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An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches

Posted By: garyo
Date: Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 8:47 a.m.

In Response To: An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches (Tom Keith)

it fundamentally changes the game of bg. suddenly, it's clock management. and OBTW don't play any backgames. I'd not play in any event under this rule change. Coming up with an idea that constructively occupies the waiters is a more realistic goal. cube handling seems to be the biggest cause of matches dragging on - every game is played with cube centered and played until conclusion. certainly doesn't happen in higher divisions, but lower division play sees a lot of missed cubes. randomly cutting off the games @ 40 min. just won't fly.

off the cuff - how about running a side Swiss movement with short (1-3-5 point matches) where player's are matched primarily based on availability and secondly record.

Messages In This Thread

• An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
  Tom Keith -- Monday, 5 May 2014, at 1:58 p.m.
  • A good side event/there are other ways to solve the problem
    phil simborg -- Monday, 5 May 2014, at 3:10 p.m.
  • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 5 May 2014, at 7:56 p.m.
    • Sounds like you need a baffle box
      phil simborg -- Monday, 5 May 2014, at 9:35 p.m.
    • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 1:11 p.m.
  • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
    Albert Silver -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 5:58 a.m.
  • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
    garyo -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 8:47 a.m.
    • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 12:03 p.m.
      • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
        garyo -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 4:05 p.m.
        • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 7:15 p.m.
          • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
            phil simborg -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 8:20 p.m.
    • An idea to reduce variability of playing time in matches
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at 1:23 p.m.