The addictive abrupt joy of a tournament bracket is, in many ways, any sport at its purest form. The basic ultimatum of sport, that there must be a winner and there must be a loser, is turbo charged into a few matches rather than across a mazy season. Opinions are seized in days rather than months. Everything feels more intense.
For many years cinema was lauded as the highest form of film making but more bite sized television streaming has become a vanguard for nearly a decade. Short stories are still perhaps a gateway for great novelists rather than the medium that represents their peak.