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by compucomp
Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:15 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PARFAIT II
Replies: 20
Views: 8945

4) Not referring to the questions themselves but the organization at Technophobia: What time in the morning did that schedule get thrown together? We spent the entirety of the tournament playing in 2 rooms; so did Stanford B. Stanford A had Yan moderating for every single one of their games. Please...
by compucomp
Tue May 09, 2006 4:11 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: The Theory of Tiebreakers
Replies: 30
Views: 35722

Re: The Theory of Tiebreakers

I think you're missing the double-counting argument. The point is that if two teams have an equal record but a different H2H (i.e. one team has a loss to the other), then that team had to win the game to tie the record anyway. If you then award them the tiebreaker on the basis of that one game, you...
by compucomp
Tue May 09, 2006 3:34 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: The Theory of Tiebreakers
Replies: 30
Views: 35722

Re: The Theory of Tiebreakers

This is somewhat vague as to why head to head is unfair, so I'd like to elaborate. Every game can, should, and does matter, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with determining anything you like based on a format that comes down to a single game (for example, breaking an exact tie in the standings...
by compucomp
Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ghetto Warz commentary
Replies: 21
Views: 14266

Noah's right. Caltech's Quiz Bowl team has all but shut down. We went to ICT's and SCT's but that's about all we've done for the past 6 months (including not practicing).