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From: Jim Goloboy on 8 Jul 2010 14:00
On Jul 8, 1:37 pm, Jesus Petry <jesuspe...(a)pop.com.br> wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2:18 pm, Jim Goloboy <jim.golo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 8, 12:42 pm, Jim Goloboy <jim.golo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jul 8, 10:16 am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > stupid losers like myself
>
> > > If the lowest probability for any round is 0.0001, then surely the
> > > highest allowable probability for any round is 0.9995?
>
> > Actually this isn't right...since 31 teams will need at least 0.0001,
> > the highest allowable probablity will be 0.9969.
>
>  You could have half the teams with 0.0005 and the other half with
> 0.9995 in the group phase, for instance.

Yeah...I was thinking about the probability for winning the tournament
since that is the only place where you would want to put a 1 under the
current rules.

I think I have confused the issue enough, let's just say it's a good
idea.
From: Clément on 8 Jul 2010 20:16
"anders t" escreveu:
>I think it is high time to make a decision for the future SophCons.
>
> I propose two new (albeit simple) rules:
>
> Minimal accepted probability for any part: 0,0001
> Maximal accepted probability fpr any part: 0,9999
>
> That is: No 'zeros' and no 'ones' allowed anymore.

(...)

> What say you?

I vote yes.

Abra�o,

Luiz Mello

From: Clément on 9 Jul 2010 07:36
On Jul 8, 3:00 pm, Jim Goloboy wrote:
>
> Yeah...I was thinking about the probability for winning the tournament
> since that is the only place where you would want to put a 1 under the
> current rules.

Why is this? Is it a bad idea to award 1 in the group stage to a
"minnow" you are sure will be eliminated then? (Assuming it is, in
fact, eliminated in the group stage).

Abraço,

Luiz Mello
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