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Originally Posted by L.B.D.D

i think cumulative scoring without elimination is the best

you guys have already decided to give prizes to everyone such as
"-Competitors that are INVOLUNTARILY placed in D7 and complete the tournament will receive Unconnected., as well as receive a custom forum title indicating that they are a D7 player."

so why not let everyone live until the very end?

ie) if some crazy 99 song comes up as round 8 and if somebody who was 18th place previously completely beasts the song and jumps up to 8th, then he/she deserves 8th place

Acceptable point for D7 -- that is the current requirement, and you will unlock it assuming that you don't drop out of the tournament via non-submission (or voluntarily quit). This would be for the other prizes/bragging rights to say that you made the cut. I don't agree with the last point, simply because it doesn't show balance in other aspects of the game (you have to be willing to admit that a level 99 is more than likely going to have some batshit insane speed somewhere in the chart, and someone who is physically fast but cannot balance that speed with other technical abilities doesn't deserve a better ranking if they did poorly in other areas. To me, that's almost like saying a 1-15 football team should go to the playoffs and fluke an opportunity of a lifetime, rather than being a good team that has proven themselves to be well-balanced on every front (this would be true for any kind of sport, honestly -- you can't win a long-distance race sprinting, and you can't win a short sprint pacing, you have to know how to apply yourself).