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Re: [18xx] Re: Seeding: was Tournaments fair and fun

Beard, Bruce D. wrote:
> I think I basically agree with you here. What we have is maybe two people who
said that maybe, if they were sure they were not going to play any sharks, they
might come to a tournament someday. Possibly
At least at Chattanooga, you don't ever have to play with particular
people if you don't want to. I have refused to join a game with a
particular person, not because I didn't like them or was afraid they
would beat me, but because I wanted to play a 4-hour game in less than 8
hours. So if you don't want to play with sharks and Bruce asks you into
a game, just say no :).

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Mike, I think I basically agree with you here. What we have is maybe two people who said that maybe, if they were sure they were not going to play any sharks,...
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Jul 4, 2009
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... At least at Chattanooga, you don't ever have to play with particular people if you don't want to. I have refused to join a game with a particular person,...
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Indeed, John, the "opponents wins" bonus should probably replace the "opponents played" bonus. That way the sharks play each other over and over instead of...
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... The way I phrased it was intended to encompass that as well -- once you have defeated a given player, defeating him further will give no additional bonus,...
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