Re: Quick convo-> what if tie, specifically in SCF
PostedCOLON Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:12 am
lol not to mention how god damn simple of a solution it is.SuperMario wroteCOLONnick if we spoke/i could show you this on paper you would understand. there is a definite paradox. there's a gap between how i'm explaining it and how you're choosing to understand it.facey wroteCOLONShiv... your argument is not logical. The breakdown brings with it the same 'fatal' error that you've identified in magnitude comparison, in that it would make a different winner then our h2h setup, however it has nothing to do with the current matchup (that week) which is the coolest thing about our setup.
I suggest shelving this for a while and revisiting it, if you're refusing to consider it, as->-> there is no paradox. It is not defying the concept of a tie-break. I believe you're changing the context in order to create the contradiction.
It may be a paradox in that it's surprising we've not thought of this yet.
billy's solution makes sense because:
1. Teams higher up in the standings receive home-ice advantage.
2. If a team like say Kareem's faces off against a lesser team from the west in the finals, Kareem can still get home-ice despite having a worse record.
3. The beauty of Billy's solution is that in most instances, home-ice would be given to the team higher in the standings ANYWAYS. It would be in those rare circumstances where the edge is given to the more deserving team, which is what you and Kareem want to accomplish.
you guys are not giving billys solution nearly enough credit.
but anyways i cant make posts for days on end again lol. you guys can decide what you want. but mathematically billy's solution is the only sensible one. standardization has a huge flaw which I don't understand how you of all people Nick don't see it.
shelve it, don't shelve it, make the tiebreak decided by a dick-measuring contest, i'm done with this topic. gl.