I didn't know where to post this but I think this may be usefull to all organisers ahead of this weekends tourneys.

I don't know if people already do pairings this but its really handy if you don't. This method works for paring players up if you use any number including odd numbers. I will use an example with numbers.

First step is to get the 6 numbers in a row if you have an odd number you will need to +1 and make a ghost player (you leave these pairings out)

1 2 3 4 5 6

The last number remains the same but all other numbers move to the right untill you cant anymore. Here is an example of how a 6 player table should look.

1 2 3 4 5 6
5 1 2 3 4 6
4 5 1 2 3 6
3 4 5 1 2 6
2 3 4 5 1 6

Every line is a round and you make the pairings by maching up 1st and last players 2nd and 2nd last 3rd and 3rd last ect.

So for this line 1 2 3 4 5 6 the pairings would be
1v6
2v5
3v4
That would be the first round.

The next line would be 5 1 2 3 4 6 and the pairings would look like
5v6
1v4
2v3
That would be round 2. You just keep repeating and that pairs your tourney for you

I hope people can understand and use this because it saves you a lot of time and you can't make a mistake if you use it correctly.

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Wow, this actually seems like a pretty good method. Though I think you could post this in the Tournament Guide.
Mods please correct if wrong.

For a shortcut:


http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Tournament-Guide

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Bit late? Well for us it is as our Tourney is in like 3 an a Half hours.

Seems good though.

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Bit late? Well for us it is as our Tourney is in like 3 an a Half hours.

Seems good though.

I only found this method whilst writing up the pairings for my tournament last night. If other TO's have not already done theirs this is going to save them a lot of time.

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Hmmm....pretty efficient imo but I can't stop think how I have seen this before, too familiar.

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Or, you can just go to www.printyourbrackets.com and just select how many players and which format.

Or, you can just go to www.printyourbrackets.com and just select how many players and which format.

Thats perfectly fine if you have a printer and know your exact turn out. This info is for people who don't have a printer and are doing things with a pen and paper.

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Sometimes we've no choice but to walk away...

If you take martial arts this format is sometimes referred to as "line sparring." It is effective, and would work well for a one on one team tournament.

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Newt: Of courrse, if the number of attendee is not known beforehand, your explanation is a handy guide. Thank you for this, and hopefully, people can make use of it.

Thanks for this guide. Actually posted something here that wasn't meant for this thread.

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