Forum:Explain Battle City mathematical fail?

I was rewatching Yu-Gi-Oh! again, and noticed a bit of a fault in Kaiba's math. Either that, or I'm a bad observer. I'm gonna go with a math fail though. Anyone with six Locator Cards could enter the Battle City Finals, and only eight duelists could be finalists. How, then, were there any more than 53 (48 requirement and 5 additional possible) duelists in the tournament? There were hundreds of duelists lining the streets in aerial views, and several hints towards there being a lot more duelists than 48. Did I just not hear him say somewhere "First to six" or can this be explained in some other way?

And yes, I know, anime logic, just trying to put forth some discussion. 65.78.161.239 (talk) 23:58, December 1, 2012 (UTC)

It was the first 8 people to get to six. In fact, Kaiba was about to leave before Ishizu even showed up. --Golden Key (talk • contribs) 00:02, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

In the anime, Kaiba said that only the first eight duelists to get six would be in the finals. Of course, the system was bad because there was no way to check that the duelists who had the locator cards actually got them by winning duels (Marik gets into the finals because Odion gets 12 locator cards and gives six to Marik). On the whole, a more structured tournament makes more sense in real life, but Kaiba probably decided that the victory he was seeking would mean more if more duelists were let into the tournament. Yes, I know this is way more than the simple answer you wanted; your question just made me think about the general merits of the system.--50.0.66.234 (talk) 02:34, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

In the manga, or the English manga at least, Kaiba said "according to the reports, there are 48 participants". In reality, if you have no mandatory games and tell everyone to scatter throughout the city, I think it's unrealistic to expect all 48 to keep playing until they either hit 6 or 0 Puzzle Cards.

The battle royal format of Duelist Kingdom and Battle City is flawed, in many ways, which is why it's not used in real life tournaments. But in fiction, having the players free roam and seek out opponents is more exciting. -- Deltaneos (talk) 16:37, December 13, 2012 (UTC)