Wiisnake
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Possibly, I just enjoyed playing a MK again.MM for first date Wiisnake?
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Possibly, I just enjoyed playing a MK again.MM for first date Wiisnake?
You do, however, consider the estimated skill levels of known players, and try to avoid putting too many potential, say, top-8 players in the same pool. This is considered good practice, because without it you wind up with death pools and a lopsided bracket. These TO's were aware of this-- that's why XeroXen wasn't put in with SneakyTako, and why you weren't put in with Village Mascot.That's not how pools work. You don't decide "who deserves to be in the bracket".
Dude that offer stands, and it always stands, Ness has the fire to set up Lucas' grabs and Lucas has the Ice to chill some electric bairs.You do, however, consider the estimated skill levels of known players, and try to avoid putting too many potential, say, top-8 players in the same pool. This is considered good practice, because without it you wind up with death pools and a lopsided bracket. These TO's were aware of this-- that's why XeroXen wasn't put in with SneakyTako, and why you weren't put in with Village Mascot.
I was not part of this consideration because again, my name was mistakenly not copied down by the staff. I was in none of the pools. Neither was Drephen, for the same reason, though it seems like he noticed much later than I did. The following attempts to solve this problem simply created more problems, but as I said before? Every pool was already underway. There was no easy solution.
Perhaps it would have been bigger of me to simply take a refund and sit out. I would happily have done so, had I known how badly the switch would ruin Wiisnake's day. Wiisnake's a great sport, though, and didn't want my charity. He did everything he could to beat me-- and almost did-- and I admire him for that. What sucks is, though, our match didn't matter since he dropped a game to OS, and I didn't. Just another reason why top-2 was just a little too brutal for our tastes.
For real though, @Wiisnake , if that offer to team still stands next time I see you? We're totally doing it. Little boys will wreck the world with fire and ice. It is known.
@Xiivi :
No worries here, man. Thanks for the tournament, and for being so understanding about our delay. We'll leave an hour earlier than usual next time just in case.
You... do not do that. Or shouldn't, anyway. Not to that extent. That's bracket manipulation and bad TOing; its putting your own perception of "who is good" on everyone in attendance, including those who you do not know. These TOs certainly didn't know everyone in attendance.Dr.x said:You do, however, consider the estimated skill levels of known players, and try to avoid putting too many potential, say, top-8 players in the same pool. This is considered good practice, because without it you wind up with death pools and a lopsided bracket. These TO's were aware of this-- that's why XeroXen wasn't put in with SneakyTako, and why you weren't put in with Village Mascot.
OS's post is indeed full of useful information, but note the following-- For four pools, he suggests selecting, by hand, four players that will, guaranteed, not be placed together in the same pool. The motivation for doing this is exactly what I described in my previous post. He suggests some large disagreement between us on this matter, but there isn't one.You would then separate players by location and separate four individual players that have previously performed at top seed level and place them in pools and randomize the rest based on location.
I want everyone to consider for a moment the community backlash that could result from constructing such a pool. Not just from fans of M2K or Mango, but for the lower-level players in their pool who are now far less likely to advance. Imagine throwing Armada in there with them. Statistically unlikely or no, you're pissing off a lot of people, now. The fact that the pool may have emerged from random.org does not shield you from that fact.Mango and Mew2King in the same pool would seem weird, but it shouldn't be an impossibility.
Don't pat yourself on the back. I only suggest this as a possibility, not a necessity, and only when you have a well defined history for those players AND there aren't a greater number of potential 1 seeds.OS's post is indeed full of useful information, but note the following-- For four pools, he suggests selecting, by hand, four players that will, guaranteed, not be placed together in the same pool. The motivation for doing this is exactly what I described in my previous post. His post suggests some large disagreement between us on this matter, but there isn't one.
The question is, where do we draw the line between what counts as a completely reasonable precaution and what counts as evil, evil bracket manipulation? OS says 4 players for 4 pools. I loosely estimated 8 players for... I'm not sure how many pools there were. It think 6 or 7? Whether that's a large enough disagreement to hang me from a tree or something, I'll leave that up to you guys, lol. I'll gladly defer to the community in this matter at any event I personally run in the future.![]()
"Happier" is irrelevant to running a good tournament. If Mango and Mew2King end up in the same pool, thems the breaks. It happens. If Mango and M2K are the only players of that caliber in attendance then you have a very clear example here of "well defined history" and you can go ahead and split the top X to remove the slight possibility that a group of 4 could be all the one seeds. The well-defined history allows you to properly seed the pools to that extent which is the problem you're trying to solve in the first place.I want everyone to consider for a moment the community backlash that could result from constructing such a pool. Not just from fans of M2K or Mango, but for the lower-level players in their pool who are now far less likely to advance. Imagine throwing Armada in there with them. Statistically unlikely or no, you're pissing off a lot of people, now. The fact that the pool may have emerged from random.org does not shield you from that fact.
Death pools are bad. We can all agree on this, right? That is why we take the precaution mentioned above, isn't it? I mean, I won't speak for everyone, but in my own personal experience it seems to make people happier. :\
Well, first of all, I don't know if I've ever seen a consistent 4th seed player. Consistent one seeds, by their nature, tend to win their pool no matter where you put them. Unless, of course, you put two or three of them in the same pool. The reasons we avoid doing this have already been discussed.Think of two imaginary players - we'll call them Mars and Luis - and imagine they are of roughly equal skill. But unlike Mango and Mew2King, they are roughly equal skill for 4th seed. Why is it exactly that the predicted ONE seed gets special treatment, but the fourth seed does not? What about 3rd seed or 2nd?
Overall, maybe not. Individual players matter, though. What you're saying is that one group of players can (and should) get screwed by the whims of chance, while another group are given free pass. Instead of making sure that each pool has at least one hard competitor, and challenging people to defeat that competitor, you think it's more fair if people occasionally get lucky and wind up in a free pool.Your core premise is "Oh man, think of all the lower level players in the pool who are now far less likely to advance", but that's BS. If Mango and M2K are in the same pool, another pool has lower level players that have a greater chance of success. There's no net change.
Your emphasis on the word "EARN" here is strange, considering the above.More importantly, it doesn't matter. It is not a TOs job to hand hold everyone so they get the placement they FEEL they deserve. You EARN your placement.
..."Happier" is irrelevant to running a good tournament.
Yes, Xivii is doing it. He will be a bit delayed though due to work related stuff.so wait, will there be a results thread?