Warrior General Games

Bracket can be found here:

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=385222

Seeding and byes were done randomly. Each of the teams were assigned a random number using a random number generator and then teams were placed in brackets and given byes based upon those numbers.

WARNING - make sure you leave a scrimmage slot open. If we can not schedule a game in a reasonable amount of time (within 3-4 days of completion of previous game) we will be forced to make your team forfeit.

NOTE - do not schedule games, GLB will schedule them for you.

What exactly is the reason for all the first round byes? Why wouldn't you just have some of those teams play each other?

How random is it that two teams with the same name both get byes to play each other in the middle of the bracket?

Should play everyone in a first round game with some winning teams getting a bye in the second round to help even out the bracket.

Originally posted by moepoker
What exactly is the reason for all the first round byes? Why wouldn't you just have some of those teams play each other?

You can't - it wouldn't fill out the brackets if you didn't have the first round byes the proper way. You basically have to take the total number of teams entered, take the overage from 64 (so if there were 85 teams entered, the overage would be 21), multiply that overage by two to get the non-bye # of participants (so if 21, would be 42). Subtract that number to get the number of first round byes (85=42 = 43). The 42 teams playing would reduce to 21 giving us 64 participants. People complained that we didn't let everyone in last year, so we're doing it this way to ensure everyone has an opportunity to play. I don't have time to do seeding for 20 different tournaments so random is what it's going to be.

Who cares anyways? The best team will win, no 1 cares/ remember who comes 3rd. Good job Catch!

Originally posted by Catch22

WARNING - make sure you leave a scrimmage slot open. If we can not schedule a game in a reasonable amount of time (within 3-4 days of completion of previous game) we will be forced to make your team forfeit.

Is a scrim slot only counted if it is on an off day - so for rookie leagues the even days? I ve got 4 of these days booked from the start of the season, first free would be 24th, 5 days after the first set of games on the 19th. Does that mean an auto forfeit?

Originally posted by Arayel
Is a scrim slot only counted if it is on an off day - so for rookie leagues the even days? I ve got 4 of these days booked from the start of the season, first free would be 24th, 5 days after the first set of games on the 19th. Does that mean an auto forfeit?



It will be if I can't schedule the match in a reasonable time. I would recommend always leaving one open day in a four day window.

So of 85 teams almost half get 1st round byes? Did I read that right?

Originally posted by Catch22
It will be if I can't schedule the match in a reasonable time. I would recommend always leaving one open day in a four day window.

Well if they cant be played on the same day as normal games I guess we are out...never mind

WOWOWOW

what whining!

we just had to go through one of the top teams in 2 and now we have another.....without a bye

its like the sissy conferences in CFB.....

win or go home!

Originally posted by Forseth89
Who cares anyways? The best team will win, no 1 cares/ remember who comes 3rd. Good job Catch!

agreed, omg get the tissues out

Originally posted by Catch22
You can't - it wouldn't fill out the brackets if you didn't have the first round byes the proper way. You basically have to take the total number of teams entered, take the overage from 64 (so if there were 85 teams entered, the overage would be 21), multiply that overage by two to get the non-bye # of participants (so if 21, would be 42). Subtract that number to get the number of first round byes (85=42 = 43). The 42 teams playing would reduce to 21 giving us 64 participants. People complained that we didn't let everyone in last year, so we're doing it this way to ensure everyone has an opportunity to play. I don't have time to do seeding for 20 different tournaments so random is what it's going to be.

Edited for me being a mathlete.

if you have 21 byes you have 53 teams playing in the second round (64 teams play in the first round, reduce it to 32+21 byes = 53).

Originally posted by Forseth89
Who cares anyways? The best team will win, no 1 cares/ remember who comes 3rd. Good job Catch!

This is true....just that 43 byes in a round seems like a waste.

Originally posted by Forseth89
Who cares anyways? The best team will win, no 1 cares/ remember who comes 3rd. Good job Catch!

Or a team full of early boosters