2016 IRI - Rule Changes and Reasoning

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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

10. 5.4.4 - In Eliminations, up to THREE tied MATCH SCORES between two alliances will be re-played. If the 4th re-play results in an additional tied MATCH SCORE, the published FIRST tie-breakers will be used.

I have a few questions in understanding how this will work.

To make sure I am understanding this correctly could you confirm that the scenario below is correct.

Match #1 - Tied (tied match #1)
Match #2 - Red wins
Match #3 - Tied (tied match #2)
Match #4 - Blue wins
Match #5 - Tied (tied match #3)
Match #6 - Tied (tied match #4, FIRST tie-breakers will be used)

How will these extra tiebreaker matches fit into the playoff schedule with the other matches?

Which tied match will be used to calculate FIRST tie-breakers?