I will be trying to keep this my final post on Leip's Atlas (no holy oaths though). It's a post I've been intending to make for a year (in fact, I just realized I announced that intention in the thread.)
The rules worked very well for the group stages. They didn't work nearly so well for the knockout stages. The issue could probably be remedied by keeping the two points per tendency from the ground stage while also keeping the advancing team bonus point, for a total of up to six. I realized this around the time of the conversation with Gmantis on page 17, I think it is, but decided against changing the rules in mid-competition.
