[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Brian Maher

I have a question about MRI and the state championship: why play with only four alliances, despite having more than enough teams for 8 four-team alliances?

8 alliances is 24 teams + backups, or 32 if you do 4 team alliances. Should everyone present make it into the playoffs? Plus, the more teams you have in the playoffs, the longer they take. A 4-team playoff takes, 6-9 matches. Make it an 8-team playoff, and you add another 8-12 possible matches, more than doubling the length of time for the playoffs. Doing that means you can fit in fewer qualification matches - and I think most people would agree, they want more qualification matches where they can get them, especially at off-season events!