>>7614220
>>7614253
The reason oldcrabs are grandfathered in is the fact they have already proven themselves that they can complete a tournament and be a decent competitor. Oldcrabs who have flaked for example are obligated to make new Pit entries to prove that they want to dedicate themselves to the tournament.

Besides, the amount of oldcrabs combined with the amount of dropouts is pretty healthy. Ever since CRAB 3, less than 50% of the contestants of a CRAB are oldcrabs. CRAB 2 had the lowest amount of 16.67% of the contestants at the start being oldcrabs, CRAB 3 had 38.3% of the contestants at the start be oldcrabs. CRAB 4 right now has a 46% oldcrab percentage, accounting due to the tournament being smaller to give the new Gamemaster some ease to get used to it.

Plus then you take in account the dropouts:
>CRAB 1: 30.0% (6 of 20)
>CRAB 2: 25.0% (12 of 48)
>CRAB 3: 21.7% (13 of 60)
And you have that roughly 1/4th or 1/5th of the contestants drop out of CRAB. If the trend is the same this tournament, roughly 10-12 benchies would have a good chance to compete in the tournament as well. It's for example quite common that 2-4 contestants decide to drop out before Round 1 starts!

So yeah, we're still learning and improving along the way to ensure everyone has a good chance to join in and bring their fun to the tournament.