The freeplay period of SCTFL 14 has officially ended. Congratulations to all clans that made playoffs in what was another active and succesful season of SCTFL.
There will now be a small break of 3 days before the playoffs start. During this time all playoff rules will be finalized and posted in the forums. The playoff randomization will be done on Thursday, June 11th 2008 at 8:00 PM GMT 0 in #sctfl. We will also release the source of the randomizer script at the same time so people can see and verify that it is completely random. The playoffs will begin right after the randomization is complete.
The SCTFL 14 Playoffs will be designed in the following way: The clans ranked 1,2,3,4 will get their positions solidified in the corner portions of the final 16 clan bracket. The preliminary qualifier matches will require clans ranked from 13-20 in the freeplay to play against eachother based on reverse winning % (Meaning the best winning % of these clans plays the worst winning %, 2nd best winning % plays 2nd worst, and so on). The 4 winners of the preliminary qualifier rounds will play the clans ranked 1-4 in the 2nd round. All other parts of the bracket will be randomized. For a more vivid explanation of what I mean, check the following screenshot and read my explanation below:
The yellow boxes consist of clans ranked from 13-20. The teal boxes consist of the top 4 clans in the freeplay. The gray boxes consist of everyone in-between (the gray boxes are determined randomnly).
We would also like to add that you have until the moment of the randomization to report mistakes and inconsistencies found in the stats and matches. If you happen to come across said irregularities, please report them to the SCTFL admins (send me a PM on the forums or check IRC).
Once again, congratulations to all clans that participated and good luck in playoffs.
