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Retired Staff
In single elimination brackets, you'll find that some participants skip the first round (they receive "byes"). This cannot be avoided unless the number of participants is a power of two (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...) — a number that can be repeatedly halved until only 1 person remains.
Imagine you paired everyone in round #1 of a 6 player bracket: 1v6, 2v5, 3v4. Three players would advance, leaving you with a bad situation.
Byes & ALL brackets were randomly generated. No single match-up or by was manually selected.
Imagine you paired everyone in round #1 of a 6 player bracket: 1v6, 2v5, 3v4. Three players would advance, leaving you with a bad situation.
Byes & ALL brackets were randomly generated. No single match-up or by was manually selected.