S3 Week 3 Qualifier Results
Per usual, each of the 5 judges gave every submitted blog a score on a scale of 1-10. We averaged them out and put them in order from highest to lowest average scores. The top 8 have earned a spot in the Season 3 Knockouts. As for everyone else, unfortunately your time in Season 3 will have come to an end as a competitor, but stick around and see what goes down in the new-look Knockouts!
Below you can find where you finished and what your average score was. If you are unhappy with your score, don't worry - judges are here to offer helpful feedback if you want it. Don't feel down. Take this experience and learn from it.
1. @YEAT: 8.4/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/YEAT/leaked-prep
2. @lukegk: 7.8/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/lukegk/the-forgotten-champion
3. @Bid: 7.5/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Bid/how-to-get-better-at-blogging
4. @Shanlee132: 7.4/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/shanlee132/4-years-of-chess
5. @NiTheGuy: 7.3/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/NiTheGuy/my-top-3-sacrifices
6. @Taken: 7.2/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Taken/why-gukesh-will-be-world-chess-champion
7. @JoshPrice: 7.1/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/JoshPrice/the-return-of-josh-price
8. @Alberthepirate: 6.9/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Alberthepirate/is-chess-worth-it
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9. @Road2NationalMaster: 6.8/10
10. @Admiral_ChessBeard: 6.4/10
11. @TheWolfMaster37: 5.2/10
12. @HerriotJa: 4.7/10
13. @DevahutiM: 0.9/10
14. @Frog: 0.7/10
15. @BillBelichick01: -∞
Our set bracket, if all competitors confirm their participation in The Knockouts:
Note that @frog, @OnyxOrca, and @Road2NationalMaster are the first 3 in line (in that order) to sub in if someone does not confirm their participation, or if someone drops out during round one of The Knockouts.
Congratulations to our top 8 finishers this week! You've clinched the final 8 spots in the Season 3 Knockouts, which will begin on May 6th. A little less than two weeks ago. Use your time wisely...
I need confirmation from this week's top 8 if you will be competing in the Season 3 Knockouts. So, @YEAT, @lukegk, @Bid, @Shanlee132, @NiTheGuy, @Taken, @JoshPrice, and @Alberthepirate, what's it gonna be? Will you confirm your participation in the Season 3 Knockouts? @Muhammadabaza, if you get online in time and see this, I still need confirmation from you as well. Y'all let me know here, or dm me or @Lightning. Just make sure I know.
As for the rest of you... unfortunately, your time in Season 3 has come to an end. Thank for so much for competing, it's been fun judging all of the many, many blogs y'all submitted this season. If you didn't qualify this season, learn from the experience and come back stronger next season.
If you want feedback on your blog, simply pm one of the judges and they will give you feedback. Just know that, should you do this, you will receive 100% honesty from any judge you contact, so keep that in mind.
The final thing I have to say here is that, the Power Rankings and Awards will be out sometime this week, and a link for bracket predictions will be posted once we have the bracket officially confirmed. That's that. Happy blogging!
