double (or more)-byes in customized playoffs possible?

mindflux · 02-14-2015, 02:47 AM

was considering having widely expanded playoffs in a custom league but letting the team with the best record in each league get advanced to the equivalent of the LCS, Ive found I can do this with a 3, 5 or 9 team playoff, and I presume it can with 17 or 33. can it be done with other amounts of teams? I suspect based on what I see it isnt, but I'd like to be certain. Thanks, and sorry if this was addressed before.

Trebro · 02-14-2015, 03:38 AM

Unfortunately, unless you go to an odd number of teams, there are no byes. Eugene Church was trying and could not do it, even with a variety of proposed ideas.

So you'd have to do the 9/17/33, as you proposed, to get the byes.

mindflux · 02-14-2015, 11:41 AM

I thought so, but hoped maybe someone here had found a work around. Guess its not possible with the game setup.

02-14-2015, 02:47 AM	#1
mindflux Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 22	double (or more)-byes in customized playoffs possible? was considering having widely expanded playoffs in a custom league but letting the team with the best record in each league get advanced to the equivalent of the LCS, Ive found I can do this with a 3, 5 or 9 team playoff, and I presume it can with 17 or 33. can it be done with other amounts of teams? I suspect based on what I see it isnt, but I'd like to be certain. Thanks, and sorry if this was addressed before. Last edited by mindflux; 02-14-2015 at 03:27 AM.

02-14-2015, 11:41 AM	#3
mindflux Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 22	Thanks for the reply I thought so, but hoped maybe someone here had found a work around. Guess its not possible with the game setup.

02-14-2015, 03:38 AM	#2
Trebro All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 753 Blog Entries: 1	Unfortunately, unless you go to an odd number of teams, there are no byes. Eugene Church was trying and could not do it, even with a variety of proposed ideas. So you'd have to do the 9/17/33, as you proposed, to get the byes.