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Sure but #1 is not so relevant since the old promotion system was also based in total number of wins rather than strength.
by partycoder 10y ago
Sure but #1 is not so relevant since the old promotion system was also based in total number of wins rather than strength.
- hyperpape 10y agoMy understanding is that it was based on Oteai performance: there was an annual tournament and you had to score well enough against players of roughly your strength during a single year to improve. Winning half your games for 5 years in a row would not result in a promotion. Whereas today, you can grind out the requisite number of wins over the course of 2 years, 5 years or 10 years. As such, the old system was, roughly speaking, based on your historical performance, not just wins. But the bigger point is that it was very permissive. There were something like 70 9p professionals in Japan, and there will be quite fewer in the coming years (I believe Iyama Yuta is the only 9p aged less than 30).