Ok I copy/paste that wall of text I put in another thread, because I think this matter is important enough to deserve its own chapter.
I just want to say that I dislike this way of doing selections, and it would be fine if the community reacts to this rule and give its opinion before it starts.
Indeed we have 18 teams (unless some new teams appeared in the last couple days), and making groups of 4 means this :
Group A : 5 teams - 4 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group B : 5 teams - 4 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group C : 4 teams - 3 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group D : 4 teams - 3 eliminated / 1 qualified
This means :
- only 3/4 matches for 78% of teams
- 22% of teams go to knockout stages, but knockout stage will only be semifinals.
- being in a group of 5 teams is unfair (more chances to have several scary teams in your group).
I think we should just copy/paste what was done last year cause it perfectly fits with the number of 18 teams we have.
We could do 3 groups of 6. In each group 4 would qualify, which leaves chance to any team, and everybody is sure to play 5 matches. So we have 12 teams that could be put in another group stage (4 groups of 3, best way to go from a mutiple of 3 (1 to a mutiple of 2 required for knock-out).
Then we can go with 8 teams towards knock-out stages. Every time will have had its fun.
Maybe if you dislike what was done last year (some people might think it took too long), then just remove second group stages, but please make first phase chunky enough.
GUYS PLEASE HELP ME ON THAT COMPLAINT FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME. TIME FOR OUR BEST WHINERS TO SHOW THEIR VIRTUE.
I quote it here because I guess the rule thread has to be kept clear.Alex_C said:Rule Modified 24/02:
- Before the knockout stage, teams will be split into groups of four - with some groups possibly being sized five or three due to odd numbers - and each team will play each other team in its group. The top team from each group will continue to the knock-out stage. Draws are decided by play-off matches.
- If the numbers do not match up to those required for a knockout tournament, the top-achieving second places from each group will be allowed through, depending on how many are needed for the numbers to match up.
I just want to say that I dislike this way of doing selections, and it would be fine if the community reacts to this rule and give its opinion before it starts.
Indeed we have 18 teams (unless some new teams appeared in the last couple days), and making groups of 4 means this :
Group A : 5 teams - 4 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group B : 5 teams - 4 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group C : 4 teams - 3 eliminated / 1 qualified
Group D : 4 teams - 3 eliminated / 1 qualified
This means :
- only 3/4 matches for 78% of teams
- 22% of teams go to knockout stages, but knockout stage will only be semifinals.
- being in a group of 5 teams is unfair (more chances to have several scary teams in your group).
I think we should just copy/paste what was done last year cause it perfectly fits with the number of 18 teams we have.
We could do 3 groups of 6. In each group 4 would qualify, which leaves chance to any team, and everybody is sure to play 5 matches. So we have 12 teams that could be put in another group stage (4 groups of 3, best way to go from a mutiple of 3 (1 to a mutiple of 2 required for knock-out).
Then we can go with 8 teams towards knock-out stages. Every time will have had its fun.
Maybe if you dislike what was done last year (some people might think it took too long), then just remove second group stages, but please make first phase chunky enough.
GUYS PLEASE HELP ME ON THAT COMPLAINT FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME. TIME FOR OUR BEST WHINERS TO SHOW THEIR VIRTUE.