[Benji]

Originally Posted by Cosmos

Yeah why not? One will only drop out if he has excess unspent bonus pool.

I heard there's this saying that GM players will only gain points from fellow GM players.
e.i. Winning matches from master players won't gain points.

Significance: Only the true deserving players will remain in top 200, a GM player who has his MMR dropped to the level of masters will stop gaining points and thereby accumulating unspent bonus pool. And if that continues, he will soon be removed from the GM league.

Effective way to differentiate the players but won't this be too pressurizing on the GM players? =\

I don't believe the GM's only getting points from GM's for a second.

[Cosmos]

Originally Posted by Benji

I don't believe the GM's only getting points from GM's for a second.

Unlikely, I agree.

Probably like what Excalibur suggested in TL forums, it's extremely hard to gain points from non-GM players so in order to prevent bonus pool accumulation a GM player has to keep his MMR high and match against other GMs.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Cosmos

Probably like what Excalibur suggested in TL forums, it's extremely hard to gain points from non-GM players so in order to prevent bonus pool accumulation a GM player has to keep his MMR high and match against other GMs.

Or mass game. If a player can't be demoted for any reason other than bonus pool accumulation, they just need to play enough to use up their bonus pool against weaker players. This is possible even if a win vs a weaker player only gives a handful of points - the GM just needs a lot of games vs such players. Their MMR would of course fall well below the top 200, but this is not a criteria for demotion.

This is my issue with the league - highly skilled players who don't have the time to constantly mass game (2 weeks of inactivity will see you demoted) will fall out of GM league, whereas people who play lots of games, but generally win only against relatively lower skill players, will remain.