Thread: Help! I need explanations... Qualifying:
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Re: Help! I need explanations... Qualifying:
I'll try to be brief and clear about the general tournament set up.

Regional competitions work this way:
Thursday is practice round day
Friday first thing you receive a match list for all of your qualifying matches. Those matches run all day Friday and up until lunchtime Saturday. Here you are randomly assigned alliance partners and opposing alliances (2 on 2).

The key this year is to win your qualifying matches because the ultimate goal is to be ranked in the top eight and the end of qualifying on Saturday. These top eight seeds choose their alliance partners for the playoff tournament. The top eight choose two alliance partners each (3 teams total per playoff alliance, but only two perform in a match, taking turns).

There are additional concerns about the scoring, ranking tie-breaker in qualifying, but those are the basics of the tournament. Perhaps someone else can explain the qualifying points/tie-breaker for rankings.


Good luck.
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