Nahar, my post was not pointed at you, saying you were doing anything wrong. As far as a workaround, if a tool is broken, one finds ways to fix it no? IM not saying things should be changed right now, but we're all learning as we go along that challonge is not perfect. Busti is a great sport and a great guy, and i know from talking to him he's just as worried about it as anyone NOT in his position. Its important that we fix things instead of codify errors, that way we continue to improve the player experience.
The problem here is nahar, with all due respect, that while we are pointing out that something is screwed up (and it is, as the problem in this tourney is performance is being based on number of wins, not points, like we normally have with swiss) you're just getting defensive and telling everyone to screw off. Its offensive and uncalled for. No-one has accused you of anything, besides perhaps just not wanting to see an issue that can be avoided in the future. The person recieving this advantage automatically faces the following issues: From this point on, no matter how well Busti does in this tourney, most people are going to scream that hes there because of the first round bye.... not because he did it himself (which he is perfectly capable/willing/able to do). So if he wins, the "value" of his win among the community is diminished.
As far as challonge goes: Challonge does pair byes based on performance, HOWEVER, in previous tournaments that pairings were determind by points (which did not always = wins). Basing it on points means that a person receiving a by is automatically moved to a higher bracket. But I digress, Heres the real point:
Nahar, it doesnt really matter, as TO, official rep, whatever, if you think its fair and okay... while you do make that call in this case to continue with it as is..so be it. It is your responsibility to the community, being that official tourney co-ordination is now your job, to run tournaments that the PEOPLE OF SHADOW ERA, the paying community, the consumer, the reason you have the job, feel are fair and free of bias...be it intentional or not. The appropriate response here is not..deal with it..this is how i like it.... rather..its something more along the lines of: We cant change it now for this tourney, but we can find a way to keep it from happening in the future.
I would much rather not have had to say this here, in public, but I feel i havent been given much of a choice, considering the tone of your responses.
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