Quote from: franzedit: hmm, looking at TEL standings, maybe has something to do with mablak taking #1 after this loss ^^
I know Random00 pretty good and I'm sure, thats not the reason

You really deserve, being at No. 1 at the moment. And I'm sure, Rand thinks the same.
Quote from: Ramonep.s. I've beat Rand in Shopper in last WO and I can tell U, when U beat a player like Rand is... U feel like U did deserve that "71" points + bonus (free drinks) or smth.. it feels great! xD
So, to me it looks like the system is ok, it even knows how we feel... ;x
That's true, so long.

To play Elite matches vs low ranks (around 1000 or less) versus "dangerous" oppenents like lacoste, chuvash, kayz, dario etc, which are pro or very decent Intermediate players, is too much risk. You cant win more points than you lose against them. It's not the same like playing versus really low Elite skillers (no names here).
Intermediate-Players are really a higher risk than any average Elite player. They just have some few leaks, which is BnG, Sudden Death and some problems with 20 sec turns also. Tacticial moves, battleracing, handling with weaps / tools etc, they are almost top. But anyway, you also can lose versus a lower Eliter without any Intermediate experience. The risk is always a part of the game and the system.
TEL-League is very active and that's really great. So I'm starting to think about searching for oppenents like:
"TEL 1150+ anyone" ?
It's not cheap to play versus same ranks only. That's my opinion.