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I just finished a Korean Amature tourney in NW Seoul. I was registered as div 4, which is pretty close (not the strongest player in that field at that rating) and when I did my qualification group, the tourney director changed my division to div 3. I was the only one that got this. I see why he upgraded my status, but there were many others who were better players than I and none got div 3 rating. Sandbagging motor scooters. Div 4 in Seoul and national open events are notoriously bad for this. There were 8 div 4 players who would be strong div 3 players in that field. I lost to a certain player in group stage, but advanced as no 2 in my group. I went to the round of 8 where I met him again, had to spot him 2 points, and crashed out 0-3 11-9 each game. The div 3 and div 4 were combined for this tourney. I was pissed. There were ZERO div 3 players in hte round of 16. ZERO. That says something.

At the end of the day however, I need to shut up and play my matches to win, whether or not the deck is stacked against me or not.

I need to improve a little more and get into div 1 and div 2 Seoul. I know what to expect there and the field is even. They are all experts.

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It does seem strange that all your events seem to be handicap? and in 99% of all draws I see If two players qualify from a group the automatically go to the opposite sides of the knockout draw and can only play again if both get to the final

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Korean amature tourneys use divisions. If there are more than 36 players in a division, there is no need to merge divisions. Tourney directors do that to make the field bigger. If you have only 16 players in a division, then 8 will advance and there will only be another couple matches and it is all over. In that case, the tourney director would merge that division into another. Usually, div 1 and div 2 get merged. At the larger tourneys, none of the divisions get merged. Everyone in that case plays each other without handicap points. Issue is many skilled players in div 4 in national level and in Seoul stay in div 4 instead of moving into div 3 and div 2. Div is the worst.

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