EPTEdit: or they could make you buy credits 1 for $1 then use that for tournament and then you win credits, you could then return the credits for your money back???
Automated Tournaments and the Monetization of Bnet - Page 3
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Bob300
United States505 Posts
Edit: or they could make you buy credits 1 for $1 then use that for tournament and then you win credits, you could then return the credits for your money back??? | ||
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StarStruck
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Powster
United States650 Posts
BUT.. I dont think you should have anything lower than diamond league (or just the pro league) to be allowed. If it was platinum or lower you could lose your placement matches on purpose and then never do any matchmaking and keep winning the tournaments easily.. And.. they would earn money from it even if not many people are using it. Just by creating the system they will be earning money without any effort after that which is never bad... | ||
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Half
United States2554 Posts
On June 18 2010 09:44 Bob300 wrote: If blizzard hosted the betting site outside of the US. It would fine/ Legal, just a bit sketchy. Edit: or they could make you buy credits 1 for $1 then use that for tournament and then you win credits, you could then return the credits for your money back??? They could charge a static monthly fee for unlimited participation. That kind of scares me though. | ||
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Sueco
Sweden283 Posts
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Morayfire73
United States298 Posts
Just looking at some of the logistical stuff that tournament organizers have to deal with is mind boggling, the system you presented would work, but I don't think any very serious or large prize pools would ever be available due to Blizzards inability to handle the logistical stuff. | ||
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seRapH
United States9808 Posts
i dont like anything related to betting though, it seems like it could ruin esports the way it ruined it in korea  | ||
NonY
8751 Posts
The best argument for it is it's the only way to have good automated tournaments. You could have automated tournaments without money and they would suck. Prize money is required for good tournaments. Entry fee is the only way I can imagine that automated tournaments can have prize money. IMO Blizzard shouldn't take a rake. It's not about the money for me as a player. But I think running this service wouldn't cost them any extra money compared to other services that b.net will be running for free. That's not really my main reason either. Mainly I think it'd just be better for Blizzard and bnet's image to not take a cut. Blizzard wants b.net 2.0 to be awesome and the best online experience etc. Providing a service like this for free would be absolutely amazing. Since it's feasible (afaik), I think they should do it! ugh I'm not very eloquent when I'm writing in a hurry. I just read over that and I felt like my writing skills just regressed 10 years lol | ||
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Destro
Netherlands1206 Posts
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Bob300
United States505 Posts
On June 18 2010 09:51 Destro wrote: .......... and there goes my bank account. I completely agree, i would spend so much money on these tournaments lol, then lose. | ||
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ThePanda
United States1 Post
Even if you limited pay to play to the US, its almost certain that players from other countries would be able to get a hold of the keys and get on the U.S. servers creating any number of legal and game-play issues. Maybe no good U.S. players would play in $1-5 tournaments, but it could be very lucrative for Asian players where the cost of living is lower. | ||
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Elec
Canada136 Posts
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Tristan
Canada566 Posts
On June 18 2010 09:52 ThePanda wrote: players would play in $1-5 tournaments, but it could be very lucrative for Asian players where the cost of living is lower. Starcraft 2: great game, fun esport, and single handedly improving the economies of the third world, is there anything it can't do? | ||
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oBlade
United States6345 Posts
Closing to divisions immediately brings in the problem of people abusing the ladder just so they can clean out SNGs in lower leagues. Maybe these ought to be diamond/proleague only. | ||
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
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InfiniteIce
United States794 Posts
Interesting idea, and I really really like it. Thanks for opening my mind to this one :D it's something I'd love to see implemented. Also: On June 18 2010 09:50 Liquid`NonY wrote: IMO Blizzard shouldn't take a rake. It's not about the money for me as a player. But I think running this service wouldn't cost them any extra money compared to other services that b.net will be running for free. That's not really my main reason either. Mainly I think it'd just be better for Blizzard and bnet's image to not take a cut. I think the rake was more to give Blizzard a theoretical incentive if they were to ever consider this. If they would do it for free, with no cut, then I would be back in love with Blizzard, all over again. But given the way things may or may not be heading re: microtransactions, I think they might need some sort of incentive to do this. (I am agreeing with you, though. They shouldn't take a rake, but if it was between "Blizz gets a small rake", or "Blizz doesn't do this", I would be in favor of the former, in this case.) | ||
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chuninexam
Canada56 Posts
There is no detriment to blizzard at all. All they need to do is set up the system and profit. It's completely optional to take part in so it doesn't hurt anyone who doesn't want to take part in it. edit It was just brought to my intention that this might be hard to implement because of the gambling laws in the USA aswell as various other international gambling laws. This is indeed a problem and probably is enough of a road block for this to not happen at all with SC2. | ||
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HDstarcraft
United States577 Posts
However, make sure not to stifle the big name tournaments with this idea. (As FA said, sponsors work best with the big name tournaments.) | ||
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Noelani
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Rah
United States973 Posts
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