SHOUTcraft Kings 2017 - $10000 every month - Page 4

On August 09 2017 23:00 droppanda wrote:
I really feel the prize format could be made a lot more exciting.
For example, I think that winner should get $400, with $100 pooled on the side until the king is defeated.

This would mean that if you beat someone on a 6 win streak, you'd get $400 + $600 from the pool, a decent bonus for knocking out a tough player.

Right now, if you manage to take down someone with 10 win streak, you get the same as taking down someone with 1 win.
$400 for a single game is still a decent amount for one win.

What's the possibility of doing something like this? I tune into this all the time and have always had this idea, but now that Blizzard is sponsoring it for a good amount, it would make things more interesting when we've got someone on a really hot streak.

On August 09 2017 08:34 blunderfulguy wrote:
To me, where the crux of the question lies is the method in which players are chosen to play. The volatile Bo1 format along with the seemingly random or fabricated matchmaking with an unknown pool of players are what I see as the vexing aspects of this tournament getting more money over other weekly, daily, etc. tournaments.

There's a sort of if-by-whiskey situation here. Blizzard using funds from War Chest sales to reinforce tournaments outside of Blizzcon and WCS seems like a very healthy idea. However, if only the best of the best players are taking that money home every month, then this tournament will no longer be a fun, challenging "pay players' rent tourney" and would become an unhealthy "rich get richer tourney" and defeat a lot of the purpose of the War Chest and ShoutCraft Kings.

I would love to know how players (of any and all 'tiers' and origins) feel about this tournament getting more support but I also think, as with many things, it's too early and there is too little information to say exactly what's "best" over other things that haven't been explored much, if at all. Personally, if I had to choose whether to reinforce an existing, successful event or to create something new or reinvigorate something else/something smaller, I would favor the latter options, as I believe (much more than some) that investing in smaller or newer things has a bigger impact in the long term than investing in something that is already successful and will thrive on its own. But, again, so far the tournament has been good, a good challenge and good opportunity for players of moderate-high skill level, it's fun for the community, and it's still unique within esports, so I'll still support Blizzard pumping this up more. For now, at least.