[Naetor]

I'll take Ken for the upside, Johannes for the upside, and Nate, because sometimes chalk is chalk for a reason.

How is this new rule set going to impact Road to Worlds, if at all?

Nate's fixing to be a ratings Pinata. Maggie is all upside and doesn't need a tournament win to get a big increase. She pulls a move on at least one of the big dogs and cashes in.

You only lose rating points if you lose, Brian.

[jadziadax8]

I'll take Ken for the upside, Johannes for the upside, and Nate, because sometimes chalk is chalk for a reason.

How is this new rule set going to impact Road to Worlds, if at all?

Nate's fixing to be a ratings Pinata. Maggie is all upside and doesn't need a tournament win to get a big increase. She pulls a move on at least one of the big dogs and cashes in.

This is the correct take.


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[jadziadax8]

That said, if this format ends up sucking, I can always try something different next year.

I like it so far.


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[Armus]

Congrats to Maggie for paying off the upside with a +61 at San Diego Masters!

In other events, MVB goes 3-0 for a +23, just edging out Tufts, who went 2-1 for +21, while across the pond, Sascha Kiefer wins the Kassel Regional, going 4-0 for +20 ratings points, but the big mover was Philip Scholz, a sub-1500 player who logged wins against heavy hitters Tjark Ott and Benjamin Liebich to record a monster +45 rating point gain and land above 1500 for the first time since 2013! Congrats to Philip on the outsize performance!

This format is definitely interesting. Going #chalk can pay off (see MVB) but chalk players have a lot less control over the outcome here as they could beat an upside player who still gets a big ratings gain from other wins (see both Maggie and Philip, who both lost to the respective tournament winners).

Makes it a lot harder to predict on a week to week basis.

[jadziadax8]

Thanks Brian, and I appreciate you doing the run-down of who got the highest rating jumps in each tournament. It’s a fun metric to look at to hear about players who don’t normally get a lot of attention, like Philip.

to everyone who played this weekend.


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