Matrix again

[George Kennie]

Aw shucks!,  You would have to go and spoil my chances to give you a little
flak. Yup, you're right! I went back and read it again and it appears to be
from Guerin, but a little vague as to where you leave off and where he begins.
I think we can blame the publisher.
At any rate, my humble appologies, but I'm a little disappointed that I was
unable to catch you in a little snafu.
Mr.Kennie

Grow Pattern wrote:

> Mr. Kennie,
>                     You use my name in vain, yet again.
>
> Read your K-factor again and you will see that I am not the author of the
> Matrix article that you reference. It just followed my stuff.
>
> N.B. I sign my stuff.
>
> Mr. Henderson.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Kennie" <geobet at gis.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 2:18 PM
> Subject: Matrix again
>
> >I think that I must be missing something somewhere regarding the
> > implementation of the matrix system.
> > My understanding is that the intent of using a matrix is to
> > eliminate the condition where some poor bloke has to fly against
> > Chip or Jay or Quique every round, every day, thus ending up pushing
> > him further and further from the cut-off point by the end of
> > prelims.
> > My problem, as I read Mr. Henderson's column in the latest K-Factor,
> > is that he outlines a frequency matrix as follows: " Day #1, (A, B)
> > (C, D) (E, F) (G, H), Day #2 (A, C) (E, G) (B, D) (F, H), Day #3,
> > (A, B) (F, H) (C, D) (E, G)."
> > Once again, my understanding is that, in the interest of fairness,
> > noone should be required to fly against the same opponent more than
> > once, if at all possible, and yet if one studies the above quoted
> > matrix, it quickly becomes apparent that on Day #4 there are no less
> > than 4 of the frequency groups that have already competed against
> > each other, that being, (A, B) (F, H) (C, D) and (E, G).
> > Now I'm ready to acknowledge that there must be some other variable
> > that I'm not aware of that might influence the equation, however in
> > the event that it might have been an oversight, I would respectfully
> > offer the following arrangements as possible viable alternatives:
> > Day #1 ( A, B) (C, D) (E, F) (G, H), Day #2, (A, C) (B, D) (E, G)
> > (F, H), Day #3 (A, D) (B, H) (C, E) (F, G).
> > These groupings still fly before the same sets of judges as outlined
> > in the K-Factor article.Nothing has to change there. And if these
> > groupings are not to your liking, maybe the following would be more
> > suitable:  Day #1 (A, B) (C, D) (E, F) (G, H), Day #2 (A, H) (B, G)
> > (C, F) (D, E), Day #3 (A, E) (B, H) (C, G) (D, F),  and just to
> > round it out a little further, and increase the selection pool,
> > let's try the following:  Day #1 (A, B) (C, D) (E, F) (G, H),  Day
> > #2 (A, G) (B, F) (C, E) (D, H),  Day#3 (A, E) (B, H) (C, F) (D, G).
> > There you have it! Take your pick. Three choices where nobody
> > complains about the plight of being forced to compete against God
> > three days in a row, and how were they ever going to have a chance
> > in and unfair world.
> > Just thought I'd throw these options out in case anybody was
> > interested.
> > Georgie
> >
> >
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