This Tournament could be called a "tutorial," and I find it amusing that it awards rating points.
It's clear that no one is interested in inflating the rating with "easy" Tournaments. I made a proposal, and it received support. So, everything is quite reasonable. If we were to apply your approach, two-thirds of the rated Tournaments would lose their rating simply because someone might find a map too easy...
By the way, if we apply the main principle of online play – the most important thing is to win, no matter the cost – most of the Blitz maps will seem simple. If the goal is simply to complete the map without considering that two dozen opponents are simultaneously competing on the same map.
And the rating was primarily intended as an additional incentive to attract players to Tournaments.
