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I understand how the 3rd places came to be; no, they don't play. What I am pointing out is that the system allows for ties. The tournament results show both as 3rd place and rewards them as such. Therefore, it should show ties for two 1st places and reward as such. I didn't lose the game, nor did I ...

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FWIW, I just tied a championship game in Barenpark and was given 2nd place. We even tied Barenpark's tiebreaker. I don't understand it when they can award ties for other places like 3rd place? Why can't 1st place be a tie?

This just happened in an Orion Duel round robin tournament I was in where myself and the other top player won 13 out of 14 games. We both loss to someone different but in our match, I won the head-to-head. And yet, he ended up getting 1st Place. Makes no sense. Head-to-head, in this case, should be ...