Re: Pool of Death?

The first thing you say is:

> Three pools is the perfect format.

The last thing you say is:

> The whole crossover thing... that's another story.

Isn't there an inconsistency there?  Given that the perfect set of
crossovers don't exist, that is.

> Three pools is the perfect format. In 5 rounds you get 4 games in on 6
> fields. Throw an extra team in there and you screw the whole thing up.
> You can get 3 games in 4 rounds, but to get everybody that 4th game on
> Saturday requires going to six rounds, or having an extra field.

You can get everyone except for 4 teams 4 games in 5 rounds.  You do
have to spill over 2 games into a round 6 if you want to have 2v3
crossovers AND 4v4 AND 1v1 games.  But for a summer event, is this
really a problem?  It gives you the op****tunity to have some showcase
games, for that matter.

> It also works perfectly if you were to go to pre-quarters on Saturday.

You will end up treating teams that finished in the same places in
their respective pools very differently.  So it is by no means
"perfect".