Round advancement messed up
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Wouldn't it be boring if only one nationality always in the top 6? Or even win every tour? If only the Filipinoes win every IPT, there is no more reason for it to continue,right? Better yet, just give them the money. hehehe. In order to make them fall one by one, let them meet in the early rounds, but not obviously. Don't let people notice anything. Even if Hohman go thourgh, same thing, he will meet the top seeds. Hmmm... has anyone notice something fishy? I don't. It just happen that way, I guess.
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While I agree that the advancements could have been set up better I think you guys are making too big a deal of it. Even where two top players advance to the same group(it won't happen every time because the top player doesn't always finish first in his/her group) they will be split up going to round three because they can't both finish first in the second round.
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onepocketchump
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Eagle1 said:
The very best player will win it. The person who survives this format all the through will be the best player this week.
John
I feel the way they determined the players for each group in the first round was okay (still could use some tweaks, but generally fine). I also think the methodology to determine the groupings for the subsequent rounds is also fine. It's a nice, simple systematic process.
The problem that they have is determining the order, or group numbers, of the first round groups. The way they have it right now, they have Hohmann in Group #1, Manalo in Group #2, Orcullo in Group #3...and so on. What they should have done is to totally randomize the group numbers after the players of each group was determined. That way, Hohmann, Manalo, and all the top seeds won't necessarily be in groups right next to each other. Therefore, they can use the same round advancement methodology without the fear of top seeds automatically playing each other early in the tournament.
The problem that they have is determining the order, or group numbers, of the first round groups. The way they have it right now, they have Hohmann in Group #1, Manalo in Group #2, Orcullo in Group #3...and so on. What they should have done is to totally randomize the group numbers after the players of each group was determined. That way, Hohmann, Manalo, and all the top seeds won't necessarily be in groups right next to each other. Therefore, they can use the same round advancement methodology without the fear of top seeds automatically playing each other early in the tournament.
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NYC cue dude
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After reading the majority of the postings in this thread, I can only come to one conclusion........ You are mostly a bunch of idiots.
NYC cue dude said:
That's the fun of public forum. Reading a lot of conspiracy theories, idotic comments, intelligent suggestions and irritating posts. Nevertheless, it's all worth reading.
Yeah, I see that the groupings had been changed. Did they read forums? Did they noticed their mistakes? Did they succumed to pressure? Whatever it was, it's good.
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I give the IPT high marks for correcting the inequities in the draw in mid-tournament. Perhaps a few players were disappointed when their draws became tougher, but nobody could contest that the change (from what was originally published on the IPT site) was a reasonable one.
Well done, IPT.
Well done, IPT.
I stand corrected guys. I should've said that the IPT hates the top finishers' guts. It just so happen that a cluster of Filipinos are in it. At least the IPT acted quickly and rectified their error. They're are in the process of trial and error, or birth pains, as they're new to this thing.
Again, my bad...
Again, my bad...
What I think happened ...
I think they had 'logic' in place to figure what the 2nd round groupings would be, and that it took just the first half and calculated 2nd round groups from the first half without the 2nd half there.
But, they sure should not have posted them on the website, they should have waited until all 40 groups were done for 2nd round postings.
I think they had 'logic' in place to figure what the 2nd round groupings would be, and that it took just the first half and calculated 2nd round groups from the first half without the 2nd half there.
But, they sure should not have posted them on the website, they should have waited until all 40 groups were done for 2nd round postings.
Though I commend the IPT's intention of trying to right the mistake, I really don't think they should be doing this mid-tournament...especially if they already posted the groups the previous day and have page in writing of how exactly the subsequent groups are determined.Snapshot9 said:
BTW, where is that link that determines how the subsequent groups are formed? There used to be a link at the score page. It seems to have conveniently disappeared.
Was this done because of the Filipinoes? I don't think so. It was done so as to spread the top seeds regardless of nationality. There were only 11 Filipinoes, very low % compared to others.
jsp said:
http://www.internationalpooltour.com/ipt_content/events/06_wo_8ball_open/groups_determined.asp
I have to apologize. When I figured out Mike's bracket, it was taken on win percentage, not matches first, so all the players are different, except for Luat. It's gonna be a fun day of sweating!