[ Nimfagryuf ] wrote:
Hmm... Will be here any division? I't won't be fair if for example player with 40k rank must play with 10k rank.
Originally, we thought this way too. However, after spending around 7 or 8 hours setting up rank to rank seeding, we realized that the time zones of our players ranked 30K+ weren't matching up very well. Rank doesn't matter if the other player cant show up for the match
So in order to avoid this, we put players into groups based more on time zones than rank, and randomized (rfandomized =D) EVERYBODY. So whoever gets matched up with a person a bit too above their rank, well, its unavoidable. Somewhere down the line, during the rounds of the tournament, it would have been inevitable that players would have to face other players ranked higher than them. While it may seem unfair to have this in the very first round, randomizing it eliminates whatever bias the staff may have had.
In the end, randomizing it is the fairest option we could use. 256 people is a lot, and perfect matchups ain't happening. If you are 40K and you have to face a 10K, well......think of it as having to face South Korea first round in the MWC. Someone has to do it! We're sorry it had to be you
