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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, May 5, 2010 01:59 AM UTC:
In looking over the previous games to decide who will play whom in the next round, I noticed that I assigned two games of Euchess to the same pair of players. This inflated the scores of the player who won both games, who is in fact the only player to win two games of Euchess so far, and possibly deflated the scores of the other player, who might have been able to win against another opponent. It is my intention to assign you different opponents for each game each round. So if I fail to do that, please let me know.

Since Tom is the injured party here, I'll let him decide what would be  best here. One option is to do nothing. As a consequence of these scores, Jose will be paired against a stronger opponent, in fact the creator of Euchess, while Tom will be paired against someone who has lost both his games of Euchess.

Another option is to include some extra games of Euchess, and let these games replace the extra one Tom and Jose played. The incentive for the other players would be the opportunity to earn an extra win. Tom would be paired with someone who has lost twice, and Jose would be paired with someone who has lost once and won once.

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