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Mike Nolan

2005-04-11, 5:59 pm

"David Kane" <davidekane@comcast.net> writes:
quote:

>I don't believe that Mike's statement is quite accurate. The
>threshold for receiving bonus points is higher with more
>games, but the maximum amount of gain is still higher for
>the longer tournament.


It was not well worded, probably due to not being entirely awake yet.

I think the example of the two 1800 players that I posted a few minutes
ago shows more clearly how the bonus multiplier factor comes into play.
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Mike Nolan
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