interesting responses to the poll question .. so far, the preferences for seeding order, which determines assignment of byes, are:
- Registration order - 3
- Random - 2
- Previous winners then by rating - 1
- Rating, Experience, Name - 0
as promised, i didn't listen -- after all,
czarhood has its privileges

today's tourney used Rating as the seed order .. here are the first and second round pairings:
Round 1 (3 pts):
rockfish (1768) vs adrian (1690) winner plays karmakat (1542),
pilogen (1742) vs supermane (1708) winner plays erdbeere (1661),
stog (1661) vs rollingfool (1538) winner plays jackdaddy (1609),
rossa (1488) vs cassandra (1556) winner plays sweets (1543),
Miccimalou (1607) vs Trilli (1584) winner plays sunray (1811),
WiFi (1507) vs socksey (1644) winner plays sixty_something (1741),
Round 2 (3 pts):
pck (1773) vs johnwayne (1695),
RickrInSF (1750) vs Picasso (1735)

that didn't come out as expected

seeding by rating should have assigned the six byes to the top 6 rated players .. it clearly did not, but on closer examination apparently TourneyBot used Random seeding for #2746 .. so, while i, as Bloody Mary czar, didn't listen TourneyBot did .. thus, the random pairing for 22 players look correct .. round 3 pairings with a previous match results further reveal the structure of the pairings
Round 3 (3 pts):
adrian (1690) defeated rockfish and karmakat vs pck (1773) who defeated johnwayne in Round 2
pilogen (1742) defeated supermane and erdbeere vs jackdaddy (1609) who defeated [winner of stog vs rollingfool],
sweets (1543) defeated [winnner of rossa vs cassandra] vs RickrInSF (1750) who defeated Picasso in Round 2
Miccimalou (1607) defeated Trilli and sunray vs sixty_something (1741) who defeated [winner of WiFi vs socksey]
thus the pairings can be visualized by sketching it out on the back of a napkin, if you need visuals

IMHO, the tourney, our first Bloody Mary run automatically, went really well and ended in 2:06 which is quite fast for a 22 player tourney
i'm sure we'll continue to find surprises and
undocumented features of automatic tourneys .. however, from the perspective of this TD, i really liked the way TourneyBot handled opening, registration, and clock warnings .. it made playing a lot easier for me as a TD which is an unexpected benefit .. it also allowed me time to spam Bloody Mary news, facts, and solicitations to play - all a good thing, IMO
so, thanks again, Tom

i'm delighted with TourneyBot's continuing improvements and reliablity
