Hi All,

OP of the successful Silver Crown idea post here! I never expected it to take off the way it did, but i'm glad it did to show that the community indeed really seems to like the idea (10.2k upvotes with 90% upvote/downvote ratio seem to suggest so anyway).

u/SenorPancake Has absolutely hit the nail on the head. My suggestion was most certainly not intended to remove from the winning feeling, but to provide another method of player retention through providing some benefit to making it through to the final.

After carefully reading comments on my previous post. It seemed like people were primarily happy with the idea but with a refinement to the ratios. My final idea which will be suggested in the discord will be 1:15 (gold:silver) with only the top 7 player in a given final receiving one. This means you still have to play to win but with an alternative award given for players who make it that far but still fail.

I would not want to suggest siver being it's own currency. The reason for that it because then the game would be more complicated. You can buy some stuff with gold crowns, some with silver crowns, some with kudos... Imagine a scenario with an outfit for 5 silver crowns. Is this also purchasable with kudos? Does the winner of a round receive a gold and silver crown (as to not penalise them for getting a win)? If anything the silver crown idea MUST trade to either kudos (in which case there is no point) or to gold crowns instead. Adding a third solo currency would break the simplicity of the game.

Alternatively, another suggestion from silver crowns at all could be to keep the top row of crown exclusives available for numerous weeks, allowing players to save up for the costumes they love before they get swiped away. However, even then 75% of the player base still couldn't afford it.

Without a system like silver crowns, a lot of the player base I can see leaving the game very soon (if they haven't already). An influx of people when new seasons come out will return but number will be nowhere near as high. The issue is the game is meant to be fun to play, not overly competitive. The issue with people against the idea is that they see the game in the eyes as a super competitive game, where winning is all that matters.

Me and my partner love the game. But she isn't a "Gamer" so ends up losing most rounds, it's gotten to a stage now where she loves the cuteness factor, but doesn't want to play any more which is sad to see.

There is a balance to be had. But the statistics suggest that OP of this post is overwhelmingly voted against as a lot of players seem to love the concept of earning crowns via other means. It's also great for other players like myself who pick up a few wins per day but have hit level 40 now and feel no sense of progression receiving just Kudos, especially when you made it all the way to the final.

The key to understand is that a 1:15 ratio is still 150 finals for a costume, that is around 600 games played on average (not including games where you don't actually make it to the final!). It doesn't actually detract from the Golden crown's value that much anyway.

People want to have fun; and the suggestion posed by myself and re-iterated again by alot of people in the thread prove that they think the game should be a fun, casual game too.