So I'm signed up but was wondering, as a high gold player, do I stand any chance of winning a match here or is it going to be 0-2, 0-2, spectate? I'm not terribly disappointed if I do get massively outclassed I just like to know what I'm in for.
Supposedly a gold player got 3rd place at the last SCAR lan (organized by a different group in Tempe). so i guess you could win. we'll be doing random seeding, so there is a good chance you could even win your first match. there were a lot of gold players last time.
On November 06 2010 12:28 ragnasaur wrote: $20 to enter and the prize is only $100? that is really expensive for a small cash prize. Please lower the price or raise the prize pool!
the cafe normally charges only $10 for 4 hours. Are you requiring all to buy day passes?
hmm, lets do some math here:
$20x10 = $200 possible prize pool + $10 to the pool for every person over 10 ppl. so... $100 for first, $50 for second = $150. then, there are dog tags and trophies available, i dno, the owner sells them for $20 a piece just for the dog tags, but nevermind that. 10 people get to play all day at the cafe for $50? that's a steal. lets see...howie's charges $12/person for an all day pass.
anyways, if that still isn't fair, please propose something and we will try to make amends.
i'm still waiting on velocity micro's 'party pack', it could be swag, it could be some goodies, who knows. crucial has sent us some swag. should be a great hangout.
One more question, why the old map pool? Is that to match up with MLG or other pro events? Seems sort of strange to not mirror the ladder as Desert Oasis and Kulas have been out for a while now. I wouldn't imagine too many participants do an extensive amount of custom games to practice on those maps.
On November 06 2010 15:43 dkoontz wrote: One more question, why the old map pool? Is that to match up with MLG or other pro events? Seems sort of strange to not mirror the ladder as Desert Oasis and Kulas have been out for a while now. I wouldn't imagine too many participants do an extensive amount of custom games to practice on those maps.
yeah, that's something i was thinking about too, i think we're going to kick out desert and kulas. probably gonna get shakuras and jungle instead. i definitely agree with you on that one.
Well the owner of the place should cut you guys a good deal imo. You seem pretty involved. I was in a CS team and we got really cheap rates when we played at our local LAN center. Plus the cheaper the buy-in the more people would enter, not just die-hard fans. Their friends and other people at the lan center would play, and more people traveling to get there. So if it were $10 to enter and you had 20 people that would be gravy. The last LAN had ~20 people, plus with MSI, I would imagine this LAN could be bigger.
Just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow we will put in the order for the trophy. We will have it within 5 business days. I'll be sure to post pictures of it when we get it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the event again!