Sounds similar to when MatchMaking Beta came out and they made everyone use Mobile Auth to play. I don't own a smartphone so had to use my wife's phone. Installed Steam and got random chat messages from BLANC Tery. Next thing I know someone is stomping down the basement stairs asking me who the fuck "terry" is and why am I talking to some asian girl online. It only made things worse that tery's avatar on steam is Jessica Jung.

Still dealing with the fallout from this. Venting my anger at you tery

I am almost 40 and from what I remember, someone told me he was around 20. I could be wrong.

I did say in my post about putting all other arguments in other threads aside and just talking TF2 so I guess both of our eyeballs are faulty. The last thing I am going to get involved in again is that idiotic discussion. You just can't help but be an asshole all the time. I really feel bad for you, kid.

I agree it wasn't the cleanest game ever but no player in the server is High Invite so the lack of perfect play is to be expected. It was still extremely even with mistakes and plays on both sides. Back and fourth play with tight rounds, not sure what more you can ask for when spectating. I'm sure it was even more fun and exciting to play in the match.

I'm really not sure what issue you have with this match or the players involved. Our previous arguments in other threads aside, I have no idea why you need to constantly be so negative and condescending all the time.

I watched all 3 maps and I saw 2 evenly matched IM teams going the distance. It was solid TF2 and I enjoyed watching it from start to finish. Perhaps you are just trolling friends, I can't tell the difference anymore.

I understand your thinking more read this post. We both have very different opinions on what a 1v1 tournament should be. You say:

"Class-picking is mitigated by the other person map-picking, and even then class-picking isn't a guaranteed advantage."

Wrong. I don't see where forcing another player to play a particular class in a 1v1 can prove who is better. If you force me to play pyro vs pyro because you pick the class, the tradeoff of me picking the map doesn't mean anything because I still have to play a retarded class like pyro in a 1v1.

You seem to believe 1v1 is about "counterplay" and using the classes and maps to tailor advantages in the game. I believe that takes away from the actual skill of the players and in the end a 1v1 should be nothing but who is more skilled.

Lastly, why would ammomod MGE not be a viable choice? It is the most pure MGE map available where terrain, height and map exploits offer no advantage at all unlike almost all other maps. The only way to win is simply to be better than the other guy.

I can agree to disagree on everything, I wish you luck and hope it is successful because having more tournaments and such in the community is always a positive thing.

The problem with MGE ELO is that people have farmed it for some unknown reason and the values are not accurate.

It's not possible to use a Swiss system, nor would it even be worth the time if it were available. Using MGE server ELO rankings are probably a worse idea than giving a free Bye

Its really simple, if 32 players signup, you randomly seed every single player.
--You can do it by putting all players names alphabetically from 1 to 32 or
--you can do the same and match-up every 2nd name on the list alphabetically
--You can list when every player signed up and entered from 1st to 32nd
--Hell, you can use names in a hat and stream it on Twitch if you really wanted to go overboard

The point is, randomly seeding 32 players is really simple without the need for special treatment for certain players.
I'm not trying to be a dick in any way, I just believe in fairness for all players, especially in a 1v1 tournament.

If you have trouble adapting to different play styles that are used in MGE, I would suggest not entering a competitive tournament where all bets are off as far as tactics are concerned. Winning is the goal.

Don't waste your $5. You do have a choice.

You are basically answering your own example question. Djokovic qualifies for those tournaments because he maintains a world ranking that allows him to automatically qualify. He is regularly playing and winning matches. If a 1v1 tournament had a similar "regular season" or divisional standings of some sort then seeding and BYE's would be justified.

Secondly, there is a huge difference in comparing a tournament like this to say something like the FaceIT tournament this weekend. I don't have any problems with the FaceIT admins issuing seeds as they see fit based off what teams Slin and other admins feel are "strong" or "weak". The reason I have no problem with that is because nobody is paying to compete in that FaceIT tournament.

I don't care if you are talking about b4nny, some UGC Iron player, an MGE lord or an MGE shitter like myself. An entry fee for each of those players is still the exact same. If those other players are getting some bonus perks for their $5, I want the same thing if I am expected to compete for cash.

and what logic would you use to seed players for an MGE tournament?

Sorry but this makes no sense to me at all. If someone is going to put up money to play in a tournament, why would you give the ""very strong players" an additional edge? All players, strong and weak, pay the same money to compete in the tournament, they should both have to win an equal amount of matches to advance.

Nobody is forcing any player to pay money. If you choose to pay up and play in a tournament, you have to accept the possibility of facing an "MGE god" in the first round and possibly getting destroyed.

The only way to give players a "BYE" into later rounds would be if there were a round robin type of schedule before the bracket begins because they earn the BYE

There is no way I am going to pay and enter a tournament, then have to fight my way through 5 rounds of opponents when someone like b4nny would get a free pass to the semi-finals and only face 3 opponents because of his reputation.

IMO the "class picking" design you have laid out is flawed. It has been attempted many times in the past and has always failed. 1v1's in a tournament setting must start each round with a level playing field for both players. The nature of 1v1 is proving which player is stronger or more skilled. Giving an advantage like picking a class that counters another class is unbalancing the 1v1 before it even begins.

I would personally limit class picking to Scout or Soldier for the initial tournament. Based on results, you can expand class picking and rules for future tournaments but keep the first one simple.
Allowing players to "pick a map" can work but you need to have a specific list of maps that weed out bad MGE maps.

Each round is listed as "first to 10 kills" wins. That will make for an extremely short MGE match since you can get 10 kills on mostly any map in like 2 minutes? maybe 3?

If you want to keep everything simple, consider this example of a typical bracket matchup:

Contra vs SpaceCadet (Best of 3)

Round 1 - Contra picks class and map -- First to 20 Wins
Round 2 - SpaceCadet picks class and map -- First to 20 Wins
Round 3 (if necessary) - Player with most combined frags in rounds 1 & 2 picks class. Other player picks map. -- First to 20 wins.

Classes available to pick: Soldier or Scout
Maps available to pick: Develop a List

Having reserved servers is not a necessity. Both players could play their match on any available server as long as the match is complete before a certain period of time so it does not hold-up the rest of the tournament. All that should be required is a recorded demo from both players to submit if there is a dispute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3UmJCZWdk

reason for not showing points?
just curious