Suggestion for SL9 playoffs

[Dougie]

Thought I'd throw this suggestion into the mix as an alteration to J's original playoff concept. The basic premise remains, where the bottom two teams battle it out each round to avoid elimination, but instead of just having the bottom teams playing, the teams above also play and can switch positions dependent on their results:

Round 1 - (bo3)
1st seed v 2nd seed (loser is new 2nd seed)
3rd seed v 4th seed (loser is new 4th seed)
5th seed v 6th seed (loser eliminated)

Round 2 (bo3)
2nd seed v 3rd seed (loser is new 3rd seed)
4th seed v bottom seed (loser is eliminated)

Round 3 (bo5)
1st seed v 2nd seed (loser is new 2nd seed)
3rd seed v bottom seed (loser is eliminated)

Round 4 (bo5)
2nd seed v bottom seed (loser is eliminated)

Round 5 (final bo7)
1st seed v bottom seed

Obviously the draw back is that the top seed could end up playing the same team 3 times! But at least they're getting games.

[Kafka]

Originally Posted by Dougie

Thought I'd throw this suggestion into the mix

+1 to this, seems fair and allows higher seeds to play throughout the playoffs

[Fartface]

Interesting idea in theory Dougie but I don't think it would work in practice. It requires teams to show up erratically in a schedule that can only be predicted 1 week in advance; plus, a lot of people have enough trouble just navigating the map veto system let alone something complicated like this.

[Nadespam]

Since there's six teams, why not copy the NFL playoff format?

Round 1
6v3
5v4

Round 2
1vlowest remaining seed
2vhigher winning seed

Round 3
Championship

Still gives an advantage based on regular season, but only one round, and can easily be condensed into two weeks, maybe

Week 1
Round 1 Bo5
Round 2 Bo5

Week 2
Round 3 Bo7