Quote from: BeatZ- on April 28, 2024, 03:57:23 pm

Quote from: RJBTV on April 28, 2024, 02:32:23 pm

make it top 4.

Why would anybody want a smaller tourney? lol

Make it 3.

jokes aside.
Riddick donated the most money, he should have the most say in what kind of tournament happens. But I do feel like the highest ranked few should get some benefit out of being ranked higher than the others in the top 8.

In the past we had some gauntlet tournaments where it was 8 vs 7, winner vs 6, winner vs 5, winner vs 4, winner vs 3, winner vs 2, winner vs 1. This way placement on the ladder actually comes with a benefit.

If its a straight up standard top 8 tournament being a higher rank on the ladder comes with no benefits which somewhat nullifies the incentive to place higher. It means rank 1 gets the exact same thing as being rank 8, yet rank 1 has 840 more points than rank 8. There should be some benefit to being ranked higher to incentivize putting in more games and to reward actually winning more matches.

A 6 player tournament would allow rank 1 and 2 to skip round 1 of the tournament and hence get a benefit out of being ranked higher. 10 player tournament would achieve the same effect.

Another format for 8 player tournament could be to have 2 groups of 3 consisting of players ranked 3 to 8. In each group they each play one another once in a best of 5. This should result in one player per group coming out in 1st. This player then proceeds to the bracket stage where the top 4 players(rank 1 and 2 are already placed here) and play out the semi-finals and the finals.