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Season 2024 to kickoff on Saturday

4 January 2024Tournaments NewsHarry R.

The 2024 Season is about to kickoff on Saturday with the first of up to four games of the 2024 Winter Masters.

It will also be the start to the first ever “Masters” sub-season which will culminate in the first “Major” of the year, the 2024 World Masters.

Such tournaments follow 3T+ rules which means that a single game is won by the first player to bring home both allied colours, lining up side-by-side.

The Winter Masters will be a level-1 ranking tournament played at a first-to-2-wins distance. Accordingly, the tournament could end up a one-weekend event if a player wins both games scheduled for this weekend.
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Sissy crowned Queen at New Year’s Banquet

1 January 2024General NewsHarry R.

eXtreme Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht (XMädn) celebrated the end of 2023 and their inaugural 2022-23 Season at their Annual New Year’s Banquet on New Year’s Eve.

Highlight of the event was Sissy’s coronation as “Triple Crown Queen” for winning all three “Majors” of the season.

Since she also won the XLeague three days earlier, she has been unofficially referred to as “Kaiserin Sissy” in reference to Empress “Sisi” of Austria.

After being presented the “Medal” as “Player Of The Year” for winning this season’s Medal Race, Sissy received her “Queen’s Crown”.
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Board announces changes for 2024

31 December 2023General NewsHarry R.

Ahead of their Annual New Year’s Banquet, the XMädn Board has announced substantial changes for the upcoming 2024 Season.

“The inaugural season was highly experimental,” XMädn Chairman and Board spokesman Harry said. “That’s why the schedule lacked structure and the season spanned almost one-and-a-half years. This must and will change.”

Starting in 2024, annual seasons shall consist of three sub-seasons which will be “Masters” followed by “Grand Prix Series” and finally “Championship”. Each will culminate in a “Major” with a trophy at stake.
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Sissy wins 2023 XLeague

29 December 2023XLeague NewsHarry R.

Sissy is the winner of the 2023 XLeague after winning the Final Series 4-1 against runner-up Nici.

Sissy and Nici had yet another quick but intense battle on the Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht board.

With only 25 minutes, it was the quickest playoff at-board and the second-quickest XLeague at-board overall.

Both Nici and Sissy established their go-to colours quite early but did not enjoy very effective blocking from their respective second colours.

Accordingly, the game developed into a close sprint race without much tactical manoeuvring in which Nici seemed to have the edge as she got her fourth yellow pawn in match-point position when Sissy’s fourth red pawn still had a some ground to cover.
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Nici reaches Final Series

27 December 2023XLeague NewsHarry R.

What a difference a momentum swing makes…

After winning Game 4 earlier today to tie the Qualifying Series and snap a 6-game losing streak, Nici won the decider against Harry to win the series 3-2 and reach the Final Series of the 2023 XLeague.

In the Final Series, Nici will be facing her Mom, “Queen” Sissy, who will go into the first-to-4-wins series with a 1-0 head start.

Nici dominated the board from start to end. She established red as her go-to colour early enough, had great green blockers and also, mostly, the die on her side.

Her Dad, meanwhile, had problems getting his pawns around the track or keeping them on the track and hardly ever posed a serious threat to his daughter’s allied colours.
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