I’m having a lot of fun playing on NSP so far in the tournament. HOD has tremendously more players, so it seems clear that NSP and CD will be battling between 2nd and 3rd this week.
Here’s the question.
Given that HOD, Yaks, and FA look like they will each win their matchup this week, does a Swiss-style system mean that they will be matched against each other next week? And if NSP, BP and SBI all finish second, that will be the matchup for the following week?
And, after that week it depends on points. Winner gets 5 points, 2nd place 3, and last place 1, just like season 1. Each week the matches will be based on how many points you have, and the colors will be decided based on who has the highest glicko ranking. I also believe that if servers are tied in points, the tie breaker is the glicko ranking.
Week 1:
Matchups are determined by actual glicko rank. So, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15
Week 2:
The winners of each match-up will fight. So if the top ranked server wins, it would be 7, 10, and 13 fighting.
Week 3 and on: Match-ups are determined by their points.
not so sure about your statement regarding match up determined by points. i think it will continue with winners meet winners, losers meet losers ( and of course 2nd place meets all 2nd place).
silver and bronze is pretty straight forward, because we have 3×3 match ups.
Cutie Phantasmer/Farinas [HAX] – CD Casual
Archeage = Farmville with PK
Week 1:
Matchups are determined by actual glicko rank. So, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15
Week 2:
The winners of each match-up will fight. So if the top ranked server wins, it would be 7, 10, and 13 fighting.
Week 3 and on: Match-ups are determined by their points.
not so sure about your statement regarding match up determined by points. i think it will continue with winners meet winners, losers meet losers ( and of course 2nd place meets all 2nd place).
silver and bronze is pretty straight forward, because we have 3×3 match ups.
they are determined by points. Not the glicko, but the tournament points (like season 1 points). That is how the winners meet the winners, etc.
It is designed to keep the high pop servers playing themselves more and vice versa (which will happen more often as the season goes on, and the point difference between 1st and last widens. So, SoR will not have to face FA, ever. Probably not have to face SBI or HoD as well. They will escape YB at some point too.
“The first round is either drawn at random or seeded according to some prior order, such as rating (in chess) or last year’s performance. All participants then proceed to the next round in which winners are pitted against winners, losers are pitted against losers, and so on. In subsequent rounds, each competitor faces an opponent with the same, or almost the same, cumulative score”
Cutie Phantasmer/Farinas [HAX] – CD Casual
Archeage = Farmville with PK
So basically, at this point, if the weak ended tomorrow, the 2nd round match ups would be
FA (Green), YB (Blue), HoD (Red)
SBI (Green), BP(Blue), NSP (Red)
IoJ (Green), SoR(Blue), CD (Red)
and, IoJ would probably pass us in glicko ranking after they faced SoR….
So If I’m understanding this correctly (swiss-style tourny), for NA bronze the next matchup (with current points) would be:
GOM, DR, Kain
SF, AR, Ebay
DH, FC, ET
Theoretically, this should be the best week for matches since servers are already grouped by their rankings and next week should be the worst for matches since servers from different tiers will play each other. This doesn’t take into account servers whose glicko rating doesn’t reflect their actual strength due to bandwagoning or an exodus and has yet to settle into their true rank. Over time the point system will match servers that are closer to one another.
It will certainly be interesting to see if YB/HoD will be more competitive against FA compared to SBI/IoJ. Some of the matches next week will be terrible though.
