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Subject: Re: What happens to the 'bye'!?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 07:45:19 05/21/01

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On May 20, 2001 at 13:34:12, Dan Andersson wrote:

>One usually doesn't count byes in tiebreaks, only in the actual result. But the
>tiebreak procedure should be clear from the beginning.

Certainly !!  If the tiebreak system was not published in advance then there was
NO tiebreak system in effect!  If this is the case then to apply a tiebreak
system after the fact is nonsense.  Without a published tiebreak system the two
programs should be considered tied period.
Just my two cents.
Jim



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