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Posted by Jerry Eckert.

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

Posted on 1/10/2000 11:54 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: I love rejections, but it doesn't make sense this year! posted by Daniel on 1/10/2000 11:09 PM MST:



: Nobody will throw matches in the elimination rounds. That would just be silly. I think people are way too competitive to do that. They want too much to win to throw away their own chances.

That's a rational response. People who are upset do not always behave rationally.

I agree that most teams would not throw an elimination match -- just as I feel that most teams wouldn't throw a qualifying match. The point I was trying to make is that implementing a 'no rejection' rule does not eliminate all the possible pathologic scenerios - it only changes the circumstances under which they might occur.

: I think it would help your argument if you give a few practical reasons as to why someone would turn down a higher seeded alliance. I mostly agree with you on that but it really would help if you state some cases. As it is now, the only case you put fourth was highly improbable. Just a suggestion.

There can be any number of reason -- many of which may not make much sense to anyone else. Why doesn't really matter -- the point is that with a 'no rejection' rule the team being picked loses their freedom of choice. That's not the way our society works in general, and I see no good reason to create a new paradigm here.

If having specific reasons will help you, here are a few:

- they have a long association with or feel more comfortable working with the lower-
ranked team
- they feel they will be able to make a greater contribution to an alliance with the lower-
ranked team
- they feel the seedings are inaccurate and that they stand a better chance of winning
with the lower-ranked team
- they dislike the higher-ranked team