23 Apr 10
Originally posted by cubitusYou raise an interesting point. In the naming convention of Mini, the current tournaments include the first 8 to enter as one group. But then a non-mini octet (what most of them are called, just a straight octet) should allow 16 or 32 to enter before starting and have the whole broken into groups of 8. Winners of round 1 compete in round 2 and so on.
I've probably missed something, but how an octet can be "Mini"?
Anybody in favor of a regular octet allowing more than 8 to enter before starting? The non-thematics do seem to fill up fairly quickly. Perhaps a non-mini octet would add a little more spice because when entering, you wouldn't know for sure which 7 entrants you'd be facing in round 1.
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24 Apr 10
There's never a way to guarantee one winner per round, so even if you said you wanted 64 in a maxi-octet, you could end up with nine or more winners for round 2. It's not unusual for subsequent rounds of one kind of tournament to turn into a different kind, duels to trios, for example.
I actually think 16 for a maxi-octet would be an attractive number. You'd have to get by the first 7 and ideally the two winners of round 1 face off in a duel. Or if you have more than 2 winners, face off in a trio or a quartet.
The banded non-thematic octets typically fill up very quickly. I'd like to see a maxi-octet of 16 banded tried as an experiment to see how well people like it.