Tournament draws

[Sh0Case]

How do they work?
What does the seeding dictate?
For example; the latest tournament(US Mens Clay Court Championship) on PS3, the number 1 seed is on the same half as the number 4 seed but on Xbox, the number 1 seed is on the same half as the number 3 seed.

More to the point, I can potentially play Supermassy on Xbox for the 6th time this year before reaching the final, in the US Mens Clay Court Championship and I don't understand why.

1st meeting - Australian Open: Supermassy seeded 3 and ShoCase seeded 7
2nd meeting - Regions Morgan Keegan Championships: Supermassy seeded 3 and ShoCase seeded 1
3rd meeting - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships: Supermassy seeded 5 and ShoCase seeded 1
4th meeting - BNP Paribas Open: Supermassy seeded 5 and ShoCase seeded 1
5th meeting - Sony Ericsson Open: Supermassy seeded 4 and ShoCase Seeded 1

The reason behind it might be simple but I would appreciate any explanation from a member of the management team.

[VMoe86]

Draws here at ITST are made by clicking on a button and then according to regular tennis draws a main draw is randomly (or pseudo-randomly) generated. Playing that frequently against the same player is just coincidence.

Take a look here, on page 26 and the following ones, for how a tennis draw by ITF Rules is made:

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1vjyz/2012ITFProCircuitrul/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itftennis.com%2Fprocircuit%2Finfo-for-players%2Frules-and-forms.aspx

[C4iLL]

Yes that's really bad I can't play against you in Regular to definitely put an end to your domination
It's boring to always be in the same part of Fifa

[SlicerITST]

It is like VMoe said. Just from Supermassy's seedings you can see just how random it is. In theory this should give a lot of variation. Unfortunately this variation goes mostly unnoticed. A run where you get paired up with the same player a couple of times in a row will much more likely catch your eye.

[Ali-Iqb93]

I know not related to the topic but I wanna ask why is there a draw of 32 for montecarlo masters ps3? It's not even Friday yet. There can be a Lot more sign ups in 3days..

[Moralspain]

I know not related to the topic but I wanna ask why is there a draw of 32 for montecarlo masters ps3? It's not even Friday yet. There can be a Lot more sign ups in 3days..

yep you're right, i've just updated it and now it's a 48 guys draw, it'll be enough

[Ali-Iqb93]

[Sh0Case]

Yes that's really bad I can't play against you in Regular to definitely put an end to your domination
It's boring to always be in the same part of Fifa

See you in the Estoril final? You can definitely win your first ever title

[C4iLL]

Exactly, and I choosed this tournament because you were in

But as I unfortunately play the game 2 hours/month now, there are good chances I won't reach the final, as usual

[Sh0Case]

Exactly, and I choosed this tournament because you were in

But as I unfortunately play the game 2 hours/month now, there are good chances I won't reach the final, as usual

Well done on reaching the Semi Final, the last time you got that far in a regular MS tournament was in January when you were an outsider for the Australian Open Title. Good omen for the French Open perhaps

[C4iLL]

I admit, you're right ! But 3 things need to be known :

1) It's really difficult to play 2 different tennis games at the same time : when I play TE and come back to TS4 for ITST, I'm a bit lost (and frustrated by the lack of freedom in the movements).

2) I've really stop playing TS for 2-3 months now.. I just launch TS for ITST. Because of that, I've no sensations, especially on clay with the rebound etc (I've done more than 11 UE on 2 sets against SupremeLoren yesterday...). And my timing at the net is disturbed by the timing at the net on TE :/

3) I'm really not motivated to get back to a good level on TS as I have no more fun with the game. TE is so much better, you should come !

Conclusion : I will retire when the TE tour will be full.

[Sh0Case]

I am going to make the transition.. I've played Tennis Elbow for the first time today, I like it and once I adapt to it I will join the tour and depending on the state of the Top Spin tour, retire from that too.
There are a couple issues with my experience of Tennis Elbow I need to resolve before I can get into it though.