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Was there a definitive decision made on minimum number of games required to be submitted by an individual before they would be considered "qualified" for final tournament standings and when this rule would be implemented ?!
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BeeJay.

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bjohnstone@cardinal.co.nz

There is a rule with what you indicated - but this will happen in the
next tournament. You'll have to complete eight of ten games to
qualify for the tournament.

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However... I'm real tempted to even put a qualifying line in the
current tournament? Why? Four reasons - all one word: Lagavulin,
Lax, Sad, and Game Guru.

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All have played but one game, and is influencing the results on this
tournament - get to it - or I might just have to put a game limit for
the current tournament.(Like three games...)

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goldengameboy@yahoo.com

Whoops... Game Guru is a two word reason... oh well... it's just as
powerful as the other three

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goldengameboy@yahoo.com

In that case Zwaxy probably needs a slight refinement to the scoring
for the tournament.

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ie: After your score based on all submitted games, in parenthesis it
would be good to see your score based on all people who've submitted
sufficient games to pass the minimum required.

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Ok, so this is going to be a pig of a piece of coding for Zwaxy who's
already done so much for us but it really does become necessary to
decide how many points you really do have.

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Take for instance our current tournament where I would lose 6 points
to JoustGod and 5 points to QT if there were say a 9 game minimum.

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BeeJay.

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bjohnstone@cardinal.co.nz

NO, NO, NO...absolutely not! I think that we've had enough "late-
breaking" proposals/ changes already. Consider this tourney as a
learning experience for all of us. We have definitely come across a
number of situations that were not thought of before the situation
began to develop. To change rules that have a deep effect on its
participants this late into it is ludicrous to say the least.

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I did a breakdown between BeeJay, QT and myself and found that if the
tourney were to end today with a 9-game minimum requirement, the
effect would be as follows:

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JoustGod would receive an effective +6 points (to BJ)-1 (to QT)
QT Quazar would receive and effective +4 points (to BJ)+1 (to JG)
BeeJay would receive nothing in relation to the other two.

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Now I know this (the 9-game minimum) benefits me greatly, but I feel
the whole idea stinks to have a change like this after the beginning
of the tournament. For the next tourney I say go for it! It's
actually a good rule, but not so good as to being needed for this
tourney. As for future tournaments, rules should be clearly noted and
be honored as final once the tournament begins. The only possible
reason to have a change in midstream would have to be an extreme case
scenario which this one definitely doesn't fit.

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BTW, as far as lagavulin's score goes, it is a non-factor as it is
the top score which means EVERYONE gains a point by a DQ factor.

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Happy tournamenting! (or is that tormenting?)

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JoustGod

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pinballwiz1@msn.com