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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:56 am    Post subject: new 3 player Handicap Tournament Reply with quote

All,

here is the draw, details of the handicap are to appear shortly, please bare in mind that this is just for fun, it's the first attempt and I have no idea if it will work but please be patient and give it a go - might be making history....

I cannot garautee a plate comp at this stage, top 9 to qualify for the semi as usual.

Game Name..................... Map Var Player 1..... Player 2..... Player 3.....
3 Player Handicap T1 #1 432 V0 STL_333 tphon Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #2 431 V12 early_10 Kanga Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #3 432 V0 Tripitaka yakheh Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #4 421 V1 Lindalait Klingone Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #5 430 V2 Dobinator Djura Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #6 421 V1 Borisumi swok Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #7 430 V2 almondralf andyp Total_Twit
3 Player Handicap T1 #8 421 V1 tphon Kanga IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #9 432 V0 IBX Lindalait StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #10 421 V1 yakheh Djura IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #11 430 V2 Lindalait Borisumi IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #12 431 V12 Klingone almondralf IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #13 432 V0 Dobinator andyp IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #14 430 V2 Tripitaka early_10 IBX
3 Player Handicap T1 #15 421 V1 STL_333 jvick25 StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #16 430 V2 STL_333 Klingone yakheh
3 Player Handicap T1 #17 431 V12 Dobinator yakheh StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #18 432 V0 jvick25 Klingone Dobinator
3 Player Handicap T1 #19 431 V12 Tripitaka swok tphon
3 Player Handicap T1 #20 432 V0 Lindalait Djura tphon
3 Player Handicap T1 #21 430 V2 Borisumi jvick25 tphon
3 Player Handicap T1 #22 421 V1 Dobinator almondralf tphon
3 Player Handicap T1 #23 432 V0 andyp early_10 tphon
3 Player Handicap T1 #24 430 V2 Kanga Tripitaka StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #25 421 V1 Djura STL_333 StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #26 430 V2 Lindalait early_10 StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #27 432 V0 swok andyp StanislavTikal
3 Player Handicap T1 #28 432 V0 yakheh almondralf Kanga
3 Player Handicap T1 #29 432 V0 Borisumi Klingone Kanga
3 Player Handicap T1 #30 430 V2 Dobinator swok Kanga
3 Player Handicap T1 #31 421 V1 jvick25 andyp Kanga
3 Player Handicap T1 #32 421 V1 Dobinator Lindalait Tripitaka
3 Player Handicap T1 #33 431 V12 Djura Borisumi Tripitaka
3 Player Handicap T1 #34 430 V2 yakheh jvick25 swok
3 Player Handicap T1 #35 431 V12 almondralf Lindalait jvick25
3 Player Handicap T1 #36 432 V0 jvick25 Djura early_10
3 Player Handicap T1 #37 431 V12 STL_333 andyp Borisumi
3 Player Handicap T1 #38 421 V1 early_10 almondralf swok
3 Player Handicap T1 #39 421 V1 yakheh early_10 STL_333
3 Player Handicap T1 #40 421 V1 Tripitaka andyp Klingone
3 Player Handicap T1 #41 432 V0 Borisumi almondralf STL_333
3 Player Handicap T1 #42 430 V2 Djura swok Klingone
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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok,

here are the details of the "fun" handicap system:

please can everyone give it a go before making judgement and will save adapting / improving to the next tournament.

each player has been ranked into one of four bands which basically determines what your handicap bonus will be (please let me know if you are not happy with my judgement with a private message)

there are two types of Handicap bonuses:

Boost (the main part of the system) & Zap - this is only given to bottom ranked group...

Boost is described as a % increase to score (rounded to nearest whole point) - i.e. a 5% bonus is 5 points in a game with 100 points winning score.

Zap is described as a 5% reduction to a top seed or should there be non left, a Good seed (rounded to nearest whole point)

rules of use:
1) only one boost may be played per game, a boost & zap can be played in the same game.
2) the bonuses must be played before the game gets to 3 animals left
3) to play a bonus it is done in secret with a private message to myself or (if against me to someone else like Kanga, andyp, almondralf, ibx or Dobinator).
4) the boost is only effective if the wiining player is ranked equal to or higher than you.

here are the players handcap rankings:

Player........... Handicap Rank
Total_Twit...... Band 1 - Top Seed
Kanga........... Band 1 - Top Seed
andyp........... Band 1 - Top Seed
almondralf..... Band 1 - Top Seed**
IBX............... Band 2- Good Seed
tphon........... Band 2- Good Seed
Djura............ Band 2- Good Seed
early_10........ Band 2- Good Seed
Lindalait........ Band 3 - Seeded
Dobinator....... Band 3 - Seeded
Borisumi........ Band 3 - Seeded
swok............. Band 3 - Seeded
Klingone........ Band 3 - Seeded
StanislavTikal Band 4 - Not Seeded
Tripitaka........ Band 4 - Not Seeded
yakheh.......... Band 4 - Not Seeded
jvick25........... Band 4 - Not Seeded
STL_333........ Band 4 - Not Seeded

here are the bonuses per rank:

Rank........................ Bonus Rd1..........................................
Band 1 - Top Seed No Bonus
Band 1 - Top Seed** 1 Boost at 5%
Band 2- Good Seed 2 Boosts at 5%
Band 3 - Seeded 3 Boosts (2 at 5%, 1 at 10%)
Band 4 - Not Seeded 4 Boosts (1 at 5%, 2 at 10%, 1 at 15%), 1 Zap 5%


I will create adjusted scores and adjusted winners for each game and summarise tournament results after bonuses applied,
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Early_10



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure I understand. So if we so desire and are eligible for a boost, we may inflate our score in a game before it is at 3 animals? And a 4th seed can zap another players score?

Is that it?
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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes, your band level tells you what bonuses you are eligable to play, you chose which games, you must say before game reaches 3 animals or less and the effect occurs after games ends
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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

all, there still a lot of people to create and join tournament games, please dont hesitate if you have read through the handicap instructions and have any questions
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Djura



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I joined and created my games. Many more players to join still.
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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks djura,

seems to be a common theme with people being very slow to join their games every tournament (without it being the result of going on holiday), please can people make sure they pay attention to the forums if they join a tournament and check they have the right number of games....

in the latest one everyone should have 7 games

otherwise in future handicap tournaments i could start penalising peoples bonuses for slow starting
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have joined all 7 of my games.
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Kanga



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just to shame a few players, from the games list the following players are yet to join all their games:

IBX
yahkeh
swok
andyp
early_10
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Total_Twit



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just a quick note now that these games are a little way in.... i havent had many private messages from anyone yet saying they'd like to use a boost or zap in any particular game.....

come on, dont be shy... and good luck at guessing what level to use if you have the choise
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still havent had anyone ask to use their bonuses, at this rate the tournament will become a non-handicap one... either that or the lower ranked players either not far enough in or are doing so well they dont want to use them
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

right, sry to change to goalposts on everyone but I've decided that

i) it is a bit too difficult to always see if someone uses a boost etc within then 3 animals left rule
ii) people havent sent me enough mails saying they'd like to use one....

so as a result I have decided that people can pick and choose boosts retrospectively after the game has finished, this advantages the people who have them a bit more (since maybe the advantage wasnt quite enough to make big enough difference anyway)....

also just to clarify that your boost will take you past anyone higher ranked than you in a particular game but only upto the same score minus 1 of any lower ranked player, the only exception i can think of at the momnet is if a rank 1 beats a rank 3 who beats a rank 2 - but it's all pretty close and the rank 2 wants to boost... then he can boost past a lower ranked opponant if his boost will take him above a higher ranked opponant (of course the rank 3 player will probably use a boost too)
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just a quikc update on this, obviously here are the result 100% un-adjusted for the bonuses etc - which as a reminder there will be a window later in which to play all your bonuses... I am coming to the conclusion that it is slightly less fair to play a big bonus against an opponant of the similar or slightly higher rank so I might put a cap on this, regardless here are the results so far - perhaps you can start having a think of what bonuses / zaps (if you have them) etc to use on which games....

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Player               Wins   2nd   3rd
Total_Twit           5      2      0   
andyp                4      1      1   
swok                 4      1      1   
Djura                4      0      0   
early_10             3      2      1   
almondralf           3      2      1   
Tripitaka            2      2      3   
IBX                  2      2      2   
tphon                2      1      3   
Kanga                2      1      2   
Klingone             2      1      1   
Dobinator            1      3      3   
jvick25              1      3      2   
Lindalait                   4      2   
Borisumi                    4      2   
STL_333                     3      2   
yakheh                      2      4   
StanislavTikal              1      5   
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

right,

there are only a couple of games remaining, pleae can I ask / encourage everyone to look at their finished games and refer to the thread above to see what bonuses they get, could you start planning which ones you're going to use on which games....

i think you'll probably need three wins to progress so anyt of the lower ranked players with one win should be in a reasonable position
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok,

use of boost are now open, please could you all e-mail me with your boost choices....

just a quick clarification... the main idea of boosts was to give the currently lower ranked players an advantage against some of the higher ranked players since it seemed a bit unfair that the higher ranked seemed to be dominating the tournaments a bit too much.... and i wanted to recognise good performance from lower ranked players who had played particularly well compared to their normal but sometimes still wasnt good enough... since I didnt want boosts to negatively affect lower ranked pairs i'd like boosts to only occure against players ranked higher than the person using the boost.

the one exception is that a higher ranked player can jump above a lower ranked player if they were in 3rd and would also jump above a higher ranked player to go first, however this boost will be disclosed to the lower ranked player so that they can also use a boost should they wish.

i will keep this boost period open for one week only and send reminders... after which i will adjust the results table and top 9 into the semis, bottom 9 into a plate (which will also be handicapped)
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