RE: Don´t miss the final round of the Hivechess Tournament S17 this Friday!

Sadly I could not play this season due to conflicts with my private life schedule. Those things should be resolved until next season and I'm looking forward to participating again. :-)

That being said, here are my thoughts:

1. I'm torn between yes and no. I like the different "leagues" it takes out the frustrating part of competing against the much higher rated players and yet there are matchups between them. I honestly have no solution yet because I think splitting the tournaments themselves does not yet make sense with only ~30 participants per tournament? Anyway, I like that this is not stuck in a "we've always done things this way" kind of thinking and open to experimentation and over time a solution will be found.

2. In my opinion it should not be lower than 5. I might even like 6 or 7. Maybe building in a factor starting at 5 rounds with a 50% payout? Below five there's nothing. The factor increasing by 10% per round reaching 100% with 10 rounds? That way people who are more busy still get a reward and those participating (and contributing) in more rounds get higher payout.

3. Yes, I think that is a great idea. It will result in a cutback at first but considering the long run it will improve things. How about combining it with the factor? Those rewards not being payed due to factoring get transfered into the HBD savings?

Thank you so much for organizing these events.

!LUV

EDIT:
Addendum to point 2/3:
Just another thought: Starting with 75% at 5 rounds and increasing 5% each additional round looks more appealing to participants while still honoring more participation and putting rewards aside for the hbd savings... If you like the idea in general, fiddle around with the numbers, if you don't like the idea no more thought put in to it :-)