Smash Wii U Question about small tournament duration.

[Indigo_]

Hey guys, I'm organizing my first smash tournament. I'm trying to work with the library to find a time slot that will fit our tournament, but it is really busy around the holidays.

I'm predicting we will have about 18 people show up. How long do you think it would take to do a double elimination tournament with 3 pools of 6?

Thanks.

 

[iAmFr33man]

If you only have 18 people show up then you don't even have to do pools. You can just do a double elimination bracket with a minimum of an hour and a half with your library, assuming everything BUT the finals are best out of 3.

 

[Indigo_]

Thanks so much dude. That's what we're going to go with.

 

[FamilyTeam]

Actually, you have to take this into consideration as well: How many consoles will there be?
The last tournament me and my friends organized had 10 people, and it lasted 3 hours, since we only had one console. And also because most of the matches seemed to last quite a while.

 

[Indigo_]

Actually, you have to take this into consideration as well: How many consoles will there be?
The last tournament me and my friends organized had 10 people, and it lasted 3 hours, since we only had one console. And also because most of the matches seemed to last quite a while.

Thanks for the feedback. We will have at least 3 consoles, so I think it should be fine. I will keep that in mind though.