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
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Effect of "+roundsN+" string Disparity in tournament description
#2
Posted 2020-October-11, 03:56
stu23, on 2020-October-11, 02:41, said:
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
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
#3
Posted 2020-October-11, 04:40
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?
#4
Posted 2020-October-11, 06:15
stu23, on 2020-October-11, 04:40, said:
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).
#5
Posted 2020-October-11, 23:31
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).
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).
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