Given the time schedule, there's very little room for qualification stage - delaying the tournament = finals collide with NaC2 would be bad, playing qualification stage during Christmas would be bad aswell.
Rating race for KoTD 1 was pretty fair and interesting, players weren't really camping their ratings. I'd also prefer qualification stage for 25-32 spot, but I don't think it will be unfair if it's gonna be like KoTD 1.
Rating race for KoTD 1 was pretty fair and interesting, players weren't really camping their ratings. I'd also prefer qualification stage for 25-32 spot, but I don't think it will be unfair if it's gonna be like KoTD 1.