Thank you for you suggestions, Rémi. To tell the truth, I was also surprised by the format of the tournament when I first heard it last year, and still in doubt if it is a good way to organize the tournament. #Especially when the top four programs get seeded next year.
I did not come up with the idea of having no seeds, it is certainly worth discussing. Organizing a 'minor league' is difficult due to the number of participants and the availability of space, but we might be able to organize one if we are able to afford more rooms. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Rémi Coulom <remi.cou...@univ-lille3.fr> wrote: > Shunsuke SOEDA wrote: >> >> Another reason we chose the single elimination tournament, is that >> the finals in the single elimination is the "finals", while in other >> matching >> systems, the final game might become a dull game. >> >> We know that we are sacrificing accuracy, and do want to know >> what the participants (and might-be-participants) think about how the >> tournament should be organized. >> #This includes opinions on how should remote attendance be allowed >> > > At first, I was also surprised by the format of the tournament. From a > statistical point of view, it certainly does not rank participants in the > most accurate possible order. But the ranking of a 9-round tournament always > depends a lot on luck, anyways. The advantage of direct elimination is that > there is no risk of tie, and it makes the final rounds more exciting. I > think the format is very good. > > Still, I have a couple suggestions. > > First, it might be better to let everybody play in the qualification > tournament, even the previous top 4. The quality of pairings in the second > day depends a lot on the quality of ranking of the qualification tournament. > Strong programs would have no difficulty to qualify, anyways. And a program > that loses a game because of technical problems can try to fix the technical > problem for the next game (or the next day). > > Also, some participants may feel frustrated that they were eliminated in the > first day. Maybe they could play swiss between them in the second day. > > Regarding remote play, I don't like it, but that is probably because I don't > profit from it, whereas my strongest opponents do :-) > > It seems that the UEC Cup is very well organized, and I thank you very much > for your work. > > Rémi > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > -- Shunsuke SOEDA _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
