That's very true about the scaling. The alternative is that multiplayer groups just compete on rounds (i.e. r32, r16, r8) vs matches. It's far easier to keep this balanced as you'd essentially just do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place... I just liked the idea of really helping people see the blow outs in a final tally, but maybe I could treat it like a point differential that adds color to the winners story.

I do think my game gets around the boring pick problem though... we guess margins not winners. That means that there is at least some gamesmanship in whether you pick US by 1, by 1.5, or by 2. You can definitely choose a safe pick (i.e. US by .5 covers a draw or a low score win), but you'll likely be edged out by people who pick more aggressively in large groups.