furbster: Yes, that was obviously incorrect. Was I typing too late at night? ;-)

Here is a good example of why additional rounds should be played:
http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?tri=25594

I hate the idea of having two tournament winners listed. If we are both winners, then we should be listed as co-winners. Which means Fencer would have to create a new category, Tournament Co-Wins, and check each player's tourney wins to see which are actually co-wins. Obviously not worth it.

In the tournament above, why not at least have a third round with just me and the opponent I tied with in the previous round? I can understand how some players would prefer not to play a fourth round, if the third should also be a tie, but as long as the next round is not a repeat of the previous, I see no reason why the round should not continue.

Of course, if you allow both players to advance from this round, I think you must do it in early rounds also for the sake of fairness.

As others have said better than I, we should only use tiebreakers when there is a specific reason, before a deadline or something like that. None of wich we really have here at BrainKing.

Thad