A hypothetical Question

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Posted by Karthik Kanagasabapathy.

Other from Sigh... No Team For Me.

Posted on 1/27/2000 6:42 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Sounds okay to me posted by Raul on 1/27/2000 2:42 PM MST:



Try this scenario out:

Team X comes into the last qualifying match(lets assume they're having a total of 6 matches) of the day in 4th place with an average of 36 qp/match (it sounds kind of low, but let's try it out).

Team Y comes into the same match, in 5th place with a 30 qp/match average.

At about the 1:45 second mark of the match, Team Y is leading Team X 40-12. If the match were to end at this point, Team X's average would drop to 32 qp/match, while Y's would raise to 31 qp/match. As it stands, Team X still leads Team Y in the overall standings.

But, if Team X were to hang within the last few seconds, the score would then become 40-22. This would result in Team X's final score being 33.7 qp/match, while Team Y's score would jump to 36 qp/match.

In this scenario, it seems that it is in Team X's best interests to lay dormant towards the end of the match. Now, the chances of everything working out this way are slim, but as we all know, strange things can happen at the competitions.

Just something to think about.

-Karthik