I had 66600 pts at Golden Sun vs. GTA3. I went for GTA, lost a multi-week streak, and dropped back down to 20k or so pts.
The lowest score needed to win a prize was 73100 pts at the end of the contest. There were over 40 matches after GS vs. GTA. If I had banked, I would DEFINITELY have won a prize in that contest.
But the LusterBoard misled me; I mistakenly thought the competition was a lot stronger than the reality (which was the leaderboard being occupied by 200 prize-ineligible alts.) or I would have banked and played it the safe route.
Now all alts are grouped under a single entry on the leaderboard, although the score/count distribution is still screwed up (it still says there are 171 perfect brackets with 92 pts each, as opposed to 6.)
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