494:414?
...and all other things being equal, the team with the most players wins....argue against that and you might as well go buy a sticker with 'I'm a dick' printed on it and then go stick it on yer nut....494:414?
Equal.
Not arithmetically, but in paintball terms
I'm doing Big Games since 1998, last year we had 938 players, this year we have 1155 already registered (Big Maneuvers, May 19) and I can say that such disbalance doesn't really makes the difference.
What really makes - the competent Command HQ, groups on the field carryinng out the orders, radio communication.
The side wich direct the 'troops' better got more chances to win, even if outnumbered.
I have statistics from all our games since 1998 (10 Big Paintball Maneuvers games, 12 River Crossing games plus 5 other games, all from 300+ players to 1000 players).
Do those figures include kills? Because I thought that you got 10 points for every kill and the North got 1700 and something kills and the South got 1400 and something? Which would leave you with a five figure number? Yes? No? Maybe?Ok we've had the official result, but here's the mathematical result, showing that had the sides been balanced, the south would have won!
Total number of players 908
North had 80 more players than the south, which means
North 494 players
South 414 players
Lets look at the North first:
Total points scored: 3247
Divided by Number of players (494) = 6.57 points scored by each player
South
Total points scored: 2523
divided by number of players (414) = 6.09 points scored by each player
The north had 8.1% more players on the field (494 x 8.1% = 40) and so they had 8.1% more chance of scoring points. Therefore we need to deduct 8.1% from the average score per player.
North average score 6.57 x 8.1% = .54 which brings their per person score down to 6.04 points per player This is .05 of a point less than the southerners average.
Therefore i conclude that mathematics prove that the South had the edge over the Northerners on the day.
Well done South
