2026 Mystery Tournament Finals Setup & Live Draft

So we will be sticking with the originally published date and time for the Live Draft - Tuesday, September 8 at 9:00 PM EDT.

Invitations have been sent out to the eleven people who have locked up positions so far.

With the end of the regular season for the semi-final leagues last night, here are the current top 12:

gritch
BillyRoyal
hallerose
djkalle
Sphilipp8
lgschreck
franky35
pushpin76
ed1447
mds6101
Studmeister
jaywalker72

The only player outside this group is canauscot, who must win the championship in League 1 to advance to the finals, in which case jaywalker72 will be bumped.

Canauscot postpones the verdict by winning game 7 over gritch to make it to the finials in League 1 against djkalle.
The League 2 finals pits pushpin76 against Studmeister.
Good luck to all four teams!

Nine of the 11 teams invited so far have joined the Finals League. Just djkalle and pushpin76 left. Let me know if you haven't received your invitation.

current draft position
1. gritch 649
2. BillyRoyal 631
3. djkalle 605*
4. hallerose 601
5. sphilipp8 598
6. lgschreck 593
7. pushpin76 592*
8. franky35 592
9. ed1447 574
10. Studmeister 574*
11. mds6101 570
12. jaywalker72 567
13. canauscot*

*in world series. Tiebreaks pushpin>franky; ed1447>Studmeister. If pushpin wins, he will climb to #6. If Studmeister wins, he'll advance to #9. If canauscot wins, he'll climb to #12 and jaywalker will get bumped. Also, here is my unofficial take on Divisions for the Tournament Finals:

East
1. gritch 649
6. lgschreck 593
7. pushpin76 592*
12. jaywalker72/canauscot* 567

Central
2. BillyRoyal 631
5. sphilipp8 598
8. franky35 592
11. mds6101 570

West
3. djkalle 605*
4. hallerose 601
9. ed1447 574
10. Studmeister 574*

Except for the jaywalker/canauscot question, these divisions will be unaffected by the semis world series results.

current draft position
1. gritch 649
2. BillyRoyal 631
3. djkalle 605*
4. hallerose 601
5. sphilipp8 598
6. lgschreck 593
7. pushpin76 592*
8. franky35 592
9. ed1447 574
10. Studmeister 574*
11. mds6101 570
12. jaywalker72 567
13. canauscot*

*in world series. Tiebreaks pushpin>franky; ed1447>Studmeister. If pushpin wins, he will climb to #6. If Studmeister wins, he'll advance to #9. If canauscot wins, he'll climb to #12 and jaywalker will get bumped. Also, here is my unofficial take on Divisions for the Tournament Finals:

East
1. gritch 649
6. lgschreck 593
7. pushpin76 592*
12. jaywalker72/canauscot* 567

Central
2. BillyRoyal 631
5. sphilipp8 598
8. franky35 592
11. mds6101 570

West
3. djkalle 605*
4. hallerose 601
9. ed1447 574
10. Studmeister 574*

Except for the jaywalker/canauscot question, these divisions will be unaffected by the semis world series results.

That exactly matches what I have too, Franky. Why aren't you running this???

That exactly matches what I have too, Franky. Why aren't you running this???

Figuring out this kind of ordering is the fun part. As you know, the hard part of being a commissioner is getting everyone into the correct league on time, especially when some players just quit mid-tournament without saying anything.

Well my unlikely run has come to an end.
Good luck to all the finalists.
Watch out for jaywalker now...when you come at the king, you best not miss.

Well my unlikely run has come to an end.
Good luck to all the finalists.
Watch out for jaywalker now...when you come at the king, you best not miss.

Great run at it - I thought it was most likely you would carry it, having had to play against you all season. See you next time, sir!

Figuring out this kind of ordering is the fun part. As you know, the hard part of being a commissioner is getting everyone into the correct league on time, especially when some players just quit mid-tournament without saying anything.

I've been assembling a "shit list", people who won't be playing in this next year if I help run it again.

Well my unlikely run has come to an end.
Good luck to all the finalists.
Watch out for jaywalker now...when you come at the king, you best not miss.

Great run at it - I thought it was most likely you would carry it, having had to play against you all season. See you next time, sir!

The last invitation has been sent out to jaywalker

Just pushpin left to join the finals league, and then I can set the divisions.