November 2011 Oceanic Challenge

TrozOz, on Nov 24 2011 - 02:54, said: Perhaps a solution to get around this is to guarantee the current 'winners' the 8000 gold each that first place was to receive. Then hold the 'playoffs' to get a solution that 'feels right' and award prizes accordingly. If the current winners get first place, there's no harm done. If they don't (especially if its because their team can't make the new, last minute timings due to work or other real life concerns etc) then they aren't disadvantaged by the sudden change of rules. At worse, it simply 'costs' wargaming a few thousand gold - something that doesn't actually cost them anything to make anyway.
A question though - what are your plans if the same situation happens again - namely when one team progresses and the other two teams draw? Perhaps for probity purposes it might be worth posting up the rules etc prior to the round commencing this time.