mythago
Hero
MavrickWeirdo said:Pardon me, but that does not make sense to me. You get 5 semi-finalists that way. 5 does not divide evenly. In my opinion it would make more sense to include your 3 alternates as contestants.
First round 6x3, for 6 semifinalists
Second round 2x3, for 2 semifinalists
Third round 1x2 for 1 winer (and 1 winner; typo, what typo)
it only adds 1 match, and is more balanced
We're huddling on this right now--the problem is not the extra matches in round 1, but that there's a lot of blood on the floor when you whittle 18 people down to 2 in three rounds.
I mean, not that blood on the floor is a bad thing.