Board Game Arena

Hi,
I logged this as a bug, but I think it will get more attention here. When playing a Swiss tournament recently with an odd number of people, every round someone got a bye. That person has their opponents average ELO set to 0, no matter how many other games they play - so they always lose the second tiebreaker. This seems like aberrant behavior.

Vote up this bug: https://de.boardgamearena.com/#!bug?id=7987

I've noticed this problem too. I wonder why the developers couldn't reproduce it. They would just need to take part in a couple of tournaments.

I personally don't even see this as a problem. A bye gets you a win so it ties you with someone that won a game. If 2 people are tied and 1 played their games out and 1 had a bye then the one that played every game and earned their wins instead of having 1 of them by the luck of the draw should win the tiebreaker.

kingneal wrote:I personally don't even see this as a problem. A bye gets you a win so it ties you with someone that won a game. If 2 people are tied and 1 played their games out and 1 had a bye then the one that played every game and earned their wins instead of having 1 of them by the luck of the draw should win the tiebreaker.

Come to think of it, you are absolutely right, Kingneal. It is actually a clever feature, if it was indeed meant that way. There should be a manual to explain how the tournaments work in general.