Timeouts in tournaments

15 Mar 2012 08:54 #25889 by jhattara

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t.p wrote: What about changing .5 VP for surviving to time limit, to -.25 VP penalty? I’ve noticed that „Grab 2 VP, stall the game, get GW“ was quite often the strategy on last EC. This way one will have to act more instead of wait in order to win the game.

I would strongly disapprove such decision, because penalizing people for not losing is never good. With that losing the game (e.g. self-ousting) would actually be playing to win (0 VP is more than -0.25 VP).

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15 Mar 2012 10:31 - 15 Mar 2012 10:32 #25894 by DTA

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Would not only giving players that already got 1 or more VPs eligible for the 0.5vp solve many timeout situations? since then you would gain noting from just surviving to the end.

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15 Mar 2012 10:37 #25895 by jhattara

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DTA wrote: Would not only giving players that already got 1 or more VPs eligible for the 0.5vp solve many timeout situations? since then you would gain noting from just surviving to the end.

Same issue. 2vp is more than 1.75vp.

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15 Mar 2012 10:51 #25896 by TunFiskeMad

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jhattara wrote:
DTA wrote: Would not only giving players that already got 1 or more VPs eligible for the 0.5vp solve many timeout situations? since then you would gain noting from just surviving to the end.

Same issue. 2vp is more than 1.75vp.

I think he ment: Only people with atleast 1 vp will get the 0,5 vp in case of at timeout.

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15 Mar 2012 11:08 #25898 by jhattara

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TunFiskeMad wrote:
jhattara wrote:
DTA wrote: Would not only giving players that already got 1 or more VPs eligible for the 0.5vp solve many timeout situations? since then you would gain noting from just surviving to the end.

Same issue. 2vp is more than 1.75vp.
I think he ment: Only people with atleast 1 vp will get the 0,5 vp in case of at timeout.

Wouldn't do anything to the perceived issue of people first getting 2 vp quickly and then stopping to wait for the 0.5 more and GW.

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15 Mar 2012 11:11 #25899 by Amenophobis

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jhattara wrote:
TunFiskeMad wrote:
jhattara wrote:
DTA wrote: Would not only giving players that already got 1 or more VPs eligible for the 0.5vp solve many timeout situations? since then you would gain noting from just surviving to the end.

Same issue. 2vp is more than 1.75vp.
I think he ment: Only people with atleast 1 vp will get the 0,5 vp in case of at timeout.

Wouldn't do anything to the perceived issue of people first getting 2 vp quickly and then stopping to wait for the 0.5 more and GW.

If surviving players wouldn't get .5 VPs at the end, the player with 2 victorpoints would still have the GW, assuming he had more VPs than eny other players.