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==Competitive play== | ==Competitive play== | ||
Despite the name, Tournament Mode is never used in actual competitive play, for many reasons: | Despite the name, Tournament Mode is never used in actual competitive play, for many reasons: | ||
*Tournament matches consist of a set of 3 or 5 games, while Tournament Mode only allows single | *Tournament matches consist of a set of 3 or 5 games, while Tournament Mode only allows single game sets. | ||
*Tournament Mode forces players to remain a single character for the entire tournament, while actual tournaments allow players to use any character they want for any game in tournament. | *Tournament Mode forces players to remain a single character for the entire tournament, while actual tournaments allow players to use any character they want for any game in tournament. | ||
*Actual tournaments almost never use a single | *Actual tournaments almost never use a single elimination bracket, which is the only bracket type available in Tournament Mode. | ||
*Tournament Mode does not allow players to have any control over player position in bracket. This forces players to play with a randomized bracket, instead of a properly seeded bracket, which is an essential for a tournament to produce accurate results. | *Tournament Mode does not allow players to have any control over player position in bracket. This forces players to play with a randomized bracket, instead of a properly seeded bracket, which is an essential for a tournament to produce accurate results. | ||
*Tournament Mode has a maximum bracket size of 64 in ''Melee'' and 32 in ''Brawl'', when actual tournaments rarely enforce an entry cap and are capable of attendance exceeding these caps. | *Tournament Mode has a maximum bracket size of 64 in ''Melee'' and 32 in ''Brawl'', when actual tournaments rarely enforce an entry cap and are capable of attendance exceeding these caps. | ||
*A tournament in Tournament Mode can only exist on one | *A tournament in Tournament Mode can only exist on one setup, when actual tournaments require many setups to be run efficiently. | ||
* | *For the prospect of using Tournament Mode to keep track of a tournament, rather than actually playing a tournament with it, there exists tournament organizing programs such as [[tio]], which are much more efficient in aiding tournament organisation than Tournament Mode could ever be. Additionally, using Tournament Mode in such a way uses up setups that could be used to progress the tournament. | ||
In short, Tournament Mode is too limited to be useful for serious tournaments. | In short, Tournament Mode is too limited to be useful for serious tournaments. | ||