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On August 04 2011 04:36 Blazinghand wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 04:30 Nimla wrote:
Anyway, Is this where I advertise a tournament that requires money to enter, that has fucking horrible website design, horrible production value, with several sites WITH THE SAME DESIGN. And an attitude from the one of the owners?
Seems like we know our answer guys. This shit's obviously a scam. Too good to be true? It is!
It baffles me why It's GoSu and SKGaming advertises for these guys, I guess money talks for anyone, no matter how horribly these guys are and will kill esports. If this tournament were legit and well-run, it would be GREAT for esports. I wouldn't hate on GoSu or SKGaming, they may not have done the same in-depth investigation we did-- and on the surface, this seems legit. Anyone can make a mistake.
There's plenty of GREAT Things going for esports, from reading previous posts, apparently they make a ton of money from registration? Yeahhhhh..
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www.facebook.com/starcraft
Again we apologize for the delay, the full announcement is scheduled for 5PM PST tomorrow, at which time we will do some things of our own as well. We appreciate your patience throughout this process.
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On August 04 2011 12:23 NeSE wrote:www.facebook.com/starcraftAgain we apologize for the delay, the full announcement is scheduled for 5PM PST tomorrow, at which time we will do some things of our own as well. We appreciate your patience throughout this process.
Honestly, the only reason it blew out of proportion is because the site looks so bad.
Annoying chick screaming about the tournament, links that don't work, dragons breathing fire in the background. I mean, if you want people's money, you have to give them quality, I'm not seeing it in the site, so why would anyone expect to see it in the tournament.
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Im honestly surprised, but pleasently, I'll apoligize for my skepticism, and hope its a great event!
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Let me summarise (paraphrasing from their site): WINNERS should
[*] wait for 15 business days (= 3 weeks)
[*] for a check
[*] and if it doesn't arrive in time, they should "contact NE-SE" asap (no specific contact information is given, but under 'contact' there is a 'legal department' email address...)
LOL.
+ Show Spoiler +How about this - I participate in your tournament, and you give *me* 15 business days to send you a check worth $20 for the registration fee. In the event you don't get the check, you should send me a PM on TL asap to resolve the issue. Sounds fair?
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Keeping an eye on this. Not gonna lie though, it's still way too suspicious. I'm already feeling sorry for anyone who shelled out 20 bucks.
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On August 04 2011 13:22 garlicface wrote:
Keeping an eye on this. Not gonna lie though, it's still way too suspicious. I'm already feeling sorry for anyone who shelled out 20 bucks.
He already got Blizz to confirm they are a real tournament a few posts before yours.
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On August 04 2011 04:47 Nimla wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 04:36 Blazinghand wrote:On August 04 2011 04:30 Nimla wrote:
Anyway, Is this where I advertise a tournament that requires money to enter, that has fucking horrible website design, horrible production value, with several sites WITH THE SAME DESIGN. And an attitude from the one of the owners?
Seems like we know our answer guys. This shit's obviously a scam. Too good to be true? It is!
It baffles me why It's GoSu and SKGaming advertises for these guys, I guess money talks for anyone, no matter how horribly these guys are and will kill esports. If this tournament were legit and well-run, it would be GREAT for esports. I wouldn't hate on GoSu or SKGaming, they may not have done the same in-depth investigation we did-- and on the surface, this seems legit. Anyone can make a mistake. There's plenty of GREAT Things going for esports, from reading previous posts, apparently they make a ton of money from registration? Yeahhhhh..
Considering they're putting on an entire live event, I imagine they would have to make a few bucks.
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On August 04 2011 13:01 Dagobert wrote:Let me summarise (paraphrasing from their site): WINNERS should [*] wait for 15 business days (= 3 weeks) [*] for a check [*] and if it doesn't arrive in time, they should "contact NE-SE" asap (no specific contact information is given, but under 'contact' there is a 'legal department' email address...) LOL. + Show Spoiler +How about this - I participate in your tournament, and you give *me* 15 business days to send you a check worth $20 for the registration fee. In the event you don't get the check, you should send me a PM on TL asap to resolve the issue. Sounds fair?
Come on man, 3 weeks to pay out has to be way above average for ESPORTS events. ESL takes like a whole year to pay out sometimes. =\
I'm still not going to shell out $20 for an online tournament but I hope this goes well for you guys at NeSE (and for the players too) now that Blizzard has made their announcement.
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Awesome, I'm glad Blizz could verify the legitimacy.
I'm not sure I'd quite be willing to shell out $20 for the tournament given that the chances of me making that money back are pretty slim. I think Diamond+ might be more willing though. This looks like it could be pretty cool. I'm glad someone is trying a payout structure like this.
Good Luck Ne-se!
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On August 04 2011 04:36 Blazinghand wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 04:30 Nimla wrote:
Anyway, Is this where I advertise a tournament that requires money to enter, that has fucking horrible website design, horrible production value, with several sites WITH THE SAME DESIGN. And an attitude from the one of the owners?
Seems like we know our answer guys. This shit's obviously a scam. Too good to be true? It is!
It baffles me why It's GoSu and SKGaming advertises for these guys, I guess money talks for anyone, no matter how horribly these guys are and will kill esports. If this tournament were legit and well-run, it would be GREAT for esports. I wouldn't hate on GoSu or SKGaming, they may not have done the same in-depth investigation we did-- and on the surface, this seems legit. Anyone can make a mistake.
Wow some pretty sad, people out there like "Private eye Blazinghand" here sure did alot of digging. well anyway now all the trolls trying to act like they know better than everyone else at least get proven wrong.
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Blazinghand
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On August 04 2011 18:08 StrafedProtoss wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 04:36 Blazinghand wrote:On August 04 2011 04:30 Nimla wrote:
Anyway, Is this where I advertise a tournament that requires money to enter, that has fucking horrible website design, horrible production value, with several sites WITH THE SAME DESIGN. And an attitude from the one of the owners?
Seems like we know our answer guys. This shit's obviously a scam. Too good to be true? It is!
It baffles me why It's GoSu and SKGaming advertises for these guys, I guess money talks for anyone, no matter how horribly these guys are and will kill esports. If this tournament were legit and well-run, it would be GREAT for esports. I wouldn't hate on GoSu or SKGaming, they may not have done the same in-depth investigation we did-- and on the surface, this seems legit. Anyone can make a mistake. Wow some pretty sad, people out there like "Private eye Blazinghand" here sure did alot of digging. well anyway now all the trolls trying to act like they know better than everyone else at least get proven wrong.
Indeed. How did you know I was a private infestigator? I don't remember mentioning my profession as part of my discussion of your tournament... that's very sharp of you.
In any case, my points about how poorly-organized this tournament is, as well as the usual feedback about its somewhat fiscally inept PR team, stand unrefuted; assuming everything here is legit, it's being run by people who have no business handling that amount of money, or running an e-sports tournament. I hope they get some consultants more familiar with the industry than themselves who can make this into a better event.
Spreading the event out over the course of a year, and the way the payouts are structured, as well as previous misgivings regarding the refunds policy and disbursement of winnings have not been addressed, and as of the writing of this post, the OP has not been updated to reflect new information. Any new people coming to this thread will have to dig through pages upon pages of unprofessional argument from the organizer to find any information.
Please update the OP at your earliest convenience to contain useful information.
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Such an awesome event! really loookiing forward to it. Map pool is kinda meh though
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Good luck to anybody that enters this.
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On August 04 2011 19:00 sebsejr wrote:
Such an awesome event! really loookiing forward to it. Map pool is kinda meh though
Even the updated pool?
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Blazinghand
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On August 05 2011 02:10 NeSE wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 19:00 sebsejr wrote:
Such an awesome event! really loookiing forward to it. Map pool is kinda meh though Even the updated pool?
Sounds like something that should go in the OP, so people like this don't get confused about it. OP hasn't been updated in 2 weeks, though...
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On August 04 2011 19:00 sebsejr wrote:
Sounds like something that should go in the OP, so people like this don't get confused about it. OP hasn't been updated in 2 weeks, though...
Its coming, just waiting for the announcements on SC2 site.
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OMG IT'S LEGIT!
![[image loading]](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5969/nese.jpg)
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On August 05 2011 11:35 miamibadboi wrote:OMG IT'S LEGIT!
OP has been updated.
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