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Unread 06-04-2016, 14:40
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Re: Westtown MAR District Won on Eliminations Tiebreaker Rules

I posted in the district section on Saturday, getting over here today.

I can see the reason for tie breakers. This year is a super (external) fan friendly game, but to have the final final match go to a tie breaker was super confusing to the fans.

So my recommendation would be to change the scoring display to just say "Tie Breaker points = 1" in the totals and then present the score as 146 - 145. Yay they won by one point, massive cheering, flags waving, happy knights and princesses. The scoring system presently knows, so just get it to add a point.

But with this game being hard to tie (kisses to TBA for having that data easy to prove), I think the finals should not use the tiebreakers.

Hey, I bleed Yellow and Blue for Sab-BOT-age (*) and jumped up and down on their win. But it's easier on the fans to see a direct result and not need to wait for the announcer to tell them.

Being able to see the score and do Winner! is good thing.

And just a side note: Reaching down into the basement to pull Metal Moose into your alliance was a baffle moment. Seeing them hang was an Aha! moment. Scouting at it's finest, I'm going to guess this will appear in Karthiks 2016 presentation on "Why pick the #33 ranked team to your alliance.

(*)Yes, mixing it makes green, no I'm not Vulcan.
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