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Posted by Jerry Eckert.

Engineer from Looking for a team in Raleigh, NC sponsored by .

Posted on 1/10/2000 1:05 AM MST


In Reply to: down on the list of worries... posted by Joe Johnson on 1/9/2000 7:29 PM MST:



: There are many many things for me to worry about this year. I am afraid this is fairly low on the list.

: The problem is not going to BE a problem if the seeding proceedure ends up being close to a very elaborate random number generator.

: The method of calculationing QP's provides very strong pressure toward the center. I suspect that there will be a very tight bell curve with only a very few breaking away from the center. I think that this system will require MANY MANY more seeding rounds to have the converge to the 'true' seeding.

I don't think it is possible to obtain a true seeding for this contest regardless of the
number of seeding rounds. Because the number of QPs earned is based on the
losing team's score, which is not a factor at all in the elimination rounds, the
strategies used in the qualifying rounds will in most cases be entirely different
than in the elimination rounds.

It's almost like playing two different games.

Jerry