Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 08:07:17 11/10/02
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On November 10, 2002 at 07:40:33, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On November 09, 2002 at 15:55:48, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >> >>9 rounds are too many for the number of participants playing in a swiss. You end >>up with weird pairing toward the end of the tournament where a high ranked >>program gets paired with some program ranked in the middle, because the high >>ranked program has played all the programs ranked higher already. This makes the >>last round a bit of an anticlimax. Yuck! >> >>It makes more sense to play 5 rounds of 2 games each for a total of 10 games. 5 >>rounds are perfect for the number of contestants entered and now the pairings >>will always make some sense particularly because color allocation will not be a >>problem. You will also get more games played between the high ranked programs >>which will lend more interest to the contest. >> >>To me the choice is clear cut. 5 rounds of 2 games each PLEASE! > >Last time there were like 50 participants (I do not remember the actual number), >so five rounds are not enough. 5 rounds at 2 games per round makes 10 games. How can 9 games be enough and 10 games not be enough? Do you really expect a big tie for first place, because "five rounds are not enough?"
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