losjackal
Technical Administrator
Mystery Thing and I are thinking along the same lines. We may not even like it, but right now I'm posting just to try to help players see the other side.
A couple of summary points:
I'm going to say this bluntly, and people won't like it, but it's the new reality:
If you spent 15+ minutes losing game one and decide to scoop, you probably deserve to lose the match. Your opponent was beating you. Last year you WOULD have lost. It was a fair game. Bof3 in Swiss now isn't designed to let you stage a plucky comeback.
A couple of summary points:
- +3 is still useful to prevent people from playing the clock. It may not be enough turns to let someone win by taking all six prizes, but it could make someone deck out or KO their only remaining Pokemon.
- Ties are being reintroduced to let rounds end in a timely manner, not to give more outcomes to a match. In the big picture of the tournament operation for the day, the benefit of the former outweighs the consequences of the latter.
I'm going to say this bluntly, and people won't like it, but it's the new reality:
If you spent 15+ minutes losing game one and decide to scoop, you probably deserve to lose the match. Your opponent was beating you. Last year you WOULD have lost. It was a fair game. Bof3 in Swiss now isn't designed to let you stage a plucky comeback.