2v2 Aggony Invitational

[AggonyKing]

this is now a 20 team tourney to allow for more clans. still on planning stages though :)

[TinCow]

this is now a 20 team tourney to allow for more clans. still on planning stages though :)

Just FYI, using 20 teams instead of 16 will result in 12 teams getting a first round bye match:

[AggonyKing]

is that the way the bracket works? hmm how much different is it for clans where you need to sign up a team and individual players?

[xploring]

You can have round-robin group matches before the elimination final(s). Say two group of ten and the first two of each group go through to semi-finals. Everyone will play a lot more matches though, which will be more enjoyable for the first-round losers, but probably harder to organize. You can also have more groups to reduce the number of matches but seeding will probably be needed then and that can be subjective/inaccurate. (For example, 4 groups of 5, but if 2 strong clans are put into the same group, one can be eliminated early.)

[TinCow]

is that the way the bracket works? hmm how much different is it for clans where you need to sign up a team and individual players?

It's not just this bracket, it's any bracket. If you deviate from the multiples 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, etc. you will get an uneven bracket. There is no mathematical way to have a perfectly even bracket with any numbers other than those. If you really want 20, that's fine. You can specifically explain to people that 8 teams will have to play an extra match. Since the bracket will assign spots randomly, everyone has the same odds of getting a first round bye.

If you want to make it a bit more interesting, you could compensate for the extra rounds by making it a double elimination tournament instead of a single. In a double elimination, losing a single match does not put you out of the running. Instead, all losing teams in the main bracket goes to a second bracket to compete. The winner of the main bracket plays the winner of the second bracket in the final. So, you're only eliminated from the tournament when you lose TWICE, not once. Our system has this kind of tournament as an option and will do all the assignments itself as the win/losses are reported. That said, the tournament will have twice as many rounds for the same number of people, so it will take longer. This is what that kind of bracket looks like:

[qwidiumAG]

hi,whitch clans will be invited? when will start?

[AggonyKing]

hmm well initially when i made the tourney it only allowed me to add even slots, but now i see i can also add odd slots. so if I add lets say 21, would that fix the need for a "bye" round?

[TinCow]

hmm well initially when i made the tourney it only allowed me to add even slots, but now i see i can also add odd slots. so if I add lets say 21, would that fix the need for a "bye" round?

No. You would just change the number of people with a bye round. You cannot avoid bye rounds completely unless you have exactly 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, etc.

[AggonyKing]

ah I see ^_^ well I can do the same thing and add fake bye players right?

[TinCow]

ah I see ^_^ well I can do the same thing and add fake bye players right?

No need, the system automatically adds the bye players itself when the bracket is uneven.