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From BBO upgrade announcement: Write +SECTIONSIZE=X+ in tournament description. (Where X is the number of tables).
Not sure why i would want this -- max size is still 15 tables?
If 30 tables, i could now split into 3 sections of 10 instead of (2) at 15 ? but why would i ?
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new hack for section size ?
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Posted 2020-September-21, 11:48
Keene_JP, on 2020-September-21, 11:46, said:
From BBO upgrade announcement: Write +SECTIONSIZE=X+ in tournament description. (Where X is the number of tables).
Not sure why i would want this -- max size is still 15 tables?
If 30 tables, i could now split into 3 sections of 10 instead of (2) at 15 ? but why would i ?
Not sure why i would want this -- max size is still 15 tables?
If 30 tables, i could now split into 3 sections of 10 instead of (2) at 15 ? but why would i ?
I want to run a MItchell movement, 11 rounds of 2 boards, with 16+ tables with no playbacks. If 16 gets split now I get playbacks.
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Posted 2020-September-21, 12:21
Keene_JP, on 2020-September-21, 11:46, said:
From BBO upgrade announcement: Write +SECTIONSIZE=X+ in tournament description. (Where X is the number of tables).
Not sure why i would want this -- max size is still 15 tables?
Not sure why i would want this -- max size is still 15 tables?
No, maximum size is not 15 tables. In the EBU our sections are 50 tables.
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Posted 2020-September-21, 14:12
confused. today we had 30 tables -- was automatically split into 2 sections each of 15. I thought i had earlier read somewhere in BBO docs that 15 was max size. If can go beyond 15 tables per section by using this hack, then i understand. For example, for smaller game, 16 tables is a pain if it splits into (2) sections of 8. Much nicer at full 16.
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Posted 2020-September-21, 16:26
I just want to know what the hack even means.
For example, if I specify section size of 10, and get 24 tables ... do I get two sections of 12 or three sections of 8?
For example, if I specify section size of 10, and get 24 tables ... do I get two sections of 12 or three sections of 8?
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Posted 2020-September-21, 17:02
I don't know how all of this works. I do know that people gripe about hitting all the A pairs in their set of 6-of-15 in the section, playing 6x3, and having the winners playing none of the A pairs in their 6. I assume this tries to avoid that problem, so that the section sizes can approximate the round count.
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Posted 2020-September-22, 09:05
Prior to this change, there were just two options for maximum section sizes: the normal 15 tables, or "large" sections up to 50 tables. The choice was a setting at the organization level; EBU has the flag set for large sections.
Now if you use the new option for a specific tourney, it overrides this organization-wide setting.
Note that most sections will actually be smaller than this maximum; if you have a 60 table game with +SECTIONSIZE=20+, it will actually create 4 sections with 15 tables rather than 3 sections with 20. This will be fixed in the next server update, but for now you generally should add 1 to your desired section size.
Now if you use the new option for a specific tourney, it overrides this organization-wide setting.
Note that most sections will actually be smaller than this maximum; if you have a 60 table game with +SECTIONSIZE=20+, it will actually create 4 sections with 15 tables rather than 3 sections with 20. This will be fixed in the next server update, but for now you generally should add 1 to your desired section size.
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