And so, the staff have come up with 4 different new formats that COULD be applied to ISML 2017. Now, we want the community to choose what they like best amongst these ideas that our 'fabulous' staff have come up with.
Note: This is NOT a poll to decide next year's format. Rather, this is a poll to see what the forum community prefers.
Option #1- 128 Contestants Variant (2016's format)
Round of 128: 32 groups of 4 characters, round robin; Aquamarine, Topaz, Amethyst and Sapphire Period
Round of 64: 16 groups of 4 characters, round robin; Emerald and Ruby Period
Round of 32: 8 groups of 4 characters, round robin; Diamond Period
Round of 16: 4 groups of 4 characters, round robin
Followed by single elimination
Round of 120: 20 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Aquamarine Period, Each group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 4 advances
Round of 84: 14 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Topaz Period, Each Group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 4 advances
Round of 60: 10 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Amethyst Period, Each Group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 2 advances
Round of 42: 7 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Sapphire Period, Each Group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 2 advances
Round of 30: 5 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Emerald Period, Each Group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 4 advances
Round of 24: 4 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Ruby Period, Each Group 5th and 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 2 advances
Round of 18: 3 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Diamond Period, Each Group 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 1 will advance
Followed by single elimination
Round of 120: 20 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Aquamarine Period, Each Group's 5th will be thrown into an arena where only top 16 will advance
Round of 96: 16 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Topaz Period, Each Group's 5th will be thrown into an arena where only top 8 will advance
Round of 72: 12 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Amethyst Period, Each Group's 5th and top three of the 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 12 will advance
Round of 60: 10 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Sapphire Period, Each Group's 5th will be thrown into an arena where only top 8 will advance
Round of 48: 8 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Emerald Period, Each Group's 5th will be thrown into an arena where only top 4 will advance
Round of 36: 6 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Ruby Period
Round of 24: 4 groups of 6 characters, round robin; Diamond Period
Followed by single elimination
Round of 100: 10 groups of 10 characters, round robin; Aquamarine, Topaz and Amethyst Period. Each group 4th to 6th will be thrown into an arena where only top 10 will advance. Top 3 will advance from each group.
Round of 40: 4 groups of 10 characters, round robin; Sapphire, Emerald and Ruby Period. The rest will be thrown into an arena where only top 4 will advance. Top 3 will advance from each group.
Round of 16: 4 groups of 4 characters, round robin; Diamond Period
Followed by single elimination
Round of 64: 4 groups of 16 characters, round robin; Aquamarine, Topaz, Amethyst, Sapphire and Emerald Period
Round of 16: Swiss-Tournament style for 6 rounds; Ruby and Diamond Period
Followed by single elimination
Just a gentle reminder that you can offer criticism, but don''t do it baselessly. Also, this poll will last for 1 week.
Also, you can ask maglor or Shmion84 if you have any burning questions to be answered.