i was trying to avoid the detailed reply, but i should have known better than that!
GokoDom is about the same scale in terms of number of matches, the main difference being that in a single-elimination tournament most of the matches are done in the first two rounds.
But saying it can't be done on Goko is a bit silly.
- similar scale for
total matches, sure. but how those matches are spread makes a difference. who those players are changes things too, and i would wager that GokoDom benefits by pulling more heavily from the more regular forum members.
- the last GokoDom ended what 3-4 months ago? there has been the international tournament in between, but by most accounts the quality and performance of Goko seems to be steadily declining.
- perhaps most importantly, total numbers means far more than total matches when it comes to managing who owns what sets. i said a
large scale tournament would be difficult, and i meant it. i don't think that is silly at all. it looks like you had 83 for GokoDom, with 65(?) who had all/most cards. i think it would be very difficult to find ~3.5 times as many willing to play who owned all/most sets. and then what of the people who don't have the sets but want to play? you can try to split them early, but eventually they would be bound to collide. and of course that adds another layer of legwork to consider.
Sure, Goko has problems, but they're not insurmountable.
managing those problems will likely change some things that are what made the original DSC exciting to me in the first place. there will have to be compromises and changes, and at some point you are moving away from what DSC was to another GokoDom variant.
is it technically impossible to pull off? no, i guess not. i just don't see a repeat of the past scale and format given the current state of affairs. i wouldn't mind offering input based on experience (and i'm sure Kirian would gladly chip in as well), but barring the changes mentioned previously i am going to pass on running the show.
