stu23 Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 I can't find this covered anywhere If I try to run a Howell tournament with a Format of 27 boards in 3 board rounds (for 5 tables), but omit to remove a string saying "+rounds8+", will BBO resolve this by running only 8x3, ie the string overrides the format [i am concerned this string could cause a problem were we to get 7 tables, as the overide would take us from an intended 26 (2x13) boards down to 16 (2x8)] I am hoping a discrepancy between descriptions in the Format and this string is resolved by the system somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biometrics Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 I can't find this covered anywhere If I try to run a Howell tournament with a Format of 27 boards in 3 board rounds (for 5 tables), but omit to remove a string saying "+rounds8+", will BBO resolve this by running only 8x3, ie the string overrides the format [i am concerned this string could cause a problem were we to get 7 tables, as the overide would take us from an intended 26 (2x13) boards down to 16 (2x8)] I am hoping a discrepancy between descriptions in the Format and this string is resolved by the system somehow +roundsX+ means that you do not run a full howell but one with X rounds. Given 5 table a full howell is 9 rounds. using +rounds8+ you get only 8 rounds. if you do not specify a special number of rounds you will get a full howell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu23 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 Forgive me please for seeking clarification, but the Format Box says Total Boards, Time per Board, Boards per Round. In this example if I were to put in 27, t, 3 whilst leaving in the rounds8 string (in the Description Box), the system would resolve the issue by reducing it to 24 boards, ie 8 rounds of 3 boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 Forgive me please for seeking clarification, but the Format Box says Total Boards, Time per Board, Boards per Round. In this example if I were to put in 27, t, 3 whilst leaving in the rounds8 string (in the Description Box), the system would resolve the issue by reducing it to 24 boards, ie 8 rounds of 3 boards? From what I have seen happen, yes (24 is closer to 27 than 32 and it will not disregard the +rounds hack). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 If you don't use +rounds8+, the total boards you specify will be treated as an approximation. It will run a full Howell, and adjust the boards per round to come as close as possible to the total. If you do use +roundsN+, it will divide the total boards by N to get the boards per round. If it doesn't divide evenly, it will round to the closest number (.5 rounds up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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