Tourney: Canterbury City Open 22-09-12

Maybe this isn't the thread for it, but I don't get why Podium doesn't (can't?) use Median-Blahblah. It's not perfect, but it seems way better than goal difference.

Because Vince hasn't implemented it yet. Technically it's possible, it's pretty simple, the problem isn't technical. The majority of players don't understand MB, and so most prefer to use GD, especially in NA where they haven't been used to a system which did use MB (if implemented badly).

He has tried it out, and I've asked him to add it at some point.

As others said, it doesn't actually make much, if any, difference to the final result, but mid-table teams deserve better.

Swiss is still shit for the mid-table, MB isn't a magic bullet to fix that.

Never use Swiss if you care about an accurate mid table. For the top 25% and bottom 25% it's generally accurate, but the middle can be all over the place.