Originally Posted by Demon-Mask
Okay, so I've never participated in one of these contests, so my input is probably invalid, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
Placing a contest near the holidays, a time which people spend with their families, is bad for participation.
There are too few teams, or too few members allowed per-team, meaning that there isn't many people who are even eligible to participate in these contests, as you must be a member of one of these teams to participate.
I have a good solution for this:
You set up several tiers of teams, top tier being those that exist now, and then some lower tier teams, of which there will be more of, but the same number of members per team. Have each contest multi-tiered, as in there will be a top-tier winner and a winner in each tier, as well as an overall winner.
More people would be eligible to participate, meaning more would. Take me for example, I've been interested in a few of these contests in the past, yet I have no team affiliation, as it should be since I am not a top-tier gamer. So, I am not eligible to participate in these contests, therefore I don't. If I were eligible, I would participate. I don't have many high-scores, as I am not a score driven gamer, but if there were a contest involved, I'd be more interested in playing for competition, at which point my true skills would shine through, though I guess they'd be shockingly dull.
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