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Emne: Re: Byes

MadMonkey: .... and my more detailed explanation wasn't really geared towards you, but a more detailed on it for anyone else who might be confused about it. (Did not mean to sound like my whole post was directed at you... that part was more of just a general layout of how the byes should work.)

12. Juni 2009, 21:23:37

On a similar point, BUT on the actual Tournament mentioned earlier.

Why is this one in Waiting status ??
It has been like it since 11.00am when most of the others started.

Madhouse 2009 - Week 24 (Backgammon)

12. Juni 2009, 21:19:23

Emne: Re: Byes

coan.net: I know how Eliminations work, i play Darts every week in them

I do not see how anyone can complain that certain players get "too" much credit for winning a Tournament

It is not the players fault who entered a Tournament, they took a chance and participated. Whether they won one round or 10 rounds, they put there name down....and if anyone complains about someone winning something too easily the answer is simple, enter yourself

To me the more games started, the more Tournaments started, the more people get to play games, and that is why i thought we were here.....simple

12. Juni 2009, 20:37:43

coan.net

Emne: Re: Byes

MadMonkey: Already people complain that some players get "too" much credit for winning a tournament when there are only 4 players in the tournament - having only 2 or 3..... I honestly don't think that is a good idea. 4 is a good minimum number.

But as for the elimination tournaments, you should ALWAYS have either 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128 spaces for players

4 sign up - have 4 player elimination tournament, no byes

5 sign up - have 8 player tournament, with 3 players getting byes

6 sign up - have 8 player tournament, with 2 players getting byes

7 sign up - have 8 player tournament, with 1 player getting bye

8 sign up - have 8 player tournament

9 sign up - have 16 player tournament, with 7 players getting byes

10 sign up - have 16 player tournament, with 6 players getting byes

11 sign up - have 16 player tournament, with 5 players getting byes

... and so on. At first when I looked at your tournament examples you posted below, at quick glance I first thought... Oh, those look OK - but then noticed they were a 12 section tournament with 8 players, and a 14 section tournament with 9 players... which of course would be interesting to see what the system does in later rounds when there is an odd amount of sections to match people up against.

12. Juni 2009, 20:07:34

Emne: Re: Byes

alanback: Exactly what i meant to write

On the same subject, the lowest value should be 2 really. OK its a straight Final, BUT at least the 2 people that entered that particular Elimination would get to play

12. Juni 2009, 19:53:06

Emne: Byes

There is never a need or a justification for byes after the first round in a single elimination tournament. It's easy to calculate the number of byes. If there are N players and X is the next power of 2 higher than N, there should be (X-N) byes. Of course, if N is a power of 2, there should be no byes.

12. Juni 2009, 19:38:35

AbigailII

Emne: Re:

Czuch: It looks like things will sort themselves in the next round.... that nobody will get a bye then,

Incorrect. For the first tournament, there are 2 matches, and 4 byes. So the round will have 6 players (winners of the two matches, and the four people with byes). That means there will be 2 byes. Now, it may very well be that the two byes actually "play each other" ("winner" of 13 against 14 against "winner" of 15 against 16), but that means there's still a bye in the round after that.

It's a complete mess.

12. Juni 2009, 18:00:32

Emne: Re:

Fencer: Trust me, if there is a problem i will find it

12. Juni 2009, 17:30:04

Emne: Re:

MadMonkey: Heh, that's funny.

And it's interesting that nothing like that happened when I was testing byes before releasing them. Well, BrainKing is already too complex and even a small change can cause unexpected problems.

I'll look at it soon.

12. Juni 2009, 15:00:32

Emne: Re:

MadMonkey: Yeah, that is totally whacky!

It looks like things will sort themselves in the next round.... that nobody will get a bye then, but the pairings of who plays who, make absolutely no sense at all?

Why does the guy rated 1900s get a first round bye anyway?

12. Juni 2009, 14:32:57

Emne: Re:

Tilpasset af MadMonkey (12. Juni 2009, 14:33:38)

AbigailII: Agreed

I knew it was wrong, but wanted to make sure, so i messaged a few people as well

Will be interesting to see what happens after the first round lol

12. Juni 2009, 13:54:19

AbigailII

Emne: Re:

MadMonkey: That looks very wrong to me. The first tournament has only 8 players - there's shouldn't be any byes to begin with. The second tournament has 10 players - 6 players should have byes, the four remaining players should play the two matches in the first round. Ideally, the two matches should be distributed over both halves of the bracket; that is, if the winners of the first round matches keep winning, they should meet in the final.

If you use the schema below, and fill in the participants in order, then there will not be byes, and first round winners will meet as late as possible.


 1. ------+
          +------+
16. ------+      |
                 +------+
 8. ------+      |      |
          +------+      |
 9. ------+             |
                        |
                        +------+
                        |      |
 5. ------+             |      |
          +------+      |      |
12. ------+      |      |      |
                 +------+      |
 4. ------+      |             |
          +------+             |
13. ------+                    |
                               |
                               +-------
                               |
 3. ------+                    |
          +------+             |
14. ------+      |             |
                 +------+      |
 6. ------+      |      |      |
          +------+      |      |
11. ------+             |      |
                        |      |
                        +------+
                        |
 7. ------+             |
          +------+      |
10. ------+      |      |
                 +------+
 2. ------+      |
          +------+
15. ------+

This also easily generalizes to 32, 64, 128 participants (and to 8).

12. Juni 2009, 13:01:17

hmmmmm ok PLEASE someone explain to me this:

Madhouse 2009 - Week 24

Madhouse 2009 - Week 24

Byes take effect in the FIRST round on an Elimination Tournament. Looking at these 2 examples something odd is happening. The only way this can work here is if you are having Byes in the next Round & the next etc..etc.. so you could get a Bye to the Final.

To me using Byes, the first column of games should be 4, 8, 16 etc... where the empty spaces are Byes as such. Other games in the Tournament are fine whether they have 5, 7 or whatever amount of players.

PLEASE tell me this is a bug

11. Juni 2009, 13:15:13

Mort

Emne: Please Fencer...

About the more boards for fellowships..

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=1&plla=988251

Is it, is it not happening? By this conversation I thought you were going to increase the number of boards that a fellowship can have by 2 or 3.

11. Juni 2009, 13:10:05

Mort

Emne: Re:

ChessVariant: It's probably the Vegas lot and all other USA based gambling groups moaning about losing business.

And your right, they could easily make it that each gambling site has to have a licence which they must pay for.... and have to renew annually.

And I'd probably guess that the online companies within a heartbeat will say.. "YES".

11. Juni 2009, 03:50:57

Herlock Sholmes

Emne: Re:

Tilpasset af Herlock Sholmes (11. Juni 2009, 03:52:00)

alanback:but do you know why ? because those greedy, fat cats do not know how to profit from this gambling ... don't worry, if they could get 40 percent of gambling site income it would be suddenly legal ...

this is what I think about what is legal or illegal in this country ...

11. Juni 2009, 03:30:08

Emne: Re:

nodnarbo:Internet gambling is illegal in the US.

11. Juni 2009, 02:05:24

Emne: Re:

alanback: did they say why?

11. Juni 2009, 01:13:08

Emne: Re:

Czuch:Indeed. One hopes that non-US players weren't affected, but who knows?

11. Juni 2009, 00:55:02

MidnightMcMedic

11. Juni 2009, 00:50:07

Emne: Re: U.S. Deals Blow to Online-Poker Players

alanback:

11. Juni 2009, 00:47:51

Emne: U.S. Deals Blow to Online-Poker Players

In an apparent crackdown on Internet gambling, federal authorities
in New York have frozen or seized bank accounts worth $34 million
belonging to 27,000 online poker players, according to representatives
for the players and account holders.

In an operation that began last week, the office of the U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York froze or issued seizure
orders for bank accounts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Arizona held
at Wells Fargo, Citibank, Goldwater Bank and Alliance Bank of Arizona.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office had no comment.

9. Juni 2009, 22:48:57

Emne: Re: Dan & Kyu

joshi tm: There is a table: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings#Elo_Ratings_as_used_in_Go

9. Juni 2009, 22:19:01

joshi tm

Emne: Re: Dan & Kyu

aaru: How are these calculated? Other than the BKR I think as the higher BKR here has a lower dan rating

Go Ceiter 2260 - 2 dan
Go 13x13 ad0 2414 - 4 dan
Go 9x9 Ceiter 2142 - 1 dan

9. Juni 2009, 14:14:43

aaru

Emne: Dan & Kyu

I see that we have dan & kyu in Go.
Nice.

8. Juni 2009, 19:12:23

Emne: Re: Congrats Fencer!

Czuch:To my surprise I found that my first login was on 12 February 2003, so I've been here even longer. My how time flies!

8. Juni 2009, 13:49:14

Mort

Emne: Fencer.....

You mentioned that you might be increasing the number of boards a fellowship can have, by the talk I thought you were going to increase the quantity to maybe 6 boards??

Is it happening???

7. Juni 2009, 21:16:53

Emne: Re: vacation days

Pedro Martínez: okay, thats what i was trying to say, I think.... it is not their weekend day for sure.

7. Juni 2009, 21:15:22

Pedro Martínez

Emne: Re: vacation days

Czuch: Either Sunday is one of their weekend days or your game was not the first one to "time out" today.

7. Juni 2009, 21:14:58

Emne: Re: vacation days

Czuch: So... maybe if you used a vacation day today already on another game that was ready to time out, then again on a different game the same day? The second time (and every other that same day) would only reduce your vacation days left on the first game?

7. Juni 2009, 21:14:45

Herlock Sholmes

Emne: to all Massacre Chess players

I would like to invite all of you to join my new, highly competitive fellowship ... it's all about Massacre Chess and nothing more ... please join ...
Massacre Chess Club
Andy.

7. Juni 2009, 21:11:41

Emne: vacation days

auto vacation.... I had a player who was given an extra 24 hours added to their game, but their vacation days left did not go down?

Someone explain this to me, or show me where to read about this please?

7. Juni 2009, 08:37:30

Emne: Re: Congrats Fencer!

Czuch: That's a good start.

7. Juni 2009, 05:53:50

Emne: Congrats Fencer!

You got me for 6 full years so far!!!

6. Juni 2009, 18:28:03

Emne: Re:

Fencer: That worked, and I see what the problem is...In Plakoto the images which have black and white pieces on the same point aren't supported in the large style pieces

6. Juni 2009, 08:34:17

Emne: Re:

nodnarbo: Switch to small pieces at your Settings / Backgammon game.

6. Juni 2009, 04:21:30

Emne: Re:

rod03801: Ok so it is just me then

6. Juni 2009, 04:20:10

rod03801

Emne: Re:

nodnarbo: I see them all fine when I click your link

6. Juni 2009, 04:17:41

I'm having issues seeing some of the images in this game. Is it just me? I'm not having problems with any other games...

1. Juni 2009, 19:32:14

Yeah... and you can still see them on your friends online column, and there is still a green dot beside their name on your list for waiting games, but not on your online users list or your online opponents list?

1. Juni 2009, 18:51:45

Gouwe gozer

ok, I change my view

1. Juni 2009, 15:50:20

Emne: Re:

rod03801: Thats right, but you also cant see them on your "opponents online" link, or your "players online" link as well?

Now I wonder.... if you are in a game with them, and you "move and go to the next game with an opponent who is online" would someone who has you blocked still count?

1. Juni 2009, 04:52:02

rod03801

Emne: Re:

Gouwe gozer: You can visit someone's profile even if they have you blocked

1. Juni 2009, 04:50:36

Gouwe gozer

As far as I know/understand, if you're on someone's blocked user (= enemies) list, you can't visit her/his page at all, can't sent messages, etc.

No idea yet about the question, but I've time enough to find out

31. Maj 2009, 18:41:31

Papa Zoom

Emne: Don't you know what you are doing at that time anyways?

rod03801: I can honestly say that I often don't know what I'm doing at the time I'm doing it.

31. Maj 2009, 18:28:19

Emne: Re: last action

rod03801: That might be it then Rod, thanks!

I guess it is one way to find out who has you on blocked or enemies list....

Why should we even have any access to the profile of someone who has you on block then, I wonder?

Also, this issue of ponds, where people who have not been online cannot change their previous play, and people keeping track of this, makes it an advantage/disadvantage when this blocked user function comes into play, seems like this could be improved upon.... I gotta run now, but will have to give this some more thought

31. Maj 2009, 18:12:27

rod03801

Emne: Re: last action

Czuch: Yes it is normal not to have this view of yourself. Don't you know what you are doing at that time anyways?

As far as the other question, it may have something to do with either you having them on your blocked user list, or them having you on their blocked user list. Just guessing on that one, but it seems the most logical explanation.

31. Maj 2009, 18:07:36

Emne: last action

I am noticing that on most profile pages i see a "last action" line, says what time and day a person was here and what they are doing or if they have cloak mode....

But some profiles do not have this line available to see?

How does one have this info removed from their profiles anyway?

Also, I dont see this line on my own profile either, but I have done nothing to exclude it? Is it normal to not have this view for ourselves?

24. Maj 2009, 00:49:02

Gouwe gozer

Thanks for the information and confirmation

Haven't create a tournament with this game but in my opinion a good option

23. Maj 2009, 21:16:44

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