No ties at all is definitely a motivation killer. Sure, it’s still interesting to just play attack cards and try to trick people into hitting you when you’re not going for anything, but it isn’t *that* fun, at least not several weeks in a row. Whether you know that you won’t win anything because you’re taking turns with klanmates or you’re shut out of the possibility of winning because you have no other klanmates in your bracket, the incentive to play, and certainly the incentive to take the considerable extra time and effort to play cooperatively, is lessened. At least with the possibility of ties, you have a good reason to keep trying.

The INCIT scoop thing is a fine idea and can probably help people out some in those brackets where just a couple of scoops can make a big difference. But for me, it took me way too long to win even a single scoop, so I doubt I would use it in the future.