Hey Oscar (and everyone else), I've just had a look at the schedule for mixed this weekend and I think you're right... there is indeed a round of crossovers missed out; meaning that the teams are split into 4 groups (top 8, second 8 etc), and it is impossible to get more than one group difference from where you started from (eg, if I start at the bottom in group 4 and win every game, I will be in group 3; if I'm in group 1 and loose every game I will be in group 2, and likewise for the other groups)... this missing crossover could be because of the FA cup break, I'm not too sure on that one (everyone has 3 games on saturday, 3 on sunday). I think for the most part this should work well as long as the teams are seeded correctly to begin with, but a problem arises when the initial seedings aren't quite right and a team can spend 3 events working their way to the top without loosing a single game, whereas a higher seeded team can afford to loose several games over the 3 events and still be at the top... but they'll have harder games of course.
From what I read about tour 0 the schedule had great thought put into
it, most teams were no more than a pitch away from where their last game was, and no 'fresh' team had to play a 'worn' team; which seems like a really sensible idea in my book, and also seems to be the case for this weekend. Unless you missed a tour event (eg if you went to cube instead of MT1) everything should work out; sadly everyone missed MT2 which throws a spanner in the works. As places for nationals are awarded by 'tour points', those with high initial seedings are bound to win more points and qualify for nationals because they have to finish a group away from where they started; I'm now beginning to think that a points system (like football) might work better, but I can't work out how unless every team plays every other team over the course of tour leading up to nationals; if this were implemented and only 32 teams entered mixed next year every team would need to play 31 games before nationals, which is silly. Perhaps the world cup format which also has 32 teams would be a better one to follow (group games, second round, quarters, semis, final) even if its a knockout format; this would be 7 games each and would fit into a weekend quite nicely. Then again; I quite often end up playing the same team twice at tournaments, I don't think any schedule will ever be perfect. Thanks to the people that write them, some say the way to gauge success is by the number of complaints you get. -Chef On 5/14/07, Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, people seemed happy with the schedule at the top end but I'm not sure how a team can lose 1 game all weekend and, in a fair schedule, finish 27th? I think there was probably a potential round of cross-overs that were, for some reason, missed out. I heard disturbing rumours that there is a UKUA scheduling committee and that these people were not consulted by the TDs for MT1. If this is not the case and, I emphasise, it is only hearsay, then I fully and whole-heartedly apologise but it still grates a little that we finished so low despite performing much better than we expected to. As ever, my views and not, necessarily, those of my team (at least on the points related to Mixed Tour). Oscar
__________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
