alosso:
And while Blitz is a "democratic" game, equal rights for all, the anti-sandbagging rules should apply to rated/challenge Skins, too - these are but a different form of matchplay.
Skins is not matchplay, not even close, well it is closer head to head, but not with 4 players.
Yes I get it, it was done to quiet the masses. The masses asked for these measures to apply to MPC, and left out Blitz and Skins. Everyone is happy this way, the baggers still have their way, the rest are appeased.
IMHO, becoming Legend this way is not earned, not even close. Earning it would require an average of 61 or lower over the course of your 50 best scores in the previous tier. (hard) Beating a drunken legend, a high legend, a bubblegum legend, a paid legend to forfeit a couple of times seems to easy and simple to me. You don't require a winning record, so play enough legends and eventually you will win.
The only issue I have, is there once was a day if you ran into a Legend in a MPC, you knew you were in for a game against a very good player. Today not so much, there are a lot of very bad playing legends out there now. But it has at least shifted to TL. TL is the one you can rely on, TL's are good, very good. That promotion is hard. That label is something to be proud of.