There are points for losses. I am sure if you get placed with a total bronze player on the day you could reason with the staff about putting them with another bronze so they can play "for fun".
If you put a $50 prize, it seems pretty retarded that we have to not only pay to play there, but also be forced to play with randoms and thus instead of having fun, we get frustrated playing with someone we don't like/isnt good/is the wrong race/haven't practiced with.
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