EPTIf they banks are sitting on so much money, why not hack into them and transfer the money to 10000 separate accounts across the globe. Then divide the money further, buy a ton of swag with it, sell the swag for street profit. And now we have a lot of cash money we can deposit into one large bank account for eSports.
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
If they banks are sitting on so much money, why not hack into them and transfer the money to 10000 separate accounts across the globe. Then divide the money further, buy a ton of swag with it, sell the swag for street profit. And now we have a lot of cash money we can deposit into one large bank account for eSports. | ||
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finlurrrr
United States37 Posts
On August 14 2012 02:57 FeUerFlieGe wrote: How about we just rob banks. I'm sure some of us are good hackers. If they banks are sitting on so much money, why not hack into them and transfer the money to 10000 separate accounts across the globe. Then divide the money further, buy a ton of swag with it, sell the swag for street profit. And now we have a lot of cash money we can deposit into one large bank account for eSports. That's what FullTiltPoker tried to do and the FBI shut 'em down. Your idea was funny but unhelpful. :/ | ||
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
I say "Sir/Ma'am, I have an investment proposition for you" "What is it?" "I think you should invest into the emerging market of eSports, competitive gaming. The market is for people in the age range of 18-28 who are mostly from the middle class with internet access." "Sounds interesting, why would this be a good idea?" "Because the biggest teams in the scene just added a disabled war vet, a homosexual, and a cancer patient and I know how much you value good will" "..." | ||
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finlurrrr
United States37 Posts
On August 14 2012 03:10 phiinix wrote: Why do I and bonifaceviii think you're trolling? Here's why. Did you REALLY suggest that we should add members of the disabled and under represented minorities to teams so that banks would sponsor esports? I don't want to sound rude but you should really consider your thoughts some more before you hit the post button. -insult removed- You're certainly not viewing the problem with the growth of esports from the right perspective, nor do I feel you are asking the right questions. Here's what you're suggesting: I have a meeting with an important investor at a bank. I say "Sir/Ma'am, I have an investment proposition for you" "What is it?" "I think you should invest into the emerging market of eSports, competitive gaming. The market is for people in the age range of 18-28 who are mostly from the middle class with internet access." "Sounds interesting, why would this be a good idea?" "Because the biggest teams in the scene just added a disabled war vet, a homosexual, and a cancer patient and I know how much you value good will" "..." Sorry I thought you knew my reference to down syndrome was a joke. I'm trying to say we need players who have a marketable appeal (someone who overcame a hardship, or someone who comes from a minority group). The rest of my post was serious, and I believe I asked the right question in my most recent post before this one: Thanks for this feedback. I'm accepting the idea that this might be negatively profitable. I'm also accepting the idea that it will not generate goodwill due to the negative image which progamers face. How can we change the image problem facing the starcraft community so that we can appeal to disgruntled corporations looking to spend a few hundred k's in order to invest in their own goodwill by sponsoring Esports? | ||
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Lokerek
United States441 Posts
GS acquires Evil Geniuses GSIdrA  There is way too much hate on EG and if they merged with GS there would be 2x more haters Conclusion = Bad Idea :D | ||
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finlurrrr
United States37 Posts
Poker also has a bad image. Recently there was an NFL umpire who lost her job because she competed in a gambling competition at the WSOP. There are also gruesome, shark killing tournaments sponsored by Budweiser & 12 other national brands: http://www.makomanianj.com/ & youtube.com/watch?v=XaZjmT8mHbU Maybe my idea is too unoriginal. That means we just gotta get creative or scrap my idea and let somebody else propose a better one. If SC2 is going to get exponential growth, then an SC2 progamer should make about 10x as much money compared to a Brood War progamer, so that they can have a "baller lifestyle" which creates the same envy as poker has done for Elky, RainKhan, Grrrr, or Rekrul. Banks have the perfect storm of conditions being met right now for such an idea to pass their feasibility test... | ||
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ImAbstracT
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Pleiades
United States472 Posts
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HAUER
Denmark208 Posts
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10341 Posts
On August 14 2012 04:05 ImAbstracT wrote: Last thing I want in something I love is banks who's only goal is to maximize profit and their investment. the same goal anyone throwing an sc2 tournament, don't kid yourself. | ||
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Timerly
Germany511 Posts
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Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
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FairForever
Canada2392 Posts
On August 14 2012 02:15 mememolly wrote: I assume you have evidence that the ROI would be high for an investment of "a few hundred thousand dollars" and that by investing in esports it will build the good will of the American public Edit: oh wait I just read your above post, you're trolling, GJ I think he edited the post to make it obvious it was a troll (ie. adding the part about Liquid Rising), it wasn't very obvious from the original post. | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
On August 14 2012 01:16 Hider wrote: His wrong. Sundance got it from venture capital. MLG would not be able to afford to pay of high interest rates. Pretty much every major bank, be it commerical or investment focused has a private equity firm, so in a sense venture capitalism is part of the broader spectrum of banking. | ||
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Pleiades
United States472 Posts
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Trowa127
United Kingdom1230 Posts
On August 14 2012 05:50 1Eris1 wrote: There's not really much of a difference between most investment and commercial banks nowadays, so in a sense venture capitalism is part of banking. Yeah VC fills a completely different role to traditional banking, be it investment or commercial. Seriously. Look up Dawn Capital, do some reading, stop posting rubbish. There is a huge difference between taking deposits/making loans/handling bond issuance/making 'bets' on the markets to what VC does. This thread is a joke. You're not going to get banks to sponsor 'E-sports' and to be honest I don't see why you'd want too. All we've seen so far is a load of tournament organisers throwing money down a black hole. If the scene can't sustain itself, its not good for anyone in the long run, and I don't think we're a banks a target audience at this stage -_- | ||
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abominare
United States1216 Posts
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
On August 14 2012 05:58 Trowa127 wrote: Yeah VC fills a completely different role to traditional banking, be it investment or commercial. Seriously. Look up Dawn Capital, do some reading, stop posting rubbish. There is a huge difference between taking deposits/making loans/handling bond issuance/making 'bets' on the markets to what VC does. This thread is a joke. You're not going to get banks to sponsor 'E-sports' and to be honest I don't see why you'd want too. All we've seen so far is a load of tournament organisers throwing money down a black hole. If the scene can't sustain itself, its not good for anyone in the long run, and I don't think we're a banks a target audience at this stage -_- I never said it wasn't different from traditional banking? All I was pointing out is that the two are much more intertwinned and most of them operate their own private equity firms, or at least have substantial dealings with them. If Sundance didn't get his investments directly from private individuals, he probably dealt with a "bank" in one way or another. edit: you're right, my first post was pretty badly worded. | ||
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