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152188.7 in reply to 152188.6
Date: 7/20/2010 10:22:59 AM
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How is the current system more fair? In the current system a div 1 team could draw another div 1 team while there are div 4 teams that might draw 3 bots in a row.

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152188.10 in reply to 152188.9
Date: 7/20/2010 10:33:16 AM
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I don't think the cup is broken. I just know that almost every cup in the world has seedings. The reason they have seedings is to ensure the best team wins and to have a fairer draw.

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152188.12 in reply to 152188.11
Date: 7/20/2010 10:41:42 AM
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True, but do you know of any cups without seedings?

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152188.13 in reply to 152188.12
Date: 7/20/2010 10:54:06 AM
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The FA cup is unseeded, but the better teams don't enter until later rounds.

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152188.15 in reply to 152188.14
Date: 7/20/2010 11:06:24 AM
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As chris902 said, the better teams don't enter the cup until the later rounds. That is the same, or at least very similar to seeding.

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152188.16 in reply to 152188.15
Date: 7/20/2010 11:07:46 AM
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As chris902 said, the better teams don't enter the cup until the later rounds. That is the same, or at least very similar to seeding.

No it isn't.

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152188.17 in reply to 152188.15
Date: 7/20/2010 11:10:26 AM
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So why are many real-life cups seeded? Is it to better determine the winner? Or to maximize the entertainment value for the spectators? Or even to maximize revenue for the entire competition?

I think it's probably a combination of the last two (overlapping) constraints in the real world. Do those matter as much in BB? I tend to agree that the first constraint is being met reasonably well in BB.

Last edited by Mod-oeuftete at 7/20/2010 11:11:09 AM

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