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Blackout cup season 2 rules

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  • 29-09-2009 11:11pm
    #1
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭


    Here are the scoring rules from season 1:
    Win: 4 Points
    Draw: 1 Point
    Loss: 0 Point
    Bonus Win (4 or more tries): 1 Point
    Bonus Loss (within converted try): 1 Point

    I never noticed it at the time, but surely a draw should be worth more than losing by seven or less? ie. should a draw not be worth 2 points?
    please discuss


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    #2
    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    while i'm at it...

    I'm writing the logic for next season's cup website at the moment, and I don't see any rules for what happen's in the event of a tie. So for now, i'm going to copy the Magner's league. In descending order, team positions will be determined by:

    • league points;
    • number of matches won;
    • the difference between points for and points against;
    • the number of tries scored;
    • the most points scored;
    • the difference between tries for and tries against;
    • thunderdome;

    If anybody has a preferred scheme, let us know.


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    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    In the event of a tie, we follow the system set up in the Blackout documentation i.e. who was leading at half-time etc.

    Regarding the draw issue, isn't that how the Heineken Cup is run? 2 points seems like rather a lot though.


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    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    Orizio wrote: »
    In the event of a tie, we follow the system set up in the Blackout documentation i.e. who was leading at half-time etc.

    Regarding the draw issue, isn't that how the Heineken Cup is run? 2 points seems like rather a lot though.
    Hang on <scratches head>. Blackout uses the half time thing for resolving single knockout games. I'm talking about when two teams have the same points at the league stage of the competition. The blackout league uses this formula:
    • league points
    • the difference between points for and points against
    • more bonus tries (BT)
    • more loss points (BL)

    You reckon go with that list?


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    #5
    Orizio
    Registered Users Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    daveharnett wrote: »
    Hang on <scratches head>. Blackout uses the half time thing for resolving single knockout games. I'm talking about when two teams have the same points at the league stage of the competition. The blackout league uses this formula:
    • league points
    • the difference between points for and points against
    • more bonus tries (BT)
    • more loss points (BL)

    You reckon go with that list?

    Ah right, misread your post. The above list looks fine to me. ;)

    BTW, any chance of putting up a congrats to the teams that won the finals on the website? Just something short and simple. :)


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