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Special Cases for National Championship Formats

Occasionally scenarios arise at ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s national championships that are not covered by the tournament format guide. This page documents ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s practices in such unusual situations. It may be amended as new situations arise and are ruled upon.

• If two or more teams are to be ranked by record and then points per tossup heard, but are tied in both metrics, and it is necessary to break the tie (e.g. for playoff seeding), the next tiebreakers to be applied are the following metrics, in the following order:
  1. Power percentage, that is, powers divided by (powers plus 10-point tossups)
  2. Points per bonus
  3. Tossup percentage, that is, tossups answered per tossup heard
  4. Flip of a fair coin or equivalent random choice from a uniform distribution
• If two or more individuals are to be ranked by points per tossup heard and then power percentage, but are tied in both metrics, and it is necessary to break the tie (e.g. for individual awards), the next tiebreakers to be applied are the following metrics, in the following order:
  1. Tossup percentage, that is, tossups answered per tossup heard
  2. Flip of a fair coin or equivalent random choice from a uniform distribution
  Alternatively, the tournament director may choose to increase the number of individual awards being given. This may necessitate some winners receiving their awards later, in which case they will be shipped at ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s expense.

• Tiebreakers will be played according to the Tiebreaker Policy and these bracket schemes. If necessary, half-rounds (twelve tossup-bonus cycles, untimed) and/or third-rounds (eight cycles, untimed) will be used. Teams will be labeled “A,” “B,” … in descending order of points per tossup heard. These schemes are constructed so that any team can reach the top position, first-stage pairings are completely based on statistics, and each team that wins in the first stage will finish ahead of each team that loses in the first stage.

  Tiebreakers for trophies or overall placement will use the “full” schemes in that document; other schemes will be used as necessary at the determination of the tournament director.

• The determination of what packet(s) is (are) available for breaking any tie, or for any other purpose, is at the discretion of the tournament director.
• It is possible for the tournament director to declare that both teams involved in a game have lost the game by forfeit. This might happen, for instance, if both teams refuse to begin the game.