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Originally Posted by Doug31

The qualifier will probably determine your seed in the tourney. If you do really badly on it, you won't get kicked out, you'll just have to face someone really good in the first round and probably get a loss.

This man gets it

Doing better on the qualifier gets you a lower seed number, meaning you'll face off against an opponent with a substantially higher seed, making your first round a breeze (and potentially next few rounds easier if some upsets happen!).