Hey Gillian, I have been given the same feedback that maybe Bronze and Gold would be the best place to start... So its not definite by any means, in fact I'm leaning to Bronze and Gold myself... The reason I originally picked Silver is I thought many people would have at least one splinter close to level 4 summoners (even if just daria)... the fact that they could compete successfully at that level might've given them confidence overall. However, if the other side of that is that if people don't enter because they don't even think they have a chance, then maybe Bronze is a better starting point. So I haven't made the decision, but your opinion matters and right now as I said I'm leaning to shifting it lower without further feedback.
Glad you like the idea and I look forward to you playing it :)
And on the SM sponsorship, I am not sure they want to sponsor test ideas... I do hope they pay attention to the reaction (both on the post and after we play it), because if people like it then it would be something that could be additive to what we are doing.
And the point about "pressuring them" is more making them feel obligated. If I ask and they said "yes" then they might've just said yes to support me (instead of the idea). But maybe they read the post or hear about it and like the idea, then of course I would love them to kick some steem in to make it more appealing... I'm giving out 30 steem just to make sure there's some prizes, but of course I know that's not much for a tourney!
Thanks for the feedback as always Gillian! :)
Once you decide @davemccoy, are you going to add them to the tournament announcement discord? That should be a good judge of how interested people are and you could always remove it if necessary. 😁