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Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Aug 14, 2007 11:28 PM UTC:
I'm ok with any of the previously mentioned options, but I think starting a new tournament is preferable to continuing this one, which is on life support at best.  It has gone on so long, that it is almost certain that several players will drop out (if they haven't already,) and then a lot of games being won by default (which is certainly not ideal.)  And a 19-game tournament is pretty long, and we've only completed one game.  And maybe there are new players who didn't get in on this one.  I think it makes sense to reevaluate.

I like the BYO idea with only one reservation - what if an inventor includes one of his own games that is considered incomprehensible by the other players?  I would suggest a second step to curtail this.  After everyone selects the one game they would like to include, there is a brief period in which a player may raise an objection to a game on the basis that it is too difficult or impossible to play.  If someone seconds the motion, it is put to a vote and if 50% or more of the players feel that the game is beyond their capability to play in a reasonable manner, then the game is removed and the person must select another.  This idea is a 2-step process, as the games for this tournament were selected in a 2-step process, (which I think is almost necessary), but this is a much simpler and faster process that the previous method.  And it would be my opinion that a game should not be objected to simply because you don't really like it - you should only object if you feel you cannot play the game, maybe because it has hundreds of pieces, maybe because the rules are 20 pages long, or maybe because it is 6-dimensional and has time travel.

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