Group stage feedback

Berbo: First of all, this tournament had ridiculous rewards, literally you had to win 1 game to get gold. And this is how it shouldn't be.   You had 3 good teams in your group so you should give up? Well, if you don't win then maybe you shouldn't get gold in the first place? I'm sorry guys but if this is a complaint of how you play against better guys so you can't win gold it's not a legit point, nor a proper feedback. Sometimes you'll have "bad" teams, sometimes you'll have "better" teams, it'll balance out long term.   Old format you'd lose 1 game and you're out, you know how that sucks for new teams? We got TONS of feedback how round robin is preferred format for casual/new players, and trust me if you see 5 players agreeing on a point on the forum it doesn't meant they are right. There are thousands of people who don't actively post, but we need to consider them as well when we are planning events. Winning 15000 gold or 10000 for 10 or 11 rounds, while people play 9 rounds each day for 600 seems unfair as well. Amount of efforts put should be balanced with rewards. Group stages are giving less money to individuals while they're awarding more teams overall. For example instead of 10% of teams getting gold now is around 50, sometimes even 60%.   Teams who are not good enough can still aim to get some share of gold, you know all teams don't aim to win it and are happy with 3rd place even. Maybe with time they will get there but they will not achieve it by playing 1 game each week. This way they have at least 9. We'll always have AFK teams and afk players, it's eternal struggle of every gaming company.   TL;DR the format you recommend proved it wasn't good, as each week less and less people played it. We'll adapt and think of new ways to make it more user friendly but I can assure you solo Single elimination is not a way to go. Whoever likes more pro based games can always go to silver series or go4, our main audience here are newcomers and casual players while we try to cater pro's and players alike, we don't actively strive to create tournaments dedicated to them.   My tl;dr requires tl;dr    I hope this explains   Cheers