Winter World Cup WINNER - poweewee (Philippines)

[GreatGonzales]

(01-31-2013 01:33 AM)Gfich Wrote:  

(01-31-2013 01:26 AM)GreatGonzales Wrote:  Option 3: 16 pools of 4 with the top 2 from each pool advancing to a 32 person elimination bracket
-- Problem: The elimination bracket is twice as long, making a long tournament even longer.

There's a mathematical fail in this dude. Since an elimination format follows the amount of competitors in a logarithmic scale, doubling the size of it only adds one round.

Oh, yes, I understand that. Sorry, there was a fail there, but it was a language fail, not mathematical. I'll change it.