> I don't know for sure.  But I'm assuming they are taking some
> additional time to views of the matches that are more suitable for
> general consumption that the trace file.  IIRC, they created .avi
> video files of the collegiate matches and a representation of the
> brackets.   I'm hoping they are doing the same thing for our contest.

> Anyway, I could use the time to get back to learning app development
> on the Droid platform. :-)

> On Feb 13, 11:34 pm, spongman <pie...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > i wonder why it takes so long?

> > there are 56 contestants. which means 111 rounds in a double-
> > elimination tournament.

> > My 3-year old machine can run 111 matches in about 3 minutes. but even
> > at single-threaded real-time (111 matches * 900 turns * .1 seconds * 2
> > players) it would take less than 6 hours.

> > On Feb 13, 8:17 pm, masato12610 <jimthompson5...@aol.com> wrote:

> > > They updated the home page with a message that says, "The first
> > > preliminary results will be posted Wednesday, February 15th."  I guess
> > > we  just have to be patient.

> > > On Feb 13, 11:04 pm, Nooch <gdun...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > Any idea when we can see results? Is there another place to look for
> > > > the results?

> > > > On Feb 13, 2:28 am, Sterling West <tilonresp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > > I've been curious about this as well, but I suppose we'll find out
> > > > > soon enough,

> > > > > On Feb 10, 1:47 pm, masato12610 <jimthompson5...@aol.com> wrote:

> > > > > > How is the initial seedings (pairing of players) for the Final
> > > > > > Tournament determined?

> > > > > > Is it random?

> > > > > > Or do the results of the practice matches factor into the seeding?