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Modified swiss

Posted By: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Friday, 6 March 2009, at 2:52 p.m.

In Response To: Modified swiss (Jason Lee)

The defects of double-elimination tournaments are interesting. The last match where the undefeated player (who goes to the final) is determined has a massive effect on your chances in the tournament, likely far too much for any one match. The winner of this match becomes 75% to win the tournament, and the loser becomes 12.5% (and also finds himself in a situation where he might not cash at all.)

In other words, the winner of that match gets a triple-bye to the finals.

However, Sam explained it to me another way. I said 'This gives the winner of that match far too great a chance to win the tournament." He responded by saying that in a single-elimination tourney, the undefeated player becomes 100% to win the tournament, an even greater swing.

Messages In This Thread

• Modified swiss
  rew -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 2:30 p.m.
  • Modified swiss
    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 2:57 p.m.
  • Modified swiss
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 4:07 p.m.
    • Why do like records play like records?
      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 4:39 p.m.
      • Why do like records play like records?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 4:58 p.m.
      • Why do like records play like records?
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
        • Why do like records play like records?
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 5:51 p.m.
          • Why do like records play like records?
            Chuck Bower -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 5:06 p.m.
            • Why do like records play like records?
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 9:10 p.m.
              • Why do like records play like records?
                Sam Pottle -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 9:02 a.m.
                • Why do like records play like records?
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 9:51 a.m.
              • Disagree, as stated
                Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 3:40 p.m.
                • Disagree, as stated
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 10:39 p.m.
                  • Rather
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 10:48 p.m.
      • Why do like records play like records?
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 6:41 p.m.
      • Why do like records play like records?
        Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 9:06 p.m.
      • Why do like records play like records?
        Rich Munitz -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 6:03 p.m.
        • Why do like records play like records?
          Bob Koca -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 8:54 p.m.
          • Why do like records play like records?
            Rich Munitz -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 10:57 p.m.
            • Why do like records play like records?
              Bob Koca -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 6:36 p.m.
            • Why do like records play like records?
              mfic -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 8:25 p.m.
              • Why do like records play like records?
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 9:09 p.m.
        • Why do like records play like records?
          Sam Pottle -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 9:33 a.m.
  • Modified swiss
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 8:05 p.m.
  • Modified swiss
    Sam Pottle -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 9:09 p.m.
    • Modified swiss
      Jason Lee -- Thursday, 5 March 2009, at 10:49 p.m.
      • Modified swiss
        Sam Pottle -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 12:31 a.m.
      • Modified swiss
        Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 2:52 p.m.
        • Modified swiss
          Bob Koca -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 3:45 p.m.
          • Modified swiss
            Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 6 March 2009, at 4:37 p.m.
        • DE
          garyo -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 2:46 a.m.
          • DE
            Tom Keith -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
            • DE
              garyo -- Tuesday, 10 March 2009, at 10:30 p.m.
              • DE
                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 11 March 2009, at 12:42 a.m.
                • you can do the math
                  Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 11 March 2009, at 2:38 p.m.
                  • you can do the math
                    Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 11 March 2009, at 3:38 p.m.
                    • you can do the math
                      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 11 March 2009, at 3:53 p.m.
        • Modified swiss
          mfic -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 7:35 p.m.
  • what is monrad? *NM*
    garyo -- Sunday, 8 March 2009, at 5:48 a.m.
  • Modified swiss
    mfic -- Monday, 9 March 2009, at 8:00 p.m.