Okay, so, I’ve been messing around with this “Last Chance Qualifier Bracket” thing for a while now, and let me tell you, it’s been a journey. I wanted to build a system to track this esports tournament, you know? I got inspired after reading something about the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 Americas League. It’s like, the last chance for those 7 teams to make it to the Champions. Apparently, it is held the day or night before an invitation-only event.
So, I started by gathering some data. I found out that the first round of the Upper Quarter-Finals starts in August.
- The first match will be on August 4th.
- The second match will be on August 5th.
- The third match will be on August 6th.
Then I decided, I need to put this into a bracket, so I made a simple text-based bracket. It was rough, but it helped me visualize the matches. I noted down the dates for each match. This took a bit of time, but it was worth it.
After that, I started playing around with ways to make this look better, more organized. I thought about using some online tools, but I ended up just sticking with my text editor. I added some colors, bolded some names, you know, just to make it pop a little.
Key Match Dates
I also wrote down the key match dates from the information I found.
Then, I wanted to make it interactive, so I could update the scores and see how the bracket progressed. I started fiddling with some basic scripting. Nothing fancy, just something to update the scores and move the winners forward in the bracket. It was pretty clunky at first, but I got it working eventually.
The biggest challenge was keeping track of all the changes. With teams getting eliminated and others advancing, it got a bit messy. But I managed to keep up by constantly updating my bracket after each match day. It was a lot of manual work, but hey, I was learning a lot.
Finally, after all that, I had a working, albeit basic, system to track the Last Chance Qualifier. It wasn’t pretty, but it did the job. I could see the matches, update the scores, and follow the teams’ progress. I even shared it with some friends, and they thought it was pretty cool, considering I just threw it together.
So yeah, that’s my little adventure with the Last Chance Qualifier Bracket. It was a fun, hands-on project, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Maybe next time, I’ll try to make it even better, with more features and stuff. But for now, I’m just glad I got it working!
