Welcome to the 3rd Season of the BSFL!
There's also a slight change in how we'll calculate the freebet round winners.
First criteria will be total points, and only the best answer in the league will be able to claim the H2H point.
Second criteria will be all the H2H duels in that round between the tied players. If the player already claimed a point for the best answer in the league in a H2H question, that one will not be counted.
These two changes of First criteria and Second criteria in regards to best answer kind of contradict each other and disadvantages whoever gets the best answer correct
Perhaps my question should be what is the best answer here ??
Nah, you misunderstood.
The rule just says that if you already won a point in the H2H question (not against your direct opponent, but against the whole league in the freebet competition), you cannot claim that point once again.
Imagine it like this - there's a H2H Dota question. You have the best answer in the whole Division.
Your round opponent had a worse answer and you win a point in your H2H duel.
You have 5 points in total for the freebets, which is the best result in the league but another player has 5 points as well. Considering that you won a point already with the Dota H2H question that brought you up to 5 points, when we compare your H2H questions, we won't take the Dota one in consideration - because it already brought you 1 point there.
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Regarding the tagging - we have to plan to be at home on Tuesdays afternoon to do that - which is not always easy. We did it for 2 seasons to make the competition fair and engaging, but now we feel that you should already have a feel for it and simply set up your own reminders.
Make a recurring weekly Tuesday phone alarm at 3 PM called BSFL and you'll probably never forget to submit.
From the organization standpoint, it's also more fair to write it as an instant loss. It's the same for everybody, goal difference won't be affected, we don't have to hide people's answers etc.
We hope you'll be submitting on time, the competition rewards are really good, freebets are always an extra incentive so there are a lot of reasons for you to do that. Now you're even incentivized to submit early because it gives a small edge for the freebet win.