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Help Me / Re: Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 30, 2013, 08:19:08 PM »

Thanks. I got it working. I did not have the <prizeConfig> element. It doesn't appear to matter whether <prizeLevels> comes before or after <levelSelection> as long as they're both inside <prizeConfig>.

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Help Me / Re: Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 30, 2013, 09:44:55 AM »

I pasted your second version of that section between the header and the PrizeLevels section. Is this correct?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  The Tournament Director
  Copyright 2004-2008 Corey Cooper
 -->
<levelSelection method="predefined">
    <predefined countBuyins="true" countRebuys="true" countAddOns="false" />
    <formula text="buyins + (totaladdons * 2)" />
</levelSelection>
<prizeLevels>
  <prizeLevel minPlayers="1" maxPlayers="8">
[...]

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Help Me / Re: Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 29, 2013, 10:22:02 PM »

Yes, version 3.0

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Help Me / Re: Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 29, 2013, 08:42:35 PM »

I don't seem to have the original file, and I'm getting an error when I try copying that section into my autoprizes file. It says there's an error at line 10, which is the last line of the copied portion you put in your post. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

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Help Me / Re: Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 21, 2013, 01:17:34 PM »

Ok, good to know, thanks. I'll probably use that even for regular tournaments too. Our players usually ask why we don't count the re-entries to determine how many spots get paid and I just say it's easier to use the automatic prizes which goes by the number of players only.

As for the satellite, it turned out to be a fairly easy work-around. I just created fixed prizes, and adjusted everything once the re-entry period was over. And I set my Prizes object in the layout to just say "1 in 5 wins $1600" during the re-entry period, and then display the prizes normally after the re-entry period closed.

In any case, glad to hear about the new enhancement. Thanks.

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Help Me / Satellite/Survivor Prize Configuration

« on: January 19, 2013, 07:56:12 PM »

We're playing a tournament where 1 out of every 5 entries (including re-entries) will receive 5x the buy-in. I'm having trouble figuring out how to set this up. As people re-enter, I'd like it to automatically calculate and show how many players will be getting paid, and how much the bubble player will receive if there's any leftover amount.

It seems though that the automatic prizes are based only on the number of players, not the number of entries. So if we get 16 players and 5 of them re-enter, that would be 21 entries, and would pay out one additional spot vs. the start of the tournament, even though the number of players is the same.

If I can work around that, I can figure something out with the config file, even if I have to set up a separate prize level for every unique number of players within the range we might realistically end up with.

Is there any way to accomplish this? If not, I guess I'll have to set it to not display the prizes until the re-entry period is over, and then set them up manually at that point.

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Help Me / Re: 7 Stud Layout Help

« on: May 07, 2009, 09:28:32 AM »

Good luck. If you have any more questions, just ask.

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Help Me / Re: 7 Stud Layout Help

« on: May 04, 2009, 08:14:25 AM »

It doesn't sound like you made any changes to the cells on your layout. First, I would use the small blind field for your bring-in. Then you'll want to get rid of the "Blinds" cell on your layout and replace it with cells for Limits (Stakes), Ante, and Bring-in. Just create a cell for the bring-in, make your text "bring-in" and then use the <smallblind> token. Essentially, it would look like:

Bring-in: <smallblind>

Hope that helps. Have fun. We do a couple HORSE tourneys a year, but sadly there are only a couple of guys in my group that would ever do an entire stud tourney.

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Help Me / Re: Points from Prizes and Points for Playing

« on: April 06, 2009, 01:45:05 PM »

I'm wondering if there's any way to show the points from the "bounty on" prizes separately in the Stats. I see a whole bunch of bounty-related columns, but none of them seem to be related to bounty prizes on specific players.

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Help Me / Re: Change Chop default values?

« on: April 03, 2009, 08:14:57 AM »

Sorry, I don't quite understand the question, but just curious... how big are your tournaments that you end up with 9-way chops?

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Help Me / Re: Points from Prizes and Points for Playing

« on: March 30, 2009, 06:02:46 AM »

Well, we did have a difference of opinion on this at first, but it was more about whether the points would be awarded at all if the player either won or chopped (i.e., was not knocked out). I was thinking they should be awarded, and we decided to go with that partly based on how TD handles it.

But I thought it only made sense that if we were going to award them, that the player could chop them. Unless some total restriction on chops has been imposed, I don't see why there should be any restriction on these particular points being split. From the standpoint of the other player, I'd argue that I'm entitled to a portion of those points since I'm foregoing the opportunity to win them.

In any case, what I did in the meantime was just another slight variation on your suggestions. I overrode the amount in the original prize, and created a 2nd prize for that bounty and overrode both the winner and the points. Since I already use the adjustments on the players tab to split the points for playing from the formula that are based on rank, I didn't want to lump these in with those. But I guess as long as I could use the Notes section to keep track of everything, I could simplify things a bit and just do it all on the players tab. Thanks.

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Help Me / Re: Points from Prizes and Points for Playing

« on: March 29, 2009, 11:18:53 AM »

I had this question answered for me last night. We had a 300 point bounty on our current season points leader. He and I were the final two and decided to chop at the end, slightly in my favor on the money and 50/50 on the points. However those 300 bounty points did not show up on the prize chop screen, they were just awarded to him.

First, just to confirm, are they supposed to, or would that only be for points awarded based on rank?

If not, then is there a way to adjust it other than on the "Edit Game Player" screen in the "Adjust points by" box? I'm trying to use the override on the prize itself but it doesn't seem like I can award the points to more than one player there. I'd prefer to do it in a way that keeps sort of a trail of what happened to the points. Thanks.

For now, my workaround will be to add another prize and make them both worth 150 points, and override the 2nd one to give myself those points. That will work if there's no better option.

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Help Me / Re: Points from Prizes and Points for Playing

« on: March 16, 2009, 02:08:24 PM »

Ok, thanks. I think we had a discussion a while ago about points from the points for playing formula not showing up in the chop screen. I assume based on what you explained to me then, that these points (since they're from prizes) WOULD show up in the chop screen, correct?

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Help Me / Re: Points from Prizes and Points for Playing

« on: March 16, 2009, 09:46:33 AM »

If there is a bounty on a particular player with a prize of some number of points, and that player wins the tournament, are the points automatically awarded to that player since no one knocked him out? What if that player (or multiple players with points bounties on them) is/are involved in a chop? Or are the points just lost since the knockout never actually occurs?

I'm planning on awarding additional points for knocking out the current points standings leaders in our upcoming season, just wondering how the software works by default.

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Help Me / Re: odd and even rounds the same

« on: March 15, 2009, 02:13:16 PM »

Just click on the even rounds tab and delete the property set.