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by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

the web-based script does look good but it won't work in a scout hut unless someone had mobile internet... As I'm writing it I'm thinking about two solutions to that: 1) Ignoring the problem. The existing paper solution and spreadsheet solve this situation elegantly with little need to change anyth...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

I believe I've now fixed all outstanding issues. The losers/winners trees appears to be implemented and working and it now understands the concepts of 'teams'. You can't, at the moment, enter new team names.
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:59 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

Note to testers: I've broken something trying to fix 'winners' and 'losers' brackets. By all means play but the match 'elections' are currently broken. Teams were definitely already in my mind, that's not a problem at all. Randomising the matches was deliberate, otherwise as you say someone could 'g...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:31 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

I have no doubt but that is OK when the events are held in schools and universities, with lots of tech help, but many evants are run in village halls and scout huts with no access to projectors or little more than a laptop. We are in danger of making the running of AWS events to complex for individ...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:16 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

Call me a Luddite but I still think the paper charts gave good visibility of both fights had and those to come. With each group on a seperate A3 sheet it is large enough to be seen an updated. With HTML and CSS I can make this as big as a projector can project and it's dynamically updated (currentl...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

That is indeed what is happening, in that everyone has two "lives", however double elimination normally has players split into "winners" and "losers" streams. Everyone starts in the winners stream, in which they can only fight other people in the winners (until the gra...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

Oops, you were right. In one of my edits the losers weren't biased.

All other things equal the losers get more matches, otherwise it's random.
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:54 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

Currently, it doesn't appear to be separating the Winners and Losers side of Double Elimination. In fact, after the first 4 fights are done, it appears to randomize who is fighting who from the pool of players remaining. That's correct, but it should bias the same way. i.e. Losers should have more ...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:44 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

Re: How to run a better AWS?

OK, here we go. What I've done is knocked up a quick demo of a web interface. The calculations and maths are hidden behind the scenes in PHP and SQL stored functions. The intent of the design was to allow several interfaces to be run in parallel (a scoreboard, an 'upcoming matches' display, the admi...
by StuartL
Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:56 am
Forum: Events
Topic: New event management software
Replies: 21
Views: 16571

New event management software

Note: This first post was originally a response to the first post of the "How to run a better AWS?" thread http://robotwars101.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2018 From the discussions following AWS40 it seems we can improve on how we run the AWS. This is no criticism of Will and his te...