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GokoDom III: Playoff Round Results and Discussion
Kirian:
The time is here. We have our top 16, and it's time to finish this off.
The final bracket is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkuKfENQMyHadE9iM3Zzd3g4WVBrYV9Mb2ZWOWM5aEE&usp=drive_web#gid=17
This is the same spreadsheet, and it also has final standings (uncorrected for defaults, etc.)
Go ahead and post results and discussion both in this thread; there will be fewer matches in all four rounds here than in any given Swiss round, so keeping them all nice and neat isn't as important.
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IMPORTANT: Because this is a playoff, drawn matches are not going to work. If you're tied after 6 matches, you may do one of the following, which you should agree on in advance:
(1) Play a seventh game. The higher seed will be first player. This is the default except for the final match.
(2) Continue playing in the same manner as usual until one player, after an even number of games, leads by 1 or more* game points.
While I'd love to see a Connor/McEnroe style tiebreaker set, especially if it's streamed, I don't really expect any pairing to take option (2).
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The finals match is special. It will use the finalists of the Design Contest for kingdoms. The winning player will need to have 4 points after 6 games, or 4.5 points after 7 or 8 games. If the match is tied 4-4, the finals will continue via option 2 above. No sudden-death tiebreaker games.
Obviously, that may require more than one session. If it does, the players should stop at a tied score, and start from that tied score at their next session.
It is crazy of me to hope we'll see the finals match take 12-14 games? :)
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I want to give a couple of BIG shout-outs here. Qvist and AdamH acted as volunteers through the whole tournament, filling in scores on the spreadsheet, which allowed me the time to ignore the individual scores and look at the big picture. Please find a post or three of theirs and give them some +1s!
I also want to give a separate thank you to Max_D, who is way down at the bottom. A lot of people drop out early when they're sitting on 2 or 3 points after 4 rounds. Max won his first match by a default, and his best actual played match was a single tie--yet he stuck around and played his final match despite being 0-4-1 against human opponents.
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All right, qualifiers. Round 1 is due by next Monday (28 April) at the normal times. Do, or do not. There is no try. Good luck.
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*This previously read "1.5 or more," but was changed as discussed further down the thread.
hsiale:
--- Quote from: Kirian on April 19, 2014, 01:15:18 pm ---While I'd love to see a Connor/McEnroe style tiebreaker set, especially if it's streamed, I don't really expect any pairing to take option (2).
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Maybe even a Mahut-Isner style one?
soulnet:
3 points after 4 games are still a winning condition? Or is best to 3.5 from now on? I advocate for the former.
EDIT: More questions.
Option (1) of tie-breaking, assuming a shared victory on the 7th game, goes on simply alternating starting player until someone is the only victor, right?
Option (2), why is a lead of 1.5 games required? I think the winner should be anyone with a lead after an even number of games.
Also, you say tha the finals may require more than one session. Is it ok to use more than one session for other games, right? In case of necessity or technical issues or whatever.
Kirian:
--- Quote from: soulnet on April 19, 2014, 08:03:51 pm ---3 points after 4 games are still a winning condition? Or is best to 3.5 from now on? I advocate for the former.
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Yes, going 3-0 or 3-1 is still a win condition.
--- Quote ---Option (1) of tie-breaking, assuming a shared victory on the 7th game, goes on simply alternating starting player until someone is the only victor, right?
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Yes, that's correct.
--- Quote ---Option (2), why is a lead of 1.5 games required? I think the winner should be anyone with a lead after an even number of games.
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Because I wasn't thinking about the numbers closely when I wrote that. A tie and a win from a 3-3 tie is 1.5 points for the winner, but also gives the loser 0.5 points. So that ought to say 1 point, not 1.5. I'll change that when I'm finished here.
--- Quote ---Also, you say tha the finals may require more than one session. Is it ok to use more than one session for other games, right? In case of necessity or technical issues or whatever.
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Oh yes, obviously. I know a lot of matches throughout the season get played in two sessions just because of time constraints.
shark_bait:
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