NO, NO, NO...absolutely not! I think that we've had enough "late- breaking" proposals/ changes already. Consider this tourney as a learning experience for all of us. We have definitely come across a number of situations that were not thought of before the situation began to develop. To change rules that have a deep effect on its participants this late into it is ludicrous to say the least.(posted 9613 days ago)I did a breakdown between BeeJay, QT and myself and found that if the tourney were to end today with a 9-game minimum requirement, the effect would be as follows:
JoustGod would receive an effective +6 points (to BJ)-1 (to QT) QT Quazar would receive and effective +4 points (to BJ)+1 (to JG) BeeJay would receive nothing in relation to the other two.
Now I know this (the 9-game minimum) benefits me greatly, but I feel the whole idea stinks to have a change like this after the beginning of the tournament. For the next tourney I say go for it! It's actually a good rule, but not so good as to being needed for this tourney. As for future tournaments, rules should be clearly noted and be honored as final once the tournament begins. The only possible reason to have a change in midstream would have to be an extreme case scenario which this one definitely doesn't fit.
BTW, as far as lagavulin's score goes, it is a non-factor as it is the top score which means EVERYONE gains a point by a DQ factor. ;)
Happy tournamenting! (or is that tormenting?)
JoustGod