World Championship in Heroes of Might and Magic III.

I concede to Wikipedia and admit that I was wrong. Nevertheless, the probability calculation suggests that the chance of winning against the winner is twice as high as winning against the loser, which, in my opinion, leads to a trivialization of the final. I based my opinion on personal experience. For example, in one of the commercial pool tournaments (9-ball), a Candidate Master gave an amateur a handicap of 4-3. Which, by the way, is not as significant as 3-2. I also know that in many other sports, no handicap is given to a tournament participant in a double-elimination system. Kostya, I think you understand that it is completely unfair to mix the results of the group stage and the final match. At the very least, this kills the suspense. Is this what the contenders, who have been fighting for almost a year to reach the final, want?

By the way, the finalist who made it through the lower bracket has already played 3 more games than the one who went through the upper bracket. Isn't that enough of a "pardon"?