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Sanin, by losing his last match, will lose the opportunity to avoid an extra round, or even two extra rounds, in the losers' bracket. Does he need that?
De Luxe, by losing this match, will lose the opportunity to avoid an extra round in the winners' bracket. Does he need that?
(in case, by some miracle, there are 16 groups, then De Luxe, by losing a match, will get an increased chance of facing a very strong opponent already in the first round of the winners' bracket... does he need that too?)
as for 1:1 or 0:0, I don't see a problem yet - 1 point for a draw with 3 for a win is already a strong enough penalty in a group where each position differs from the next in terms of its impact on your situation in the elimination rounds.
normal results in a group are 3:0. 1:1 is already a penalty for both. instead of fighting against match-fixing, I set myself the task of creating conditions in which it will always be disadvantageous for one of the parties.
in this tournament, there are no usual 1-2 going to the winners' bracket and 3-4 to the losers' bracket. the groups have been kept because one of the goals of the tournament is to allow players to play with their favorite towns and heroes, but here each position differs from the next. if you end up lower, you will play in the elimination rounds for longer, and you will also get a stronger opponent there - there is a greater chance that you will be eliminated faster.
for now, I stick to the idea that even in the groups, the only correct maneuver from a sporting point of view will be to win each subsequent match. any slowdown will inevitably affect your position in the tournament. it is not a fact that it will be possible to take into account all the nuances from the first time, but everything was written down precisely to create such conditions. the example with Sanin and De Luxe does not impress me yet.
De Luxe, by losing this match, will lose the opportunity to avoid an extra round in the winners' bracket. Does he need that?
(in case, by some miracle, there are 16 groups, then De Luxe, by losing a match, will get an increased chance of facing a very strong opponent already in the first round of the winners' bracket... does he need that too?)
as for 1:1 or 0:0, I don't see a problem yet - 1 point for a draw with 3 for a win is already a strong enough penalty in a group where each position differs from the next in terms of its impact on your situation in the elimination rounds.
normal results in a group are 3:0. 1:1 is already a penalty for both. instead of fighting against match-fixing, I set myself the task of creating conditions in which it will always be disadvantageous for one of the parties.
in this tournament, there are no usual 1-2 going to the winners' bracket and 3-4 to the losers' bracket. the groups have been kept because one of the goals of the tournament is to allow players to play with their favorite towns and heroes, but here each position differs from the next. if you end up lower, you will play in the elimination rounds for longer, and you will also get a stronger opponent there - there is a greater chance that you will be eliminated faster.
for now, I stick to the idea that even in the groups, the only correct maneuver from a sporting point of view will be to win each subsequent match. any slowdown will inevitably affect your position in the tournament. it is not a fact that it will be possible to take into account all the nuances from the first time, but everything was written down precisely to create such conditions. the example with Sanin and De Luxe does not impress me yet.