barmar Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 KO events also don't generally require filling in the movement like pair events. While you would ideally like a power of 2 to get perfect bracketing, there are other methods that are well-known to deal with other numbers: byes, 3-way, and 4-way matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pran Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 KO events also don't generally require filling in the movement like pair events. While you would ideally like a power of 2 to get perfect bracketing, there are other methods that are well-known to deal with other numbers: byes, 3-way, and 4-way matches.True, but some protocol is needed to handle the case if a contestant is found to be unqualified (for whatever reason) after several rounds in a KO event. Automatic re-entry in the event of all contestants that has been knocked out by this contestant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Automatic re-entry in the event of all contestants that has been knocked out by this contestant?A repechage round might be an appropriate measure for such cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pran Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 A repechage round might be an appropriate measure for such cases.Sorry?None of my dictionaries has the word "repechage". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Sorry?None of my dictionaries has the word "repechage". It's the sort of thing that is sometimes used in double-elimination events -- the once-defeated teams play off to win a place in a late round of the main tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB1 Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Sorry?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepechageNone of my dictionaries has the word "repechage".Not even a French dictionary? And the internet is quite good at looking up words, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repechage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pran Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Sorry?None of my dictionaries has the word "repechage".Not even a French dictionary? And the internet is quite good at looking up words, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepechageIt didn't cross my mind to look up in my French dictionary for a word in English text, but there I found "repêcher" with the meaning "fish up".I must admit I would still have been confused had I found that. The internet reference was indeed good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szgyula Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 It didn't cross my mind to look up in my French dictionary for a word in English text, but there I found "repêcher" with the meaning "fish up".I must admit I would still have been confused had I found that. The internet reference was indeed good though.I think my KO example was misunderstood. The point I was trying to make: There are situations where "results stand" is obviously a bad option. A KO event is an extreme example of this. Sometimes you have to do something else. As we already have two examples, both extreme, one favors "results stand", one favors something else, we can probably all agree that there are lots of in between cases where answers are not so obvious. Thus, the only acceptable way to handle it is to have clear rules. They may not be "fair" but they are objective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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