[Jake177]

I'm a little confused about the qualifying points and ranking points. What I got from the rules was that every team would be put into teirs based on how many QP's they had (win=2, tie=1, loss=0). Then the RP's would be used to rank teams within teirs. If there are 2 teams with the same qualifying score and ranking score, then they would use their highest match score. If they were still tied they would randomly pick who got sceeded higher. If this is right then there is deffinately motivation to win. If you win all 8 of your matches, even if they are all shut outs, it is highly unlikely that 8 other teams will also be undefeated, so you are very likely going to get a spot in the elimination rounds.