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Competition Design
Entry #0654
The reason tiers matter more than the score inside them
People respond to the label on their tier more than to the number within it, because a named category provides identity where a continuous score provides only arithmetic.
Adept
The hidden part
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A tier converts a number into a name, and a name becomes part of who you are — which is why two points at a boundary feel like a promotion.