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George John

2005-04-11, 5:59 pm

David Kane wrote:

David,

[SNIP]
quote:

> [SNIP] The
> threshold for receiving bonus points is higher with more
> games, but the maximum amount of gain is still higher for
> the longer tournament.


This sounds right. While the average impact per game is reduced, the
impact of having more games is more significant than this effect,
because the bonus threshhold is based on a square root function.
[SNIP]

Best regards,

George John

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