I feel like tournaments appeal to a very small % of splinterlands players.
Tournaments seem like an exclusive way for the big collection owners to just make more money.
I wish that tournaments could be a bit different so that more players could have a fighting chance for the top 3 prizes.
Also ain't no bronze player going to have over 1400 SPS staked.
I agree, what is needed to enter these tournaments is out of portion with what I thought the orginal design of them were for. Staked SPS for tournament entry should be based on league level not the funds that are in the tournament.
Its ok to have some one off tournaments with larger payouts require more SPS staked but "regular" Bronze tornaments shouldn't need thousands of dollars worth of SPS staked to join (I see a bronze tournament that needs 3700 SPS staked).
I would even be in favor to drop the Bronze tournament prize pool but increase the amount of tournaments if it meant the SPS staked needed to play them would drop. $250 USD for a Bronze tournament is still a decent amount and that should drop the SPS stake requirment to enter by allot.
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When I talked about this in maverick discord channel one day, I opened up a bronze tournament where 58 people were entered, and only 8 of them were bronze accounts . . .
Splitting the prizes between more tournaments is actually a good idea
I remember the convo. If there is only 8/58 players in a bronze tournament actually being bronze level players then that is a sure sign something is broken.
I believe the above solves the problem. Mix more real time tournaments in the mix as well. I know they aren't as popular as 24 hour tournaments but if there were a mixture of tournaments starting at the same time the ones holding the most will opt in to play the higher paying tournaments over the lower paying ones. With 24 hour tournaments it leaves plenty of time for all the haves to play in the have nots tournaments.
I don't think there is anything wrong with a champion player wanting to play a Bronze level game but on the flip side of that coin, players shouldn't expect to be able to play in every single event (is unrealistic and a tournament lobby that caters to that is only hurting itself).
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VERY TRUE from the beginning,
even when the tournament is out that days