He might be able to play after that then, if he wants to.
Here's a copy of the original post (as of sometime in the evening of January 14, 2012):
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hey guys[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This is the thread that will be used for the duration of the Mario Kart 7 Tournament.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This first post will be edited throughout the tournament to show the current standings and race results.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The MK7 Tournament is a fun tournament with the winner being able to say that they are better than everybody else here, there will be a Gold, Silver & Bronze winner.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Each race will consist of 3 racers, the class will be 150cc Grand Prix and each racer will choose RANDOM for each track.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]After your race please reply in this thread with your results, the loser will be out of the tournament with 1st & 2nd going onto the next round.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I would ask that everybody who wants to join the MK7 Tournament reply to this with their Nintendo name and Friend code.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]When you find out who you are racing please add friend codes and discuss in this thread what day and time you are able to race.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]On race day you can chat directly in real time by using the Shoutbox on this website.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Once I have a full list of everybody who wants to participate I will then draw names for who is racing who first.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Races can be raced in our MK7 community, on your 3DS go to MK7 Online Multiplayer, then Communities, then Enter Code and enter 59214714264408 and join.[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Good luck and mostly have fun.[/font]
CONTESTANTS[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] ......[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]SKY : 3737-9650-0553[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]JohnWaluigi :[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]FILLFALL : 3437-3215-9626[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]LEONCE : 1719-3583-6607[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]M K MASTER :[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]NIN3DS : 4983-5165-4189[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]T U KOOPA: 5155-2908-3928[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gagagoogle: 2921-9167-6685[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]P E Gadd: 2750-1149-2337[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mario Sam: [/font][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]3695-0438-4384[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]RyShark:[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gelivable: 2363-5782-8782[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Dev: [/font][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]0774-4680-2766[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Fallen: [/font][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]3351-4270-2898 [/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Manbearpig: 1676-3739-8499[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]ShyGuy: 0173-1464-7608[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]DuckDude: 3007-8076-9069[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Kirby: 4897-6296-1900[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]HERE IS THE DRAW VIDEO >>>>>> [/font][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQmzEwCGdEQ[/media]
HEAT 1 RACERS[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] ....[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]TU KOOPA....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....JOHN WALUIGI....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....DEV[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]DUCK DUDE....[/font]Vs.[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]...SHY GUY....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....P E GADD[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]MARIO SAM....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....KIRBY....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....GA GA GOOGLE[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]SKY....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....GELIVABLE....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....MK MASTER[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]FILLFALL....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....FALLEN....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....MANBEARPIG[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]RY SHARK....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....LEONCE....[/font]Vs[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]....NIN3DS[/font]
HEAT 1 RACE RESULTS[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] .....[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]GELIVABLE and MK MASTER to Heat 2... Sky unable to participate[/font]
OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] ......[/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]SKY [/font]
Also, the tournament bracket is actually going to be a bit complicated.
For the first round, there are 3 players per race. The loser (3rd) is eliminated, and the 1st and 2nd go to the second round.
But the question is how many players are there per race in Round 2? And Round 3, or how ever many rounds we have? Will it always be 3 per race at maximum (unless there aren't that many racers)?
Infact it's going to be almost impossible to do a bracket with that kind of thing...
The closest thing would be a double-elimination tournament... except it would be combined with a single-elimination tournament.
For those who are now confused, basically it's like this:
The 1st player is treated as the "winner".
The 2nd player is sent to the "loser's bracket"
The 3rd player is eliminated
In short, all players have 2 lives (eliminations). If you are 1st, you don't lose a life. If you are 2nd you lose a life, but still have one more chance left. If you are 3rd, you're out completely. That's pretty much the best way to do it.
Now, the thing is, again, while we know it's 3 players per race for the 1st round, but what about the 2nd round?
Not only that but why the hell is it so easy to find "2 players per match" brackets, but the only way to even see a 3 or 4 player per match bracket is on Super Smash Bros Melee or Super Smash Bros Brawl's Tournament Mode?
This is what a bracket with up to 4-players per match looks like:
Also, LOWI? A 'heat' is a 'preliminary race'. Are you sure you don't mean 'round'? As in "Round 1" and "Round 2", i.e. the 1st and 2nd players go to "Round 2"? It makes more sense.