Mechanics and Statistics of a non-sanctioned T1 event

[bedafile]

I've coordinated a T1 Event and its comming up in a few weeks so I need some help with setting up the tournament. The first prize is a Unlimited Timetwister there should be a decent turnout (i.e. greater than 8). Of course if there's only 8 or less then we run top eight for it. But if there's more people, which there should be, how should things be handled.

Ussually on FNM we let the computer and judge do the work but this time I will probable handle it because its non-sactioned with 5 proxies. So these are my questions:

How many rounds of swiss for how many participants?

How do I score strenght of opponent or game records?

How should I decide about strenght of opponent or game records for ties?

What is allowed and prohibited for proxy cards?

Decklists and proxy check in?

Thanks

Edit: Sorry Q2&3: Game Records?

[jpmeyer]

The computer SHOULD still let you even if it's not sanctioned but anyway:

1) log2 (number of people in the tournament)=rounds (round this up).  So if you have 30 people, you would have log2 (30)=5 rounds (since you round up)
2) Look at the records of every one of each person's opponents and calculate their match win percentage
3) You're calculating match win percentage so it's either a win or not a win
4) Whatever you like.  Most places want the card to be unambiguous, so like have people either use picture proxies or write the name of the card on the back of a card.
5) Yes and yes, that way you can post the top 8 decks and so there won't be any confusion as to what exact card in proxy is

[Smmenen]

I'm going to write an article about this.

Steve

[Jacob Orlove]

DCI reporter will do all this stuff for you, except for the round # calculations. You just want the smallest power of 2 that's greater than the number of people, so 30 people means 32 (2^5) is the smallest, thus, 5 rounds. Basically, what jp said.

[carl]

DCI reporter will do all this stuff for you, except for the round # calculations. You just want the smallest power of 2 that's greater than the number of people, so 30 people means 32 (2^5) is the smallest, thus, 5 rounds. Basically, what jp said.

And if you organise a pure swiss tourney (which I prefer), it's:

log2(#players) + 2

So, for Dülmen tournies, it should be 9 rounds since there usually are between 65 and 127 players.