Author: James Swafford
Date: 15:16:29 02/17/06
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On February 16, 2006 at 23:30:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: [snip] >If you look at these extended events, the things are generally done by round 7. >8 and 9 just take up time. It is better to either (a) be close to >log2(#players) or else get close to #players-1 rounds (RR). In the middle of >that range, things can be less informative, rather than more. I've seen this >happen too many times when the age-old cry "too few rounds" causes >over-reaction. If all opponents were "pretty close" then more rounds are >better, but when there are a few at the top and the rest chasing them, after the >top few have played each other, the rest of the rounds are just burning time. Probably true, but we don't play just to determine a winner do we? It's a time to enjoy our hobby, so a couple extra rounds doesn't bother me at all. :) -- James
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