As the screenshot said, there will always be non-KYC tournaments offered and allowed within the game. These are in addition to the KYC tournaments that are hoping to be offered within the tournament structure itself, since there seem to be a lot of endemic issues presented currently that don't have a clean solution of just "do this thing" to fix them.

Yes, KYC is a first step. And if you do not want to KYC your account, then that's fine, there will be tournaments that are catered to those players. But KYC is a first step in many to not only account for issues within the tournaments, but also bring in new players and increase the overall value of assets currently in game. The longer the community embraces making it harder to bring new players into the ecosystem, the longer they will be forced to reckon with an ecosystem that is just shuffling the issues from one point to another.

I appreciate your feedback, and I am sorry for making you even consider feeling unsafe/unable to trust the game and/or team. I hope that we can find a solution that is equitable and acceptable to as many players as possible.