questions regarding a 9-player tournament for a 3-player game

[ramgeis]

Hi,

I want to set up a real-time 9-player tournament for a 3-player game in order to have optimal constellation for a Swiss system setup where everyone can play against each other player only once with 4 games (and doesn't have to wait while others play).

My unknowns here are:
- what is the number of games I have to enter in the configuration? ...4 (the number each player has to play) or 12 (the total number of games)?
- how good is the matchmaker implementation? Do I get this optimal constellation or is there a chance it screws up? (don't want to find it out after the tournament started)

Thanks for your answers