The New Point System

[CombatEX]

Well put QuantumApocalypse. But this is also why I think that having points which are not reflective of your actual rank is bad. They teach players these kinds of unfortunate lessons like losses not mattering. Players assume (and very reasonably so) that leagues are milestones and points mark how close you are to reaching the next milestone. However, this creates much unnecessary confusion. We already see this with jaxxinjr's posts here, but there are other examples I have seen in the past on the forum. Players who have many points because they play a lot of games are ranked highly in their division. However, often times (before the seasons and new point system was added) actually were not anywhere close to being promoted because their real skill wasn't very high. These players as a result were prone to the incorrect notion that they should be promoted but for some reason never are despite being at the top. Even worse is when you have a player get demoted despite being reasonably high in their division. Why did I get demoted?! I'm better than 75 out of the 100 people in my division! 'Fun' points are just unintuitive and teach bad lessons. Also, are they actually fun? I don't see why trying to increase my meaningless points is anywhere close to as fun as trying to improve my points that are reflective of my general progress as a player. I already addressed this aspect in more detail in my other post though so I won't say anything more regarding that.