Eleventh Dueling Bracket & Results

[Banshee7]

BE, I'm curious as to why so many 1st round duels get a bye?  Is it due to the way the bracket is formulated?  If there are an even number of players, there shouldn't be any byes, especially since there's no ranking or seeding system, but that's just my way of thinking.  Can you clarify this for me?

[BaldEagl]

BE, I'm curious as to why so many 1st round duels get a bye?  Is it due to the way the bracket is formulated?  If there are an even number of players, there shouldn't be any byes, especially since there's no ranking or seeding system, but that's just my way of thinking.  Can you clarify this for me?

It's because there have to be an equal number of winners and losers in each round.  To get to two finalists four have to fight.  To get to four eight have to fight.  To get to eight sixteen have to fight and so on... 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and that's as big as the bracket's ever been. 

As soon as one of those numbers is exceeded I have to move to the next bigger bracket and openings are created until it fills up.  As soon as there are openings there are byes.  I could choose to match everyone in week one but that would just push the byes to a later date so I choose to get them out of the way as early as possible.

[Banshee7]

It's because there have to be an equal number of winners and losers in each round.  To get to two finalists four have to fight.  To get to four eight have to fight.  To get to eight sixteen have to fight and so on... 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and that's as big as the bracket's ever been. 

As soon as one of those numbers is exceeded I have to move to the next bigger bracket and openings are created until it fills up.  As soon as there are openings there are byes.  I could choose to match everyone in week one but that would just push the byes to a later date so I choose to get them out of the way as early as possible.

That's kind of what I was thinking.  That's how we do our baseball brackets.  That was a dumb question on my part. Lol

[BaldEagl]

That was a dumb question on my part. Lol

No, it wasn't.  It's been asked before.

That's why I guarantee the first 32 players to sign up a spot in the tournament but won't open the 64 player bracket until 40 players have signed up.  I do that so at least half the players signing up get a first round duel but with half getting a duel that leaves 2/3 of the brackets (the other half of the players) getting a bye.  Once past week one everyone in the upper bracket is dueling although losers in the first round potentially face the remaining open slots from the upper, week one byes, in the first round lower bracket.  That was a problem I hadn't anticipated being only the second time I've run double elimination and will look into for the next tournament.

I'm always looking for ways to make the tournament better so any comments and suggestions are apprecieted and at least considered.

[TwinTail]

Looking forward to our duels Suns, PM is sent.

[TequilaChaser]

TC I shot a message back, but im using my cell phone.  Let me know if you got it or not.

Heya Lazer,  yes sir, I got your PM and replied to it

Lets shoot for Thursday night 9:300 PM EST ( my time )/ 8:30 PM CST  your time........

just reply back to me if this works for you.....

looking forward to our match, its been a long time since we have flown against each other in these AW skies   

TC

[katanaso]

Heya Lazer,  yes sir, I got your PM and replied to it

Lets shoot for Thursday night 9:300 PM EST ( my time )/ 8:30 PM CST  your time........

just reply back to me if this works for you.....

looking forward to our match, its been a long time since we have flown against each other in these AW skies   

TC

Lazer, you have him thinking he's back in AW.  Your plan is working!



Heya TC!  <S>

[DmonSlyr]

Violator, the best times for me this week are evenings after about 9:30 PM central time starting Tuesday.  Let me know what works for you. 

Any day is fine, I'll be on around then. I'm guessing  that is 10:30 eastern time for me?? So I'll keep a look out and you do the same!

[TequilaChaser]

Lazer, you have him thinking he's back in AW.  Your plan is working!



Heya TC!  <S>

LOL Mir!!!
these dang smartphones, should  actually be called "dumbphones" , because the auto-correct spelling
seldomly works like it should... it should have been AH .... instead of AW ....

TC

[Lazerr]

TC can we make it 9pm CST so i have some time to get warmed up?

I remember some awesome fights between us in KOTH, and am looking forward to this. 

[BluBerry]

PM sent to STXAce8

[Lazerr]

Lazer, you have him thinking he's back in AW.  Your plan is working!



Heya TC!  <S>

Hope that gives me the edge in the fights, Im going to need it. 

[TequilaChaser]

TC can we make it 9pm CST so i have some time to get warmed up?

I remember some awesome fights between us in KOTH, and am looking forward to this. 

Sure Lazer, 9pm cst will be fine.... I probably could use some warmup practice myself, I'm getting    rofl...

catch ya online in the DA, Thursday night.... This should be a blast

Cheers

TC

[DmonSlyr]

4fox v violator

P47n violator
F6f 4fox
Ki84 violator
Spit1 4fox
109f 4fox

Great flying. Nice E management. (S)

[JOACH1M]

Spit 1- Latrobe  the inverted stall killed me lol
Spit9 -Joachim
109g2- Latrobe nice shot here ended me quick
109k4- Joachim
109G6- Latrobe


Nice job and nice flying! Hope to see you again!