Perplex City Academy Games

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Website: http://www.perplexcityacademygames.com/

Website: http://www.perplexcity.com/events/forthcoming/index.html


General


Location

  • Most competitions take place elsewhere in the City, but the final 16 competitions are always held at the Plaza.
  • Qualifying events run at least once a day somewhere in the city or the surrounding area.
  • The award ceremony takes place on the roof of the building in summer.


Schedule

  • Exhibition matches take place most days of the year
Exhibition matches in the Park and Mercator Square throughout June and July
First round of knockout competitions 1st - 31st August 2005
Second round of knockout competitions 1st - 30th September 2005
Third round of knockout competitions 1st - 31st October 2005
Fourth round of knockout competitions 1st - 30th November 2005
One-on-one Matches 26th - 31st December 2005
Multi-player Games 1st - 7th January 2006
All-Player Team Event 7th January 2006
One-on-one Knockout Matches 8th - 13th January 2006
Championship Final 14th January 2006
Founder's Ball Celebration 15th January 2006

The last 21 days of cempetition are described as "intense and gruelling". 1,000 finalists are narrowed down to a single champion. For more on this, see: http://www.perplexcityacademygames.com/takepart_finaldays.html

In brief:

  • At the end of the first week, 125 competitors will remain.
  • The last day of the second week is generally reserved for a team game in which all the competitors participate.
  • The third week is an intensive series of one-on-one games, with half the remaining competitors being knocked out every day.
  • The final contest of the games is a day-long set of Clash games played between the two remaining competitors.
  • On the day after the final, 15 January, the Academy by tradition holds a ball to celebrate the end of the games and to award the trophy to the champion.

Prizes

  • PCAG Prizes include:
    • Overall Champion
    • The Scribe Prize
  • Historically, "Weaver’s Guild Board of Excellence in the Game of Piramid" was used to track winners, in the pre-modern era.


Games Year

  • Essentially, a Games Year involves spending one extra year at the Academy, taking part in devising and setting puzzles.
  • A study by the Perplex City Academy shows that students who take a Games Year tend to excel in the work place
    • Making 8% more salary at their first jobs
    • Making a stunning 22% more after ten years



The 268AC Season

Exhibition Matches

Championship Matches

  • 02-AUG-05 - Championship Season Officially Opens
  • 06-AUG-05 - Weekend Highlights:
  • 13-AUG-05 - Weekend Highlights:
  • 20-AUG-05 - Weekend Highlights:
    • Alma Finnegan defeated Oliver Pohele, for her first win this season
    • This exciting match went into overtime, and was marked with excitement all round.
  • 12-SEP-05 - Weekend Highlights
    • Ryan Cahill spectacularly defeats Myra Champaign, 6-1
    • The match is seen as a classic example of experience over aptitude.
    • It was a much needed win for Cahill, who has been performing somewhat poorly all season.
  • 24-SEP-05 - Weekend Highlights
  • 15-OCT-05 - Weekend Highlights
    • Oliver Pohele defeats Serena Duncan
    • This is seen as a huge move for Pohele, and under-dogs everywhere.
    • Duncan is still favoured to win the championship, and this one loss will not greatly affect that.
    • As the season has gone on, however, this advantage appears a bit less certain.
  • The week-2 Team Games:
  • The week-3 hihlights:
    • Maureen Fender-Hu controversially eliminated in a match against Ryan Cahill.
    • She rang in her buzzer mere moments AFTER Ryan Cahill, even though she clearly had the answer well BEFORE he did.
    • Her elimination is seen by some fans as favoritism on the part of the judges, who are pandering to a desire to see Ryan Cahill and Serena Duncan go to the final competition.
  • Championship Highlights:
    • The championship match was held Sunday, 15-JAN-06
    • Defending Champion Serena Duncan went against Ryan Cahill
    • Things were going well for Duncan, and a win seemed imminent.
    • Suddenly, a last minute shift was seen, and Cahill seemed to leap into a surprise lead.
    • Cahill took home the championship title.
    • Duncan seemed rather bitter, and may be seeking an investigation as to his performance.

PCAG Earth Matches

  • Event 1
    • Where: New York City, USA
    • When: Wednesday February 15th, 2006
    • This event will coincide with Mind Candy executives appearing at the American International Toy Fair.
    • Games consisted of traditional head-to-head matches.
    • See: New York PCAG event
  • Event 2
    • Where: London, UK
    • When: Saturday February 25th, 2006
    • Time: 12pm to 6pm
    • This was a team event. Teams were generally 6 players.
    • The event was a scavenger hunt on a large scale.
    • See: London PCAG event



People Involved

PCAG Winners

PCAG Record Holders

PCAG Officials

PCAG Puzzle Setters

Noteworthy Players

An average of 100,000 people enter the Games each year. Listed below are those few who make a bit of a splash on the gaming scene.



References

Website: http://www.perplexcityacademygames.com/findus.html

  • Pietro Salk's Eulogy (link)
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