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innerSpaceman · 10-25-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

If we had 150 teams get perfect scores and the 151st had zero points, would you be arguing that they came in second place? I suppose you would, but that makes absolutely no sense to me.

Would you dispute that such a team did second best? That they got the second best score?

Zero points is a lousy analogy for any score. What about one point? If team 151 scored one point, is that not the second best score? Did they not do second best?

And let's face it, this is all about bumping my score up to 17th, so that I can avoid the suicide that the shame of falling to 18th demands.

Alex · 10-25-2005, 11:15 AM

No, that would be the 151st best score. It would be the second unique score. They did not do second best.

I'm willing to agree to disagree but I just don't see how your position would be the more logical one. Prizes are given out for place, not for unique scores.

I was going to say that under your system it would probably be more than a bump from 18 to 17, but I'm amazed to see that in the top 20, the only tie was for 2nd place.

10-25-2005, 11:15 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No, that would be the 151st best score. It would be the second unique score. They did not do second best. I'm willing to agree to disagree but I just don't see how your position would be the more logical one. Prizes are given out for place, not for unique scores. I was going to say that under your system it would probably be more than a bump from 18 to 17, but I'm amazed to see that in the top 20, the only tie was for 2nd place.
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