Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:30 pm
I have to know if this is just me... it looks like I've gotten credit for all the games I played yesterday, but not for any of the ones I played the day before. Grrr!
Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:47 pm
Karnatu wrote:I have to know if this is just me... it looks like I've gotten credit for all the games I played yesterday, but not for any of the ones I played the day before. Grrr!
Same with me.
Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:54 pm
Daze wrote:I hope we will be awarded the points when TNT realise the error.
Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:59 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:11 pm
I know none of us knows their scoring method, but I really hope this isn't true. If it IS true, the scoring is completely different from last year (last year was on quality, this would be on quantity) - and if that's the case, I'm not sure how the standings can look so similar. Most of the high-performing teams from last year are also near the top this year, and vice versa - yet the Haunted Woods is down a lot, presumably due to people signing up because it's the 'best' team and not contributing as much to the average as players from the runner-up teams. I prefer Cranberry's theory that the scores ARE weighted so that larger (more popular) teams have no advantage, but players who don't submit any wins that day aren't taken into account when working out the weighting for the average.metalmario wrote:There will be no dead weight, TNT has stated that you cannot hurt your team. If you send 9 points, that's 9 points to your team's grand total. If you draw, it's 0 points, and if you lose, it's also 0 points. If anything, the #1 team will have an advantage because of the sheer number of points being awarded to it. But that's not new, the most popular teams are in the top places, while the less popular are in the bottom places. (pirates, evil mutant things, asian styled things, the devoted chat group vs. medieval, prehistoric, etc.)
Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:19 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:31 pm
stormymyst wrote:I honestly think the finals should just be like the other part of the tournament..
kind of like march madness
top 4 teams get to play.
1 plays 3
2 plays 4
whoever wins, plays for the title.
or..
1 plays 2
1 plays 3
1 plays 4
for each.. then the total at the end could be the winner
only allowing 1 to play 2 and 3 to play 4 just doesn't give everyone (especially those in 3rd and 4th place) a fair chance considering everyone who isn't in the finals is going to be joining the top two teams due to the possibility of being on the champion team..
/ranting
Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:52 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:33 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:42 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:44 pm
Matrinka wrote:I won't complain... because I might be wrong here... but it somehow doesn't seem very fair to those of us in 3rd or 4th place (assuming thats where Shenkuu winds up). Why?
Anyone can join the top 4 teams now. Let's say everyone flocks to the top two... and trophies are awarded to those teams. Basically, if you worked really hard the entire tourny and got 3rd or 4th place, you either get the bronze or a ribbon. If you played Faerieland, but joined one of the top 2 teams, you get either silver or gold. I hope TNT thought about this and makes it more fair to those who've supported the top teams all along by awarding those players better prizes.
shapu wrote:Games are up.
Shenkuu is in 3rd.
Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:50 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:52 pm
Last year they got around this by having special cooler-looking 'Devotee' trophies for those who stuck with their team from the first round right up to the final. Even if it's the same this year, having a 'Devotee' bronze trophy would be worth more in the way of kudos than a gold 'Supporter' trophy, imho. (Yet surely they can't do this AND let us keep the gemmed shields we've earned with our plays... I wonder which trophy will be for keeps.)Matrinka wrote:Anyone can join the top 4 teams now. Let's say everyone flocks to the top two... and trophies are awarded to those teams. Basically, if you worked really hard the entire tourny and got 3rd or 4th place, you either get the bronze or a ribbon. If you played Faerieland, but joined one of the top 2 teams, you get either silver or gold. I hope TNT thought about this and makes it more fair to those who've supported the top teams all along by awarding those players better prizes.
Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:01 pm
Matrinka wrote:According to the match schedule:
1. Roo Island
2. Darigan Citadel
3. Shenkuu
4. Krawk Island
Edited to add: the last day of finals is July 8. There is a big picture of the cup in the July 9 column. Also, you can start playing YYB against the other teams now, if you're on one of those teams. No clue what to do if you played for someone else during the round robins.
afyapardess wrote:Last year they got around this by having special cooler-looking 'Devotee' trophies for those who stuck with their team from the first round right up to the final. Even if it's the same this year, having a 'Devotee' bronze trophy would be worth more in the way of kudos than a gold 'Supporter' trophy, imho. (Yet surely they can't do this AND let us keep the gemmed shields we've earned with our plays... I wonder which trophy will be for keeps.)
The matchings are now up, and the games are re-activated already. This is bad news because it means we only have three and a bit days to play the final, not four as I'd hoped. For those of us in early timezones, it's bedtime already.
Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:02 pm