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WRC seeding for the preliminary round... (tables and stuff)

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For those interested in who will be paying who, the staff at osamuko.com would like to both explain how and who will play who, given the drawing mechanism and who got what number.

Essentially, players were divided into 4 groups. Players may not play against other players from the same country, with the obvious exception of Japan (and France to help smooth organization). Players will play each other on locked cycles, where… Table N will have players (N, N+30, N+60, N+90) facing off. When that match is done, each player will move forward (0, 1, 2, 3) tables down. A number with this formula is essentially bound by its group of 30, so that (N, N+30-1K, N+60-2K, N+90-3*K) will take the remainder of a division of 30 and return the value in the right block. (A table with (9, 33, 87, 111) would exist in Hanchan 7 as an example.)

NameFirst nameCountry
1MoriyamaShigekazuJapan
2AraMasayoshiJapan
3TezukaSakikuJapan
4NakamuraTsuyoshiJapan
5TakamiyaMariJapan
6ItoYukoJapan
7KojimaTakeoJapan
8MaeharaYudaiJapan
9OgasaharaNaoJapan
10TsukieIkukoJapan
11MiyauchiKozueJapan
12AoiYurikaJapan
13MitoRyosukeJapan
14NishijimaKazuhikoJapan
15FujisakiSatoshiJapan
16IzumiYukikoJapan
17UotaniYumiJapan
18FujiwaraTakahiroJapan
19WangZhengfangJapan
20SawazakiMakotoJapan
21YamadaHiroyukiJapan
22SasakiHisatoJapan
23KurokiMasaoJapan
24YoshidaYukioJapan
25FuruhashiTakashiJapan
26SugiuraKansukeJapan
27TakizawaKazunoriJapan
28IgaNorioJapan
29TokudaKennethJapan
30SarukawaMasatoshiJapan
31NishikawaJunJapan
32GrishinVictorRussia
33LiWenlongChina
34NikaidoAkiJapan
35KajitaRyoichiJapan
36ErentsovOlegRussia
37WuHuanChina
38ChoToshimasaJapan
39ChoYoon-jeongSouth Korea
40YonesakiNagiJapan
41TomotakeMasaharuJapan
42TomozoeToshiyukiJapan
43CheoKae jerSingapore
44YamaiHiroshiJapan
45QiuCharlesAustralia
46KakigiKentaroJapan
47NikaidoRumiJapan
48CesariniDanieleItaly
49OsakiHatsuneJapan
50KiharaKoichiJapan
51SetokumaNaokiJapan
52SherryDarrynAustralia
53WeiWeiChina
54DuhautSenechalCanada
55IdeKoheiJapan
56NahJosephSingapore
57KiriyamaNoriyukiJapan
58DedikovSergeyRussia
59BogdanovVladimirRussia
60SongPanjingChina
61KoenigNadineGermany
62Van der lindenPaulineNetherlands
63MarkoMichalSlovakia
64WeingunyLenaAustria
65ReisingerManuelAustria
66ŻukBartoszPoland
67AndersenMortenDenmark
68HumbertLucSwitzerland
69IversenKimDenmark
70LethHenrikDenmark
71ŠiroňTomášSlovakia
72StummeyerIlkaGermany
73EaAnthonyFrance
74HanssenHenrikGermany
75MeischelMartinAustria
76WankmullerAlexanderAustria
77Oorschot vanGerdaNetherlands
78EschenburgAxelGermany
79JergusJurajSlovakia
80WoźniakMateuszPoland
81HeemskerkDésiréeNetherlands
82ChristensenTinaDenmark
83ZahradnikMichaelGermany
84NøhrJesperDenmark
85KalHarryNetherlands
86IvanovMaksymUkraine
87KolendaDominikPoland
88RostvedFrankDenmark
89BroersEvelineNetherlands
90RepMartinNetherlands
91PorcherotQuentinFrance
92OsipovKirillFinland
93FrancksZacharyUnited States
94GermeysJasperSweden
95HaleyTonyUnited Kingdom
96BielbyPhilipUnited Kingdom
97YeAndersSweden
98RossardAntoineFrance
99RaittilaAnne-mariFinland
100LensuKonstaFinland
101ZamoraShaneUnited States
102MorenoDanielUnited States
103BarrJennUnited States
104TranvouezGwenaelFrance
105BresnickDavidUnited States
106NelsonGartheUnited States
107AdamsRyanUnited States
108DedieuJean-marcFrance
109PernicovaRadkaCzech Republic
110AyllonAntonioSpain
111CampinaNicolasFrance
112ScheyerAllonUnited States
113CollingeGemmaUnited Kingdom
114VuyouJoeUnited States
115RobisonAidanUnited Kingdom
116DivisMartinCzech Republic
117PoilleuxNicolasFrance
118DuckworthJohnUnited Kingdom
119ClarkeDavidUnited Kingdom
120LesterMartinUnited Kingdom
(Green = Japan; Dark Green = JPML; Red = Asia; Purple = North America; Blue = Europe.)

Players will play each other for the first 8 hanchan according to these pairings. (to the best of our knowledge at this time!!!)

TableHanchan 1Hanchan 2Hanchan 3Hanchan 4Hanchan 5Hanchan 6Hanchan 7Hanchan 8
11,31,61,911,60,89,1181,59,87,1151,58,85,1121,57,83,1091,56,81,1061,55,79,1031,54,77,100
22,32,62,922,31,90,1192,60,88,1162,59,86,1132,58,84,1102,57,82,1072,56,80,1042,55,78,101
33,33,63,933,32,61,1203,31,89,1173,60,87,1143,59,85,1113,58,83,1083,57,81,1053,56,79,102
44,34,64,944,33,62,914,32,90,1184,31,88,1154,60,86,1124,59,84,1094,58,82,1064,57,80,103
55,35,65,955,34,63,925,33,61,1195,32,89,1165,31,87,1135,60,85,1105,59,83,1075,58,81,104
66,36,66,966,35,64,936,34,62,1206,33,90,1176,32,88,1146,31,86,1116,60,84,1086,59,82,105
77,37,67,977,36,65,947,35,63,917,34,61,1187,33,89,1157,32,87,1127,31,85,1097,60,83,106
88,38,68,988,37,66,958,36,64,928,35,62,1198,34,90,1168,33,88,1138,32,86,1108,31,84,107
99,39,69,999,38,67,969,37,65,939,36,63,1209,35,61,1179,34,89,1149,33,87,1119,32,85,108
1010,40,70,10010,39,68,9710,38,66,9410,37,64,9110,36,62,11810,35,90,11510,34,88,11210,33,86,109
1111,41,71,10111,40,69,9811,39,67,9511,38,65,9211,37,63,11911,36,61,11611,35,89,11311,34,87,110
1212,42,72,10212,41,70,9912,40,68,9612,39,66,9312,38,64,12012,37,62,11712,36,90,11412,35,88,111
1313,43,73,10313,42,71,10013,41,69,9713,40,67,9413,39,65,9113,38,63,11813,37,61,11513,36,89,112
1414,44,74,10414,43,72,10114,42,70,9814,41,68,9514,40,66,9214,39,64,11914,38,62,11614,37,90,113
1515,45,75,10515,44,73,10215,43,71,9915,42,69,9615,41,67,9315,40,65,12015,39,63,11715,38,61,114
1616,46,76,10616,45,74,10316,44,72,10016,43,70,9716,42,68,9416,41,66,9116,40,64,11816,39,62,115
1717,47,77,10717,46,75,10417,45,73,10117,44,71,9817,43,69,9517,42,67,9217,41,65,11917,40,63,116
1818,48,78,10818,47,76,10518,46,74,10218,45,72,9918,44,70,9618,43,68,9318,42,66,12018,41,64,117
1919,49,79,10919,48,77,10619,47,75,10319,46,73,10019,45,71,9719,44,69,9419,43,67,9119,42,65,118
2020,50,80,11020,49,78,10720,48,76,10420,47,74,10120,46,72,9820,45,70,9520,44,68,9220,43,66,119
2121,51,81,11121,50,79,10821,49,77,10521,48,75,10221,47,73,9921,46,71,9621,45,69,9321,44,67,120
2222,52,82,11222,51,80,10922,50,78,10622,49,76,10322,48,74,10022,47,72,9722,46,70,9422,45,68,91
2323,53,83,11323,52,81,11023,51,79,10723,50,77,10423,49,75,10123,48,73,9823,47,71,9523,46,69,92
2424,54,84,11424,53,82,11124,52,80,10824,51,78,10524,50,76,10224,49,74,9924,48,72,9624,47,70,93
2525,55,85,11525,54,83,11225,53,81,10925,52,79,10625,51,77,10325,50,75,10025,49,73,9725,48,71,94
2626,56,86,11626,55,84,11326,54,82,11026,53,80,10726,52,78,10426,51,76,10126,50,74,9826,49,72,95
2727,57,87,11727,56,85,11427,55,83,11127,54,81,10827,53,79,10527,52,77,10227,51,75,9927,50,73,96
2828,58,88,11828,57,86,11528,56,84,11228,55,82,10928,54,80,10628,53,78,10328,52,76,10028,51,74,97
2929,59,89,11929,58,87,11629,57,85,11329,56,83,11029,55,81,10729,54,79,10429,53,77,10129,52,75,98
3030,60,90,12030,59,88,11730,58,86,11430,57,84,11130,56,82,10830,55,80,10530,54,78,10230,53,76,99
Anyways, a player can easily know which table he is going to play at as well as some of the Japanese pros they will play against. For a player to know if they are playing another player, they can either use the grid above or do some funky math on the fly to figure it out. Countries have been divided into the following groups:

1: Japan*.
2: Japan*, Australia, Canada, China, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Korea.
3: France*, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine.
4: France*, Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

This definitely qualifies as a wall of text, but everything you should need to know is here! In the oft chance I made a mistake, let me know right here. I did my best to link pictures of the starting grids, the math wizardry behind it and kept player names spelled as on the WRC website.

We would like to thank everybody involved behind the scenes and all players for their participation.

EDIT: Iapetus was right, and I should not update stuff at 4am. I should have known since in Game 8, I should have been on table 1.

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