[mjbrauck]

How about in the elimination rounds, instead of the same to alliances playing each other 3 times in a row you rotated teams. so it would go like this…


QF1 1st alliance vs. 4th alliance

QF2 2nd alliance vs. 3rd alliance

QF3 5th alliance vs. 8th alliance

QF4 6th alliance vs. 7th alliance

QF5 Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2

QF6 Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

QF7 Loser QF1 vs. Loser QF2 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

QF8 Loser QF3 vs. Loser QF4 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

QF9 Loser QF5 vs. Winner QF7 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

QF10 Loser QF6 vs. Winner QF8 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

this leaves four teams the winners of QF5, QF6, QF9, and QF10 who move on to the semi-finals.

SF1 winner QF5 vs. winner QF6

SF2 winner QF9 vs. winner QF10

SF3 winner SF1 vs. winner SF2

SF4 loser SF1 vs. loser SF2 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

SF5 loser SF3 vs. winner SF4 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

This leaves two teams the winner of SF3 and SF5 who play in the finals.

Note: you could leave out the semi-finals and finish the tournament with

QF11 winner QF5 vs. winner QF9 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

QF12 winner QF6 vs. winner QF10 (loser has lost twice and is eliminated)

QF13 winner QF11 vs. winner QF12 (winner has won the entire tournament)