World of Tanks Championship Series: Spring Season (Qualifiers)

LESTAT_SiK, on Mar 12 2013 - 21:07, said: The issue there is that War and Peace is ranked up there with Fulcrum Gaming......you really think they should be put in the OPEN league? Even the Minors? This relate back to the ELO ranking and the usage of them for the initial matching of the teams. I could understand teams around 10-15 seeing each other and knocking out one another early (before qualifying), but the FOURTH ranked team in the rankings? Furthermore, teams in the same boat who are not in the ELO rankings at all: -G-, Simp, Jaguars, PURPL.......and for the ultimate WTF, River of Blood, arguably one of the winningest teams in all of WoT tourney play (and btw, ranked in the number TWO ranked ELO).......Open League, put out in the 2nd round. I just do not understand how teams of this caliber can be put in those leagues when they are clearly above it (not with the pretense the ELO rankings are used to initial seed). I DO point out, this is the issue with not requiring all teams to be ELO ranked (team that put out RoB was non listed, but a good group). I know Victorious Secret (Forge) is not in the ELO......who the hell wants to play them in the first round, any takers?
I see the bracket now for the 16 losers from last Saturday, ok, I get that. The numbers of slots given to the number available still do not add up.
Edited, mixed RoB (2) and W+P (4) rankings up. you get the point.