Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 11:53:24 06/21/99
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On June 19, 1999 at 15:48:29, blass uri wrote: > >On June 19, 1999 at 15:34:55, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On June 19, 1999 at 15:20:59, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>>Congratulations to Stefan! >>> >>>Dave >> >>A great tournament ! Both top finishers, Shredder and Ferret >>put on a good show. >> >>I realize that Shredder is now called the WCCC99 World Champion >>due to the matxh point formula >>but in reality why is there not a co-champion. After all they >>both have equal points. > >There is no co-champion because the points are not the same. >The points of shredder are worth more because shredder played against better >opponents(if you do not include the 2 games Ferret-shredder). > >Ferret lost against Hiarcs when shredder did not lose games. > >Uri My program is not co-champion because there were tie-break rules and they were followed to the letter, I made sure. You can talk all you want about pairings and lucky results and any other form of nonsense, but I don't think it does justice to anyone. There are always inequities, and you need to accept this at the point you get on the plane. I went 4600 miles and did the best I could in several regards. I don't really hope to have to listen for the next year or so to people complain about my pairings or call me stupid because my program blew an advantage twice against Shredder or got wiped out by Hiarcs or had unimpressive wins against Diep, SOS, Francesca, or Gromit. Sorry, but Junior didn't win this time. Better luck next time. bruce
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