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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he blasted off to a 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and (the pressure of being Kokonoe-beya's next great hope after Chiyonofuji certainly didn't help either). From then on he was doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he blasted off to a 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, Gold had, of course, the best Golden Tee Golf players in the world, many of whom were good enough to cash in every tournament, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, Gold had, of course, the best Golden Tee Golf players in the world, many of whom were good enough to cash in every tournament, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''
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** Kaio - One of many outstanding ozeki who ''just'' wasn't quite good enough to make the final jump to yokozuna. Despite never contending for a championship again after 2004 and having to miss a lot of tournaments to injury, he hung on four tournament after tournament, one losing record never becoming two. He had an amazing knack, however he did it, for getting that all-important 8th win; he was 8-7 for ''all six tournaments'' in 2009. He finally succumbed to the inevitable, at the age of 37, in July 2011. He's tied with Chiyotaikai for the most records at ozeki (65) and is the sole holder of most tournaments in makuuchi (107). He was never demoted.
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** Kaio - One of many outstanding ozeki who ''just'' wasn't quite good enough to make the final jump to yokozuna. Despite never contending for a championship again after 2004 and having to miss a lot of tournaments to injury, he hung on four tournament after tournament, one losing record never becoming two. He had an amazing knack, however he did it, for getting that all-important 8th win; he was 8-7 for ''all six tournaments'' in 2009. He finally succumbed to the inevitable, at the age of 37, in July 2011. He's tied with Chiyotaikai for the most records at ozeki (65) and is the sole holder of most tournaments in makuuchi (107). He was never demoted.
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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed off to a 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed blasted off to a 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed off to an 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed off to an a 0-4 start and promptly retired.
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** Miyabiyama - Another Musashigawa stalwart, he shot up the ranks like a rocket in his early career, needing a mere 12 tournaments...just ''two years!''...to make ozeki. He was the surest lock for yokozuna since Takanohana. So how did his ozeki stint go? He goes 54-51 over his next 7 tournaments (barely adequate for a ''komusubi''), racking up 3 kadobans in the process, then in September 2001 suffers a devastating injury which knocks him out of the next TWO tournaments and catapults him back into the rank and file. The Sumo Association was so disgusted by his collapse that they refused to promote him back to ozeki in July 2006, even though he'd gone 34-11 with a runner-up, which should've been well more than enough.
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** Miyabiyama - Another Musashigawa stalwart, he shot up the ranks like a rocket in his early career, needing a mere 12 tournaments...just ''two years!''...to make ozeki. He was the surest lock for yokozuna since Takanohana. So how did his ozeki stint go? He goes 54-51 over his next 7 tournaments (barely adequate for a ''komusubi''), racking up 3 kadobans in the process, then in September 2001 suffers a devastating injury which knocks him out of the next TWO tournaments and catapults him back into the rank and file. The Sumo Association was so disgusted by his collapse that they refused to promote him back to ozeki in July 2006, even though he'd gone 34-11 with a runner-up, which should've been well more than enough.
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* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply have a terrible tournament and be demoted. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
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* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply have a terrible tournament and be demoted. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 30-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
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* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply fall back down the ranks. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
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* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply fall back down the ranks.have a terrible tournament and be demoted. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
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* This is the reason given, via AllThereInTheManual, for why ''DawnOfWar'''s Indrick Boreale was such a raging GeneralFailure. He was one of the BloodRavens' chapter's greatest scout snipers, but his achievements lead to him being promoted far above his level of competence, culminating in him being given the unenviable task of trying to subjugate an entire solar system overrun with over a half dozen different enemy factions, with predictable results.
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* This is the reason given, via AllThereInTheManual, for why ''DawnOfWar'''s Indrick Boreale was such a raging GeneralFailure. He was one of the BloodRavens' chapter's greatest scout snipers, but his achievements lead to him being promoted far above his level of competence, culminating in him being given the unenviable task of trying to subjugate an entire solar system overrun with over a half dozen different enemy factions, with predictable results.results.
* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply fall back down the ranks. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed off to an 0-4 start and promptly retired.
** Musoyama - A good-but-not-great oshi specialist and one of the then-formidable Musashigawa stable, he had one amazing stretch of dominance in early 2000 which made him ozeki...and he never lived it down. Inconsistency and seemingly endless injuries would plague the remainder of his career; he only ever topped 10 wins once more (March 2001) and was kadoban 6 times.
** Miyabiyama - Another Musashigawa stalwart, he shot up the ranks like a rocket in his early career, needing a mere 12 tournaments...just ''two years!''...to make ozeki. He was the surest lock for yokozuna since Takanohana. So how did his ozeki stint go? He goes 54-51 over his next 7 tournaments (barely adequate for a ''komusubi''), racking up 3 kadobans in the process, then in September 2001 suffers a devastating injury which knocks him out of the next TWO tournaments and catapults him back into the rank and file. The Sumo Association was so disgusted by his collapse that they refused to promote him back to ozeki in July 2006, even though he'd gone 34-11 with a runner-up, which should've been well more than enough.
** Kaio - One of many outstanding ozeki who ''just'' wasn't quite good enough to make the final jump to yokozuna. Despite never contending for a championship again after 2004 and having to miss a lot of tournaments to injury, he hung on four tournament after tournament, one losing record never becoming two. He had an amazing knack, however he did it, for getting that all-important 8th win; he was 8-7 for ''all six tournaments'' in 2009. He finally succumbed to the inevitable, at the age of 37, in July 2011. He's tied with Chiyotaikai for the most records at ozeki (65) and is the sole holder of most tournaments in makuuchi (107). He was never demoted.
** Tochiazuma - Formidable multi-talent who made ozeki during his peak from September 2001 to January 2002. Unfortunately, that's when his myriad health problems decided to come crashing down on him en masse, and his ozeki tenure was a horrendous roller coaster where he was as likely to finish with 2 wins as 12. Did manage to pull in one championship and two runners-up before his body completely gave out in March 2007.
* In sumo, a rikishi getting promoted to a rank where he's completely over his head isn't a big deal; he'll simply fall back down the ranks. The exception is ozeki. Reaching the rank requires an exceptional record over three tournaments, generally 45-15 and one runner-up at minimum. However he cannot be demoted unless he has ''two'' consecutive losing records. He is merely "kadoban" after one losing record; if he has a positive result the next tournament, even 8-7, the slate is clean. This has allowed quite a few ozeki to remain at the rank long after they've dropped WAY below the level they were then they got it:
** Chiyotaikai - Promoted to ozeki after his breakout January 1999 basho, he stumbled horribly out of the gate in March and May, but recovered and had a pretty good track record through 2000...before suffering two nasty injuries in 2001 and 2002 that completely ruined his form and doomed him to a 6-9 win treadmill and a humiliating parade of kadobans. He finally was demoted in January 2010, where he rocketed off to an 0-4 start and promptly retired.
** Musoyama - A good-but-not-great oshi specialist and one of the then-formidable Musashigawa stable, he had one amazing stretch of dominance in early 2000 which made him ozeki...and he never lived it down. Inconsistency and seemingly endless injuries would plague the remainder of his career; he only ever topped 10 wins once more (March 2001) and was kadoban 6 times.
** Miyabiyama - Another Musashigawa stalwart, he shot up the ranks like a rocket in his early career, needing a mere 12 tournaments...just ''two years!''...to make ozeki. He was the surest lock for yokozuna since Takanohana. So how did his ozeki stint go? He goes 54-51 over his next 7 tournaments (barely adequate for a ''komusubi''), racking up 3 kadobans in the process, then in September 2001 suffers a devastating injury which knocks him out of the next TWO tournaments and catapults him back into the rank and file. The Sumo Association was so disgusted by his collapse that they refused to promote him back to ozeki in July 2006, even though he'd gone 34-11 with a runner-up, which should've been well more than enough.
** Kaio - One of many outstanding ozeki who ''just'' wasn't quite good enough to make the final jump to yokozuna. Despite never contending for a championship again after 2004 and having to miss a lot of tournaments to injury, he hung on four tournament after tournament, one losing record never becoming two. He had an amazing knack, however he did it, for getting that all-important 8th win; he was 8-7 for ''all six tournaments'' in 2009. He finally succumbed to the inevitable, at the age of 37, in July 2011. He's tied with Chiyotaikai for the most records at ozeki (65) and is the sole holder of most tournaments in makuuchi (107). He was never demoted.
** Tochiazuma - Formidable multi-talent who made ozeki during his peak from September 2001 to January 2002. Unfortunately, that's when his myriad health problems decided to come crashing down on him en masse, and his ozeki tenure was a horrendous roller coaster where he was as likely to finish with 2 wins as 12. Did manage to pull in one championship and two runners-up before his body completely gave out in March 2007.
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The counterpoint is TheDilbertPrinciple, which states that incompetent workers will always be promoted above competent workers.
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, Gold had, of course, the best Golden Tee Golf players in the world, many of whom were good enough to cash in every tournament, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, Gold had, of course, the best Golden Tee Golf players in the world, many of whom were good enough to cash in every tournament, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''year!''
* This is the reason given, via AllThereInTheManual, for why ''DawnOfWar'''s Indrick Boreale was such a raging GeneralFailure. He was one of the BloodRavens' chapter's greatest scout snipers, but his achievements lead to him being promoted far above his level of competence, culminating in him being given the unenviable task of trying to subjugate an entire solar system overrun with over a half dozen different enemy factions, with predictable results.
* This is the reason given, via AllThereInTheManual, for why ''DawnOfWar'''s Indrick Boreale was such a raging GeneralFailure. He was one of the BloodRavens' chapter's greatest scout snipers, but his achievements lead to him being promoted far above his level of competence, culminating in him being given the unenviable task of trying to subjugate an entire solar system overrun with over a half dozen different enemy factions, with predictable results.
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there Gold had, of course, the best Golden Tee Golf players in the world, many of whom were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, good enough to cash in every tournament, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. blood. The net result was that for many, many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year!''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving even fewer spots for the new blood. blood. The net result was that for many, MANY many players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''year!''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the even fewer spots for anyone else. the new blood. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if they came up empty for three straight tournaments. tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division class at any given time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went three straight tournaments without winning anything. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went they came up empty for three straight tournaments without winning anything. tournaments. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure, drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went three straight tournaments without winning anything. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure, structure drove this home ''hard''. ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went three straight tournaments without winning anything. anything. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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* Not an individual example, but the Turian race in ''MassEffect'' actively tries to avert this. From the in-game codex: "Throughout their lives, turians ascended to the higher tiers and are occasionally "demoted" to lower ones. The stigma associated with demotion lies not on the individual, but on those who promoted him when he wasn't ready for additional responsibility. ''This curbs the tendency to promote individuals into positions beyond their capabilities''."
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* Not an individual example, but the Turian race in ''MassEffect'' actively tries to avert this. From the in-game codex: "Throughout their lives, turians ascended to the higher tiers and are occasionally "demoted" to lower ones. The stigma associated with demotion lies not on the individual, but on those who promoted him when he wasn't ready for additional responsibility. ''This curbs the tendency to promote individuals into positions beyond their capabilities''.""
* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure, drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went three straight tournaments without winning anything. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
* Golden Tee Golf's original prize structure, drove this home ''hard''. Players were grouped into Bronze, Silver, and Gold classes, each with correspondingly greater prizes. One official tournament was held every month, after which the top Bronze finishers advanced to Silver and the top Silver finishers advanced to Gold. The kicker was that in Silver, it wasn't too hard for reasonably skilled players to consistently finish in the money, and they'd drop to Bronze only if he went three straight tournaments without winning anything. Gold, however, paid off only the top 75 finishers...about a quarter of the number of players in the division at any time...and demotion to Silver happened only after losing out in SIX straight tournaments. Worse, there were certain Gold players, the "professionals", who always cashed in, leaving all the fewer spots for anyone else. The net result was that for many, MANY players, promotion to Gold meant ''having absolutely no chance to win anything for half a year.''
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** Which in turn leads to the creation of managers like the PointyHairedBoss.
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** Which in turn leads to the creation of managers like the PointyHairedBoss.PointyHairedBoss.
** It's plausible enough in the high-skilled area he works in, Engineering and similar fields. If you wanted to avoid promoting your most talented workers out of roles in which they could use their talents (averting the Peter Principle) but you were determined to promote internally, you would end up promoting, not the most incompetent employees perhaps, but individuals who have less of a grasp on what is going on than those they supposedly supervise do.
** It's plausible enough in the high-skilled area he works in, Engineering and similar fields. If you wanted to avoid promoting your most talented workers out of roles in which they could use their talents (averting the Peter Principle) but you were determined to promote internally, you would end up promoting, not the most incompetent employees perhaps, but individuals who have less of a grasp on what is going on than those they supposedly supervise do.
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House Hiring Heuristic is now Career Building Blunder.
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A common cause of the PointyHairedBoss and ModernMajorGeneral. The HouseHiringHeuristic is one method of defying this trope. Compare and contrast BrainDrain.
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A common cause of the PointyHairedBoss and ModernMajorGeneral. The HouseHiringHeuristic CareerBuildingBlunder is one method of defying this trope. Compare and contrast BrainDrain.
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** As of the 100th episode this is really starting to haunt Jack, who never expected to be stalled on one corporate rung for five years.
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** Which in turn leads to the creation of managers like the PointyHairedBoss.
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* The title character of TheBrittasEmpire is so far above his competence level at this point that people will write him glowing recommendation letters in order to get rid of him.
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* The title character of TheBrittasEmpire is so far above his competence level at this point that people will write him glowing recommendation letters in order to get rid of him.him.
* Not an individual example, but the Turian race in ''MassEffect'' actively tries to avert this. From the in-game codex: "Throughout their lives, turians ascended to the higher tiers and are occasionally "demoted" to lower ones. The stigma associated with demotion lies not on the individual, but on those who promoted him when he wasn't ready for additional responsibility. ''This curbs the tendency to promote individuals into positions beyond their capabilities''."
* Not an individual example, but the Turian race in ''MassEffect'' actively tries to avert this. From the in-game codex: "Throughout their lives, turians ascended to the higher tiers and are occasionally "demoted" to lower ones. The stigma associated with demotion lies not on the individual, but on those who promoted him when he wasn't ready for additional responsibility. ''This curbs the tendency to promote individuals into positions beyond their capabilities''."
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* ''TheOffice'''s Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin. Its shown that he used to be a great salesman and still is when called upon but has none of the right skills for management. His UK counterpart is less this and more simply a guy that flaked out once cameras started being pointed at him.
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* ''TheOffice'''s Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin. Its It's shown that he used to be a great salesman and still is when called upon but has none of the right skills for management. His UK counterpart is less this and more simply a guy that flaked out once cameras started being pointed at him.
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** Strangely justified for Jack, as RealLife GE will routinely shuffle upper-level management between unrelated departments.
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* The title character of TheBrittasEmpire is so far above his competence level at this point that people will write him glowing recommendation letters in order to get rid of him.
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* The author of the comic {{Dilbert}} wrote an entire book dedicated to how promotion has changed from this to what he calls the Dilbert Principle, in other words, instead of people getting promoted to their lowest level of competence, any and all incompetent employees are placed in the one place where they can do the least damage: Management.
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* The author of the comic {{Dilbert}} ''{{Dilbert}}'' wrote an entire book dedicated to how promotion has changed from this to what he calls the Dilbert Principle, in other words, instead of people getting promoted to their lowest level of competence, any and all incompetent employees are placed in the one place where they can do the least damage: Management.
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A common cause of the PointyHairedBoss.PointyHairedBoss and ModernMajorGeneral. The HouseHiringHeuristic is one method of defying this trope. Compare and contrast BrainDrain.
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A common cause of the PointyHairedBoss. The HouseHiringHeuristic is one method of defying this trope.
trope. Compare and contrast BrainDrain.
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* The author of the comic {{Dilbert}} wrote an entire book dedicated to how promotion has changed from this to what he calls the Dilbert Principle, in other words, instead of people getting promoted to their lowest level of competence, any and all incompetent employees are placed in the one place where they can do the least damage: Management.
