The problem with CW, crowns and the changes is that Bubbaslab won it way back when it started. With like 200m power, tops at the time. After it ran a while, and others were building up, then much later Riot beefed up to superpowers. THEN the change/crown stystem was put in place, Bubbaslab did have a terrible negative buff that week in CW, which affected him badly. After that it was taken off for some weeks. It has now been re-implemented. Now it is only like 2 crowns, on Riot/Blayd, and will take quite a few weeks/mos to start to balance out. Although there are some that are building very quickly.

The main issue I think some are proposing here is that there is an upper echelon that most "normal" players will never reach, as it's based on very deep pockets. I know I won't, I just don't have it. I don't begrudge them their due, if they can = they do, and more power to em. I do kinda like the idea of different levels, where the super guys don't always prevent anyone from ever reaching the round of 8, which is as low as prizes go, cuz it's already there. There are 8 that will be extremely difficult to beat. Or make the prize (lower but something) reach down farther to the round of 16/32. That is increasingly hard to win in.

But I don't fool myself, I think it's set up to reward the spenders. And the rest of us are supposed to watch, be envious, and follow suit.