NS wrote:MystykAMV wrote:LantisEscudo wrote:The only nations that can still sweep all three finals spots are the USA and Canada.
Thanks for underestimating other nations so much -.-"
Can sweep. That means fill all slots, as in have enough people that are still in the tournament at all to actually fill all 3.
Exactly. The best any other nation can do, simply by how the brackets worked out, is taking two of the three slots.
Switzerland, Japan, Finland, USSR, Mexico, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Poland only have one or two entrants each, so it's impossible for any one of them to take all three finals slots.
Hungary has no editors in Bracket 2, Italy and France both have none in Bracket 1, and Sweden is short Bracket 3. Germany had an editor in all three brackets, but their only entrant in Bracket 1 didn't advance, so taking all three slots is now impossible.
I try not to underestimate anyone; I've seen editors of all nationalities go very deep into the previous tournaments. I just like figuring out patterns and possibilities (World Cup qualifying is one of my favorite things to follow for the same reason). I should have been clearer on my phrasing on that one, and I apologize for causing the misunderstanding. I tend to fall into using odd idioms when I talk about sports and competitions (a bad habit from hanging around with TV and radio commentators) and forget that other people might not recognize the phrases.