User blog comment:Smash The Echidna/Tournament Roleplay idea/@comment-28035054-20160323202201

The first option gives me a good Street Fighter vibe. Sounds pretty cool. I think singles would be better for a couple of reasons.

1) as Scorpio said, there may have to be some outside co-ordination between pairings, so that may take up more time then needed.

2) a posting order will have to be established between four people instead of the regular two. This may also complicate roleplay actions, especially if there are times where person A wants to attack person B but doesn't leave any room for persons C and D to interfere. Tag team roleplaying requires a bit more attention to detail than single play.

3) Having four people in a round means rounds drag out longer and has a higher risk of player inactivity which will further slow down proceedings. This can be offset with a post time limit before a player is skipped, as well as running multiple fights in the same round at once.