Halbe Post meridiem Challenge

Desdichado, on Apr 17 2012 - 09:38, said: The only thing I would change about Challenge prizes is the number of gold places in the PM Challenge. Right now we have a situation where very good teams in the PM Challenge get knocked out in the 1/8 and 1/4 and get nothing. Virtually all of these teams would be semifinalists or better if they lived in the AM Challenge time zone and they'd be in the gold. I think it's somewhat unfair that we have weaker teams getting gold in the AM Challenge by virtue of the lower level of competition while much stronger teams walk away with nothing in the PM Challenge.
I'm not necessarily advocating for an increase in the total sum of gold prizes but rather a redistribution of the PM prize pool to allow for more places, preferably something like the top 8. Or, more generally, allow for a floating number of gold places depending upon the number of participants in a manner similar to how the prize pool varies by participation.