EPTLet me put it this way.... if the TL community raises concerns about the ramifications of this idea, you can be damned sure that Blizzard is going to be raining red flags when they consider it.
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Pharow
United States19 Posts
Let me put it this way.... if the TL community raises concerns about the ramifications of this idea, you can be damned sure that Blizzard is going to be raining red flags when they consider it. | ||
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Renaissance
Canada273 Posts
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Lysis
United States147 Posts
On June 19 2010 03:44 Renaissance wrote: Why do I have a feeling that something like this is hard to code for Blizzard? They can't even create a reconnect feature on BNET, and many older games have that feature. But it's a great thing if they actually do try to create something like this. A re-connect feature would be practically useless in a RTS game. Once you disconnect, it's like leaving the game. I would understand something like that being in FPS, where you can easily resume what you were doing. It's a lot harder to get back on track with an RTS, and once you disconnect, the game ends, simple as that. | ||
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ashaman771
Canada114 Posts
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ChewbroCColi
Denmark108 Posts
On June 19 2010 02:05 MorroW wrote: i dont see how buying tournaments wouldnt work in theory, i think its an awesome idea but need age requirements to play This. Awesome Idea btw Jinro  | ||
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
On June 19 2010 04:02 Lysis wrote: A re-connect feature would be practically useless in a RTS game. Once you disconnect, it's like leaving the game. I would understand something like that being in FPS, where you can easily resume what you were doing. It's a lot harder to get back on track with an RTS, and once you disconnect, the game ends, simple as that. Both you and the person who you quoted are wrong. It would be just as easy as facebook (paypal) integration. And yes, the reconnect feature is extremely useful and not that hard to do, as HoN showed it. | ||
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Renaissance
Canada273 Posts
Also, even Blizzard employees were looking at the StarCraft rankings site to see their own stats... that's when you know something is up. | ||
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Caspor
Austria18 Posts
first and foremost hackers/cheaters would be a huge problem. especially because theres real money in play, i guess there would be even legal issues because thats kind of fraud, hence antihack tools would be mandatory wich could lead to some false positives if someone has just a launcher or other 3rd party program installed without actually cheating. just some random thoughts sry for bad english | ||
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cloudJR
United States266 Posts
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palanq
United States761 Posts
Who knows, though. I would say do the tourneys with achievement points and see if having automated buy-in tournaments alongside it makes sense after that has been going for a while... or implement both at once. | ||
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Caspor
Austria18 Posts
dont think they are not smart enough to at least have considered that idea by now. there actually was a shooter with that kind of model but i forgot the name and i read it was pretty bad, never played it and forgot the name. but i think its just a matter of time if they find a way to solve the major problems we may see this eventually. | ||
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Zapperkhan
United States436 Posts
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yomi
United States773 Posts
We could set up a mini forum to organize cash tournaments within the TL community. Have trusted escrows and xfer the money via Pstars. It could be an issue to have tournaments that are profitable or breakeven for players that are not A class but in poker the different stakes seem to self regulate this. I doubt a really top player would invade a $1 tournament meant for gold level players. | ||
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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VIB
Brazil3567 Posts
So you could have a game that is mathematically uncheatable. But I doubt Activision would ever make SC2 uncheatable, since they would need to invest a large amount of resource in preparing the game engine and the server hardware infra-structure to support this. And quoting the activision COO "We don't invest in areas the gamers don't see and don't care about.". And most players feel like this: On June 18 2010 10:35 FrozenArbiter wrote: Then they will still play even tho there are cheaters.Read up on the AbsolutePoker super user scandal. Yes, there'll always be hacks - I don't care, there'll always be people using steroids in sports. Should we stop all sports? So my prediction is that they will eventually implement sit-n-go. About half of the players will cheat to make money. But people will still play, pay and make them a lot of money. | ||
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crate
United States2474 Posts
Wizards of the Coast can host pay-to-enter MTG tournaments; how is that any different from hosting pay-to-enter SC2 tournaments? I think this is a great idea, and personally I'm still astonished by the fact that starcraft tourneys don't generally have entry fees. Coming from a community where every pot ever except for a brief stint with MLG (Melee) was from player entry fees.... | ||
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koppik
United States676 Posts
There are three elements to gambling: consideration, prize and chance. This system has consideration (the entrance fee) and prize, but it's hard to say there is a substantive enough element of chance in the games. At least, that's the US. Maybe some other countries have a looser definition of gambling, since what constitutes a "substantive element of chance" is so debatable. Anyhow, I think this would do a lot to reward people playing starcraft competitively. | ||
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ImAbstracT
519 Posts
On June 18 2010 09:06 kineSiS- wrote: This would be interesting... but this is also gambling. Gambling is described as: Gambling is the of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods. Typically, the outcome of the wager is evident within a short period. Gambling is illegal in most states, so it is called gaming. Thats how it is in Louisiana, and we are known for our casinos. Then there is the whole game of chance vs the game of skill thing. | ||
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DarKFoRcE
Germany1215 Posts
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gerundium
Netherlands786 Posts
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