Not understanding Doug's comment about the 5 game ticket not showing consistency. Pump n dump requires 0 consistency. It boils down to time and how big is your wallet. Me for example, I'm a so so player, but I can blow up a machine now and again. Given a deep enough wallet I could in theory qualify for A, but I sure do not belong in it. On a 5 game ticket I have to do well across multiple games. Sure, I can zero out one or two, but I at least have to do well across a few on the same ticket.

Really not seeing the skill in this. Just seems like a way for them to get more coin drops. Sure, the best of the best will still get in, but I have a feeling the earlier rounds will see some so so players who paid to get in get eliminated in spectacularly poor fashion.

It matters because for the legitimate players they now either have to pay more, or not get in. All because others will be willing to keep throwing money at it until they get a lucky game. You think in a hobby that has become about who can spend the most with 12.5 and 15k machines will bat an eye at dropping 1k to make a division? Not because they are good, but because they want to just be able to say that they are A division material. It will happen, and its not a good thing.