I'm in agreement with both Lagavulin and Cicca on this one. You have to understand that each scoring system has its drawbacks. There will probably never be a system that ALL players will be happy with. As for MARP's system, Cicca said it best, "It's not the best, and it's not the worse.". Same can be said for the TG (D2K) system. I personally like it the way it is with both tourneys using different methods.(posted 9391 days ago)Dean, I fully understand your objections in regards to Track & Field in the Deca2000 tourney. Most of us in this tourney saw this situation coming a mile away, so we chalked this game up to a "non- factor" status. That is fine with me as it is a controversial game in the first place and shouldn't have been in the tourney. It's not Ron's fault, the votes came in and the democratic process left us with this game...like I said, no big deal because it's not a real factor anyway.
As for example 2, I can only partially agree with you. In a tournament like D2K, it is imperative that you can "hang with the big dogs" on at least a couple of the games. And that is basically the point of D2K...if you want to be a top player, you have to be able to keep up with the other players on several games. Yes, there are games such as Burgertime and Tapper that have experienced somewhat of an early blow-out making it futile for some players to pursue. But, that doesn't mean you still can't gain something by improving your own score. You just have to concentrate on games where you can gain significant points in return for an improved score. There are still those types of games at D2K. This is the example that has me agreeing with Lagavulin. As he stated, "It's not fair to have the same points if you make 101000 or 700000!". I don't think it is unreasonable to reward the dominant player of any given game in a tournament. This reward doesn't guarantee that the dominant player will prevail...it only gives him a foot up on the competition and justifiably so.
By no means am I saying you're wrong in your thinking, Dean, I'm just saying that each system has its own merits. And for that reason, it's great that you can choose which you prefer.
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