Yes. So the 4 winners with the lowest average ranking will be in pot 2.RogerTheMovieManiac88 on Apr 26 2018, 08:33:20 AM wrote:Aren't there 12 pools (12 winners and 12 runners-up) in the opening stage though?joachimt on Apr 26 2018, 08:23:51 AM wrote:The eight best performances won't compete against each other.RogerTheMovieManiac88 on Apr 26 2018, 08:21:12 AM wrote:How so? There are going to be an equal number of first and second-placers from the opening round.
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Okay. It's probably not how I'd set it up but it doesn't really matter. It's the films that matter more than the countries at the end of the day.
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But why? As long as people don't know which films they'll play against, it's nothing to worry about, I'd say.Armoreska on Apr 26 2018, 07:48:19 AM wrote:But we're trying to hide who plays against whom before the movies are picked, which is more important than following the FIFA WC format.Gershwin on Apr 26 2018, 07:12:42 AM wrote:Wouldn't it be logical to use the same system as in official soccer World Cups? If I'm not mistaken, there the winner of Group A automatically plays against the second-placed country from Group B in the 'round of 16', etc. Couldn't we do something similar? Seems more fair to me.joachimt on Apr 26 2018, 05:07:47 AM wrote:(...)
Which makes me think of a decision to be made about the schedule of round 2. The 24 countries will be divided into 8 groups of 3 countries. Shall I do that completely randomly or should I create three pots? The pots could be:
1. The 8 winners with highest ranking.
2. The 4 winners with lowest ranking plus the 4 2nd places with highest ranking.
3. The 8 2nd places with lowest ranking.
I think I prefer to create pots, but I'm interested in your opinions.
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While I could happily spend hours coming up with a seeding system akin to what Gershwin is proposing, I think Joachim's initial proposal is the simplest to implement.
I would agree, however, that countries from the same match in Round 1 should not be in the same match in Round 2. We can discuss about Round 3 once we get to that stage.
I would agree, however, that countries from the same match in Round 1 should not be in the same match in Round 2. We can discuss about Round 3 once we get to that stage.
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