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[Meeplelowda]

When I saw this message I thought, Oh great! I’ll finally be able to understand the different set ups for the tournament—like Swiss and Round Robin. No such luck.

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[januszk0]

When I saw this message I thought, Oh great! I’ll finally be able to understand the different set ups for the tournament—like Swiss and Round Robin. No such luck.

Then you thought wrong. If you want to learn more about specific types of tournaments, read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... nt_systems

[men12made]

interesting tournament pages!
I have two questions, for example in https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=528484
total 16 groups, 2 winner in a 4-members groups, and next round is 1vs1 knockout stage
1.why many people have no ELO in the tournament pages?
2.many people are interested in the oppponent in the next round, such as 1st in A vs 2nd in B and 2nd in A vs 1st in B, or mix up the opponents such as 1st in A vs 2nd in X, 2nd in A vs 1st in Y.

[Meeplelowda]

1.why many people have no ELO in the tournament pages?

Having 0 Elo just means you have not completed a non-friendly game on BGA. But you could have played a lot outside of BGA. A tournament host can invite someone below 100 Elo if they wish.

[menettm]

1.why many people have no ELO in the tournament pages?

Having 0 Elo just means you have not completed a non-friendly game on BGA. But you could have played a lot outside of BGA. A tournament host can invite someone below 100 Elo if they wish.

I suppose, it is not that. Now after first play in the tournament, all the players have their real ELO written, that can be very bigger than 0

[Meeplelowda]

1.why many people have no ELO in the tournament pages?

Having 0 Elo just means you have not completed a non-friendly game on BGA. But you could have played a lot outside of BGA. A tournament host can invite someone below 100 Elo if they wish.

I suppose, it is not that. Now after first play in the tournament, all the players have their real ELO written, that can be very bigger than 0

Good point. At minimum it should be 1 after the first play.

But I see the issue. If you try to open the profile of the two players with 0 Elo, you get this message: "This player does not exist (account closed by player or for inactivity)"

[menettm]

You can look this tournament https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=521005
At the end of the list of players there are always some players with 0 for ELO.
Looking their profile, you will see their real ELO.
It was also my case before my first game play at end in the tournament and I play a lot to TTR Maps these last days.

[Meeplelowda]

Looking their profile, you will see their real ELO.

Yes, but for the specific tournament we were discussing above, there is no profile, and therefore no real Elo.

[menettm]

I don’t understand you reply, I was about 200 for the ELO and when I do my inscription to this tournament, it shows also 0 for me.

[Meeplelowda]

I don’t understand you reply, I was about 200 for the ELO and when I do my inscription to this tournament, it shows also 0 for me.

I was responding to a post about a specific tournament above: https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=528484
Regardless of what happened to you in another tournament, or what happened to other people in some other tournament, in the specific tournament I was responding about the players with 0 Elo, VivoX300 and 1149813557, no longer have active accounts:
VivoX300: https://boardgamearena.com/player?id=97692406
1149813557: https://boardgamearena.com/player?id=97033655

You can go to that tournament and try clicking on the link to their profile that's in the Overview or Registered Participants view.

Hopefully you understand my reply now.