Quote Originally Posted by iopq
OK, but does the winner of the winner bracket get to lose once in the championship game?

Logically it follows that if he never lost a game he'd move down to the losers bracket

Usually double elimination makes sense if there are "groups" like group A, B, C, D

so the guy who goes 2-0 can go on to the semi-finals and get a better seed
and the loser of the winner bracket can play the winner of the loser bracket and get a worse seed
if it's DE, the championship match (Loser's champ vs Winners champ) is a bit different. if the Winner wins, its over, as this would make the 2nd loss for the Loser's champ. however, if the Loser's champ wins, it goes one more match since this is the Winner's champ's "first loss."

see?