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darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 21:28 GMT
#1
I'm currently working on a starcraft tournament website so that people can host sc2 tournaments with automated reporting, etc and I just came up with another idea as well.


I think it would be cool to make a showmatch website like pro gamers sign up (with a minimum prize amount to play), viewers then donate money to the showmatch that they want to see and when the desired prize pool is reached, a b07 series between the two players is played.

For example,
idra $250
tester $200
cool $150
huk $100

sign up for the site
with the listed minimum prize.
Then, for each set of players, people can donate to that game specifically.
Say
Idra vs tester
Idra vs cool
Idra vs huk
Tester vs cool
tester vs huk
cool vs huk.

And then people go to the specific showmatch they want, and donate towards it.
Once both players minimum prize pool is reached, we schedule a showmatch between the players with the winner taking 75% and the loser taking 25%. So once say Idra vs cool hits $250, then the showmatch is scheduled.

What do you guys think?


Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24708 Posts
September 28 2010 21:37 GMT
#2
Who is eligible to be on the list of pro gamers?

Can I go on there with a cost of 1 dollar? I'll sap 25% of the other guy's fee :p
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 21:39 GMT
#3
On September 29 2010 06:37 micronesia wrote:
Who is eligible to be on the list of pro gamers?

Can I go on there with a cost of 1 dollar? I'll sap 25% of the other guy's fee :p



Haha, that is a good question. I was thinking of limiting it to top 25 ladder and well knowns. Maybe i'll start off with 30 well known players, and the post a poll every week to see which player should be added.
Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 21:40 GMT
#4
On September 29 2010 06:37 micronesia wrote:
Who is eligible to be on the list of pro gamers?

Can I go on there with a cost of 1 dollar? I'll sap 25% of the other guy's fee :p


You'd also have to get people to donate to a showmatch between you and another specific player with a high minimum prize pool.

Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
September 28 2010 21:51 GMT
#5
There's countless flaws with automating this. Like what if Idra doesnt want to play Huk? What if theres a problem with the match they can't resolve? Who's the say it stays competitive? I don't really like the idea :X
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darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 22:04 GMT
#6
Like what if Idra doesnt want to play Huk?
Players can choose who they are willing to play. (anyone, anyone with exceptions, exclusive list)

What if theres a problem with the match they can't resolve?
Referees

Who's the say it stays competitive?
It's more about the viewers getting to see matches between their favorite players and players earning a portion just for playing in it. If the players don't play competitively, then they won't be chosen in future matches.





Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
September 28 2010 22:14 GMT
#7
I guess that's my point. All your solutions bring in human involvement. So at that point, why do we need a new website? There's nothing completely adverse to having it, I just don't see the benefit.
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FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
September 28 2010 22:16 GMT
#8
This is a really cool idea man. PM me if you want some help!
Mrwl
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Sweden339 Posts
September 28 2010 22:20 GMT
#9
I would put everything on stake to watch IdrA vs Cool

Seriously, like Godzilla vs T-Rex

Not even that, Zeus vs Odin
BW heyo
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 22:25 GMT
#10
On September 29 2010 07:14 Chill wrote:
I guess that's my point. All your solutions bring in human involvement. So at that point, why do we need a new website? There's nothing completely adverse to having it, I just don't see the benefit.



The benefit is an automated way of people donating money to players and an automated way of people telling the community which match they want to watch. Good for players (earn money) good for viewers (watch their favorites)
Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
Onisparda
Profile Joined November 2008
Canada516 Posts
September 28 2010 22:38 GMT
#11
So basicly an automated match maker based on what people want to see, sounds pretty cool to me.
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-28 22:50:36
September 28 2010 22:48 GMT
#12
On September 29 2010 07:38 Onisparda wrote:
So basicly an automated match maker based on what people want to see, sounds pretty cool to me.



Yup, i think this is my best idea so far, I'm definitely starting on it tonight.

Watch idra vs tester is the first match. If 10% of everyone who watched a day9 daily donated $1, we could have a $1,000 showmatch. I'm so excited.

Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 28 2010 22:57 GMT
#13
Do i have to submit a tournament submission form to shoutcast a single series?
Developer for http://mtgfiddle.com
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