Agree with knightmare that changing the rules is pretty not-okay, and I still don't see what you're doing here other than giving the lower bracket player an advantage since they can now lose twice and still be in the tournament. Every double elimination bracket uses the same ruleset that I just proposed, as having the winners bracket and losers bracket play a single match is unfair to the player coming from winners. Even past crpg tournaments used the bracket reset format, and even though it was my team that was blindsided by it (since it wasn't explicitly in the rules beforehand and we got fucked over due to the other team respeccing between sets) it was the proper way to run the bracket, so no hard feelings. For anyone that follows competitive games (primarily in the FGC), they know how a double elimination bracket works.
Sorry I must be a simpleton with no understanding of fair and unfair because of a proposed change that effects nothing but the longevity and intensity of the final, it was only several upper bracket players who came to me saying the existing system was unfair, so I was listening to them and generally understood what they were saying.
To say that because the bracket method works alright in one game or a previous tournament even in cRPG may not mean it's the best for this tournament. I, and several other players, I would say are pretty skilled and should have a say in how the tourney plays out for them, find that the way skill based combat works in cRPG for FT7's inclines me to consider this change fair.
Further, I would remind a lot of people that this tourney is mainly being used to see how effective the scheduling/stage system can work with proper enforcement, scheduling, and event coordination. I wanted to give players who are new to cRPG, or even Warband (and there are plenty of those players in the tourney) a chance to get a feel for it. I'm glad people are taking it competitively and having fun, and I hope they understand that the change I made for the finals
is for both competition and enjoyment.
No one is getting fucked by this change as far as I can tell.
The only reward here that is "high stake" by any means is the title, which will hopefully be passed on to the winners of another tourney we can have a month or so after the conclusion of this one.
