I had missed your inital suggestion post, otherwise I would have commented as well.
I agree with your criticism, that if we have one league only both for 2300+ players and players with a 1000 rating, focusing with the prices only on the top is not ideal.
Therefore I tried from the beginning to more incentivize participation (50% of the price is not paid out according to performance, maybe too much).
And therefore it is also kind of unfair that you presenting the ranking after 4 rounds as bad example, because this shows only half of the truth in my point distribution system. E.g. the payouts from S7 were like this:Dear @lighteye!
Your proposal is very interesting, but it introduces a randommness and makes comparisons from round to round more difficult. Also I cannot believe that I would have ended up in third place in the CBL S1. Seems undeserved given all the strong players.
In any case I will think about it next week and come up with a mixture of the various systems. At least good that the upvotes also seem to get better, not only the number of players, compared to previous seasons!
That is because my system is favoring those who regularly attending the tournaments. In my system you were third because you participated at all four tournaments, and that was the idea – everybody should have a motive to be involved in every round! I think your third place was more deserved than Spago’s (in the original tournament rankings) who showed up only once, despite his high ELO.
I did not criticize your rewarding system, because it is in the spirit of community, and I like it. The problem is a motivation for the lower ranked players, and that is resolved in my system.
Exactly! The point is that nobody is safe in their place if they do not participate at the next tournament! And there is a motivation for more people joining 😃
Thank you for your comment, @stayoutoftherz, and keep your fine tournament for many years ahead!
BTW, if you want to try the system, I can send you ready-made Excel file to adapt it to the needs of your tournament.
Thanks, and yes, please send me the Excel! I send you a private message on peakd.com.
Here is a download link with the Excel file that will last seven days:
https://we.tl/t-JHsRE9fvSa
Got it, many thanks!
You are welcome, @stayoutoftherz