There's onl;y so many ways to do tournements these days. Back in the 90s, you could show up to a tournement and there are 40+ of the same game. Everyone signs up a division, head to head, double elimination. Those were great...but it's just not feasable anymore. A Qualifying tourney
is just an inevitable way do do it. It generates a lot of money, because people have to keep replaying games over & over to try to make the cut. More people and they can increase the cut off number.

Let's say you are amazing, and you put up some big ass scores; well done! Just so you know, the big dogs can roll in the last day and put up huge scores and jack you up without much effort, because they are the best (speaking about A division here). Also, some tourneys give a prize for highest seed.

IT feels a lot like gambling sometimes...and that's why they generate the cash. "Just a couple more tickets" gets you deeper and deeper!

Are there any tourneys that let you enter multiple divisions? That's stupid.

Fair enough, makes sense. Guess I was just thinking of someone playing in lesser divisions to pad their chances.

So A players on DMDs can enter B division for EMs or something...kinda makes sense.

1. To me it does in an Unlimited format, not PAPA.

2. Keep playing will eventually wear you out and see worse results...yeah, around here we call that gambling. There are differnet forms of gambling and I undserstand your slot machine machine reference but think about Lottery tickets. The more you have, "the better" chance you have at winning.
Unlimited format, every ticket you buy gives you a shot of beating your old scores and improving your standing. That seems similar to me.