I wasn't going to touch the tournament in wait for SE to do something about the brokenness of it, but since they don't seem to be doing anything, I figured I might as well go play my remaining 14 matches against NPCs to work towards the Shantoto card since I no longer care about the Lightning card that many cheaters will now have.

Do NPCs give less and less points each time you beat them? Or do they always give the same for a win? And which NPC gives the most points? I heard a lot about King Elmer, but what about the Indolent Imperial? Is the only way to tell if an NPC is taking part in the tournament by examining them to see if there's an option to challenge to tournament match? Outside of tournament, Indolent Imperial gives more than King Elmer.