Swiss or Random
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Swiss or Random
Last years Eurobowl was the first Eurobowl that was Swiss at all, all others before had been random, I like the idea of that alot better.
I am just trying to gage the feelings of the rest of the teams.
The options on the poll are firstly teams secondly players
eg, Swiss/Swiss = Swiss the teams and swiss the players in the team
I am just trying to gage the feelings of the rest of the teams.
The options on the poll are firstly teams secondly players
eg, Swiss/Swiss = Swiss the teams and swiss the players in the team
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You'd better win it with Scotland then to take it back to it's roots!!Valen wrote:Just trying to gage what kind of opinion there is amongst the Eurobowlers, it appears the Italians may have it correct going swiss/swiss, its just that IMO swiss/swiss goes against everything the Eurobowl idea was set up for, but ho hum
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Don't really have strong opinions about this but to say "goes against everything that Eurobowl stands for" is a bit excessive!!
I've discussed with Lucifer (who is VERY pro random) who made a good point... Swiss makes it more likely that the same similarly-matched nations will face each other every year, random means you're more likely to come up against a wider range of nations and therefore meet and play a wider range of coaches e.g. it's quite likely that England/Spain/Italy/France/Germany will all play each other again in November. Is this a good thing?
The potential problem with random is that a "competitive" nation could be fortunate and draw 4 or 5 of the "less competitive" nations and achieve a fortuitous victory.
I have voted for random, but IMO this should be Italy's decision and not decided by a TBB poll
I've discussed with Lucifer (who is VERY pro random) who made a good point... Swiss makes it more likely that the same similarly-matched nations will face each other every year, random means you're more likely to come up against a wider range of nations and therefore meet and play a wider range of coaches e.g. it's quite likely that England/Spain/Italy/France/Germany will all play each other again in November. Is this a good thing?
The potential problem with random is that a "competitive" nation could be fortunate and draw 4 or 5 of the "less competitive" nations and achieve a fortuitous victory.
I have voted for random, but IMO this should be Italy's decision and not decided by a TBB poll
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I do prefer the swiss/swiss system
the reason why the swiss system is better for me is because if you have an average/low level, with the full random you may face 5 experimented coach that will just overcrush you on each game, this is not funny. And whenever this is not only about winning, i think that playing matches against opponent of your level is more appreciable.
No matter if you are the 'higher level' or the 'lower level' a match agaisnt someone of your level is more enjoyable because overcrushing someone is not fun, and being overcrushed is not fun either.
my 2 cents
the reason why the swiss system is better for me is because if you have an average/low level, with the full random you may face 5 experimented coach that will just overcrush you on each game, this is not funny. And whenever this is not only about winning, i think that playing matches against opponent of your level is more appreciable.
No matter if you are the 'higher level' or the 'lower level' a match agaisnt someone of your level is more enjoyable because overcrushing someone is not fun, and being overcrushed is not fun either.
my 2 cents
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FWIW I voted Swiss-Random. I think the Random player selection enhances the idea of playing as a team more than having swiss within the team, though Swiss is the fairest wasy to determine a champion team.
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