[TAminimat]

BSG tried out the swiss bracket style one time and the majority of the players really disliked it. IIRC if you loose your first match you cannot win, and I think many lower higher level players would rather go through a losers bracket. Just my opinion though.

[Eddie]

Will be an interesting experiment!

Can definitely see it being more rewarding to the lower-mid level players. Not sure how it will go for the top few.

All bo3's is awesome too! That's a lot of games for those questioning the $25

I guess a negative is won't have much time to get around and watch others play.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

BSG tried out the swiss bracket style one time and the majority of the players really disliked it. IIRC if you loose your first match you cannot win, and I think many lower higher level players would rather go through a losers bracket. Just my opinion though.

This, basically. It's really good if you want to then say a single elimination T8 playoff, because it just gets a little bit harder if you lose first round (x-1 should still get you there eventually, but you'll have bad tiebreakers cause the guy you beat second round is 0-2 then, so you'll get less points for beating terrible players).

I think it's really bad depending on how ACL points are awarded/how the initial round is seeded. Swiss systems are usually just randomly generated from evenly matched opponents, so you may have two pros play first round, and the winner is the only one with a chance to win from this point.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

You may have two pros play first round, and the winner is the only one with a chance to win from this point.

As I said, I'll be seeding players to make sure that doesn't happen. They'll match eachother in the 2nd round anyway.

@Breadfan: I'm sure they'd be happy to play you during/after the tournament in some custom games. It happens at all the LAN's I go to!

Thanks for the feedback so far guys - hopefully I can show you why I think this is most suitable!