Let me jump back in before I inadvertently offend anyone.
A few things:
(1) I think Kirian did a great job on the last iso tournament
(2) I think Kirian has done a great job so far in this tournament (in the face of a lot of crowd 'feedback')
(3) I think Kirian will do a great job for the rest of this tournament
Organizing these things is a lot of (unpaid) work and I absolutely support any decision Kirian makes. He can be absolute dictator taking zero feedback from everyone and I will support him 100%.
Second:
(1) I have absolutely no intention of putting down in any way shape or form someone based on their level on isotropic
(2) Furthermore, I won't even question someone's "Dominion playing ability" based on their level on isotrpoic (I've been beaten handily by people ranked 25+ below me, and from time to time when i was lower level I've beated those ranked 25+ above me - sometimes luck, but sometimes because I played better)
(3) As I've said before I got a LOT better playing these tournaments. A lot of high-ranked people under estimated me (I jumped 3 levels in the one-day tournament if I remember right). How could I ever think 'poorly' of a level 26 (or 31 or whatever) when I was level 26 two months ago.
Finally,
(1) If nothing changes I have no doubt I will enjoy this tournament - just as when I play on isotropic (way way too much) I enjoy almost all of my games where the other player is not offensive.
(2) I would be willing to bet right now that the highest ranked player (on isotropic) will NOT be the winner of the tournament in each bracket (don't ask me to predict who will win, but odds are that the top player going in will not), and I totally expect to lose (many times) to players lower ranked than I am
Which brings me to (I guess the last part was not 'finally'),
(1) I just wanted to make sure Kirian had my opinion - to do with as he pleases - as I don't believe it was clear this was the model (It wasn't to me. It wasn't to WW. It wasn't to Qvist.)
(2) I understand not everyone will be happy (or rather 'perfectly content. I think we can all be happy. At least until they take away our logs
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(3) I seem to remember in the tournament planning there was a discussion about whether players would get preferential treatment in the tournament depending on their rank (i.e., top players would get extra 'pre-wins' to account for some of the randomness of earlier rounds - I think there was a precedent in chess tournaments if I remember correctly). I think the community came out strongly against it (including Kirian).
It looks like, while that was not done 'within groups', it was done 'between groups'. As WW said, it appears that a player in A who loses all of their games comes out 'ahead' of a player in B or C who wins all of their games.
A suggestion (for Kirian to run with or ignore or whatever) would be to do something like this:
- Treat every player in A as having won two games before the start of the tournament
- Treat every player in B as having won one game and lost one game before the start of the tournament
- Treat every player in C as having lost two games before the start of the tournament
Then the players that start winning can move up the tiers and the players that start losing can move down the tiers.
Maybe a terrible idea, but its the best I have right now.
Again, I will still be happy playing a level 2 in this tournament. And I appreciate and support everything Kirian does.
Ed