So I want to host a double elimination tournament. I know that you have to lose twice to be eliminated, and that there’s a winners and a losers bracket. But I don’t really understand how it works, especially with its matchups. Reading its Wikipedia article made me even more confused…there’s “minor” and “major” loser rounds?
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The way that I have operated in the past is like this:
Everyone starts in the “winners” bracket. If you lose in the first round of the winner’s bracket, you are placed in the first round of the loser’s bracket. If you win the first round of the winner’s bracket, you advance to the second round of the winner’s bracket.
Now, everyone in the first round of the loser’s bracket competes against each other. If you lose here, you’re out. If you win, you advance to the second round of the loser’s bracket.
Back to the winners. The second round competes. The winners of the second round of the winners’ bracket advance to round W3 (Winners’ 3rd). The losers of W2 (Winners’ 2nd) are relegated to L2 (Losers’ 2nd).
Now back to the losers. The winners of L1 (Losers’ 1st) compete against the newly relegated players (losers of W2) in L2 (Losers’ 2nd). Winners of L2 advance to L3, while losers of L2 are eliminated.
Continue this back and forth until you have an ultimate winner (who has never lost a game) and an ultimate loser (who has lost exactly one game). They now compete against each other.
If the ultimate winner wins, the ultimate loser has lost **twice** and is eliminated. If the ultimate loser wins, the ultimate winner has lost **once**, so they have to play again. The ultimate winner must lose **two** games in the finale in order to be eliminated, in order to be fair.
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