) (Ranked 36 on Team Cribbage (Yahoo) Ladder) on May 25, 2008 at 14:12:27:In Reply to: Re: No Byes Tourneys posted by lab_1965 (Platinum) on May 25, 2008 at 12:15:35:
: : : I went and looked at the main page today. I seen there was tourneys alot of them. So I clicked on the next one to run. I was shocked. To see the Td had posted tourney message. Saying no BYES! Well this is wrong. How do you justify cutting something to suite you whims. The tourneys are here for the players. Not for the TD's say I am sorry but, your odd mand out and you can not play in my tourney. Well by doing this you might lose a few more playes on the ladder. How does this td know that by not letting on player not play would have stoped them from being prugged ? So enclosing support the tourneys that allow all to play not just the few that sign up and make the cut.
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: : : Have A Nice Day,
: : : lab
: : Lab,
: : It seems to me that if someone would want to run "NO BYES" tournaments they are limiting players that can join. If that is the case, it should be hosted as a NON-Stats tournament. If the TD limits the number of the players, then it is not open to all players. It makes things on the ladder unfair.
: : What I am interested in is what the TD does when the tournament has 12 players entered, and it comes time to start the tournament. Does the TD drop 4 players or wait until he gets 4 more?
: : Tournaments should start on time. 12 players would give byes. Is this TD limiting the tournament only to 8 players excluding the rest?
: : I am curious as to how this TD justifies that the Tournament is fair and hosting it this way is fair to the ladder, if it is run as a ladderstats tournament??
: Yes the did would drop the other 4 players to start on time.
: Yes tourney would start on time.
: I have no answer to your last question.
: -lab
So the TD would purposely tick off 4 players to start the tournament and have no byes.... interesting....I would not be happy if I were the 9th player registered. When a player registers for a tournament they are saying they want to play, and should have the opportunity to do so.
By running this type of tournament the TD can open him/herself up to being a biased TD. If the TD got 8 of his/her friends together and created an on the spot "No Byes" tournament and had them register once it was created, then they could be a party to ladder rank manipulation, especially if their friends are in the top ranks of the ladder. This can be a very dangerous type of tournament IMHO.