<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]2013 Masters Series Draw
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]There were 128 teams entered in 2013. Thetop32 teams after round 10 gained seedings (see green and orange highlighting) and everyone else was drawn randomly for their first round matches (Round 14).Seeded teams (top 3100 overall after round 10) didn't play another seed until the 3rd round (if the seeds had won through).Unseeded teams (outside top 3100 overall after round 10) were drawn to face a seed in the first or second round (Rounds 14/15) with a1 in 3 chance of this being in the first round.
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<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]Results for Rounds 14-16 are now final and can be viewed at:- http://tooserious.net/Blog/tabid/90/EntryId/1805/TS-Masters-Series-Rd17.aspx
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<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]Results - Round 17-19 - see below - NOW FINAL !!
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]TYLO prevails over Tyze1 in the GF - well done to you both.
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]That's it for this year. Hopefully the comp is back again in 2014.
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]If so feel free to add thoughts on whether the 2013 comp can be tweaked.
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<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]I was thinking either do the same as this year, OR
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- perhaps get it kicked off from Round 2 or 3 with 3 weeks off for the Rd8-10 Mb's, and the Grand Final in around round 13/14, whichmeans a maxmium number of entrants of perhaps 256/512 teams up from 128 this year but would mean no seeding would apply
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- we continue the need for people to 'nominate' their team as per this year so that we have a link
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]between names and teams which helps for write up and chasign up purposes
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- teams that made the top 16 in 2013 get a bye in the first 2 rounds of the 2014 comp (if they enter)
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- from the last 32 (Round 6 on) we ask people to post progress scores at least once durign the round if they feel like it
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- we could potentially have a 'lucky loser' system in therounds 2/3/4/5either based on best losing scores, or lowest margins or both
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- the top 8/16/32 teams could qualify for an additional Knockout Touranment(to be named later) in the second half of the season involving the leading 8/16/24/32/48/56 teamsin the overall race to say round 13/14, with the timign being similar to this years Masters Series (ie the Grand Final in the first week of SC finals)
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]- depending on the amount of people woilling to help as volunteers the other teams from the early Season Masters Seriescould bebroken into 2/3/4 groups of 64/128 based on 2014 rnaking to round 13/14 and play in additional knockout tournaments as well (for example say top 8k who dont qualify for the ELITE series above, top 8-15k, top 15-40k)
<p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;]Cheers TTH