Why Seeding Is Important in Esports Tournaments

Creating a tournament is a tough thing. Even for tournaments on line small, there are many things you should consider. The first is a fair and proper format which we discussed in a separate article. The second one is seeding for all participants in the tournament.

In this article, we will discuss what it is seeding and why seeding need to be considered when hosting a tournament.

In sports tournaments and esports, some or all participants will be awarded ranking beginning. Rank this is called seeds or seeding.

Literally, seeding function to “plant” or place this participant into the bracket or tournament group in a pre-determined position. This makes bracket formed in such a way that the distribution of the power of each player becomes more balanced.

One of the examples in esports is a group division in the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. In this division, a total of 16 teams are divided into three seeding different. Four teams are in seeding first, eight di seeding second, and another four in seeding third.

If you look at the division above, four teams seeding The first is in a separate group. Each group also has exactly two teams from seeding second, and the rest is filled by the team from seeding third.

Seeding can also be applied in elimination bracket. Generally, participants with seeding height will be in part bracket separated. Not only that, the first opponent for the participants seeding height are usually participants with seeding middle or bottom.

As an illustration, here are seeding common to elimination bracket.

Seeding must always be determined before the tournament starts. If the tournament is held separately, seeding also need to be done between each phase. The most objective and accurate way to determine seeding is by system ranking shown in the form of numbers. This number can be a match record, points or elo.

For example, the Major . tournament Dota 2 currently there are always two phases, namely the group phase and playoffs. The group stage is always played in the GSL/GSL format.double elimination with seeding determined by the organizer. After the group phase ends, the rankings one to four will be clearly defined for seeding in phase playoffs.

In the round playoffs, the first and second ranked teams will start playoffs from upper bracket, rank three and four of lower bracket. Not only that, the first ranked team in each group will always meet the second ranked team from other groups. Meanwhile, the third-placed team in the group will always meet the fourth-ranked team from another group.

If we are going to hold a tournament elimination bracket today with the best Dota Pro Circuit 2021 teams as participants, seeding can be determined easily. Just look ranking each team and determine their position in bracket.

To esports scene long-lived and well-recorded history, elo and the past achievements of each participant can also be a benchmark seeding. However, if there is none, the organizers must conduct research and estimate the level of ability of each participant. That means the organizers must be objective in determining seeding the.

The question that arises is why bother doing seeding? If the participant is really good, he should be able to dominate the tournament regardless of his opponent, right? Besides, wouldn’t it be unfair if participants with seeding middle or bottom always meet with participants seeding tall? This of course makes teams with less ability have no chance to advance far in the tournament.

Seeding which is both important to the participants and the organizers themselves. Remember, a good tournament can objectively determine who is the best participant in a fair situation. Temporary seeding bad things actually make this goal not realized.

Consider a tournament with the format elimination bracket. For whatever reason, the organizers then decided not to do it seeding although he could. bracket then randomly determined, and the strongest participant is in the bracket the same one.

In that scenario, the strong half of the participants might be eliminated earlier than they should. While the weaker entrants advance further than they should, perhaps get to for example the top four.

Okay, maybe the participant is happy because he can finish in the top four. However, the majority of the opponents he faced were probably not very strong. This means that his abilities may not really be tested throughout the tournament, and the worthiness of the titles or prizes he earns is questionable.

Indeed, perhaps he proved his worth under the circumstances. However if he is placed in bracket with seeding which is good, he might not get a top four finish. There are players who are better than him who have to fall early because bracket the bad one.

For the organizers, seeding Bad ones can also have bad effects. The effect is more pronounced if the tournament is broadcast on line and followed by a strong and famous team.

Let’s reuse the above case. A tournament using the format elimination bracket without seeding the good one. Most of the tournament participants are strong participants and have large fans. These fans are willing to watch live for the sake of watching their favorite team or player. This is certainly beneficial for the organizers.

Imagine if some of the participants had to drop out from the start because seeding the bad one. Most of the fans of the fallen participants may be reluctant to watch. Organizer finally lost audience.

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Again, a good tournament is a tournament with a fair format and a place to prove who is the best. In other words, the only most effective and consistent way to win tournaments is not by bracket the lucky one. Just get good.

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