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Originally Posted by bsball8806
What’s the idea behind two brackets? Reduce variance?
If you pick someone to finish 1st in a group but they actually finish 2nd, then their placement in the ro8 bracket will be different, which gets weird. I don't know if there's a better solution but I thought two brackets would fix the "someone's still in the tournament but not playing who they thought you would play" issue. It would be lame to pick, say, a Serral v Maru finals only to find after the group stage that they're playing each other in the ro8.