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Originally Posted by HDPhoenix

True true... perhaps the other way is to do with 7 buckets of players and the top 2 of each bucket gets into the top 16. SSL Dec top 2, as suggested, should be seeded.

Its still all up for discussion =)

I think the best way to do it is still via online group stages, where the top 2 of each group proceeds and the players would organize matches themselves(else they get walkover-ed). It's also more versatile as if you have <64 players you could adjust the size of the groups/number of people to proceed from each group and seed the top few players from previous SSLs accordingly.

For etc,
if there were 44 signups(including oxy&rev),

you could seed both of them and put the rest of the 42 into Groups of 6. So there would be 7 groups and top 2 from each group proceeds which means you'll end up with 14 players advancing... + oxy and rev = 16.

And if you have a 36 players.. just make 6 groups of 6 without seeding, etc

Might be a little more work but fairer and more flexible imo. you wont leave out those who sign up slightly later either...