In February 2015, we hosted a Creators Invitational on KGS among 8 brilliant Go streamers:
Now it’s our time to make a larger and better tournament on OGS! Over the past two months of organizing, we have assembled 32 of the best teachers, streamers and figures in the online Go community; they have contributed great content in various formats, and we are proud of the achievements they have made over the years!
This tournament, hosted by @xhu98 and @108, will start in June 2015. All games will be scheduled and played live on OGS; feel free to cheer for your favorite content creators, and feel free to embrace the unique excitement of Go!
To find out about the format, draw, live scores and player profiles, please visit our website at http://www.peanutgo.org/2015ci.
Since this has round robin pools, how are you breaking ties? The only way I see is to go against the standard of “51% of the board is the same as 100% of the board,” and it could get even more awkward with people resigning.
@Plunder - Peter is playing in the tournament. Maybe we will consider Guo Juan’s Internet Go School as a potential sponsor as the event goes on!
@kamoro - We will break ties by calculating the sum of winning margins (Resignation, points, etc.) If that doesn’t work, we will take SOS and SODOS into consideration.
People resigning from tournaments will automatically forfeit their games. We do have great prizes for the top 8 places, so I think our participants are willing to compete for those!
I think resolving ties using SOS and SODOS would be best. Different playing styles tend to yield different scores. Would it really be fair for a player with a peaceful playing style who excels at counting and wins by 5-6 points to miss the cut over an aggressive player who wins by resignation? In both cases a win was obtained, but is winning one way really worth less than the other?
If we’re looking for the players who played best in the Group Division to advance, then SOS and SODOS would be the fairest option.
Is SOS even possible as a tie breaker in a round robin? I would think if everyone plays everyone, than two people of the same score would have the same SOS, meaning you would have to go by SODOS.
Maybe we will consider Guo Juan’s Internet Go School as a potential sponsor as the event goes on!
