Since everyone is crying about the tiers, I can imagine us keeping "tier 2"
But it'll be more exclusive- you'll have to be on par with at least 2 of the top 10 members- and that's up to the panelists' opinion of your skills.
The top 10 are based on tournament bracket placings.
The tiers have kinda just been "oh yeah, this guy's pretty good"
So, assuming the other panelists have no issue-
I'd like to instate a criteria for tier 2, namely:
You have to beat 2 of the top 10 in a 2/3 set
OR
We have to see that you're on par with the top 10 by some other means
In the second case, its up to the panelists' discretion- so no whining with things like
"I'm just as good as *insert name here*!!!"
"I had a hard bracket"
and so on.
No johns- impress us.