There is a fundamental disadvantage in the scoring system that punishes those seeded (by +pts) in the top 10.
Here is a simplified breakdown. Imagine a tournament with 25 players, the top seeded player will give 4550 (3500x1.3) to all other players who achieve a perfect victory. The problem is that seeded player 1 cannot fight themself, so they are limited to the +pts from players 2-11. Seeded player 2, same situation, but gets scores from 1 and 3-11. All the way down through the top 10 the maximum score available is less than that for all players seeded 11 and below.
This chart assumes perfect victory for all fights to help illustrate the flaw in the scoring system:
| Seeded Rank | Bonus Avail | Perfect Victory | Total Possible | Rank Possible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3500 | 4550 | 38350 | 11 |
| 2 | 3400 | 4420 | 38480 | 10 |
| 3 | 3300 | 4290 | 38610 | 9 |
| 4 | 3200 | 4160 | 38740 | 8 |
| 5 | 3100 | 4030 | 38870 | 7 |
| 6 | 3000 | 3900 | 39000 | 6 |
| 7 | 2900 | 3770 | 39130 | 5 |
| 8 | 2800 | 3640 | 39260 | 4 |
| 9 | 2700 | 3510 | 39390 | 3 |
| 10 | 2600 | 3380 | 39520 | 2 |
| 11 | 2500 | 3250 | 39650 | 1 |
| 12 | 2400 | 3120 | 39650 | 1 |
| 13 | 2300 | 2990 | 39650 | 1 |
| 14 | 2200 | 2860 | 39650 | 1 |
| 15 | 2100 | 2730 | 39650 | 1 |
| 16 | 2000 | 2600 | 39650 | 1 |
| 17 | 1900 | 2470 | 39650 | 1 |
| 18 | 1800 | 2340 | 39650 | 1 |
| 19 | 1700 | 2210 | 39650 | 1 |
| 20 | 1600 | 2080 | 39650 | 1 |
| 21 | 1500 | 1950 | 39650 | 1 |
| 22 | 1400 | 1820 | 39650 | 1 |
| 23 | 1300 | 1690 | 39650 | 1 |
| 24 | 1200 | 1560 | 39650 | 1 |
| 25 | 1100 | 1430 | 39650 | 1 |