EPTEdit: I called "customer service" and my money was refunded.
I was told it was a "pre-registration"' stage and I would receive a confirmation email as well as access to the website in a week. The whole thing seems hastily put together, to me.
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Sterling
United States182 Posts
Edit: I called "customer service" and my money was refunded. I was told it was a "pre-registration"' stage and I would receive a confirmation email as well as access to the website in a week. The whole thing seems hastily put together, to me. | ||
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TheRealNanMan
United States1471 Posts
On July 22 2011 05:39 Genie1 wrote: Uh your map pool is awful seriously get a new map pool or else everyone will be wasting there time with this tournament. If anyone is wondering what there map pool is here it is. The maps for 1vs1 include: Agria Valley Blistering Sands Delta Quadrant Desert Oasis Jungle Basin Kulas Ravine Lost Temple Metalopolis Scrap Station Steppes of War Xel'Naga Caverns Where did you see the map pool list? | ||
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TheTrueAmerican
United States132 Posts
 also to the people complaining about the $20 fee. look at the prize breakdown per round first. if you win your first round match you get your money back... Round 1- $20 Round 2- $40 Round 3- $80 Round 4- $160 Round 5- $320 Round 6- $640 Round 7 (Round Robin)- $1,280 | ||
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PantsB
United States77 Posts
4^5 * 50 entries.... you're not getting in the same area code as 50,000+ entries with a $20 entry fee. Even without you're not getting 50,000 entries. If you took out that idea so it was 4^6 entries you'd have 4096 spots to fill.... which is conceivable. It would also give you a profit margin (without taking anything but prize pool into account) of ~ $81920 in entry fees - $40320 prize payout = $41600.... which is a profit margin even the casinos would drool over. (ed and obviously if they got the 50K they'd need for the writeup to make sense it'd be 1,000,000 in entry fees....) Even with a big main event, if it got to that, 40K * 4 = 160000 - 52K in grand prize = over $100K in profits for very little investment overall. Honestly it feels at best like a scam and I wouldn't feel confident that I'd actually get paid. It also skirts pretty damn close to anti-gambling laws in the US. IANAL but usually you can't have an entry fee, compete in a game and then get cash prizes as I understand it. | ||
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JLew
Canada353 Posts
And does Blizzard allow this? Map pool? Seems like a good idea but so many concerns would should have with this as it sits.. | ||
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Genie1
Canada333 Posts
http://ne-se.com/sc2/rules Here you go :D | ||
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Saishuuheiki
United States188 Posts
I know a lot of people would think they have a good chance of winning their first group of 4, which would get your money back, but what if there are less rounds due to less participants? If only 64 people sign up (I believe NASL had under 128 with their sign-up fee) does that mean only 20+40+80 goes to the winner with only 3 rounds? $160 for a $20 sign-up doesn't seem that good That aside, I think a serious 2v2 tournament would be welcome | ||
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templar rage
United States2509 Posts
On July 22 2011 06:21 TheTrueAmerican wrote: the website background has nazgul from lotr on it also to the people complaining about the $20 fee. look at the prize breakdown per round first. if you win your first round match you get your money back... Round 1- $20 Round 2- $40 Round 3- $80 Round 4- $160 Round 5- $320 Round 6- $640 Round 7 (Round Robin)- $1,280 It's not the fact that there's an entry fee, it's the fact that they weren't up front about it. As I stated, I only found out about it when I went to sign up. It is not stated in the OP, and as far as I can see, nowhere on the web site until registration. That's the shady part. | ||
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Whiplash
United States2929 Posts
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pHaRSiDE
United States752 Posts
On July 22 2011 05:56 ComaDose wrote: Its obviously not a scam if they got sponsored on teamliquid man. This is an amazing thing even if there is a $20 entrance fee Now that its mentioned lets move on. Put it in the OP is a good recommendation tho. To get a sponsored thread it just cost money, you don't have to be legit. You are not screened or something. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36401 Posts
On July 22 2011 06:43 pHaRSiDE wrote: If the tournament is clean cool, but I think you could run into some problems having the finals 1 year away. Maybe find a way to shorten the tournament just a little bit. To get a sponsored thread it just cost money, you don't have to be legit. You are not screened or something. Correct, a Sponsored Thread is more a paid advertisement on TL rather than a relationship between TL and the company or product advertised. On some level we do review the Sponsored Threads put up, but it's nowhere near the process of an official event or team or site sponsor (like TeamSpeak). Please do not take this to mean TL thinks this tournament is not legitimate, because obviously we wouldn't allow this thread if we thought that it was a scam. We have as much information as the public sees right now. | ||
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NcK
Germany51 Posts
I would not pay 20$ to get 6pooled :-D | ||
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havox_
Germany442 Posts
On July 22 2011 06:05 PET wrote: I closed the website after the woman started talking. I got a feeling of the year 2000 websites. And if that is the map pool ... I can not even ... t.a.l.k. Agria Valley? <3 only tournament that ever looked less pro/viable was this 100k tournament in Bangkok  (what happened to that one btw? ^^).What ever, gl to who ever pays the Fee :D | ||
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PhysicsCat
Korea (South)15 Posts
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
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Davido
Sweden12 Posts
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GWaLK
United States184 Posts
he said they've been putting this together for over 16 months it smells so heavily of a scam honestly the amount of ppl they'd need to sign up to cover costs is ridiculous 2 month period of sign ups 2 month period to play games repeat 3x more its a scam guys... | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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Chargelot
2275 Posts
On July 22 2011 05:39 Genie1 wrote: Uh your map pool is awful seriously get a new map pool or else everyone will be wasting there time with this tournament. If anyone is wondering what there map pool is here it is. The maps for 1vs1 include: Agria Valley Blistering Sands Delta Quadrant Desert Oasis Jungle Basin Kulas Ravine Lost Temple Metalopolis Scrap Station Steppes of War Xel'Naga Caverns it says LOST temple. That map pool list was made a LONG time ago. | ||
Adebisi
Canada1637 Posts
On July 22 2011 07:35 havox_ wrote: <3 only tournament that ever looked less pro/viable was this 100k tournament in Bangkok (what happened to that one btw? ^^).What ever, gl to who ever pays the Fee :D http://thsl.tv/ Starts in a few weeks! lol o.o | ||
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