Oh cool, this is great news for those who choose to attempt to grind in. Definitely a good move by Pokemon and it'd be interesting to see if they decide if say, BRs have the same type of format.
Not ten CP, ten Play Points, the same ones you had to have to attend nationals. Makes more sense that way I suppose, you have to actually have attended some tournaments in order to play in the LCQ - you can't now just grind in and have Worlds be your first tournament ever XD