Mudkip said:
Maybe some players HAVE to rely on luck to win, but the same names just keep on showing everytime at most of the events, can you tell me they are lucky? no, the top players rely more on skill and deck building to win, and thus they most of the time come out on top, unless they lose due to luck (but usually this happens in the finals, and against other top players).
Who are the people who disagree with this rule? the ones that continually do good at events and are able to win more than 1, the not so top players are happy as now the top players aren't there to eliminate them, and they may get lucky and win.
Mudkip, you're
not getting what Otaku was saying.
Yes, the best players tend to win the Major tournaments. If that wasn't the case, frankly there would be no point in trying to build the best deck and practice and become skilled.
So, yes, skilled players will win the tournament.
The point, though, is that the winner of the tournament is not necessarily the absolute best player, nor is it predictable.
For example, look at the top players that failed to make the cut at Worlds. Or even look at examples from your own games. How many times have you lost due to a bad matchup or amazingly bad or good coin flips? It happens. Luck is a part of this game. You can work to reduce it, but anyone who claims they have eliminated it is a fool, to be blunt.
Otaku's point is that a smart player, when faced with the choice of X Dollars in their hand vs x dollars now and the chance of more X Dollars in the future will factor the odds of that luck (and let's not forget the other skilled players trying for that money too!) and it will be surprising if a truely smart player will take the chance.
It would be like a poker player drawing AD, KD, QD, JD, 7D and tossing the 7D in order to try to get a 10D for the Straight Flush. That player recognizes that no matter how skilled they are, the is a certain amount of luck the game they are playing and they have to take that into account.