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In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison. | In [[round robin]]-based [[schedule]] formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison. | ||
| − | The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in [[tiebreaker]] cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices. | + | The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define [[single elimination]] formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. [[NAQT]] does use [[double elimination]] brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in [[tiebreaker games|tiebreaker]] cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices. |
Latest revision as of 10:34, 2 April 2023
In round robin-based schedule formats, it is typical in quizbowl discourse to use the word "bracket" for what is more properly described as a "pool": a set of teams in which each team plays each other team, and from which records and statistics can be used for comparison.
The use of proper brackets, as in the kind that define single elimination formats, is highly discouraged unless no alternatives are possible. NAQT does use double elimination brackets for its larger national championships, and single-elimination structures are occasionally used in tiebreaker cases and other relatively narrow situations even in tournaments following best practices.