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A "new" idea (?)

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Friday, 5 September 2008, at 2:23 p.m.

In Response To: A "new" idea (?) (Coolrey)

Ray: The most common ABT event of today is the double elimination prog. consolation event ... and if you have ever looked at the draw sheet you can see how complicated it is.

Maybe the draw sheet looks complicated. But the Michigan tournament, which is double elimination + consolation, doesn't seem hard to administer. (Though, granted, you would certainly need to know what you're doing.)

Ray: I guess people like the idea of losing once and still having a chance to win, (albeit an infinitessimal one).

I think a way to improve the double-elimination format is to switch to a single playoff match between the winner of the First Chance and the winner of the Second Chance.

The usual way DE is run is that the winner of the Second Chance has to win two consecutive matches against the winner of the First Chance. This makes it very difficult to win the tournament after you've had a loss.

In fact, it turns out that the best player of the tournament is more likely to be the winner of the Second Chance (because there are more rounds in the Second Chance). So it actually reduces the luck to have just one playoff match.

Ray: The recent Modified Swiss event in Wisconsin was, in effect, a TRIPLE elimination event. Looking at the number of posts and seemingly unfair paradoxes it created makes me long for something more simple.

I think the large number of posts on Swiss events shows how popular this type of event is.

Tom

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