That is what Broomstick said?
Folms said:You were not in a group stage with them. This isn't a group stage, this is a knockout stage.
Mr.X said:[quote author=Mr.X]
SUGGESTION:
In the last 2 or 3 nations events I've taken part in, USA and TURKEY have been paired up fairly early. In fact I believe there were 2 turkish teams in our group last time. I know its supposed to be random seeding and all, but wouldn't it make sense to attempt to avoid NA vs TURKEY matches by purposefully splitting them in the group stages and only playing them if necessary?
Folms said:Yes, but how does that help the situation altogether? You will, most likely, still have the same problems, and those problems won't escape just because it's a later stage in the tournament.
Folms said:Could be a thought. However, not only there is a problem with Turkey. You could also assume the same for Russia. The situation there could be even more severe.
In that case, it will be very difficult to make sure all the NA/Canada teams avoid Russia/Turkey.
Folms said:But then eventually there is a chance that either Russia or Turkey will meet up with either NA or Canada (which will cause the exact same problem). I am unable to manipulate the knockout stage from quarter final and on-wards.
Mr.X said:Folms said:Could be a thought. However, not only there is a problem with Turkey. You could also assume the same for Russia. The situation there could be even more severe.
In that case, it will be very difficult to make sure all the NA/Canada teams avoid Russia/Turkey.
Example:
First knockout stage:
NA vs Canada
Russia vs Turkey
Two problems avoided.