INL - Playoffs spring 97

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The INL playoffs are nearly upon us. As announced at the beginning of the season, we will be doing a three-round playoff; we have only recently decided on the exact format. Unlike in previous seasons, we are going to have a loser's bracket, so teams should be able to get a couple extra quality games in.

The two-sided bracket looks like this: 


             Consolation   Loser   First Round  Semis    Championship Game 

                                  Division 1 #1
                                 /             \
                            Loser               Winner
                           /     \             /      \
                          /       Division 2 #4        \
                  Winner <                              > Winner
                 /        \       Division 2 #2        /        \
                /          \     /             \      /          \
               /            Loser               Winner            \
              /                  \             /                   \
             /                    Division 1 #3                     \
Consolation <                                                        > Champion
             \                    Division 1 #2                     /
              \                  /             \                   /
               \            Loser               Winner            /
                \          /     \             /      \          /
                 \        /       Division 2 #3        \        /
                  Winner <                              > Winner
                          \       Division 1 #4        /
                           \     /             \      /
                            Loser               Winner
                                 \             /
                                  Division 2 #1

For the first two rounds of the playoffs, the games will be played at the home server of the higher-seeded team. So, the Division 1 #1 vs. Division 2 #4 game will be played at the Division 1 #1's server, but if the Division 2 #4 team wins, the next game will be played at the home server of the Division 2 #2 team (assuming they beat Division 1 #3).

The final game will be played on a neutral server. Grey Elf's neutral-server team-choosing rules will apply; one team is defined as the away team, and the "home" team can request galaxy resets until they're satisfied with the planet layout. Then, team selection proceeds as normal.

As a reminder, the season is scheduled to end this Sunday at 23:59 Pacific time.

There is currently one extension request under consideration, but we are short on time, so everyone really should try to get their games done this week.