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The Cogs Season 3: The Clocktower of Edgar Lusse
Squidslinger Gilder:
If you can't have everyone starting at once due to time and number of matches then just don't run all the teams at the start.
Sammy B. T.:
Since there is an overall point system to determine the winner that could cause some issues as there would be a lot of cogs before you could really count points fairly. Here is something I thought of that could make it a fairly good seed without taking a lot of time; instead only two weeks of no points.
We need to fill 12 spots with 12 teams as there will be a weekly minimum of this amount which should translate to six matches.
Week 1, 12 teams paired randomly and fight. So we have 6 winners and 6 losers. The six winners are placed randomly into the top 6 positions (Champ 1, inner circle 3, upper middle gears 2) and the six losers are placed randomly into the bottom 6 positions (lower middle gears 2, outer ring 3, and new comer slot 1)
Week 2, We give one crank of the cogs without points being awarded.
What this gives us
- Fair seeding
- Need to win at least twice to start the scoring in the top spot
- 6 matches every week
- Only two weeks of no points.
James T. Kirk:
^^ Seconded.
Urz:
The fairest and most obvious solution would be to hold a small bracket tournament for seeding. Even in Sammy BT's suggestion (which would be an improvement over full random seeding), being put into the champion slot or the third tier based on a coin flip seems contrary to the spirit of a competitive event.
Sammy B. T.:
I am unsure how well a bracked tounrney would work as one would need so many run offs as there are so many tiers the planetary system is based more on around threes than twos. We need one first place, three second places, two fourth places, two fifth places, three sixth places, and one seventh place. Seeding all 12 minimum teams into these positions on the cogs would take dozens of matches or implementing some sort of scoring based on kills instead of wins.
In my suggestion it is not until the third week that points are given out and if you won all three matches I am fairly sure you are either the champion (5/6 chance) or the challenger to the champion (1/6 chance) Thats not horrible and it allows for the cog wheel to get spinning quickly.
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