Just my two cents about the prizes.
The qualifying prizes were a big reduction from the last year's prize. But judging from the feedback from the qualifying event last year, I guess we need to think from their side as well. I'm not defending the organiser but take a look at last year event.
From what I see last year, for NFS there's pretty lil people (less than 10 most of the time) except for 1-2 venues. Well, I don't know about FIFA but still, last year participants at qualifying doesn't match with the nice prizes they offered.
How many people will participate at each venue this year? Apart from the "muka-muka biasa", I don't know if they will be more participant compared to last year. Just for the organiser, if you guys can lessen the participation fee & add medals, it would be better to add more participants. Qualifying events are the only events for many of us to gain something since the top dawgs will sapu the main prizes
How about show a lil bit more love to us, the less fortunate people to be out of the top 3 players?
So, IMHO, the prizes were not that bad after all if you consider all these factors. One, it's better than nothing. Two, the event still on. Three, the reduction is not as bad as ESWC.my (don't get me started on this one). Four, we still get to play.
Again, just my one cent worth of opinion. If you don't agree, keep it to yourself.