Its apparent some rate the Trans Atlantic Showdown more than others. It’s got a nice name ‘n all, “Trans Atlantic Showdown” & was fun to spec - but beyond that did it tell us much? Is finishing second at TAS, a four player tournament an achievement worth mentioning?

If you where on the panel to select what Rank it got for the GGL World Rankings what would you give it?

Consider that:

- The tournament must be played on LAN.
- The factors include (but are not limited to) prestige attached to the tournament, prize money sizes, depth of field, quality of field, attendance of known players and finally, the game itself.

The Ranks go from 1 to 12 with 1 being the highest.

Personally, the rules state that the "tournament must be played on LAN" - to me this makes the Eurocup & Americup fairly irrelevant as they where played online bar the final.

So you've a 4 player single elimination tournament. For me that puts you at around Rank 5 or 6 at the highest. Propped up by the prize purse, cooller/socrates_ involvement & the GGL/CB name.

Here’s the grid for the rankings.

Am I mad?