Thought I would start a thread on what people thought of the "modified wins" system used in scoring this year. (At least I don't think a thread has been started on this yet).

When I first heard about the modification, I thought it was an elegant solution. but I am curious as to what people thought about the scoring in practice? Since the loser did not get anything for losing in a modified win situation, I saw several good sportsman go ahead and give the win to their opponent. Usually it was a case where the opponent had the board locked down and it was obvious that they would win in the next turn or two.

Anyway, thoughts comments?

Rob

That actually happened a lot less than I thought it would. Due to there being an overall champion at GenCon, nobody wanted to give a straight win to anyone, because it would still give them points towards it.

Husemann said:

Indeed, I had it backwards in my mind for some reason.

I guess I saw it more as, people weren't conceding their games to keep their opponents from getting as many points.

Either way, I didn't see it happen very often. Maybe I just wasn't around for all the conceding.

Husemann said:

OK. I get that now. By not conceding, I keep your score lower, keeping you lower in the overall standings, improving my chances of overtaking (or staying ahead of) you. Still, I'd think that within the Joust, especially in the earlier rounds, I'd want to improve my SoS to ensure that I am ranked higher. If I still have a chance of making it into the finals, potentially having a bigger impact on my overall standing in general, whereas not conceding would only help my overall standing relative to you.

Unless you just plain hold a grudge against your opponent and don't want them advancing....