCS
2020 OCS 9th-16th
Worlds

Netherlands Nationals
Welsh Open
Road to Worlds

[gogolen]

1st update has been posted with the handful of events that have taken place so far.

Also, can someone please Sticky this and unsticky the 2019 thread?

[gogolen]

updated with MPC and MPC consolation event results.

[gogolen]

standings have been updated- congrats to Joe Olson and the rest of the top players on an outstanding year!

[arebelspy]

Events Included:
...
Texas Mini Worlds

Not that I hope the results change but just want to be sure results are accurate.

This says TMW was counted, yet I don't see the winner (MHT) even on the leaderboard.

[arebelspy]

If there were an Outrider Cup held this year, these would be the teams:

USA
Joe Olson, Captain
Paul Myers
Justin Desai
Hayes Hunter
Greg Shaw
+Captain's Pick


Europe
Bastian Winkelhaus, Captain
Justin Branch
Quirin Furgut
Fernando Castanon
Cedric Vanderhaegen
+Captain's Pick

Europe didn't have their normal gamut of events due to COVID, and their Euros online was a team event, thus the exclusion of people like Angelo and Emil that you would see in a typical year. Either could be a captain's pick, of course.

Just had the wondering of what the teams would look like cross my mind, so decided to take a quick look. Thinking about some of the potential matchups is fun, it's great seeing top players face off. A Paul v Quirin rematch would be fun, but I don't know that that would be a fair thing to do to Quirin.

And would be curious to see decks when you can only one-of, not have multiple HITCO, HD v, etc.

[gogolen]

Events Included:
...
Texas Mini Worlds

Not that I hope the results change but just want to be sure results are accurate.

This says TMW was counted, yet I don't see the winner (MHT) even on the leaderboard.

I will check that out later

[ketwol]

If there were an Outrider Cup held this year, these would be the teams:

USA
Joe Olson, Captain
Paul Myers
Justin Desai
Hayes Hunter
Greg Shaw
+Captain's Pick


Europe
Bastian Winkelhaus, Captain
Justin Branch
Quirin Furgut
Fernando Castanon
Cedric Vanderhaegen
+Captain's Pick

Europe didn't have their normal gamut of events due to COVID, and their Euros online was a team event, thus the exclusion of people like Angelo and Emil that you would see in a typical year. Either could be a captain's pick, of course.

Just had the wondering of what the teams would look like cross my mind, so decided to take a quick look. Thinking about some of the potential matchups is fun, it's great seeing top players face off. A Paul v Quirin rematch would be fun, but I don't know that that would be a fair thing to do to Quirin.

And would be curious to see decks when you can only one-of, not have multiple HITCO, HD v, etc.

I wouldn't mind playing Paul again. I would just need a longer break in between the two matches, like a week or so . Paul seems to be the GEMP version of Angelo

[rhendon]

So if we just do top 8 for PotY points, and assuming TMW counts as a major, then the following needs to be added:

Matt Lutz +4
Bill Kafer +4
Justin Desai +4
Brad Kippel +4
Mike Kessling +8
Joe Olson +8
Greg Shaw +12
MHT +16

Which updates leader board to:
Joe Olson 41
Greg Shaw 38
Justin Desai 35
MHT 16
Mike Kessling 16
Brad Kippel 15
Bill Kafer 12
Matt Lutz 9

So Joe would still win, Shaw would jump to #2. Desai would be 3rd. MHT would be 7th with Conor and Mike. Kippel would be 10th with Justin/Quirin. Kafer would be 14th with Jarad. Matt would be 18th with Wirfs, and BFred.

[TacoBill]

That 8 points includes my TMW top-8. I got 4 from that, and 4 from Seattle top-8. I didn't play/place in any of the other events.

[gogolen]

Yeah, I just didn't include MHT. I will post the revised list tonight/tomorrow

[arebelspy]

Yeah, I just didn't include MHT. I will post the revised list tonight/tomorrow

Thanks!