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Re: balance is key, timing is everything, statistics are silly
Posted by Dave at 03/11/2001 10:51 PM EST


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In Reply to: balance is key, timing is everything, statistics are silly
Posted by Jon - T190 on 03/11/2001 1:55 PM EST:



Actually, statistics don't prove a thing, they only show a possibility of something happening. :-)

Sorry, couldn't help it.... darn engineering sadistics class...

Dave


: balancing... we had a match in the semifinals at SBPLI where the goal was balanced because it was 1/8" off the floor. I think the definition is fine as it is.

: Balanced: adj. being supported only by the center beam

: It makes the game more interesting i think, the aparatus isn't from some imaginary world where there is no friction and it wasn't designed with a hinge of any sort so things are bound to get interesting... i considered that a design parameter.

: Time multipliers are fun... they make the game -more- exciting because the game could end at any time... now, i grant this, its only more exciting in the elimination rounds... it makes for boring as hell qualifiers because you don't have a personal stake in each game, you're not going to lose because you're team's not playing...

: As for that point distribution... let's look at the numbers that matter:

: > 68 teams were there
: > only 1 (that's a one, not an I) had competed in a previous event
: > only 9 are going to a different event one of the next two weekends
: > about 36% of the teams (25) were only playing at VCU

: What does this tell us?
: This game is all about repeatability... if you're playing for the first time, you don't know what to do to get the big points. SBPLI is a great example of this because the first day had low scores because people didn't know the strategies that delivered points... Friday's range was 8-176 while saturday's was 18-358.

: As teams learn how to play the game, which of the multipliers are really worth it, their machine's capabilities, et al, the scores are bound to go up.

: Statistics can be used to prove anything (41% of all people know that)

: Hm... food for thought...
: Tastes like Chicken....


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