I appreciate you trying to make the point they have free tourneys... I get that. That isn't my point @jarvie.

My point is much more simple.

We were promised that the money from the cards we owned would go into a "pool" that would be able to be earned by those same cardholders when the tourneys started. Period.

The fact that they are now going to use ANY of THAT POOL MONEY and charge people to access the tournament is wrong. We already paid for the cards to get the ability to win the money, and there is no where they have ever mentioned that we would then have to pay AGAIN to actually play.

What is happening in an effort to take shortcuts is a expedient solution that shits on the card holder that aren't the top players. Of course the bigger and better players love it... Those top 50 get the chance to win ALL the money that ALL the card purchases have ever brought in.

The problem when you think it through is this:

1. its wrong to promise people their money would go into a prize pool and they would have access to it if they owned the cards, and then add another condition once their money has already been spent and tell them that IF THEY DON"T NOW PAY, then they won't be able to use those cards to have access. I have tons of cards as you know. I will NEVER, I mean NEVER PAY A PENNY to enter a tourney. It is a principle issue with me. I know people will say that doesn't make sense, its only 5 steem... I will answer it this way:

A. Its only 5 steem today... But what if they make it 100 steem in 5 months... what if they make it 1000 steem in a year? If they are using that pool that we all paid into, then it should NOT be used to subsidize paid tourneys. That is a form of theft. Plain and simple. You are taking money that was promised to one group and now giving it to a new group that you feel will be more effective for your long term plans. Right or wrong on the merits of that argument, it will never fly in the court of morality. You simply don't take from one group and give to another no matter what the consequences. That is how you lose trust and that is how you will kill any confidence based situation (which this is).

On top of that, if they will steal from the prize pool that "we" have paid into and give to the new "serious" players, who is to say the next batch of "super serious" people that come along will then take from those "serious" players' pool that is set up. In other words, its a slippery slope when you break a deal or a commitment. Its much better to either honor your commitment or just deal with the people you want to take from. Sadly, those people were never consulted. Aggy has his Mavs he talks to and that's who he listens to. Of course they will tell him to butter their bread, they don't necessarily consider what the other 99% will think about the situation.

So thanks for trying to make a point and I appreciate all you have done. I love what you and @asgarth have done and think the world of your talents. I feel bad for you and for all the other people plugged into this too. I have grown to have lots of people that I care about in this community and certainly many more that I have tons of respect for. I wanted to see it succeed and tried my best. I did it softly and now loudly, but the bottom line is I was reaching out to help.

Good luck and stay in touch and message me anytime I can help you and or @asgarth with anything... I still want to see this do well, plus more importantly I'm happy if you do well!