[breadfan]

My personal thought is re: the ace match being 1 point...

This is the finals man. Everyone who made it is totally baller. Players who go out on the night to play for the team, they're all aces. They'd have to be to make it to the finals against the fierce competition we've seen. I mean, look at the lineups of the teams outside of the Top 5. There is some HUGE talent down here. So don't think of it as the ace is gone, but rather that all games are aces in the finals, baby!

Also, I dunno, there's something a lot more satisfying about winning more games than the opposing team than there is about winning the same number as them, but getting awarded the win because one of the matches you won was determined to be worth more. I think all sports leagues in the world with the luxury of being able to play a series of 3/5/7 games (basketball/baseball/etc) choose to do so, rather than end the match with a luck-of-the-draw penalty shootout/penalty countback/whatever. Only the sports that don't allow for this option need to go with another method.

All Stars Invitational sounds awesome, I was actually going to suggest this but heard you guys had something cooked up. Totally excited