For games like railroad ink, welcome to, etc, where an unlimited number of players can play, and all players play their turns simultaneously, I'd like to create a tournament format called "Battle Royale," "Melee," or something like that.
The format would be like multi-player elimination, except each round would be a single match among all remaining participants, with the top half advancing to the next round.
The current MPE format only allows 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 players to advance.
So:
Round 1 has a match with 17-32 players
The top 16 advance to a single round 2 match
The top 8 advance...
Etc until the final when 2 players are left.
I don't see any logistical issue with this format, since all 32 players would play their turns simultaneously, so a 32 player match will take the same amount of time as 16 two player matches.
But as best i can tell, the current MPE isn't quite flexible enough to accommodate this.
The format would be like multi-player elimination, except each round would be a single match among all remaining participants, with the top half advancing to the next round.
The current MPE format only allows 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 players to advance.
So:
Round 1 has a match with 17-32 players
The top 16 advance to a single round 2 match
The top 8 advance...
Etc until the final when 2 players are left.
I don't see any logistical issue with this format, since all 32 players would play their turns simultaneously, so a 32 player match will take the same amount of time as 16 two player matches.
But as best i can tell, the current MPE isn't quite flexible enough to accommodate this.