User blog comment:GravityMan/Sixth Official Wiki Rap Tournament/@comment-24328089-20170814221417/@comment-24328089-20170815031423

I have an idea to try and make it objective:

1. Rank the contestants from #1 (most experienced) to #16 (least experienced) based on how many past "Official Tournament" battles that they've won.

2. Randomize any ties. Or make tie breakers, like how many official tourney battles that they've participated in overall.

3. Have #1 go against #9. #2 go against #10. #3 go against #11. And so on.

That makes sure that the two most experienced contestants aren't against each other in the first round.

You can continue that in the next round based on how many votes (or what percentage of votes) the contestants won by.