Editing Tournaments
From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
|
You aren't logged in. While it's not a requirement to create an account, doing so makes it a lot easier to keep track of your edits and a lot harder to confuse you with someone else. If you edit without being logged in, your IP address will be recorded in the page's edit history. | |
 Log in
|
Create account
| |
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[image:oc2 crowd.jpg|A typical [[SSBM]] tournament gathering.|thumb]] | |||
: ''For the [[Super Smash Bros. Melee|SSBM]] VS Mode option, see [[tournament mode]].'' | |||
A '''tournament''' is a competition involving a group of players designed to produce an overall skill ranking of the involved players, typically by arranging them into a structured ''bracket'' where players engage in individual matches to raise or lower their ranking. [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] has a strong tournament scene dating back to [[Tournament Go]] in April 2002; the online community for the original [[Super Smash Bros.]] was not as large during its popular days and thus did not give rise to a significant tournament scene, though competetive SSB play does take place over the Internet through services like [[Kaillera]]. | |||
== Formats == | |||
There are four bracket formats used by modern Smash tournaments: | |||
=== Single elimination === | |||
[[image:single elim bracket.gif|thumb|An eight-player single elimination bracket. First-round matches are on the left.]] | |||
In a single elimination bracket, players are arranged into an hierarchical structure where matches are played between two entrants; the winner advances to play another player the next round and the loser is eliminated from the tournament. The player who wins the very last match of the bracket, after all other entrants have been eliminated, is the winner of the event, and the person who loses the final match finishes in second place. Most sports tournaments (like the [[Wikipedia:NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]]) use a single elimination format. | |||
Single elimination brackets are often described in terms of the number of entrants playing in the bracket. Because half the remaining players are eliminated during each round of the bracket, the total number of rounds is based on the [[Wikipedia:logarith|base-2 logarithm]] of the entrant count (rounded upwards). 8 players create a 3-round bracket; four rounds for 9 to 16 players; five rounds for 17-32 players; and so on. A bracket's ''size'' is usually defined as the smallest power of two that is greater than or equal to the number of entrants. Thus, a bracket with 47 entrants is referred to as a ''64 man bracket'', because 64 is the smallest power of two which is greater than 47. The size of the bracket also reflects the total number of matches throughtout the entire bracket: for an ''n''-size bracket, ''n-1'' matches must be played in total. | |||
[[Wikipedia:bye (sports)|Byes]] are used to fill positions in the bracket when the number of entrants is not a power of two. Any player facing a bye automatically advances to the next round. | |||
Single elimination brackets are uncommon at SSBM tournaments because half the players are eliminated having only played a single match. Many tournaments use them for side events like [[crew battle]]s but rarely for a singles or doubles event. | |||
=== Double elimination === | |||
[[Image:double elim winners.gif|thumb|The winners' bracket portion of a double elimination event.]] | |||
[[Image:double elim losers.gif|thumb|The losers' bracket, where a player is placed after losing in winners' bracket.]] | |||
The double elimination format is by far the most common bracket type at tournaments. A double elimination bracket is derived from the single elimination format but is split into two sections, the winners' and losers' brackets (W and L for short). The W bracket is almost identical to a single elimination bracket; however, losing in the W bracket does not eliminated a player from the tournament. They instead drop into the L bracket at a position that reflects how far they advanced into the W bracket. Anyone who loses in the L bracket (their second loss of the event) is eliminated. | |||
The first round of the L bracket pairs two players who just lost in the first round of the W bracket. The winner of this match then plays a player who drops from the second round of W bracket due to a loss there; the player is placed in the bracket at the letter/number corresponding to the match in W bracket where they lost. (In the images at right, Champ lost at W-A and dropped into L-A.) Further L bracket rounds alternate between these two match setups: two players who survived earlier L bracket rounds play, and the winner of that faces someone dropping from W bracket. | |||
Every player is guaranteed at least two matches in a double elimination bracket, making it a popular alternative to the single elimination format. The format also affords a player the chance to make a comeback after losing once in W bracket. | |||
The size of a double elimination bracket is determined in the same fashion as a single elimination bracket. Half the remaining players are eliminated every two rounds of the L bracket. The total number of matches for an ''n''-size bracket is equal to ''2(n-1)''; thus, a double elimination bracket takes roughly twice as long to complete as a single elimination bracket. | |||
=== Round robin === | |||
== Influential tournaments == | |||
* [[Tournament Go]] | |||
* [[MELEE-FC]] | |||
* [[MLG]] | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Tournaments]] | |||
== External links == | |||
* On Wikipedia: | |||
** [[Wikipedia:Single-elimination tournament|Single elimination tournament]] | |||
** [[Wikipedia:Double-elimination tournament|Double elimination tournament]] | |||
** [[Wikipedia:Round-robin tournament|Round robin tournament]] | |||
** [[Wikipedia:Swiss system tournament|Swiss system tournament]] | |||
