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Injury Substitutions in Tournaments

triad4evrPosted on 12/17/04 at 04:44:19

I would like to see an option to either put in substitutions in Tournaments or allow for the match to be treated as a handicap when somebody gets injured during the tournament. That would be a big help. Like how things work with No-Shows.
John ProulxPosted on 12/18/04 at 22:57:33

Are you talking about substituting for someone who gets injured in the early rounds of a tournament? Or for someone who gets injured before a tournament that's been booked in advance?  The former could be useful on a limited basis -- for instance, if the winner of a match gets injured, you might want to have the loser move forward instead to set up an angle -- but I think the latter could be better solved through the upcoming Card Scheduler plugin.
triad4evrPosted on 12/19/04 at 07:07:16

I was thinking that specifically I had a tournament I just ran for a Triples Title Shot, and one of the three participants in the team that won in the semis got hurt, so the other team that went into the semis won with, essentially, a bye, which is highly non-dramatic. I would have liked to be able to either let the match continue as a 2-on-3 handicap match or be given the option of substituting in either a stable-mate or a member of one of the losing teams. That would have made for a better storyline and, since I don't book the outcomes, only the matchups, I would have liked a chance to let the match go on in some capacity. Think of the first tournament in UFC- they had alternates waiting in the wings in case somebody couldn't go on, and, as I recall, one of the alternates won, which made for quite a hoopla. I would like to be able to do that.