Yes, it's true, it's better not to just pick anyone. There was a chance to advance to the next round if Britva had won against Paul, which was quite likely, because on our shared save, it turns out that I was doing much better overall. Here, you try to squeeze out time to play, but whether you advance depends not only on the sporting results. In the 3rd tournament, in a borderline situation, I was eliminated by a coin flip, due to later game endings, and now there are also arbitrary penalties. We need to come up with some more sporting criteria. Perhaps the organizers also need to encourage and help arrange games, and inquire about the players' availability. Because in reality, everyone waits for someone to message them for about three-quarters of the time, and then there's no time left. As far as I remember, only Dirty Player actively encourages and helps connect players to actually play...
I encourage participation as much as time and opportunities allow. I always ask if there are any players who are silent and not responding, and if so, I start pushing them. But without the players' own interest, the organizers can't do much.
Added after 12 hours and 4 minutes
I've posted the bracket in the second post!
Good luck to everyone!:smile02: