1914 Valour - FWWC Tournament Round 4

[ComradeP]

Interestingly, accepting a resignation as the attacker is never worth it if you can take more points given the format of the tournament. As evidenced by the resigning Russians retaining the highest points of all the Allied players.

I do have a concern about the impact resignations will have on the Tournament Points awarded. In theory you could have an entrant resign but still get more points than the winner. An entrant on the winning side could be missing out on bonus points, and as we have seen in Tournament No 2 the difference between first and second place was 2 points!

The tournament rules state that the Total Points are used whether the game is completed or partially completed (I thought of the situation where the game is incomplete at the round deadline but not of someone resigning). One possible resolution is that if someone resigns, the winner gets the bonus points plus the tournament points based on the Total Points. 

This concern is part of the general issue when administering tournaments: balancing competition with making a venue for entrants to meet and have fun. 

Comments?

If the victory level is a major defeat or is very likely to end up at that point, awarding bonus points if the opponent resigns seems fair to me. 

The previous tournament had a close finish, but over 6 rounds. It wasn't the bonus points that made the difference. There were no rounds where akilpio scored 100 points and I received bonus points, or the other way around.