The TWT - a peculiar event

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 152049

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bigdaddy999197" <Merlinsbeard at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> > As I remarked in a recent post, in the case of the Tri-Wizard 
> > Tournament, points seem to be largely irrelevant.
> > 
> > I have been mulling over the TWT and that fact is one of many 
> > which seem to add to the overall peculiarity of the contest.
> > <snip>
> > 
> > Looking at the question of points again, it is not normal for a 
> > competition which is effectively a knockout contest, where one 
> > person alone gets the prize at the end, to have aggregated points 
> > during its currency. <snip> 
> 
> 
> "bigdaddy999197":
> I don't see the TWT as a knockout tournament. The definition of a
> knockout tournament is if you lose you are out. That is not the case
> with the TWT. The champions continue whether they finish first or last
> in each event. That said, the point that is it a peculiar event
> stands. That whoever made it to the end of the maze won the tournment
> says the point totals, as well as the previous tasks, counted for
> nothing. 

Geoff:
It is a knockout event in the sense that there is only one winner. There is no runner-up; 
there is no gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal. Winner takes all.

That was the thrust of my argument. I take your point that I've perhaps used the wrong 
phrase.

I must go and hit myself over the head with a water jug......