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| =====about matchsets===== | =====about matchsets===== | ||
| - | A matchset is, well, a set of matches that need to be completed before the tournament can advance to the next round. You can think of a matchset as a round, like a qualification round or the semifinal round, but round is an ambiguous and confusing word in this context, so we've chosen Matchset for clarity. For example, most tournaments will start out with some form of qualification, where all players get a set number of matches before anyone is eliminated. The entire set of qualifying matches, three for each player present, is the qualifying matchset. However, because each player get three matches, they might think of that matchset as three rounds of play. Hence the made-up term matchset, which won't really even be displayed to the players: matchsets have labels like 'qualification round' or 'quarterfinal round' for their convenience. | + | A matchset is, well, a set of matches that need to be completed before the tournament can advance to the next round. You can think of a matchset as a round, like a qualification round or the semifinal round, but round is an ambiguous and confusing word in this context, so we've chosen Matchset for clarity. For example, most tournaments will start out with some form of qualification, where all players get a set number of matches before anyone is eliminated. The entire set of qualifying matches, three for each player present, is the qualifying matchset. However, because each player gets three matches, they might think of that matchset as three rounds of play. Hence the made-up term matchset, which won't really even be displayed to the players: matchsets have labels like 'qualification round' or 'quarterfinal round' for their convenience. |
| So, in most situations, when a matchset is complete, some players will be eliminated from the tournament. For example, at the end of the qualifying matchset, it's likely that only the top 16 or 32 scorers will advance to the next elimination matchset. You then have a matchset for each round of elimination (there's that ambiguous term again!), so you'd have a matchset for 32 players each getting one match after which the 16 losers are eliminated, then another matchset for the 16, after which 8 are eliminated, etc. etc. This layer of abstraction may seem a little confusing at first, but it's important to keeping the data well organized and usable. | So, in most situations, when a matchset is complete, some players will be eliminated from the tournament. For example, at the end of the qualifying matchset, it's likely that only the top 16 or 32 scorers will advance to the next elimination matchset. You then have a matchset for each round of elimination (there's that ambiguous term again!), so you'd have a matchset for 32 players each getting one match after which the 16 losers are eliminated, then another matchset for the 16, after which 8 are eliminated, etc. etc. This layer of abstraction may seem a little confusing at first, but it's important to keeping the data well organized and usable. | ||