Fluffy to Gifted Tournament - FINISHED

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(10-10-2012 02:55 AM)Eijolend Wrote:  I updated the Opening Post - check it out: click

I like the idea of having 2 separate group doing swiss system, but matching group A vs. group B at the end seems a bit awkward if you do it for all places, since there's no guarantee place 7 of A will have similar skill to place 7 of B. Probably pure swiss would be better for that purpose, but I'm not sure.
And yeah not requiring a 2^n number of entrants is a big plus.

As for Tie-Breakers in the final ranking, I agree with your OPT (also known as Buchholz system afaik) and Head-to-Head. I'm not sure if I like an additional match after the round is already over or some arbitrary tiebreaker (for example a turns taken count like the Outwitters World Cup has) is better. Both feel kinda clunky.

(10-09-2012 05:37 PM)Coolwhip18 Wrote:  Prizes just bragging rights?

I'm afraid so, since the main purpose of this tournament is to get players started with the competitive side of Outwitters.

Firstly, yes, placing full group A vs group B might not be the best idea, but i do insist on having a final match for first place, just to keep the exitement in the game, which, in my opinion, is the major flaw on pure Swiss, as i explained above. Perhaps we could place the top 3-4 only in the final matches, or take top 2 from both groups and have a small elimination.

Secondly, regarding tiebreakers: point 4 (tiebreak match) was more like a 'worst case scenario' if everything else fails. We could add more points to the list, such as:

• Most wins
• BOPT (beaten opponents point total): only opponents who you've beaten are counted
  

Thirdly, i've 74 league points in total