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Subject: Re: shredder ties playoff game, wins WCCC

Author: Ingo Althofer

Date: 23:59:33 06/20/99

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On June 20, 1999 at 22:44:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:


>note that their tiebreak was 1.0 points different.  Note that shredder was
>seeded very low (incorrectly) which paired it against a good opponent in
>round 1,

That is wrong. Shredder was seeded to low, but in round 1 it got Neurologic
which made altogether 1.0 points in the whole tournament. So without round 1
Shredders lead in Buchholz would have been even higher.


>while ferret was paired high (correctly) and was paired against a
>weaker opponent in round 1.  That could account for the 1.0 difference in
>tie-break instantly...
>
>IE nothing says that shredder played better opponents... try the tiebreak
>without round 1 scores and see what happens...  and then decide whether the
>sum-of-opponents is meaningful when they are that close.  Both played well.
>And a coin-toss would have been just as accurate to pick the better program
>since they drew twice...



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