Loki wrote:then those which have a more varied landscape
The
additional tournaments that make up this 'more varied landscape' consist solely of those that use bonus points as tournament points in ratios high enough break WDL. Everything else was already included. Given how simple it is for TOs to enshrine WDL while maintaining every other deliberate consequence and induced bias (racial and playstyle) in their scoring system there is just no real need for non-WDL systems to exist.
Loki wrote: a duality of either you let my broken tournament go or your system is completely broken.
You think my tournament is broken.
I think yours is just as broken when it comes to protecting and respecting competitive play. The system
is broken.
Loki wrote:
I'm not say Quidditch shouldn't get a trophy because of the scoring system but because you are making a political point not running a tournament solely on it's own merits.
Then you've been operating under a misapprehension.
It's true that I would prefer minimum competitive standards set by the governing body so that the NAF trophy means something and the tournament circuit is sufficiently competitive to provide a satisfying experience - and far from being anti-fun, healthy and fair competition actually enhances the social aspect of tournaments that we all agree is paramount.
However, failing that, playing at QuidditchBowl under the current ruleset seems
far more preferable to me than playing in any other non-standard scoring system simply because the 6 games themselves are more likely to be of high quality rather than being marred by opponents playing badly while going for bonus points.
As this consequence of Quidditch scoring also leads to more accuracy in NAF rankings I'd argue that the system already has more merit in some ways than any heavy bonus point tournament.
Loki wrote:Regarding BUBBA, the points are there to promote going for the win hence the premium.
Exiles and the Welsh Open both promote going for the win over the draw, but without breaking WDL. Bubba points go much further than this in reducing the value of a draw.
Loki wrote: accidentally creating the situation where a lesser WDL triumphs over a better one
3-0-1 is a lesser WDL than 3-1-0. The lack of protection for the latter in your system doesn't seem particularly accidental given your explanation of the reasons behind it.
Loki wrote:
As it stands at the moment you can't award a NAF trophy, you do not meet the numbers criteria so the argument about awarding a trophy is slightly mute until you get the 14 people to pay and stay to support your personal war on Bonus Points.
12 people. I'll get them.
Easily.
If you think it's a personal war you haven't been paying attention.
Bonus-Points-As-Tournament-Points-In-High-Ratios. Trying to lump in bonus point systems that break WDL with ones that don't and calling them all 'bonus points' is a large part of why so many people didn't realise there was a problem. Ones that don't break WDL are just tiebreakers applied during the Swiss.