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Interest in chess tournament?

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    NosajiNosaji Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I'm in, if it's not too late!

    Also, has anyone else seen www.redhotpawn.com? It's for much slower play (so probably not what we want), but it's a great site.

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    PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    delroland wrote: »
    Will draws count as 1/2 victories?

    They should.

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    delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Nosaji wrote: »
    I'm in, if it's not too late!

    Also, has anyone else seen www.redhotpawn.com? It's for much slower play (so probably not what we want), but it's a great site.

    You'd make 15. One more and we'd have a perfect roster.

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    DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I'm not on the list, so I can fill out that last slot if no one else shows up to play. But I'll gladly sit out if someone else wants to play.

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    delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Okay, then how about we close the roster midnight tonight? If someone else shows, they get Darian's spot; if not, Darian is in.

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    DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Works for me.

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    Moridin889Moridin889 Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Why not have points go as follows

    Victory: 3

    Draw: 2

    Loss: 1

    Magic: The Gathering Swiss tournaments around here go by that and it seems to work out pretty well. Then we don't worry about pesky decimals.

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    MicroMicro Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Darian is welcome to my spot if he wants it - a few things have come up here in the last few days, and it'd be easier for me if I wasn't in this.

    However, if that would then cause a problem, I'd be very happy to stay in the game, it'd justy be much easier for me if I wasn't.

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    elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    If darian takes micro's place, and nosaji is added to roster, we have 15 players.
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    Why not have points go as follows

    Victory: 3

    Draw: 2

    Loss: 1

    Magic: The Gathering Swiss tournaments around here go by that and it seems to work out pretty well. Then we don't worry about pesky decimals.

    That is how I actually had planned it. Clear and simple.

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    Hypnotically inclined.
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    DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    As stated before, I'm fine with either playing or not playing; I'll go ahead and drop and you can run it with the 14 players you've got, so that everyone gets a game each round.
    Good luck to all of you!

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    ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    Why not have points go as follows

    Victory: 3

    Draw: 2

    Loss: 1

    Magic: The Gathering Swiss tournaments around here go by that and it seems to work out pretty well. Then we don't worry about pesky decimals.
    No they don't. You get 1 point for drawing and 0 for losing, you know, like in most team sports competitions. Seems logical to me since it encourages people to actually give a damn about winning.

    Seriously, if you guys are deliberately trying to end in a stalemate I will break you.

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    delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    0/.5/1 is mathematically equivalent to 1/2/3, so I have no problem with it. I think 0/1/2 makes more sense from a layman's perspective, though.

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    NosajiNosaji Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I think he suggested (as is usually done) 0/1/3. This makes a win and a loss better than two draws.

    For what it's worth, I vote for 0/1/3 as well.

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    elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    burnage
    chen
    cj iwakura
    crimsoncoyote
    delrorand
    elkatas
    mightyspacepope
    Moridin889
    nosaji
    papillon
    pollodiablo
    rainfall
    rend
    thanatos

    So... is this the final lineup? Any objections, suggestions, et all? I try to code simple score board during upcoming week.

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    PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Chess is usually done 0, 1/2, 1 though.

    And trying to draw is often the right thing to do -- if you're losing, 1/2 is much better than 0.

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    elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I have rather bad flu, but I think we will start tomorrow.

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    Hypnotically inclined.
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    delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Papillon wrote: »
    Chess is usually done 0, 1/2, 1 though.

    And trying to draw is often the right thing to do -- if you're losing, 1/2 is much better than 0.

    It takes a certain amount of strategery to pull off a stalemate. :P

    If we don't want to deal with half-points, 0/1/2 is the way to go.

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