Paulo,
I actually thought playing the games all the way to get a final ranking, whatever the spot, was a good innovation. While it doesn't mean much to the overall rankings it does help the players in the lower half to experience what it is like to play say six games in a weekend. Often by playing so many games in tight time frame helps with team spirit and also with developing the team - do something good in one game don't have to wait a week and probably forget about what happened - can build upon that in a couple of hours.
Overall I think this was the best state champs weekend I have attended. I am now looking forward to next weekend.