Hello fellow AZers,
Little backstory. Myself and 3 other people run a weekly tournament at a local bar (we do a rotation). The bar matches 100%. We do double elimination and using a race to 2 on the A and B side.
Recently the number of good players had incresed significantly. This had been good for people who want some good competition but players who have played in this tournament for some time now have no chance.
We are trying to come up with an idea to make the tournament more enjoyable. The first things we discussed was no SL7 or A players. The problem with that is a couple of the people that play regularly would fall into that category.
The other idea would be to use a handicap. In my mind it seems fair to have the A players have to win 3 games rather than two. So it would be a 3-2 race. If it were 2-1 race it would have too much luck involved.
Any advice on a good way to handicap a tournament like this?
Any ideas on how to rate players?
Little backstory. Myself and 3 other people run a weekly tournament at a local bar (we do a rotation). The bar matches 100%. We do double elimination and using a race to 2 on the A and B side.
Recently the number of good players had incresed significantly. This had been good for people who want some good competition but players who have played in this tournament for some time now have no chance.
We are trying to come up with an idea to make the tournament more enjoyable. The first things we discussed was no SL7 or A players. The problem with that is a couple of the people that play regularly would fall into that category.
The other idea would be to use a handicap. In my mind it seems fair to have the A players have to win 3 games rather than two. So it would be a 3-2 race. If it were 2-1 race it would have too much luck involved.
Any advice on a good way to handicap a tournament like this?
Any ideas on how to rate players?