awesum4 wrote:Fogman,
is the table correct? I am playing Deadtorius twice, Batesmotel once, and not playing you at all. Same thing happening for Batesmotel and yourself.
Andre
You challenge Deadtorius twice and Batesmotel once but you will be challenged twice by me and once by Batesmotel. Therefore you will play each other player twice.
Explanations:
The first table tells you to challenge Deadtorius for Breitenfeld, Batesmotel for Luetzen, and Deadtorius for Noerdlingen, not as a paired game but as single game where you, as challenger, are pro-imperial. You can also see that Batesmotel will challenge you for Breitenfeld, and Fogman will challenge your for Luetzen and Noerdlingen, both of whom, as challengers, will be pro-imperial. So there will be 6 games for you, 3 as pro-imperial (which you initiate) and 3 where you are Swedish (which you receive); also, you will be playing each other player twice singly (ie not in the same battle).
The second table is basically the same information presented differently. Here the first named player is the challenger (and therefore pro-imperial). So for Breitenfeld, you can check that you have to challenge Deadtorius and be challenged by Batesmotel. As such you will be playing Breitenfeld as Pro-Imperial vs Deadtorius, and as Swedish vs Batesmotel. This is what is called asymmetrical mirror games since you don't play against the same person on both sides of the same battle. This table checks that each player will play each battle against two different opponents, once as pro-imperial, once as swedish.
The third table is again sorting the information to show you what battles you play against a particular player. You can check that each player will play 6 games. Against Batesmotel, you will play Breitenfeld and Luetzen; against Deadtorius, it's Breitenfeld and Noerdlingen; against Fogman, it's Luetzen and Noerdlingen. This table is the final check against errors.
It's a sophisticated system aimed at minimizing the number of games while making sure that each player will play each of the battle from both sides. True mirror games where paired games are used for every battle against every player would result in doubling the number of games.
