It's easy to complain about the shootout but if a match is hill-hill, then the players have basically been playing as well as each other, and it seems like the winner of the match probably shouldn't be decided in a way that gives a huge advantage to the player who happens to be breaking for the last rack.
This is the most important part. A lower rated player has more chance to win in predator format because of this At 0-4 down the better player gets looser and the worse player tightens up. If I’m 0-4 done or one set down but back to 0-0 for the next set, just 1 game won and I’m feeling like I am back in it- even though I’m not I feel as though I’m wining or at least on the way to being even again. I’ve played the sets format 3 times in a category 2 ratings higher than me. Every time I have progressed fairly far. Every time I have played a tournament of strategy race to 9 on the same level , I am luck to win one match
You mean if the better player is 0-4 down or if the weaker player is 0-4 down? It's not clear what you're saying here.
I believe a set format generally favors the mentally stronger player, all things being equal. And that's why I think it's a superior format when it comes to deciding World Championships.
Another way to look at it is that if a player loses the first four games in a single race, mental strength gives the player a better chance to battle back. In sets, you just lost the first set and get a reset and you can relax more and the mental strength is less beneficial. Maybe one format is more comfortable for a particular player than his opponent, but that would be almost impossible to measure.
So yeah, you guys are now saying the opposite of each other. One format favors the player with more mental strength, no wait, the other one does. I can see the argument for both sides. Which is why I wrote what I did in my earlier post, that any argument about psychology can be made to fit whatever narrative you want it to.
One could argue that a match is more interesting if it's closer, and, as discussed earlier in the thread, the Predator/sets format keeps the odds closer for longer...
I think one of the reasons that the odds are not the same that if you play Predator BO3, if player A wins the first set 4-0, he/she can still lose the match with a higher rack score 10-8.
I meant if the better player is 4-0 up
There are still dramatic comebacks. Kaci was just down 2-0 in sets and 3-1 in the third set to Capito, then came back and won.
Yes of course there are but with the consistent breaks in between every race and the short races you simply never will see what I said already in my last post.