The purpose of this poll is to gather stake-weighted feedback regarding the current sentiment of the SPS DAO Sponsored Tournaments. Please be sure to participate in all 3 polls to help make sure that we're meeting the expectations of the SPS Stakeholders in regards to the ongoing tournament structure.
Fine the Way They Are
I think the current number of payouts and the prize structure is fine as is and I'd prefer you do not change things further. Keep them the same!
Payout Out Too Many Places
I think we're paying out way too many places and diluting the prizes too much. We're encouraging multi-accounting or trying to give everyone a consolation prize. Tournaments would be more competitive if we were paying out half as many spots.
Paying Out Too Few Places
I think we're paying out too few places and most people don't want to join if they aren't guaranteed to get something out of it. I'd prefer you reduce prizes across the board and expand to paying out twice as many places.
I like the current structure where some events are Top64 and others (i think invitationals) are Top128. I think these numbers are nice, but there are also events where we are not even getting 64 players. I think events that consistently pull less than 64 players only pay out to 32 spaces so that we aren't just making the smaller events participation trophies!
Part of the goal of having events that payout to those places, even without that much participation, is to encourage more participation. For example, the GF Rebellion tournaments, especially on the high end, don't usually get enough participation imo, but they are meant to encourage and drive sales of the set. With wild, the GF Diamond struggles to get filled as well, but the hope is that it drives value to older cards either by ownership or rental. Any funds that are not distributed just go back to the tournament account.
Rationale makes sense. Back to the bank!
Honestly, Id like to see more places but not double whatever the last current tier is. Something like top 100 for GF and top 150 for RF. Not sure that capability is developed so I vote that they are fine currently
Top 50% would be good instead of Top # of players...
That would have to be developed... there's a lot of things I want to see related to tournament development, but for the time being it doesn't seem to be an option.
I'm just going to keep saying it until it's developed :P
I've seen things get done that I have mentioned - it might take 2+ years but they do get done :)
payouts seems nicely balanced to me, happy to listen to other peoples opinions on this