xAmazingTrace: Not sure why they felt the need to take these two and make them like the rest. But that’s just my opinion.
You don't see why they're less attractive to sandbaggers and cheats this way? You don't see that people in lower tiers may be glad to get a prize, any prize (even the one's sneered at earlier in this thread)? I think getting something back, even less than they paid, makes them feel like they're getting somewhere in the game and is likely to keep them playing and perhaps upgrading. Imo much more so than watching some high level players play each other with totally different equipment. Although perhaps convincing wgt to the contrary is in the interests of some. Just my opinion.
All the talk has been about what's best for the top players, as it generally is, but once again the ones funding them are ignored. So far in this months premium; eleven scores at TC and forty one at TP. The same entry fee for both but 6,000c prize fund at TP and 25,000c prize at TC. So the TP's have paid nearly 4 times as much for less than a quarter of the returns.
Or let's put it another way the TP's have already paid 2,200c in entry fees more than will be paid out in prizes to them while the TC's are 22,800c short, how do you think wgt will balance the books? I'll keep an eye out as the month goes on, but really, who has cause for complaint?