A significant change to the system how players qualify for
VtES Continental Championships has been announced today in the
internat. usenet newsgroup. The changes are:
- The top 25% of given qualifier event are qualified. It does not matter anymore if any already qualified players are in the top quarter of a qualifier tournament.
- If there are ties in the final standings of a tournament, all players that tie for a qualifying spot are now qualified.
While this simplifies matters for tournament organizers, it makes it effectively harder to qualify for a contintental championship. Furthermore in
extreme cases the consequences could be:
- No additional player qualifies in a tournament, since the top 25% of that tournament completely consists of already qualified players.
- In a 5 player-tournament all five players qualify, since all finalists except the winner are in 2nd places, and are therefore qualified.
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