This will not happen as a tie-breaker round will only INCREASE the time it takes to finish events, which is something PUI is steering clear of.
And btw, what do you think we should do if (for example) 10 people are all at 4-2, and only 2 of them can make the cut (to top8 probably). What do...
Every person everywhere on the planet should have an equal chance of getting ino Worlds.
Each player in North America has a right to be unhappy with the Rating system this year, as it is IMPOSSIBLE to distribute 8 invites among 3068 people fairly AT ALL.
Every single player who's...
NA masters has 3012 people.
PacAsia masters has 71.
If invites are going to be given out on ratings it MUST be based on the comparative numbers of players in each rating zone. Even something like 1% would be fair to EVERYONE.
If ratings are used next year to send people to worlds...
Ratings invites only make sense if the number is based on real POP IDs in a specific area, and not some random number PUI pulled out of a hat.
There is no reason to limit invites in NA to just the top 0.27% of players.