Guess my post should have been in this thread maybe:
1 Communauté SMK / CDM 2013 / Re : [IMPORTANT] Gestion du tableau final le: 12 septembre 2013, à 20h05
Don't know if this is the thread to post, but anyway here's my 2 cents. If you have 25+ contestants, you guys should really consider splitting up in more than 2 groups (with 32+ preferably in 4 groups). On twitch there were several people quite gutted they could not watch the finals live, just because they were so damn late. And I was one of those people. I think if you want to make this really compelling to a bigger crowd, some changes should be made. Also, when I was a contender a few years back, the fact that I had to do like 15 gp's, mr's and bm's wasn't really adding to the overall experience so to speak. And guess for weaker players it must be a pain to get your ass kicked by Neo, Kvd, Pierre, Mario etc. Also, the fact that some of the finals were played for just a handful of people cause everyone sane went to bed, was a little too much imo.
While in 4 groups, the number of matches should be around 7. Which is quite an alright number. I read somewhere that for the less talented karters, it would be less fun to be divided into 4 groups, because they would play less matches. You can easily find a solution for this. For example:
4 groups of 8 karters. Best 4 of each group qualify for 1/8. Numbers 1 of each group plays number 4 of ofther group and number 2's against number 3's. Regular ko etc. OK, if Sami and Neo win their group stages, they can play against each other in the semi's. No biggie here imo, Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djok have had (sorry Neo) the same problems each Grand Slam.
For the losers you could either make a losers bracket like the winners one. But if you're really concerned about their lack of matches you could make 2 more leagues of 8 people after the group stages end. .For example, the numbers 5 en 6 of each group form a league and the numbers 7 and 8. That way, the newbies will face a lot of people with the same skill level. Added bonus: you immediately have a rank from 17 till 32. Disadvantage: They will have to play while the 1/8's and 1/4's are played. I guess due to the fact that the league matches are less time consuming than the extended ko-stage matches they should be done by the time the semis start.
If the MK parts ends a bit earlier, you could still do some side tourneys or wacko random games at later times. Suits with alcohol consumption too I guess.