I guess I should probably also state that I was peripherally involved in Eggm's bracket dispute, and I suppose I should clear that whole thing up.
Eggm's complaint was that he was on JMan's side of the bracket instead of Hax's side of the bracket, when he thought it was pretty clear that he should be either the 2 or 3 seed and that Hax should be the other. I feel like there was some serious miscommunication or misunderstanding of how seeding works in regard to this situation, cause Alukard was trying to explain that he made Hax the 2 seed and Eggm the 3 seed. The issue here, is that regardless of which of them gets the 2 seed, they should be on the same side of the bracket if you're truly seeding like that and the 4th seed (most likely Swift) should be on JMan's side.
So basically, Eggm's argument was legit and the way Alukard was arguing back was faulty (he was saying Eggm was the 3 seed, in which case, HE STILL SHOULD'VE BEEN ON HAX'S SIDE OF THE BRACKET).
NOW, with that being said, this is a local tourney, with like, 20 people, so personally, I think that seeding top 4 that rigidly is overkill and that a less strict seeding is better (I would've seeded two skill groups and let tio randomly do the rest [top seeds: JMan, Swift, Eggm, Hax, high seeds: G$, Alukard, Spawn, Mogwai]). This way, there's still some seeding for competition sake without making seeding into a self fulfilling prophecy with the same players always playing each other tourney after tourney at the local level.
Eggm's complaint was that he was on JMan's side of the bracket instead of Hax's side of the bracket, when he thought it was pretty clear that he should be either the 2 or 3 seed and that Hax should be the other. I feel like there was some serious miscommunication or misunderstanding of how seeding works in regard to this situation, cause Alukard was trying to explain that he made Hax the 2 seed and Eggm the 3 seed. The issue here, is that regardless of which of them gets the 2 seed, they should be on the same side of the bracket if you're truly seeding like that and the 4th seed (most likely Swift) should be on JMan's side.
So basically, Eggm's argument was legit and the way Alukard was arguing back was faulty (he was saying Eggm was the 3 seed, in which case, HE STILL SHOULD'VE BEEN ON HAX'S SIDE OF THE BRACKET).
NOW, with that being said, this is a local tourney, with like, 20 people, so personally, I think that seeding top 4 that rigidly is overkill and that a less strict seeding is better (I would've seeded two skill groups and let tio randomly do the rest [top seeds: JMan, Swift, Eggm, Hax, high seeds: G$, Alukard, Spawn, Mogwai]). This way, there's still some seeding for competition sake without making seeding into a self fulfilling prophecy with the same players always playing each other tourney after tourney at the local level.