Top post updated.
Tournament 1.5 will likely be the last scored event for this season, Top 16 will be invited to play in a free final tournament of some sort. I'll throw in some money for 1st/2nd/3rd, but don't expect much.
The format will likely be some kind of unique format, here is one such example:
Staggered Seeding/Placement: The 16th person will play the 15th person. The winner of that match will become the new "15th" and will play the 14th in a match, and so on, eventually reaching 1st place, where that match decides who is 1st. That means, the higher you placed in the point total, the less matches you have to play.
Placement Tiebreaker: If there is a tie for a place, the tiebreaker will be average placement in tournament, where non-participation means 0th place in that particular tournament. For example, this means someone who gets 7th 5 times in a row is higher than someone higher than someone who gets lucky with 4th once, but never places that high ever again.
Participation Tiebreaker: If there are too many people tied for a spot qualifying place, the only real option is to play it out. More on that later I guess.
Or we could just do something easier