DCI Rating System change- Planeswalker Points

[Koby]

Sum's it up quite nicely....
From PVDR:

In a certain time period, my results were a GP 1st, a GP t4, a GP t16 and a PT t64. For that time period, I was 53rd on the planeswalker points - competitive list. 1400 points behind the leader, Alex Bertoncini, who did not even play in the PT. I don't like this system :(

I think I understand the motivation that WotC is aiming for - Play Magic. This means it rewards people who go to tournaments as Grinders. Does it make sense then that someone who goes to play a PTQ-level tournament every weekend have more points than a Pro who plays... 10 tournament? a year?

I don't see anything inherently wrong with that system that rewards Play rather than Not-Play. If anything this could encourage Pro-players to become more closely aligned with their local communities without the fear that their rating will suffer.

Cool idea but some criticism. How can I say I am a level 37 sorcerer without laughing? I literally cannot bring this up to anyone who hasn't played magic again... Also the multipliers seem really random and should be tweaked. Going 3-1 5 times at a FNM should not equal a PTQ 2nd place....

Any more than laugh when you "cast a spell, Unsummoning your opponent's Faerie from the battlefield, then put the spell in a graveyard"? If you want to be non-discrete, you can say you're ranked at level 37. The "Sorcerer" seems like fluff.