Tournament Point Formulas

As described in the help file, the amount of Tournament Points you can gather in one tournament is:

10 * (P * (1.5R) * G * (S / 1000))

This is however a very silly formula and can easily be derived to:

3/200 * PRGS

Why did they make the formula unnecessarily complex? It is also a bit silly that you can get twice as many points if the group size is twice as large, but also if the projected amount of rounds is twice as large.

In a group that is double the size, you play twice as many games. However, if there are twice as many rounds, you might not! This causes a great possibility to get things out of balance. Therefore, I think there should be a different formula for Tournament Points.

Then, another formula I stumble upon. The value of "P" for place finishes higher than 3.

.1 * ((((T / 2) - 2) - (p - 3)) / ((T / 2) - 2))

This can be derived to:

0.1(   1 - (p - 3)/( 0.5T - 2 )   )

.1 * ((((T / 2) - 2) - (p - 3)) / ((T / 2) - 2)) = .1 (  (0.5T - 2 - p - 3)/(0.5T - 2)  )

say q = 0.5T - 2 --> = 0.1 (q-p-3)/(q) = 0.1 (1 - (p/q) - (3/q)) = 0.1(1 - (p-3)/q) = 0.1(1 - (p-3)/(0.5T-2))

Could the formulas in the Help file be replaced with these simplified ones? I think that would save some effort.

Greetings,

Alex