Bry: It seems to me that the only two factors that should be used in calculating your score in a pond game should be the round in which you fall, and the number of players you beat, no? Taking in to account how well you played along the way doesn't generally figure in to a player's score in other games, so it makes sense that it wouldn't here either (imo).
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