I'm always looking to figure out the most fair scoring system when it comes to my tournament bracket game. Usually I go straight points per round, and try and balance it so that each round is worth approximately the same amount of points (for example, last year I used 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 as my scoring system; other years I have used 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32). Other years I have toyed with these values along with a multiplier. Given that most of the online options are either round * seed or round + seed, what are scoring systems that you have used that tend to be the most balanced and what are the points you assign to each round? This question is geared specifically at people who have run tournaments; I can get feedback from those who are mere participants by picking up the phone.
I did use a system that had round * (round + seed) and that probably was the most balanced formula, but obviously Yahoo / CBS/ etc. do not offer this as an option. Thanks!
2007-03-08
10:46:59
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novemberrain
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