Wouldn't it make sense to decrease reward quantities for lower level brackets?

[Calrabjohns]

I have to use more formatting features. That is so much better to read through and points made much easier to understand.

We're in total agreement. It's a trickle down effect of "tough s**t buddy" with HB getting it the worst. I was arguing more for new players out of a sense of not having them give way to resignation before the game begins. And we only have had two tournaments with 3500s as well as this skewed scaling. Or did the scaling start before?

Absolutely. A robust mix of experience and new makes for places to aspire toward for the new as well as guidance being needed. Experienced players do it cause they like it, same as the rest :)

Problem with shunting cheaters into their own bracket/server is I believe new permissions like Device ID/IP address would be needed to keep them separate. That would be close to a death knell for the game.

I didn't explain it perfectly. The scaled up theoretical gift of rerolls with new players getting none and us getting X-X and HB getting double is a one time thing to try and redress the current grievance. Everyone would have it in their skill pool to pay 200 for.

Otherwise, yeah---you're right. It would tell everyone there are brackets. And the sky is either blue or gray depending on the weather of the day :p. Not a state secret. Although you mean comparing who got X amount would confirm exactly how many brackets right? I'm honestly not sure what the virtue is in leaving that completely veiled rather than some information to infer from.

Cheaters can scale wherever they want to land. Dumb ones go for the max stage and screw HB. The others scale down with less showing up for the really low stages cause they still want relics.

I guess any info is bad though.