News

Bad news:

All good things have to end, even JDC.

Good news:

This season will end later than we thought it would! I suddenly realised that I won't be home on Sunday evening to host the closing event, and postponing it seemed like the best choice. The new ending date is September 8 (next Sunday).

This way everybody gets one more week of JDC! Our second JDCE is now certain to finish within the season, and there's going to be even more events to come.

Are there any levels or gamemodes we've missed this season, or ones you'd like to revisit? Let us know!

JDCE 33 has now kicked off again!

You can view the brackets and the current standings here.

The mappool and rules can be viewed here.

The vetoes and player map picks can be viewed here.

Please try to arrange your first round matches with your opponent as soon as possible. If you are unable to play your match by the end of next week, please let a member of JDC staff know.

Additionally, could you please confirm what your 3 map vetoes are by commenting on this post, or by posting in the JDC Discord server, in the #JDCE channel.

Good luck to you all! I'm sure you all know the drill by now...

Congratulations to Kev, the champion of JDCE for Season 33! It was a very well deserved victory, and also well done to him for denying me my Obama medal as organiser!

If you're interested you can watch the JDCE final match from my POV here.

Due to the success of the first JDCE this season, I am happy to announce that we will be running a second JDCE tournament this season!

Sign ups are now open - to sign up, please respond to this post by saying "In". Sign ups will close on Sunday 4th August at 23:59 CEST. Mappool and other details to follow shortly

Happy duelling!

EDIT: Deadline for signups is now Sunday 11th August at 23:59 CEST.

Or until we have 16 players signed up, whichever comes first.

The One Day Tournament from Wednesday has now been (finally) reassigned to next Tuesday. It will be followed by PJ's regular tournament next Thursday.

Is there a difference between the two I hear you ask? - PJ's tournaments are the "main" ones of the season, the ones marked with ½ (I intend to run more than one) are kind of "junior" tournaments, that will run for a shorter time and will be slightly more experimental.

Tuesday's ODT #2½ in particular will be single elimination, and will have no betting - I have an alternate idea for idlers this time.

Thursday's ODT #3 will (probably) be a return to regular programming.

As for what happens on Wednesday after that? Time will tell!

Happy Sunday.

JDCE 33 has now begun!

You can view the brackets and the current standings here.

The mappool and rules can be viewed here.

The vetoes and player map picks can be viewed here.

Please try to arrange your first round matches with your opponent as soon as possible. If you are unable to play your match this week, please let a member of JDC staff know.

Additionally, could you please confirm what your 3 map vetoes are by commenting on this post, or by posting in the JDC Discord server, in the #JDCE channel.

Good luck to you all!

With the conclusion of the Opening Event, the season is now open for business.

Happy duelling everyone!

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Signups for the newest edition of the JDCE Duel tournament are now open! If you intend to take part, please respond to this post by saying "In".

The deadline for signups is Sunday 23rd June at 23:59 CEST.

More information about JDCE, as well as the rules along with the new mappool can be seen here.

Also, please feel free to get in contact if you have any questions.

The Jazz Duelist Challenge is making its triumphant return for the 33rd time!

The opening event is due to take place on Saturday 22nd June at 20:30 CEST, after which the season will be officially open for games.

In addition, JDCE is coming back too! The signups along with details regarding the format and the mappool will follow shortly.

Furthermore, I can also announce that we are now recruiting for new officials to join our team. If you're interested, please get in touch!

Finally, we also require a new logo for a new season. Although we're not running a logo contest this time, if you're artistically inclined and have a cool idea for a new logo, please enquire within!

Happy duelling!

First and foremost, I offer my most sincere apologies for how long it took to finish off the last off the event scores and get the awards posted...

Award	Player	Note
Champion	Superjazz	2043 points
JDCE Champion	114 (Krzysiek)	1st place in JDCE
Duel Hero	mastersven	Most duel wins (18)
King of the Ring	114 (Krzysiek)	2 ODT wins
The Real MVP	A7med	Most team game wins (15)
Contest Victor	minmay	10 events won
Life of the Party	minmay	1101 event points
Casualty Soldier	114 (Krzysiek)	101:54 roast:fall ratio
Enemy Ravager	114 (Krzysiek)	Longest duel win streak (+11)
JDC Superfan	Bad Bee	37 total matches played
Event Regular	Zero	30 events played
Loves Everyone	Bad Bee	13 unique opponents
Obsessive Duellist	Bad Bee	9 duels in one day (on 29th November 2022)
Inseperable Partners	A7med & Lynx	5 team games played together
Viva Las Vegas!	PurpleJazz	106 points won from betting
Fastest Rabbit Alive	minmay	Won the Race event
Commentator	Looney	Longest average match comments (473 characters)
Always the Bridesmaid	Naps	Most event points without winning an event (308)
Stop Trying	Zero	6 duel losses against Bad Bee
Calamity Jane	Bad Bee	Longest duel losing streak (-7)
It's Just Not Working Out	A7med & Lynx	4 team game losses together
I Have A Gambling Problem	Bad Bee	79 points lost from betting
Most Disruptive Name	< < S t e f k o > C D F >	Broke the scoreboard (again)
PURPLEJAZZ SUCKS	PurpleJazz	Took way too long to finish the scores >:(

...but hopefully this makes up for it by me posting the awards as promptly as I can after finishing the event scores. I note that for subsequent seasons we will be looking to greatly speed up the turnaround time for event scoring.

Thank you to everyone for coming together for a fantastic JDC season! Congratulations to Superjazz, our Season 32 champion!

Now that Season 32 has been finalised, I can announce that a Season 33 is very likely to go ahead in the quite near future! Please stay tuned for further announcements.

With the conclusion of the Closing Event, the season has now come to a close! Please stay tuned for the awards once the event scores and JDCE have been finalised.