WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP (28March-1April2022), Las Vegas, Winner $60K
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Did they leave?
That Chinese stream.
They said F it and went to dinner and play some pow gai. Not 100% sure but I think they have all skipped this time every night. I imagine they will stream the next time slot
Are there any womens matches being streamed from their tournament?
I know there's something weird about quoting my own post, but I'd like to revisit the comments I made earlier in the thread, in which I took strong exception to the way Stage 2 was to be seeded.
Congrats to Daniel Maciol on a fine win and good luck to him for the remainder of this tourney, but this kind of situation is greatly at odds with the principles of fair play. This is not an excuse for Shane, who was outplayed and was deservedly beaten, but it serves as a reminder why Stage 2 seeding needs to be handled in the traditional way.
Later this evening, the undefeated Darren Appleton will play the undefeated Mika Immonen, which, to me, is just plain ridiculous.
Thankfully, Matchroom will not repeat this mistake at the World Pool Championships next week, where seeding will be based on performance.
We now have our first victim of this outrageous seeding methodology in Shane Van Boening, who despite being undefeated, drew the undefeated Daniel Maciol, whose victims list included Skyler Woodward and Radoslaw Babica, two outstanding players.
Congrats to Daniel Maciol on a fine win and good luck to him for the remainder of this tourney, but this kind of situation is greatly at odds with the principles of fair play. This is not an excuse for Shane, who was outplayed and was deservedly beaten, but it serves as a reminder why Stage 2 seeding needs to be handled in the traditional way.
Later this evening, the undefeated Darren Appleton will play the undefeated Mika Immonen, which, to me, is just plain ridiculous.
Thankfully, Matchroom will not repeat this mistake at the World Pool Championships next week, where seeding will be based on performance.
Since Mark turned over the reins to Ozzy weird shit has been the order of the day. Shoot outs, fucked up seeding, and whatever else CSI can do to kill the good will that they built up over the years. Several years ago it was the Shane Resurrection now we have this travesty. I thought they were trying to build up the game not completely destroy it.
No, the stage was not seeded at random. The top 16 based on WPA rank were given the top 16 seeds in stage 2 and the other 16 were drawn into those sixteen players at random.
As you properly point out, you can draw bad no matter what methodology is used, but seeding based on performance in Stage 1 is merit based, giving the seeds to those that are undefeated. This methodology is ridiculous, and is made even more ridiculous given how meaningless WPA rank has become due to the fact that COVID denied many top players an opportunity to maintain a high world ranking.
Okay, I see what you are saying, but when I saw the pairings, which I mistakenly thought was random, I thought Shane had a good draw.
I agree the WPA ranking is meaningless at this point, but maybe they are trying to establish a long term methodology to use when the ranking becomes more meaningful. Frankly, the WPA needs to be more meaningful in the future. It seems like a disorganized body right now.
An interesting suggestion, Alphadog. It just hasn't been the standard in the WPA sanctioned majors over the years (World Championships, China Open, All Japan, and US Open).
I think I'd be perfectly OK with doing things this way if the players favor it. As you say, it's still fair to have an unseeded Stage 2,
In the end, I only object to giving out preferences in the Stage 2 draw to those who haven't earned it.
Nice post.
You miss the point of seedings/ seeded draw that most major sports have been using for decades. (a) Seeded draw reward performance giving slight advantage to the better performer. So everyone will not treated equal because it is performance based. If you perform you will be rewarded and "assigned" to play poor performer. (b) Seeded draw tries to enable better performers to go deeper into the tournament so that better performers play each other in late stages.
