Triple Triad Tournament... no longer worth the time

[Niwashi]

It comes down to how they treat 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place etc as though their meanings were static even though they aren't. During the first game of the tournament, sure the players are in first and second place, but they're also in last and second-to-last place. SE is ignoring that part and looking only at "1st place" "2nd place".

Giving a point boost when playing real players might make some sense (even if it is susceptible to win-trading), but giving bonuses based on your opponent's rank position needs to take into account where that position falls amongst all the players in the tournament. The opening few games should treat both players as being in the middle of the pack. (Which they actually are, it's just a smaller pack at that point.) Only once the tournament is far enough along for being 1st or 2nd or whatever to actually mean something should beating a 1st ranked or 2nd rank player give you extra bonus points.

(That still wouldn't eliminate the win-trading, but at least it would prevent the position lockout the tournaments get with the current rules.)