[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Ether

Could you clarify what you meant by this? Are you saying that for those 3 teams who played 12 matches at CAMA, the 3rd match of those 12 matches they played was their "surrogate" match? If so, any idea what would be the rationale for that?



Can anyone confirm this from an authoritative source?

Yes, if a team plays a surrogate match, it's always their 3rd round. No, the match schedule is not random, but no details have been released about the algorithm that generates the schedules other than the priorities and specifications. So we can't really say if the surrogate teams are random. More info can be found here: http://www.idleloop.com/matchmaker/

Personally, I'd assume that team numbers are not taken into account in the algorithm, and since that's the only team-specific information that the match scheduler takes in, every team should have an equal chance of being a surrograte.