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Unread 22-03-2003, 22:28
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Originally posted by Koci
If each team gets their own score, that will only make matters worse. If you say "I won't touch your stacks if you don't touch mine," it is all the easier to say yes, and you will ALWAYS reap the benefits in that case. You no longer would even have to worry about winning the match.

The best idea I can come up with is to just go with a scoring system similar to all sports out there: 2 (or 3) points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss. That way, maximizing points for both sides doesn't help both sides, and immediately stops any possibility for collusion. Then at the end of the competition, points are used as a tiebreaker (e.g. 3 teams are undefeated at the end of competition, and whoever has the greatest point differential is in first).
Hm.. good thinking. That would be better. I hereby change my vote to your point system.
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