Oh! Well, that does make more sense .
Another concern comes to mind, however: It seems to me that there is a decently high chance that, towards the later rounds of the tournament, certain players will already be too far behind in points to ever be able to make up the difference. This is a pitfall in any Swiss tournament, but it might rear its head faster here due to the design of the tournament allowing for different rates of point accumulation.
Now to be fair I don’t really know how one would do the math to prove or disprove this idea . That is to say, I’m not sure if I’m correct or if I’m being misled by the idea of points and that this tournament is no more prone to lame-duck effects than a normal Swiss. But if true, it could lead to a tournament with a high percentage of lame-duck players, which wouldn’t be a lot of fun.
Additionally, if a lame-duck player decides to drop out of the tournament, how would we assign points to the players who were supposed to play them in future rounds?