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88227.14 in reply to 88227.1
Date: 5/5/2009 2:05:48 PM
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Just curious why you're calling them lucky losers? Luck has nothing to do with it and I wouldn't call them losers, either. Depending on the number of bots above you, you might have to have a very strong record to get a bot cleanup promotion.

(reposted because I replied to the wrong person in my original message)

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88227.15 in reply to 88227.14
Date: 5/5/2009 3:21:08 PM
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_loser)

I guess the name stuck.

Last edited by GM-kozlodoev at 5/5/2009 3:21:53 PM

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88227.17 in reply to 88227.15
Date: 5/6/2009 4:19:54 PM
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That's correct, "lucky loser" is simply a term used in sports that somehow got stuck into my mind, and I think it's appropriate in this case after all. That's not meant to be an insult or anything (I actually wish I could be one!).

I must also say that I agree with Jokehim. If you have a very strong team in your league, which you know you just can't beat, your best bet to gain a promotion is to lose as few games as you can in the RS. That can lead to an odd situation, in which you maximize your team's effort during the RS without caring at all if you lose in the playoffs quarter-final against a team with a more balanced mentality. This shouldn't happen. You should be complelled to do your best at least until the final.

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88227.18 in reply to 88227.17
Date: 5/6/2009 6:39:19 PM
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Play offs results can be very odd sometimes, there is nothing wrong in boosting your record.

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88227.20 in reply to 88227.19
Date: 5/10/2009 11:32:07 AM
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They must become bot before day of new season leagues. I hoped that all banned Swedish teams would be bot relegated last season but so was not the case then and this should not differ for this season.

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88227.21 in reply to 88227.19
Date: 5/10/2009 11:50:20 AM
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are the teams of users who are banned, but where the team is not yet a bot, get relegated in bot-relegation?

I think they're still regarded as active until botification occurs.

Last edited by GM-kozlodoev at 5/10/2009 11:51:38 AM

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88227.22 in reply to 88227.1
Date: 5/12/2009 4:49:18 PM
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Well I think I have an update on this.
I've been looking at the results of some level-5 Italian divisions, in the last season.
In league V.177, a team with a 20-2 record (PF-PA=143) lost the final and was not promoted.
In league V.32, a team with a 19-3 record (PF-PA=415) lost the final and was promoted.

So obviously the won-loss record is not the only thing that counts. The PF/PA differential may be a factor, too, although I'm quite sure it is not the only thing that counts.

Some other factors are also taken into account maybe, but all in all I would say that the system is pretty unpredictable.

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88227.23 in reply to 88227.22
Date: 5/12/2009 5:18:58 PM
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Links to the teams, please?

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88227.24 in reply to 88227.22
Date: 5/12/2009 5:29:44 PM
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Were both teams in the same position in the standings?

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