Shunsuke SOEDA wrote:
Another reason we chose the single elimination tournament, is that
the finals in the single elimination is the "finals", while in other matching
systems, the final game might become a dull game.
We know that we are sacrificing accuracy, and do want to know
what the participants (and might-be-participants) think about how the
tournament should be organized.
#This includes opinions on how should remote attendance be allowed
At first, I was also surprised by the format of the tournament. From a
statistical point of view, it certainly does not rank participants in
the most accurate possible order. But the ranking of a 9-round
tournament always depends a lot on luck, anyways. The advantage of
direct elimination is that there is no risk of tie, and it makes the
final rounds more exciting. I think the format is very good.
Still, I have a couple suggestions.
First, it might be better to let everybody play in the qualification
tournament, even the previous top 4. The quality of pairings in the
second day depends a lot on the quality of ranking of the qualification
tournament. Strong programs would have no difficulty to qualify,
anyways. And a program that loses a game because of technical problems
can try to fix the technical problem for the next game (or the next day).
Also, some participants may feel frustrated that they were eliminated in
the first day. Maybe they could play swiss between them in the second day.
Regarding remote play, I don't like it, but that is probably because I
don't profit from it, whereas my strongest opponents do :-)
It seems that the UEC Cup is very well organized, and I thank you very
much for your work.
Rémi
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