I don't quite understand much of what you said so you'll have to elaborate a lot and probably attached a bracket of your own for reference. See notes below:
That's how proper bracket seeding is done in any seeded event. Whether it's pool or not. Not sure what you have an issue with?
I don't understand. It looks like you just copied and pasted the seeding results from my post?
I still don't understand. Everyone on the loser's side doesn't get paid? Why even have them in the tournament anymore if they can't win anything?
Sounds like modified single elimination and modified double elimination are the same? If not, please post a bracket so I understand what you're trying to say.
I totally agree with this. This is a major problem with random redraws.
Who would stack brackets like that and make them one bracket?
That's how proper bracket seeding is done in any seeded event. Whether it's pool or not. Not sure what you have an issue with?
If I ran that bracket, the finishing places would be:
First Place --------------- #1
Second Place ----------- #9
Third Place -------------- #2
Fourth Place ------------ #3 & #4
Sixth Place -------------- #5, #6, #7, #8
Tenth Place ------------- #10
Eleventh Place --------- #11 & #12
Thirteenth Place ------- #13, #14, #15, #16
I don't understand. It looks like you just copied and pasted the seeding results from my post?
In other words, anyone who gets knocked out in the one-loss side finishes lower than everyone who gets knocked out on the winner's side, and all payouts go to those knocked out on the winner's side.
I still don't understand. Everyone on the loser's side doesn't get paid? Why even have them in the tournament anymore if they can't win anything?
APA uses modified single elimination brackets, meaning a single-elimination bracket modified so that there are no one-and-dones. That's so that people don't travel possibly hundreds or thousands of miles just to get knocked out in their first match. This is a modified double elimination bracket, meaning double elimination modified to shorten the tournament. Match-wise, they are equivalent, but terminology-wise they are not. In modified double, something has been taken away, while in modified single, something has been added.
Why use a modified single elimination bracket instead of a double elimination bracket? The only reason is that it's faster. In this case, three or four rounds faster, at an hour or more per round. In a team event, where each round could be five hours, the time difference is measured in DAYS.
Sounds like modified single elimination and modified double elimination are the same? If not, please post a bracket so I understand what you're trying to say.
One more thing - a redraw in the middle of a tournament increases the chances that opponents could meet for a second time earlier than they otherwise would. In this case, the #1 seed could beat #16 in match 25, then lose to them in the next round.
I totally agree with this. This is a major problem with random redraws.
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