'20 Spring Throwdown: Offical Thread

[Squammy]

Originally Posted by Rai

We have 50 qualifiers from the last winter season. I'm going for a 64 man tournament. Need 14 wild card spots. I will make a list of qualifiers and post it here. Want a wild card spot just type your name below.[/center]

64 man including the top 50 would include battlers like @Yue, who got 6 wins and 81 losses. Why is this a 64 man and not a 32 man? Just to reward people who didn't wanna put in the time to qualify? Feel like that invalidates the point of even having a seasonal ranking at all.

The winter tournament had 65 battlers who battled enough to qualify. @Esso was not one of them. So how's he end up in the semi-finals of the tournament? @Esso you do you man, take the plates you're given, but can someone explain how this incentivises anyone to try at all during the main seasonal rankings when they can reach semi-finals through a backdoor?

[Squammy]

Originally Posted by Rai

We have 50 qualifiers from the last winter season. I'm going for a 64 man tournament. Need 14 wild card spots. I will make a list of qualifiers and post it here. Want a wild card spot just type your name below.[/center]

64 man including the top 50 would include battlers like @Yue, who got 6 wins and 81 losses. Why is this a 64 man and not a 32 man? Just to reward people who didn't wanna put in the time to qualify? Feel like that invalidates the point of even having a seasonal ranking at all.

The winter tournament had 65 battlers who battled enough to qualify. @Esso was not one of them. So how's he end up in the semi-finals of the tournament? @Esso you do you man, take the plates you're given, but can someone explain how this incentivises anyone to try at all during the main seasonal rankings when they can reach semi-finals through a backdoor?

[Esso]

Originally Posted by Squammy

64 man including the top 50 would include battlers like @Yue, who got 6 wins and 81 losses. Why is this a 64 man and not a 32 man? Just to reward people who didn't wanna put in the time to qualify? Feel like that invalidates the point of even having a seasonal ranking at all.

The winter tournament had 65 battlers who battled enough to qualify. @Esso was not one of them. So how's he end up in the semi-finals of the tournament? @Esso you do you man, take the plates you're given, but can someone explain how this incentivises anyone to try at all during the main seasonal rankings when they can reach semi-finals through a backdoor?

I was contacted on FB by Rule and asked if I wanted to participate. To my knowledge, I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t in the top 64. It was like 5 other people and I was told they were allowing those as Wild Cards because of multi accounts, people who weren’t active and people who claimed they didn’t want to participate. It’s hard to field 64 active folks as there were plenty of 1st and 2nd round no shows as it was so I can’t blame Rule for doing that. It raised the level of competition, ensured less no shows, and gave people some entertainment in the process. I understand the feeling that it should be the 64 in order and that’s it. It used to be active enough to do that and pull off a great tourney. Hasn’t been that way for a minute though.

[Esso]

Originally Posted by Squammy

64 man including the top 50 would include battlers like @Yue, who got 6 wins and 81 losses. Why is this a 64 man and not a 32 man? Just to reward people who didn't wanna put in the time to qualify? Feel like that invalidates the point of even having a seasonal ranking at all.

The winter tournament had 65 battlers who battled enough to qualify. @Esso was not one of them. So how's he end up in the semi-finals of the tournament? @Esso you do you man, take the plates you're given, but can someone explain how this incentivises anyone to try at all during the main seasonal rankings when they can reach semi-finals through a backdoor?

I was contacted on FB by Rule and asked if I wanted to participate. To my knowledge, I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t in the top 64. It was like 5 other people and I was told they were allowing those as Wild Cards because of multi accounts, people who weren’t active and people who claimed they didn’t want to participate. It’s hard to field 64 active folks as there were plenty of 1st and 2nd round no shows as it was so I can’t blame Rule for doing that. It raised the level of competition, ensured less no shows, and gave people some entertainment in the process. I understand the feeling that it should be the 64 in order and that’s it. It used to be active enough to do that and pull off a great tourney. Hasn’t been that way for a minute though.

[Squammy]

Originally Posted by Esso

I was contacted on FB by Rule and asked if I wanted to participate. To my knowledge, I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t in the top 64. It was like 5 other people and I was told they were allowing those as Wild Cards because of multi accounts, people who weren’t active and people who claimed they didn’t want to participate. It’s hard to field 64 active folks as there were plenty of 1st and 2nd round no shows as it was so I can’t blame Rule for doing that. It raised the level of competition, ensured less no shows, and gave people some entertainment in the process. I understand the feeling that it should be the 64 in order and that’s it. It used to be active enough to do that and pull off a great tourney. Hasn’t been that way for a minute though.

Its no shot at you dog and I'm sure there were others, I just mentioned you since you did the best as that's the best example. Its all respect.

If its hard to field 64 active battlers (and even then that requires including people with literally 0 wins 10 losses in a season) and 64 leads to mad no shows, then it should be a 32, plain and simple.

No wildcards and no participation trophies (cos right now literally everyone who has battled 5 times has qualified, even 0 wins and all losses). If you wanna qualify you gotta battle at least 5 times and be in the top 32. Might ensure some competition in the seasonal off-tournament clashes and discourages complacency. Everyone gotta keep active and sharp. Can't just wait for a handout.

[Squammy]

Originally Posted by Esso

I was contacted on FB by Rule and asked if I wanted to participate. To my knowledge, I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t in the top 64. It was like 5 other people and I was told they were allowing those as Wild Cards because of multi accounts, people who weren’t active and people who claimed they didn’t want to participate. It’s hard to field 64 active folks as there were plenty of 1st and 2nd round no shows as it was so I can’t blame Rule for doing that. It raised the level of competition, ensured less no shows, and gave people some entertainment in the process. I understand the feeling that it should be the 64 in order and that’s it. It used to be active enough to do that and pull off a great tourney. Hasn’t been that way for a minute though.

Its no shot at you dog and I'm sure there were others, I just mentioned you since you did the best as that's the best example. Its all respect.

If its hard to field 64 active battlers (and even then that requires including people with literally 0 wins 10 losses in a season) and 64 leads to mad no shows, then it should be a 32, plain and simple.

No wildcards and no participation trophies (cos right now literally everyone who has battled 5 times has qualified, even 0 wins and all losses). If you wanna qualify you gotta battle at least 5 times and be in the top 32. Might ensure some competition in the seasonal off-tournament clashes and discourages complacency. Everyone gotta keep active and sharp. Can't just wait for a handout.