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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
I get you can have other metrics but I really don't understand how there is a metric that benefits from only having 8 matches.
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Given the choice between 8 matches and more than 8 matches,
everything else being equal, I too would have a hard time understanding someone who preferred to compete in fewer matches.
However, everything else is
not equal. I think it's clear that you put the number of matches per team at a higher priority than other criteria, but can you really not grasp that other people can value other things more? In just the past month, I have seen people say they prefer "more polished" regional events over "amateurish" district competitions, or the high-quality seating of a professional sports arena over the non-air-conditioned bleachers of a high school gymnasium, or the opportunity to play with 60 teams from around the country over 32 of the same teams they already saw this year.
In this thread alone there are people who express a desire for more time between matches, which naturally means fewer matches in total. And there, now you have a metric that benefits from having only 8 matches.