Dave wrote: On the other side of the spectrum there's ideas like the 1000-500-0 or anything similar. The disadvantage here is, imho the fact that this works quite well in long seasons (like with football/soccer) but in short seasons (like the 6 game EB) it's quite weak as the final score doesn't reflect the difference in power as good as it would over a long season where luck has the tendency to level even.
I personally think it´s the other way around here. It´s easier to be lucky in a few "lone" games, than over a span of eight games. Ie a round.
The major issue, IMO, with the new proposals is that some countries risk getting no or very few points in total. That is in my view the major argument against going that way.
I am however playing on one of the teams that vie for the metal - and therefor my focus is primarily there. And it would, to the best of my beliefs, produce a more correct reflection of the teams performance.
Dave wrote:
Therefore I think (Where I still think the counting just individual results is best) a bonus, none too big, for team performance on top of the individual score is probably the best of both worlds.
How bit a bonus? No idea, not too much and maybe one point is too little ...
Perhaps a compromise could be to "up" the bonus points given to a higher stadium i.e. 2 for a draw, 4 for a wins for example. That would make the team effort much more important than the single games but still make individual games count - some.