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Old 08-5-2019, 10:16 AM   #140
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Originally Posted by xXOpkillerXx View Post
How many files would that require ? I believe that's:
nbFiles = [sum 2^(i - 1), i = 1 to n] = 2^n - 1
where n is the number of rounds. That means if we assume the end condition (1 player with no strike) happens on round 8, we'd need a total of 255 files.
No, we actually wouldn't.

In the first round, we'd need one file, since there's one group.

In the second round, we'd need two files: one for the zero-strike group, and one for the one-strike group.

In the third round, we'd need three files: one for the zero-strike group, one for the one-strike group, and one for the two-strike group.

And so on.

So in an 8-round tournament, we'd only need 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8 = 36 files. For a tournament the size of the current OT (275 total signups), we'd actually need 9 rounds to get down to one player, but that still means we'd only need 45 files. That's less than the current OT requires. (7*8 = 56 files.)
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