Something I noticied at states, what's with the 1st round game loss thing? I really don't understand it. For Pre-releases to States, i think that allowing players to come late and drop is perfectly fine, there's no real valubles for winning or losing, so let those tournaments do what they please. But there is a free trip to Nations and Scholarship money at stakes. I learned that if a player is to battle another player, whom has been given a game loss or dropped out, their opponent's win percentage is instantly shot and they are put as the lowest player in their score rank (eg. 4-2, 3-3 ect). Unless ofcourse multiple people play that player. Now, that being said, late players and those who drop can totally change the top 8 dramaticly. So someone who could've gone to the top 8, and then won and got scholarship money, now cheers from the sidelines because someone else decided to sleep in.
I relize the spirit of the game and these tournaments being fun ranks above all else, but I think there hs to be a point where we can't allow players to upset the top 8 (or 16 for this event). by simply slacking off. Nobody minds lossing a BR or pre to junky computer calculations, and cities and states are really the things that mold players into becoming pros, but I think Regionals and above should be reserved for those whom are willing to get up at 5, or drive for 8 hours, or even fly to get there.
And no, I'm not complaining about what happened at states. It's over and done, (and it was mega fun so who really cares XD) but I'd hate to see the broken system cause such a shift again. Just my thoughts. Come prepaired or don't come (sounds too harsh in that wording though ;/)
Oh, and I'm really looking forward to going to this. Hopefully it will be the most fun tournament yet, with lots of NW players!
Good Luck to everyone who's not going to beat me XD