Tournament Formats

When it comes to tournaments, there's a lot more than meets the eye. While we are still designing the exact nature of the tournament formats we do know R&R will start off with two types. The first, and most common, will be the old-fashioned 'one loss and you're gone' elimination-style tournaments.

The second will be Swiss-style tournaments in which everybody plays throughout the entire tournament, regardless of whether they win or lose in a particular round. Players will be randomly paired during the first round. On the second round, the players are paired according to their wins and losses. Winners generally play other winners, and the 'winning-challenged' face off against other 'winning-challenged' individuals. How long this keeps going on for depends on the number of players.

I've also seen some tournaments mix the two formats. The event starts with a Swiss format to trim the playing field down to a group of finalists and then uses a traditional elimination tournament to determine the ultimate winner.

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