How to deal with events that are too successful

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@misterschu

I don’t know how to test this exactly, but i don’t think the scenario you’ve laid out makes sense. I don’t think more machines makes it harder to qualify.

If there’s a tournament with one machine, top 16 scores qualify. Is it harder to qualify in a tournament with two machines where they both count?

No, it is not. But if only one of those two machines count, then it is definitely harder to qualify.

Here is a thread that dives deep into that subject.

Herb style qualifying = Funny math?

So I failed to qualify at the recent circuit event Pinvasion III. Due to perceived time constraints only the top 16 were advanced to the finals. I qualified 18th. Here is the funny math part. My five best games were a #4, #6, #11, #11, and #14. I would certainly think those 5 scores would get a player into the top 16, but it was not to be. The scoring was the standard 100, 90, 85, 84, etc. Has competition gotten so tough in this format that you must have a #1 or a #2 just to get in? Maybe Bowe…