# Ignored support request from december 19th **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 30, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ignored-support-request-from-december-19th/60351 "2019-12-30T12:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ChunkyMono](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/chunkymono/32/69308_2.png) [@ChunkyMono](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ChunkyMono)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ignored-support-request-from-december-19th/60351/5 "2019-12-30T18:11:11Z")
In Bracket 1, the ninth and tenth place finishers drop one bracket to Bracket 2. In all other brackets, the eighth and ninth place finishers drop one bracket, while the tenth place finisher drops two. Most of the time, the bracket winner advances two brackets (Bracket 3 winner does not, tho), while the second place finishers advance one, unless there are “dominant performances” by bracket winners that out jump the second place finishers. If you think the current system treated your guild unfairly for finishing eighth, @peacefull imagine finishing second and not advancing while guilds that score 0 only drop two brackets. > [@Apply the same metric to GW Bracket winners and losers](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/apply-the-same-metric-to-gw-bracket-winners-and-losers/60240/6): > > I took a look thru the GW data on [Guild Wars Rankings](https://www.taransworld.com/GuildRankings/gw.pl) There were a few gaps, but the first instance I saw of a 2nd place finisher that didn’t advance was bracket 16 two wars ago. They did manage to win their bracket the next war, but then a gap appeared, and I was unable to see how they performed in the latest GW. Also two wars ago, there was a guild that finished in bracket 17 with significantly fewer points than in previous wars, and then in bracket 19, finished with 0, and in bracket 21 di… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ignored-support-request-from-december-19th/60351)._