Not mainly. i myself got teamed against a 34.6 Q team in my first cup match while i "qualified" for it with 26.4 total Q. At today i'm still wondering since checking the elmination board now, all the other teams are more or less my same Q, while he's the only one with 8-10 more on AVG. And from what i saw he brang his scouts with him from the previous levels and PT them so no, he didn't start with lower than 30 Q the season.