[bball904]

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Imo I think they should have thrown a bone to some of the players pushing for the SN elite status midway in their journey...

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Are you kidding me?

This is how I look at it analytically. First, consider that each 100k VPPs is worth approximately $5600 in FPPs for Supernovas. That makes each incremental journey worth:

0-100k VPPs is worth $5600, (obviously less if you're not SN now)
100-200k is worth $6800,
200-300k is worth $7800,
300-400k is worth $8800,
400-500k is worth $9800,
500-750k is worth $20700,
750-1M is worth ~ $40000.

So, assuming that it costs $20,000 in rake for each 100k VPPs (exact rate for SNG's, ?? for ring games), you are getting 49% effective rb between 400-500k. My opinion is that 49% rb is a pretty hearty bone!

If anything, the hole in the program is between 500-750k, where the effective rb% drops to 41.4%. I could see a modification of moving 1 of the 3 packages to the 750k level as being an appropriate adjustment or many of the 500k level players will not have additional incentive at that point unless they know they can make it all the way to elite. For those that hit 500k in September or October, they'll know they aren't going to make it to 1M and won't have much incentive to continue without a more substantial additional reward at 750k.