Each game will have its own meaning to assign to the left and right players, in a manner to be determined by the tournament organiser. To encourage consistency, some meanings are suggested here, but tournament organisers are invited to inform this author of any conventions which may be agreed in any particular game or sport. In tiddlywinks, the left player should take the dominant corners. In chess, left should play white, and in other games in which one player starts, left starts. In card games left deals first.
Some games are for pairs of people, with two players on each side.
Seeding is an attempt to ensure that important games come last, or near-equivalently, that there are as few games as possible in which the score doesn't matter to one player. To utilise the seeding, players should be ranked before the tournament, with A being the best, B second best, and so on. This will maximise the probability that the result of the tournament will still be in doubt as the final round starts. A note on printing. PDF files come in two versions, one optimised for A4, one for US Letter.