[] March Smashness (1v1 Tournament)

I'm confused; why are there so many byes? Wouldn't it make sense just to pair everyone up, and at most have 1 bye?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Slash

Nutty, if that happens then there will probably be like a 1 v 1 v 1 at the end or something of the sort.

and since theres more than 16 and less than 32, it'd have to be run with a starting field of 32.

since

24 people would move to 12
12 people would move to 6
and then 6 people would turn to 3. That wouldn't work well for a 1v1

Indeed (to Tritoch's reply). It's more fair to have either 1v1v1 at the end, or have them play a Round Robin, than give 7 people a free pass in the first round.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Slash

Who cares? It balances itself out anyways if someone loses they'll more than anything face a bye and then skate through for another round. Just deal with it or quit the tournament we're all just trying to have fun and EVERYONE wanted it to be 1v1 so there.

Slow down there, Sparky. I'm not threatening to quit in a huff or anything. I just want to know Chaotic's logic here, since giving 9 people (7 + Slicky and Black Mage) a free pass seems out of left field, as opposed to settling whatever numerical inconsistencies exist in the final round.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Seeing the filled in bracket (with the explanation of how the double elimination works) helps me understand this a little better. I'm still not comfortable with the byes, but I'm not sure how you'd keep track of the double elimination without some sort of complicated set-up like this.

I like how Sparky's getting all upset about this when all I was looking for was a little clarification. Take some Ambien and sleep it off.

How ya doing, buddy?

Ok, one more question about the bracket. Using your filled in example, Chaotic made it all the way to the end of the winners' bracket without losing a single match. Let's say Kairyu wins the losers' bracket. Since he's already lost once, would he have to beat Chaotic in two straight matches to win? Otherwise, the winners' bracket wins by default, since they have one loss to fall back on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Basil wins 3-1. Time to get to know the loser bracket a bit better.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

A heads up to Sprouticus and anyone else I have to face: I'm going out of town on Tuesday, and won't be back until Friday. I'll be available tomorrow night from 7-11, but anything after that will have to wait until the weekend.

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