[Eddie]

Thanks DoMo was a good read, and hope you link any future sc2 editions on the forums as well

Certainly wasn't short! I don't really have time to quote it all atm. Will just add this:

I don't really disagree with a lot if it was applied to any other tournament, but for this Invitational, it's not about who is the best, it's about giving those selected some exposure and chance at $'s. True, those who have consistently placed higher, were given a seeding advantage, but not so much so that they were guaranteed top placings (as we see Petrify, Pezz, Wally came from the earlier rounds). They earned some seeding, and it enabled us to structure the earlier rounds how we wanted.

While there would be slightly more fatigue/less down time for the earlier rounds, i don't think it should have been much of an issue for the players. I'd assume players would be quite familiar with putting in numerous back to back hours of ladder, or big R128/64 Bo3 Double or Single Elim daily tournaments. That's the business. Players are always allowed short breaks between series if needed. And as for viewing streams for builds, yes opponents can see what has happened, but since it's SEA they likely would have played before, and could have viewed match history/builds/asked around. Brackets were up early so players could research opponents if required. The length of series and streaming is nothing uncommon, and shorter that other tournaments.

I'd ever only run this format in a semi-competitive small invitational, with specific goals, not an open tournament/best on the day or finals.