Player rating for tournaments across all installments of Heroes.

That's a very positive suggestion. But in that case, we definitely need to have a General ranking for those who have played 3/5 of the total number of tournaments. Otherwise, with the N/2 bonus, the winner of a tournament with 30-40 participants will easily outperform those who have participated in 3-4 tournaments with fewer than 10 participants. Or, instead of counting from the last place, we could count from, say, 15-20, creating a unified point balance for all tournaments (this would also give participants in less prestigious tournaments who finished in last place more points than those who played in larger tournaments but didn't make it to the top. This would increase participation by 8)).

So, if the issue remains only in balancing the points you mentioned, the discussion will be more dynamic, and we'll sort everything out before the tournament starts. These are details – they certainly need to be adjusted, and there's nothing complicated about it... I'm trying to propose a concept, not a final calculation... We can increase the points not by N/2, but by a fixed number – for example, by 5. But definitely from the bottom up, to reflect the number of participants. The essence won't change much...

The goal is to eliminate the very sharp discrepancies that will become apparent later.

If the proposed concept doesn't raise any objections in principle, then everything else will be developed very quickly. :)