There are two divisions in vegas BCA teams this year, five man teams. Lower div capped at 3000 total fargo rating, the upper at 3250. See form http://www.playcsipool.com/uploads/7/3/5/9/7359673/2016_bcapl_mixed_teams_entry_form_fillable.pdf
My prediction. The winning team in the lower division will be composed of mostly unrated players in the fargo rating system.
I have 7 guys now on my roster. Looking at my team now, putting together a good team for the lower division will be impossible, as we are slightly over the 3000 cap unless we play with our very weak, unseasoned player and leave out our strongest. Also if i put my strongest 5 players up we are slightly over the upper cap (by 7 points). Our team would get killed in the upper bracket if we dropped two strong players.
The problem is there are plenty of guys that play 600+ skill that have a "starter rating" of 525. They may never play singles or an event that uses fargorate and will never get a rating.
Possible solutions
-Limit the amount of unrated players on a team
-Increase the "starter rating" to encourage people to play singles and get a real rating, they can still sandbag but at least it would make them play an event or two
-Allow teams with all established ratings a bit of a bit higher cap or allow them to take a one game handicap. It is silly that the players that play the most and have real ratings are being punished in the "largest tournament in the world"
-Hopefully they figured out scoring for teams so that individual fargoratings will adjust during teams (doubt it but I can hope)
For people who have rose colored glasses and say it will all work out. People will find a way to stack a team when a lot of money is at stake. Strong master teams have robbed the lower div in the past (I know one of these teams personally). Given the previous snafu with the Asian pros coming over and robbing the singles...hopefully they are mindful of these issues
My prediction. The winning team in the lower division will be composed of mostly unrated players in the fargo rating system.
I have 7 guys now on my roster. Looking at my team now, putting together a good team for the lower division will be impossible, as we are slightly over the 3000 cap unless we play with our very weak, unseasoned player and leave out our strongest. Also if i put my strongest 5 players up we are slightly over the upper cap (by 7 points). Our team would get killed in the upper bracket if we dropped two strong players.
The problem is there are plenty of guys that play 600+ skill that have a "starter rating" of 525. They may never play singles or an event that uses fargorate and will never get a rating.
Possible solutions
-Limit the amount of unrated players on a team
-Increase the "starter rating" to encourage people to play singles and get a real rating, they can still sandbag but at least it would make them play an event or two
-Allow teams with all established ratings a bit of a bit higher cap or allow them to take a one game handicap. It is silly that the players that play the most and have real ratings are being punished in the "largest tournament in the world"
-Hopefully they figured out scoring for teams so that individual fargoratings will adjust during teams (doubt it but I can hope)
For people who have rose colored glasses and say it will all work out. People will find a way to stack a team when a lot of money is at stake. Strong master teams have robbed the lower div in the past (I know one of these teams personally). Given the previous snafu with the Asian pros coming over and robbing the singles...hopefully they are mindful of these issues