Re: Simple Contest Variant

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:00:46 +0100

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:28:38 +0100 (BST), Alex Ferguson <abf_at_...> wrote:

>> Hmm, 10 vs. 5 loses more often than it wins, due to the "both
>> contestants lose" phenomenon;
>
>Oops, I see your point. I have a nasty feeling I might have
>been "miscounting" those as a "tie". (But then, that's how I'd
>play it, cos I think it makes more sense... Opinions?)

In terms of losing/gaining Bonus/Edge I'd treat it as a tie (no effect), but in terms of getting anything out of it it's a dead loss :-)

Wulf