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I will keep as it is for this contest. We need to abide by the rules. But I will review it for the next contest, probably lowering weight of initial rounds where is harder to see a surprising result and more likely to end up the match in 3 sets.
Picking underdogs, unless you really believe in them, only really makes sense in bracket-type challenges, because then you benefit from being right for multiple rounds.
There is some reasoning behind picking underdogs as they may perform better in certain surfaces or head to head against some players.
True, plus there's the logic of pot-odds. If everyone is taking the favorite, then there's an advantage to taking the contrarian position.
It also starts making a lot of sense as a come-from-behind strategy.
Ahh, the losers' appeal for rule changes. A fundamental part of sport.
Sometimes sports need to adjust rules to protect the integrity of the game. You have found a good strategy. Pat yourself on the back but what kind of contest would it be if everyone just followed your strategy because it works so well. We would all be tied heading into the final and some sort of tiebreaker would have to determine the winner. If that is the case we could have just skipped the entire contest and just had everyone enter a winner, sets and tiebreaker for the final.
It's up to carresan. His show. I merely make suggestions.
That assumes this is the actual optimal strategy.
What I've been expecting someone to do is take it as a starting point and then improve upon it by applying actual knowledge of the sport.
We have to acknowledge that you have done well but I would like to review it once it finishes...
That's fine. I'll just keep reminding everyone that the rules had to be changed to stop me.
Thanks for the feedback!
@Carresan time to consider a scoring system change to throw off those that choose to exploit your fine contest.