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164600.230 in reply to 164600.229
Date: 12/20/2010 7:14:21 PM
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So much change, so few answers...

"Each team will play 4 home and 4 away games against random opponents." How random? Could you play the same team 8 times randomly?


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Date: 12/20/2010 8:43:12 PM
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It's group play so it would be the same 4 teams but you play them once at home and once on the road.

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Date: 12/21/2010 1:58:40 AM
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I disagree, I expect group play similar to NT/U21 Consolation Tournament.

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Date: 12/21/2010 7:04:41 AM
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Yes, it indeed will be like the NT/U21 Consolation tournament.

Prize money for elimination rounds (final 32) will stay the same as it is now and prize money will be awarded for each win in group play.

Let me look up the answer to your schedule questions, since I'm not sure yet.

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Date: 12/21/2010 9:15:32 AM
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Ah ok, my mistake

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Date: 12/21/2010 1:07:02 PM
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I have to say that when I saw the text that big changes were coming for the B3, I got pretty excited. I thought: maybe they were taking my suggestion to expand it into many larger international tournaments like many people (including myself) have advocated... Alas, not this time. ;-)

Anyhow, was anyone complaining about the current B3 format? Does this improve things at all?

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Date: 12/22/2010 5:01:36 AM
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I totally agree...It sure doesn't seem like anything is getting fixed...In fact it seems to be getting worse...

You've never participated in B3. personally I enjoy the changes. The tournament is gonna be much more interesting. Now if the top-teams are drawn in the first round - it doesn't mean one of the best teams will eliminate just because of the bad luck.
I'm saying this as a participant of B3, not as GM.

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Date: 12/22/2010 9:34:28 AM
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If so, you obviously weren't following the B3 tournament too closely this season.


No, obviously not. I guess that's why I flopped in the predictions contest.

Let me get this right, though. This is being done because some people did not like that some top teams went out early? And this only affects less than 1% of all the teams in BB?

Why not fix the cup system, then. It is the exact same system that was used for the B3. However, we are told that for the cup system that the random draw is fair. Does it not follow that if one if flawed then so is the other? And doesn't the cup impact a heck of a lot more teams than the B3?

Last edited by HeadPaperPusher at 12/22/2010 9:40:23 AM

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