Re: The monthly golf *IS* happening

As right as you are Ton, perhaps there is reason to reward people for
overlooking their Real Life, risking the wrath of their spouse (plural
spice?), significant others, bosses and professors, and playing The
Game.  Plus, it'll encourage people not to risk sitting on good
solutions.

I tend to find that I hardly have time to play until the last couple
of days (unless offcourse I am foolishly goaded into playing by that
mad Australia savige...your cart is missed this round Andrew) -
nevertheless, I think timed tiebreaks are probably not a terrible
idea.

[email protected] (Ton Hospel) writes:

> In article <004801c28_3d$c9a4c130$0201a8c0@murmur>,
> 	Benoît Chauvet <[email protected]> writes:
>> Chris Dolan wrote:
>> 
>>> (seriously) I think we can all agree that time should not be a
>>> deciding factor.  We do the TPRs as week-long competition so
>>> differences in time zone and work schedules cancel out.
>> 
>> On the other hand, I agree with Stephen when he says that the first to break
>> a score has more merits than the player who follows. So the first to reach a
>> score must be rewarded.
>
> The problem is that posting time has nothing to do with that.
> Compare someone who only plays the last day and finds the 
> shortest solution, and someone who plays the first two days and 
> finds the shortest solution. The last day player found it in
> less time.
>
> People have real lifes and only sometimes time to golf.
> I think that time should NEVER determine the winner, not even
> in a tiebreaker-tiebreaker-tiebreaker.
>
>

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