New bracket that I'm proposing (sorry for poor photoshop):
Last Tourney Results:
http://challonge.com/uoj5php8
Why the current(GK) bracket doesn't make sense:
- http://freestyle2.gamekiss.com/news/notice/7574
- Rival (A) and Walkdead (A) lost to pce A and Intox B in the tournament. Why bring them back? GK is bringing back teams that actually LOST in the tournament, and taking away the opportunities of those who lost to SMF
- If the entire tournament is being redone solely on the basis of hackers, then why not bring back the teams that actually had to face SMF in the tourney?
Why this bracket works:
- Teams who lost to SMF are given a second chance at actually playing in the tournament.
- Completely based off of placements from last tournament
- Retains the top/bottom halves of the top 32 bracket
- Same length as current tourney brackets, but with only 2 additional BO1 series, ideally would be split in two days but can be done all in one
Rationale behind the bracket model:
- Each successive round will be similar to the challenger vs champion model, e.g.
Winner of first round will challenge those who made it to the third round of the last tournament
Winner of the second round will challenge those who made it to the finals of the last tournament
Finals will be the winners of the third round
- First round should only be BO1 as they are comprised of first/second round teams
Rationale for the teams in this bracket:
- Any team that was beaten by a legitimate team should not be in this tournament redo
- Seeding for first round is based on how far they progressed (2nd round team vs. 1st round team)
- Assault (B): lost in the second round against SMF (Top half)
- N O B L E: lost in the first round against SMF (Top half)
- pce (B): lost in the second round against SMF (Bottom half)
- Rival (B): lost in the first round against SMF (Botton half)
- VIP: lost in the top 8 against SMF
- dUP: lost in the top 8 against SMF
- pce A: lost in the top four against SMF
- Intoxicated B: lost in the top four against SMF
Rationale behind Saturday & Sunday matches:
- should be kind of obvious. Redoing an entire tournament for one day wouldn't make sense. Even mini tournaments weren't done only on one day, why redo a major tour in one day?
When should the Tournament games be played?
- IMHO, they should be played on July 22/23. Yes, pce and Intox were both given a heads up that their tournament matches might be redone but having other teams being included is a definite surprise. Those teams will need to prepare and clear their schedules to play in the tourney to even begin with. To run a tournament on the weekend of the 15th/16th is just too soon.
Last Tourney Results:
http://challonge.com/uoj5php8
Why the current(GK) bracket doesn't make sense:
- http://freestyle2.gamekiss.com/news/notice/7574
- Rival (A) and Walkdead (A) lost to pce A and Intox B in the tournament. Why bring them back? GK is bringing back teams that actually LOST in the tournament, and taking away the opportunities of those who lost to SMF
- If the entire tournament is being redone solely on the basis of hackers, then why not bring back the teams that actually had to face SMF in the tourney?
Why this bracket works:
- Teams who lost to SMF are given a second chance at actually playing in the tournament.
- Completely based off of placements from last tournament
- Retains the top/bottom halves of the top 32 bracket
- Same length as current tourney brackets, but with only 2 additional BO1 series, ideally would be split in two days but can be done all in one
Rationale behind the bracket model:
- Each successive round will be similar to the challenger vs champion model, e.g.
Winner of first round will challenge those who made it to the third round of the last tournament
Winner of the second round will challenge those who made it to the finals of the last tournament
Finals will be the winners of the third round
- First round should only be BO1 as they are comprised of first/second round teams
Rationale for the teams in this bracket:
- Any team that was beaten by a legitimate team should not be in this tournament redo
- Seeding for first round is based on how far they progressed (2nd round team vs. 1st round team)
- Assault (B): lost in the second round against SMF (Top half)
- N O B L E: lost in the first round against SMF (Top half)
- pce (B): lost in the second round against SMF (Bottom half)
- Rival (B): lost in the first round against SMF (Botton half)
- VIP: lost in the top 8 against SMF
- dUP: lost in the top 8 against SMF
- pce A: lost in the top four against SMF
- Intoxicated B: lost in the top four against SMF
Rationale behind Saturday & Sunday matches:
- should be kind of obvious. Redoing an entire tournament for one day wouldn't make sense. Even mini tournaments weren't done only on one day, why redo a major tour in one day?
When should the Tournament games be played?
- IMHO, they should be played on July 22/23. Yes, pce and Intox were both given a heads up that their tournament matches might be redone but having other teams being included is a definite surprise. Those teams will need to prepare and clear their schedules to play in the tourney to even begin with. To run a tournament on the weekend of the 15th/16th is just too soon.
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