Quick reply on topic, since I'm duty bound to consider the other Tour emails more thoroughly.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do people think about the points system at the moment? Think it's pretty reasonable. As the ukultimate page on the Tour Rules specifies, there are obvious positional bonuses for 1st, 9th & 17th, and then there are minor positional bonuses for ending your weekend with a win, or a run of wins. Read on... > I think I may well be missing the point, but does anyone else think that the > current points for each position in the tour seems a bit strange: > > 1 = 250 > 2 = 230 > 3 = 222 > 4 = 210 > 5 = 202 > 6 = 190 > 7 = 182 > 8 = 170 > 9 = 165 >10 = 150 >11 = 141 >12 = 130 >13 = 121 >14 = 110 >15 = 101 >16 = 90 > > For some reason, the differential between each position (after first to > second) alternates between 8 and 10 points. This means that there are a lot > of combinations that lead to the same total (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th = 912 = > 1st, 2nd, 2nd and 5th) Does it not alternate between 8 and 12 points? And then, in the 9-16 bracket, it alternates between 9 & 11. As I mentioned above, I've always assumed this is to reward you for winning your last game, or your last run of games. When having a discussion about the finalists decision not to play the Final of Mixed Tour 1 2004 [available on my pages if you care that much], I tried to express the point that there is greater net value in winning your Quarter or Semi than your Final, because it assures you a certain bracket of higher worth. Conversely, the U8 points system we have currently attempts to recognise that there's a smaller difference in value between winning your quarter and losing the rest than losing your quarter and winning the rest than simply losing your last game. Everyone's been in that 'we came as high as we could given X happened' situation, thinking that had you only got a shot at that team on the other side of the 4/5 barrier, you might have come fourth. ! Well, since you maybe didn't get a shot at them, you only get 8 less points than the person above you, where the team you beat got 12 less points than you. I hope that makes sense, and that I've captured Si's intent when he came up with the system. Laters, -- Rich Hims www.leeds55.demon.co.uk __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
