Community Tournament (Congratulations Alvendor on 1st Place!)

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Though I find Alvendor's proposal interesting, I'd rather not have the tournament based around a completely untested mechanic. I would prefer Harti's solution for the most part with perhaps some minor modifications.

I think the first two games should be played on the same map like Harti suggested with each player getting to have FTA for one of the games. However, I'm not so sure about everyone playing on the same map in the whole tournament. If the two players in any specific match-up agree on a map from the start that's great, however if there is a disagreement we could do the following: Each player can alternate vetoing maps until 1 map is left. The higher seeded player can have the first veto (that player will get 3 vetoes while the other player will get 2). This way both players will be guaranteed a map they're okay with.

As for the whole tie-breaker issue, it is unfortunate that none of the suggestions Harti listed are necessarily indications of skill. However Harti already explained how often times tiebreakers in sports are like this.

I think we should use Harti's tiebreakers to decide who gets to choose between FTA or map preference in a third tiebreaker game. This way no one feels cheated because they tied 1-1 but their base had 2 hp in their win instead of 4 hp. At the same time we don't just throw a straight advantage to the higher seeded player in a match-up (they already have higher seeding as it is...). I also like the idea of the player who doesn't have FTA getting to choose the map in this third game so that at least if you're at a slight disadvantage from the start you can pick the map on which this bothers you the least.