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The best reason is probably that that would result in the possibility of even more ties in final placings at tournaments. Also, the goal of the game is to rescue 5 Lost Souls before your opponent does. If you tie 5-5, you didn't do that.

Finally, the software that some hosts use to track tournament scoring is already set up to have 5-5 = 1.5 pts for each person. A change to the rules would require a change to the software, which might take longer than you or I would think. I don't envision too many changes in the scoring system being implemented in the near future.

If the game ends and two players have the same score, be it 5-5 or 0-0 or any number in between, it's a tie.

Ah...the game is a foot Trebeck.  Oh I'll play your game you Rogue!   

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Quote from: Professoralstad on July 30, 2010, 05:52:02 PM

The best reason is probably that that would result in the possibility of even more ties in final placings at tournaments. Also, the goal of the game is to rescue 5 Lost Souls before your opponent does. If you tie 5-5, you didn't do that.

Finally, the software that some hosts use to track tournament scoring is already set up to have 5-5 = 1.5 pts for each person. A change to the rules would require a change to the software, which might take longer than you or I would think. I don't envision too many changes in the scoring system being implemented in the near future.

Regarding the software, is it supposed to award 3 points to first and 0 points to second in a 3-person multi-player game, 3 points to first and 1 point to second in a 4-person multi-player game, and 3 points to first with 2 points to second in a 5-person multi-player game? That's what it does, but I wanted to confirm that's what is supposed to happen. Thanks!

That is correct. The number of points is always equal to the number of players, and the winner always gets three points (as long as the winner got five Redeemed Souls). The rest of the points are always divided among everyone who tied for second.

What gets really hairy is when there are timeout wins/ties. I'm pretty sure the point distributions are listed somewhere, but I'm not quite sure where.

Hey,

Question for a Redemption Elder -   What is the goal of the game?  to beat your opponent or to rescue 5 LS's?

The rulebook says: The player with the most Redeemed Souls wins.

That and the Grapes of Wrath ruling regarding "most" should answer your question

I'm pretty sure the table with all of the possible Multiplayer game results and point distributions is on one of the extra pages in the tournament tracker spreadsheet.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

The number of points is always equal to the number of players, ...

In a 2-player game, this would not be true. In an "always, sometimes, never" scenario, "always" can not have any exceptions. But you already knew that, and I am just giving you a hard time for no apparent reason. I was bored. 

In retrospect, I would never want to be an editor or language arts teacher. The result is not nearly worth the effort.

I'm pretty sure the table with all of the possible Multiplayer game results and point distributions is on one of the extra pages in the tournament tracker spreadsheet.

Just to point out, that there is some problem with this spreadsheet.  I don't remember now what it was, but it came up at MW Regionals.  Basically it was a T2-mp game with a timeout.  I think it ended up something like 4-3-3-2 and the tracker spreadsheet gave the same number of victory points to the guy who finished 4th as to the 2 guys who finished tied for 2nd.  Anyway, I think that spreadsheet needs to be looked at again sometime.

Not only is it correct, I think that's really the only way it can be. It avoids so many convoluted point distribution possibilities, and boils it down to a handful of simple principles.