Quoted from BoJo:I seen it happen in some of my groups this year because I have played with some of the people in the past on Saturdays (the day when it counts) and know how good they are, yet they just happened to suck on Friday for qualification. Some people compete to see how good they are and to earn points, while others just want to win as much money as they can even if it comes at the expense of beating up on people who are not as good as them in a lesser divison.
Some people just didn't play well. Pinburg is an entirely different format from what many people are accustomed to.. from the game variety to the sheer volume of play.
Even with people I have played many years with (so I know their capabilities) pinning down where they will end up at Pinburg is difficult. We have players in our league that are B or C division players, yet were qualifying top 10 in A division on Friday. We have people you'd think would be in C in A, and vise versa.
We are all amateurs for the most part... top level consistency is something most players struggle with. Some people don't come in prepared either.. and travel on Friday AM, etc.
When the spread is so narrow.. it doesn't take much to move across divisions.
