In order to partially address the increased number of byes in Round 1 of tournaments, and to bring the structure for Classic's point system in line with Grand Slam, the Tournament Oversight team has elected to slightly change the point yield for Classic Cups.
Cups will award 1 point per win until the round of 32, and wins from that point onwards will award 2 points. Nothing else will be changing with regards to the point system of Classic (no BFL will be implemented, first round bye and all coinflip wins will still defer points until the following win, etc.) If Round Robin tournaments are reintroduced at some point, this will default to being 1 point until the round of 48 while winning a round robin final will provide 3 points for the winner.
The intention behind this change is to slightly curb point yield for early rounds, which are in many cases easier to advance through due to the increase in tolerated bye % with the removal of round robin sized tournaments.
At this point in time we do not intend to apply this change to Smogon Tour, due to their smaller tournament size reaching the round of 32 fairly quickly in some cases. Changes to Smogon Tour points to handle the increase in round 1 byes are still in discussion, including partial discussion in this thread.
This thread will remain open to provide feedback on potential changes to the point system for both Classic/Grand Slam and the Smogon Tour point structure, now that people have had a chance to experience both Slam and Stour and can provide qualified feedback. Please do not use this thread for proposing changes outside of playoff qualification points (not number of cups in classic, stour times, and so on) so that discussion can remain focused.
Cups will award 1 point per win until the round of 32, and wins from that point onwards will award 2 points. Nothing else will be changing with regards to the point system of Classic (no BFL will be implemented, first round bye and all coinflip wins will still defer points until the following win, etc.) If Round Robin tournaments are reintroduced at some point, this will default to being 1 point until the round of 48 while winning a round robin final will provide 3 points for the winner.
The intention behind this change is to slightly curb point yield for early rounds, which are in many cases easier to advance through due to the increase in tolerated bye % with the removal of round robin sized tournaments.
At this point in time we do not intend to apply this change to Smogon Tour, due to their smaller tournament size reaching the round of 32 fairly quickly in some cases. Changes to Smogon Tour points to handle the increase in round 1 byes are still in discussion, including partial discussion in this thread.
This thread will remain open to provide feedback on potential changes to the point system for both Classic/Grand Slam and the Smogon Tour point structure, now that people have had a chance to experience both Slam and Stour and can provide qualified feedback. Please do not use this thread for proposing changes outside of playoff qualification points (not number of cups in classic, stour times, and so on) so that discussion can remain focused.