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On June 13 2011 08:54 applejuice wrote:
The $10 functions as a deterrent. And this deterrent seems to work quite well, as the bronze-level 16 year olds are whining in this thread instead of signing up.
10 grand is nothing anyway. Some of you kids don't realize how much it really costs to put something like this on, even if most of it is online. The prize money is only the beginning of what they require. If NASL runs for only 2 months, has a total of only 5 full time staff, and each staff member makes 25K (barely above minimum wage, for illustrative purposes only), they just spent 21K on staff salaries alone in just two months. That's excluding any of their capital costs, prize money, stipends...all of that.
Calls everyone "kids", thinks 10 grand means 10 dollars.
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On June 14 2011 01:57 Clickety wrote:Show nested quote +On June 13 2011 08:54 applejuice wrote:
The $10 functions as a deterrent. And this deterrent seems to work quite well, as the bronze-level 16 year olds are whining in this thread instead of signing up.
10 grand is nothing anyway. Some of you kids don't realize how much it really costs to put something like this on, even if most of it is online. The prize money is only the beginning of what they require. If NASL runs for only 2 months, has a total of only 5 full time staff, and each staff member makes 25K (barely above minimum wage, for illustrative purposes only), they just spent 21K on staff salaries alone in just two months. That's excluding any of their capital costs, prize money, stipends...all of that.
Calls everyone "kids", thinks 10 grand means 10 dollars.
I think he means that NASL will get 10 grand (=10 000) dollars of money becuase 1024 * 10 = ~10 000 dollars.
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It looks like it will be a round of 128 tournament to start off because of the lack of players. There are 79 signed up. For a 256 to happen another 50 would have to sign up otherwise a round of 128 will be the start. See you all wednesday.
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"The only requirement is that you have a battle.net account on the North American server, and can play all your matches." why not mention the 10$ in that sentence already? it doesn't really concern myself cause i don't have a NA account anyway, but i can understand that many ppl complain about that fee. they read the sentence above, are happy that they can join and then in the next sentence it suddenly says "oh yea.. and ofc it also costs 10$ to sign up".. not the best way to do it, really
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On June 14 2011 00:44 Dexington wrote:
Thank god some top players are coming out now. Lalush, Dimaga, Thorzain, Nightend, Demuslim, etc...
At the very least, the 8 players who get in to next season shouldn't be questionable at this point.
Even if these 5 players make it through, Season 2 is going to so much more competitive ... although, I'm the guy that thought Tyler, QXC and PainUser would have much better showings than they did this season.
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am I reading this right? 7 days from tournament deadline, and only 81 participants?
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On June 14 2011 03:00 Kazeyonoma wrote:
am I reading this right? 7 days from tournament deadline, and only 81 participants?
The world is made of procrastinators. I'm sure some more will show up. I'm somehow doubtful there will be another thousand though.
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hey, 1 in 82 chance if i sign up now that I make it past a few rounds.... WHOS WITH ME! FOR ESPORTS!
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Pretty decent shot at making top 8 actually, lulzzz~~
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I'm sad that not a single korean has signed up D: Would be cool seeing some SlayerS players signing up.
Glad to see Dimaga, Demuslim, Thorzain on that list though :D
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On June 09 2011 07:21 TBO wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2011 16:58 Xeris wrote:
Sorry, there will be seeding for top players. I'll have the rules changed to reflect that. You won't see Kas vs DIMAGA in Round 2.
Seeding in a tournament which has an entrance fee and which has no previous results to base the seeding upon sucks. MLG did the right thing to not seed people like thorzain high in the open bracket just because he won TSL. If it is a free tournament I don't mind arbitrary seeding, but when I pay for something I expect a fair playing ground.
The problem is that this isn't a regular tournament, where you are only looking for a winner for the weekend. In this case, the top 8 get NASL spots, and the NASL team (and all us spectators I would hope) want the best players in the league. If DIMAGA vs Kas happens in the round 2, then one of those players could get a spot in favour of someone like Pokebunny. I have no problems with Pokebunny, and if he can take out Kas or DIMAGA he absolutely should earn a spot in NASL. But if retarded brackets mean that Kas gets knocked out early by DIMAGA when Pokebunny slides in without having to play anyone of that calibre, then we get worse players in the NASL and a worse viewing experience.
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On June 14 2011 03:09 Kazeyonoma wrote:
hey, 1 in 82 chance if i sign up now that I make it past a few rounds.... WHOS WITH ME! FOR ESPORTS!
Actually, you have a 8 in 82 chance (6%) of qualifying for next season. Which also has a $100,000 prize pool.
This is much better odds than any other tournament -- TSL, Dreamhack, GSL, MLG -- for the largest prize pool in the world.
If you're any good you'd be an stupid not to try.
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On June 14 2011 10:27 Defacer wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 03:09 Kazeyonoma wrote:
hey, 1 in 82 chance if i sign up now that I make it past a few rounds.... WHOS WITH ME! FOR ESPORTS! Actually, you have a 8 in 82 chance (6%) of qualifying for next season. Which also has a $100,000 prize pool. This is much better odds than any other tournament -- TSL, Dreamhack, GSL, MLG -- for the largest prize pool in the world. If you're any good you'd be an stupid not to try.
not true. There is no foreigner not in the nasl already who's better than 1/10000 odds to win nasl if they get in except maybe thorzain. Pretty much everyone else in this open has a really miniscule chance of making the playoffs next season
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On June 14 2011 10:37 425kid wrote:
not true. There is no foreigner not in the nasl already who's better than 1/10000 odds to win nasl if they get in except maybe thorzain. Pretty much everyone else in this open has a really miniscule chance of making the playoffs next season
dimaga? nerchio?
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On June 14 2011 05:50 Xeris wrote:
Pretty decent shot at making top 8 actually, lulzzz~~
If you lowered it to $5 I bet you would get triple the signups.
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On June 14 2011 10:52 darmousseh wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 05:50 Xeris wrote:
Pretty decent shot at making top 8 actually, lulzzz~~ If you lowered it to $5 I bet you would get triple the signups.
Please dont tell me you are serious.
I think all the moronic posts on the $10 have shown just how neccesary it was.
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On June 14 2011 12:39 Rarak wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 10:52 darmousseh wrote:On June 14 2011 05:50 Xeris wrote:
Pretty decent shot at making top 8 actually, lulzzz~~ If you lowered it to $5 I bet you would get triple the signups. Please dont tell me you are serious. I think all the moronic posts on the $10 have shown just how neccesary it was.
Because sooo many good players have signed up. Make it a real open like the tl open. The best players came to the top.
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On June 14 2011 13:25 425kid wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 12:39 Rarak wrote:On June 14 2011 10:52 darmousseh wrote:On June 14 2011 05:50 Xeris wrote:
Pretty decent shot at making top 8 actually, lulzzz~~ If you lowered it to $5 I bet you would get triple the signups. Please dont tell me you are serious. I think all the moronic posts on the $10 have shown just how neccesary it was. Because sooo many good players have signed up. Make it a real open like the tl open. The best players came to the top.
People aren't signing up because it conflicts with Dreamhack. It has nothing to do with the money.
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On June 06 2011 09:55 Badfatpanda wrote:
Demuslim gogo!
I sometimes forget all about him since his hand injury.
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On June 06 2011 11:33 TDN wrote:
"registration is simple and easy, and is $10 per player"
I don't know what's wrong with NA tournaments, but every big tournament, players have to pay a certain amount of money to participate. How is this helping esport? This is more like greedy business than an esport competition.
Just look at EU and KR tournaments. Everything is free. GSL doesn't cost a penny to spectate or participate, and they even have free Coke drink and sometimes pizza.
This is just funny. It reminds me of those internet scam where you participate in a survey and at the end they ask for your credit card number.
Anyone worth a damn and has even the slightest bit of skill won't worry about paying $10 to be a part of this tournament. $10 makes sure people have something to lose if they sign up just to troll NASL.
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