Let's talk about initial seeding in tournaments

[ryanwanger]

@pinwizj

The HUC in my mind is definitely trying to be a “high level” competition, so for this specific instance I feel like the decision for random seeding would actually impact potential attendance in a negative way.

I totally get how random seeding might impact that.

@pinwizj

Totally agree that should NOT be the strategy for most events out there. We’re specifically catering to the elite with this

Yeah, I get that too. Perhaps my entire complaint goes away if this was the year 2020, and this was an established event, and it’s the Heads Up Championship event.

Maybe what I’m fearing is that the success of this tournament will encourage others to run similar events, and those will follow suit with regards to initial seeding. Hopefully that type of initial seeding is used very, very sparingly.

Does anyone else out there have local events that use IFPA ranking for initial seedings?