Re: Pente Masters 2020: Solving the seed problem
Posted:
Jul 22, 2020, 1:00 AM
If rich isn't reseeded and we use pente_gon's pot sorting semi-random selection, then it is almost certainly the case that zoey will be placed in Pot C and richard in pot D. If I thus understand it correctly, there will still be a 25% chance that both richard and zoey are placed in the same section with a top 4 seed and a top 8 seed. Unlikely I know, but we then have a 1 in 8 chance of:
pente_gon/watsu/be_water/karlw spavacz/madhippo zoey richard
in the same section in Round 2, much stronger than the other sections.
Anyway, I still think it's an improvement over the current system and we could sit here complaining all day about any outcome--that is not my intention. I just wanted to get the information out.
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
