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Originally Posted by John
But math is hard.
Why can't the game go 1-2-3-win? This 15-30-40-win stuff is taxing to the brain.  Damn Wikipedia doesn't even give me the origin of the odd scoring system so I can act intelligent for a change. |
Good thing the Cavalry blazed in.
Here, and
here.
And a shaky explanation for the missing points - we know all about those, don't we? - can be found
here.
Still, don't discount Wikipedia so quickly, it also sticks its oar in as you can read
here.