Tournament formats

[MikeMadMonk]

Could somebody please tell me or point me in the direction of articles
that explain exactly and fully how the following formats work and
should be run:

A Repechage format

A Double Knockout format

A Progressive Consolation format

Thank you in advance,

Your roll of the dice !

MikeMadMonk
http://www.backpacker-backgammon.com

[Michael Crane]

This takes me back to my fencing days when I took fullest advantage of this
format :-)

Repechage (REP-eh-shazh) - A tournament format that allows fencers who lose
a direct elimination bout to contine through a table of other losers in
order to get back into the winner's bracket. (From the French for "This is
your last chance, don't blow it!")

This site goes into more detail:

http://www.rtpnet.org/ncusfa/repechage_explained.html

Michael

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[MikeMadMonk]

Dear Michael,

Thank you. But now I remember why I hated fencing! Could that link
have been any harder to understand? But now I'm en guarde so merci.

I'm still looking for a definitive write up of a Double Elimination
format and Progressive Consolation format if anybody else knows of
such a document.

Yours,

MikeMadMonk

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[Vivek Mittal]

For a double knockout format, have a look at the document at
http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/tournament_brackets.htm
Halfway down the page, it explains double elimination and gives examples
of brackets for upto 16 players.

The page at http://www.crowsdarts.com/brackets/tourn.html has
downloadable DE brackets for upto 32 players.

Cheers,
Vivek

[Back4U2 BBL]

"MikeMadMonk"

> I'm still looking for a definitive write up of a Double Elimination
> format and Progressive Consolation format if anybody else knows of
> such a document.
>
> Yours,
>
> MikeMadMonk

Double Elimination:

You are not out of the tournament, until you lost twice.
As long as you win, you stay in the upper bracket (just a single elimination
bracket that is).
If you keep on winning, you will finish to play the final of the tournament.

After your first lost, you go 'down' to the lower bracket (where all first
losers meet).
The round you lost your match in upper bracket will decide in what round you
'drop' into the lower bracket. To keep it easy: the more matches you win in
upper bracket, the more advanced you drop into the lower bracket when you
lose your first match there.
(when you lose a second match, you are out of the tournament)

The final of the Double Elimination is played between the winner of the
upper bracket (until now, this person did not lose yet) and the winner of
the lower bracket (lost one match, but won the others).
When the winner of the upper bracket wins that final match, he/she is the
winner of the tournament. _But_ when the winner of the upper bracket loses
that final match, there is a rematch to decide who finally will win the
tournament (remember: you are not out of the tournament, until you lose
twice).

(Progressive) consolation:

The concept is a bit like DE (Double Elimination). But the brackets ( upper
or 'main' and lower or 'consolation') are _seperated_.
As long as you win, you stay in the main bracket. After your first loss, you
drop to the consolation bracket (and can't win the main event anymore)
After your second loss, you are out of the tournament (unless.... third
chance bracket).
The brackets are seperated. Once you drop to consolation, you can not go
back to the main bracket anymore (that is reserved for the overall winner).
But you can win the consolation.

Progressive? Just means: points are going up from round(s) to round(s).
For example: 7 pts first round consolation, 9 pts second round matches, 11
pts .....

Nardy

[Adam Stocks]

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> Progressive? Just means: points are going up from round(s) to round(s).
> For example: 7 pts first round consolation, 9 pts second round matches, 11
> pts .....

The term 'progressive' refers to the fact that the point at which you drop
out of the Main event determines the point at which you enter the
Consolation event, as you described in the DE case. Likewise, in a
Non-Progressive Consolation event, all Main event losers (except the players
who won prize money, usually) enter the Consolation in it's first round.

Adam

[Cutie Kitty2]

ok well Adam I think your right but there really are no losers in a game
but when were involving politics I think your right

someone that wants to hep