[NewGuy]

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The freerolls should go unless Stars figures there is a marketing advantage to having them and I can't really see one. The same $2M they spend on those could be used on something better. Just the fact that they seem to cause so much animosity is reason enough to get rid of them.

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OK so it boils down to something like this:
A small but significant minority of SuperNovas (maybe 20-25%) WANT the freerolls and will be disappointed at going from ~$4,000 in EV to under $1,000 annually. (For example, flame away, but I might not bother getting SuperNova if they were eliminated. I've won a lot more than the lame $400 I might have gotten in bonuses over 5 months and think they're fun.)

Another chunk of SuperNovas play the freerolls, but are either are neutral about bonus vs. freeroll or would prefer the freeroll

Maybe ~60% of SuperNovas dislike the freerolls so much they would pass up ~$3k in EV to just get a bonus.

There is a marketing advantage. A minority of SuperNovas like me enjoy them. I play every Sat afternoon anyway and am happen to like playing in MTT freerolls. I think when you "take something away" you make the people who liked what they had significantly more upset than you make the others who get a small bonus happy. IMO anyway.

I'm not sure why there isn't room for a compromise on this- I see no reason why Stars couldn't take their SuperNova budget and provide a choice / split it between bonuses and freerolls.