OF COURSE I MIND. Just joking 
Looking forward to this.
rps mm???
Yea a points system would be really good. Are you going to give points to the people have already placed top 8 in previous tournaments? Hopefully I can do better at this tournaments so I can actually get some points.
Oh dude, you serious? Iâm totally down if you are! FT10 or FT20 (your choice) for $20.00. How about it?
Iâm still not sure if Iâm going to implement a points system, but if I am, it will NOT be retroactive - ie, points will not be given for previous results. This way, people know whatâs âat stakeâ when theyâre playing - precious, precious points. I want at least 2 points by the end of the Davis Dromâs ranbat season, but theyâre not making it easy o_o!
Davis Points are worth more than the cash prize. Truth.
QFT (and redundancy)
I think weâre on. :party:
im confused do these points acualy mean something in the comunity or are they just 4 bragin rights?
BOTH! xD
Naw, just braggin rights, unless there is some kinda trophy to be won after a season is up or somethingâŚ:razzy:
Ill be back monday whats good people?
-RAM
Actually, theyâre sometimes a good indicator for skill levels in a particular area/region. I think if all ranbat seasons started and ended at the same time, had the same rules for each region, and generally were the same region to region, itâd be a good indicator of skill/consistency. For exampleâŚ
Dromâs Fall Season Ranbats Final Results (example, but edited to reflect current actual rankings :D)
- Choi (50 pts)
- Allen Chang (37 pts)
- Jack (28 pts)
We would be able to assume that in Davis, the top 3 players are the ones who play the most consistenly/ have the most skill/ etc. Of course, these are gross oversimplifications, an can be terribly wrong - but I think the points can help give a general idea of who the âbestâ players in the region are.
ranbats
sounds good⌠no seeding this time though. i think it kind of deprives players of that hunger and forces complacency in games.i.e. half ass players.
random quote from utah ranbat blog:
âAs we saw last time, the random seeding proved to be quite exciting in that ANYTHING can happen. Everyone bring your best game to the fight, or else youâll end up in Losers early like I did last time. :Dâ <<<<<<<thatâs what I want. EXCITEMENT>SEEDING. Anyways, thatâs all I got. Longest post Iâll ever give /put up in the next two years. Peace.
Larry I have to disagree with you there. I feel like in a weekly tourney the top 4 shouldnât have to play each other early. Those players earned their spots and it would suck to see the top player paired with the number 2 player in the first round because of random chance. The argument of excitement > seeding doesnât really hold; if two good players are going up against each other, the excitement for the match is the same regardless of what round they play in.
Even if you donât agree with that, at the very least I think seeding by area code is a necessity. I donât want to drive 30 minutes out of town to play people I play against all the time. Please donât make that your last post, Iâd like to hear your feedback.
I also disagree. In ANY tourney, be it a local or major, seeding is done by region - this is done in an attempt to ensure that everyone whoâs playing will get an opportunity to play someone ânew.â Even Evo seeds by region - not saying that we should do it just because Evo does, but just adding this to make a point. There will almost always be regional groups - eg, Davis (530), Sacramento (916) - showing up. And since itâs weekly, youâll never really be playing anyone ânew.â ButâŚ
I see your point (and points brought up by others as well) about the potential of players sandbagging due to seeds. But letâs be honest - itâs not like our usual top players in this tourney are getting there by dumb luck. Itâs not a coincidence that we always see Choi in the top 3. Out of the 4 tourneys heâs entered, Choi has placed top 3 three times, and 4th once. Choi probably wouldâve placed the same regardless of seeds - he ended up beating his Davis buddies too to get those places. Choi is a solid player. Basically, your skill takes you to your place in the bracket - not just the luck of the bracket. And about half assing - who would play half assed in a tourney you paid $7.00 to enter in? If youâre playing half assed because youâre playing a buddy, why even join the tourney when you could just play your buddy for free in the first place?
I donât think it deprives players of their hunger and forces complacency. If anything, it may make things more interesting - havenât you ever breezed through the first rounds, only to get a huge, surprising slap in the face in the later rounds (happened to me at Evo o_o) Personally, I feel regional seeding makes things more interesting.
Also, Iâm quoting myself in anticipation of the âthen why not just leave the bracket as isâ argument; regional seeding is done in an attempt to ⌠well, basically ensure youâre not playing with the person you rode to the place with. I wouldnât like it very much if I came to Munchies with my two buddies and solely faced both of them in the tournament and went home with NO new fight experience. I reiterate, though - since your skill takes you to your place in the bracket, the end result should consistently be the same across multiple tourneys.
Yes, please let us know - Iâm curious.
Sounds like Gootecks had this same issue at Devastation with the region seeting and establishing a point system. I could really care less about how Iâm seeded. Its not like Iâm going to get any points by the way Iâve been playing. To be the best, you have to beat the best so where you are placed in the bracket shouldnt even matter.
I almost never complain, but if I drive or carpool 30 minutes just so I can play Jack (I hate that fool!, no j/k), ima get pretty pissed. Also, without seeding, people who arenât really good have the chance to get high ranked (think of final round) simply because good players knock each other out. An example is I play Allen, Choi and Jack constantly, sometimes one right after the other meaning itâs already hard enough to make it through brackets with seeding. Having to play Jack and then Allen one right after the other in winners would just be retarded.
We never split (altho if the pots big, we refund entree fee sometimes to each other) and always play seriously against each other because thatâs how we roll. We ainât Ricky and John.
how on earth to say. i donât have anything against wanting to not play people you play everyday I GET IT. But considering the turnout for the last tournament sometimes that is going to happen. How many times has Daigo had to play Mago/Shiro/Random top player #4 in the beginning/middle of a bracket?I mean, that sucks for either player⌠but at the same timeâŚwithout things like that , there wouldnât be people like Iyo in finals(I donât mean in the Dhalsim /skill sense, I mean diff. players). Things happen, to make other things happen.If we afford players a better opportunity based on potentialâŚit will stifle a lot of the energy that goes into playing at a higher level.Fight for your right, These are weekly ranking battles, not Evo. I donât really think about it in the same regard. Itâs double elimination!I want to see what happens to diff. players under diff circumstances every week.Everyone is so close in skill these days that an advantage like seeding just doesnât really make sense at the local level. It would be redundant to have a pre ranked ranking battle in my mind.
Without proper seeding a horrible player can get 2nd place easily. True story.
Donât make another post! Your post count is 1337 right now 
eric choi really isnât that bad.:lol: