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From: "Samuel Lord" <s.t.lord@dundee.ac.uk>
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Hello BD,
Just a little reply to the subject of the qualification spots.
Firstly I find it very hard to judge a region which didn't manage to
field two of its stronger teams this year. Last year Fusion finished
4th, this year Mud Culture(aka Far Flung) made it to the semi final
earlier in the year down in Leeds.
Secondly, of the teams that did make it,STD, made up of different
players to the previous 2 mentioned, slipped up at vital stages of
matches, losing and finshing well below their expected spot after
being knocked out in their cross-over by the team which finished
3rd. Aberdeen narrowly lost to 2 of the top eight by only a point,
showing the experience they had gained on the first day, to take
the spoon.
Allocating qualifying spots on how teams from that region have
done previuosly that year would be OK if all the teams entered
enough tornaments. Judgeing a team you know nothing about
could cause problems. Although I agree it would encourage open
teams to play together more.
At the end of the day I think it'll be very hard to reduce any regions
number of spots before the tourney when in Scotlands case 2
couldn't make it, one underperformed, and the other gained a lot of
experience(which they could be denied to use if less spots are
allocated next year?). I think a better idea would be to allocate the
spots left by teams who qualified but couldn't make it, to the
stronger regions, based on the previous years results at finals.
Hope your still awake,
Sam
(STD)