--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, jpahk <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > "Tossup statistics are computed per tossup heard (and bonus > statistics per bonus heard), so there is no benefit to running up the > score by trying to rush through a huge number of tossups near the end > of a game." > > i'm not quite sure this is the case. it *could* be the case, but the > clause after "so" doesn't quite follow from the clause preceding it. > in particular, if the formula does not correct for opponent strength > on a game-by-game (or even question-by-question) basis rather than > just overall, then it could benefit your team to hear more tossups > against bad teams than good ones, in which case rushing through > questions when you have a big lead may actually help you. Joon -- You are correct that it doesn't logically follow, but the formula isn't simply "points per tossup heard plus bonus points per bonus heard." We've done the best we could to determine a formula that is theoretically defensible and empirically correlates well with how teams that qualify actually go on to finish at the ICT. NAQT is not a position to tell teams to play in one way or another, but we do feel that running up the score against a weak opponent is not indicative of great competitive power and we are confident that our ranking formula does not reward that behavior. -- R. Robert Hentzel President and Chief Technical Officer, National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC
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