such views from a 3rd man, although in personal capacity ..... my suggestion to you is try to be more careful in your talks instead of apologies later so many times. Your last sentence is to ask me not to join the competition ?! you can 专心 打谱 and I can continue with the 八连负, are you suggesting those not able to reach the top 8 not to join the competition ? Are we wanting more graded players to come out ? Actually, we can learn from Hong Kong to demote a player, say in the last 20 % or not coming out for a number of years, we have such discussions in 悟入棋途 previously too.