Do you like the seeding system?

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Originally Posted by rick.oliver

Let me see if I've got this.

Loosing a close high-scoring match is rewarded more than winning a close low-scoring match.

Loosing a lopsided match is rewarded close to the same as winning a lopsided match.

The loser of a low scoring match that was made close by the winner committing many penalties is rewarded more than the winner.

The winner of a close, penalty-free match is rewarded almost three times as much as the loser.

I like this system; makes me want to play my best with the best to score as much as possible while going for the win.

This might have been what the GDC was originally thinking, but the reality that there are so many loopholes and cracks in this system that it ends up doing more harm than ever intended.

Maybe teams won't take advantage of the system, and I know that in Michigan our district/championship structure fixes the problems with this for us. However, I still noticed that at TC there were many teams who hadn't won many matches doing very well in the rankings.

Since we already know how to take advantage of this system, I think the real question should be "what is the spirit of this rule?"