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Elegy
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1629 Posts
August 01 2010 17:56 GMT
#321
lol why are people doing these stupid comparisons "McDonalds makes X"

Fayth's doing this because he has the money to do it, wants to see a challenging task completed, and gets a kick out of it. No one is going to sit at home and be like, "I need to win this challenge so I can feed my family or pay my rent", they're going to do it because they love playing the game and have the time to do so/want to improve and are looking to be a competitive player

Sweet offer, look forward to seeing how it plays out
Crushgroove
Profile Joined July 2010
United States793 Posts
August 01 2010 18:03 GMT
#322
Awesome idea. A lot of people with spare cash want to contribute to the community, and are working on things like hosting a tournament etc. The problem is, all the tourney's are online these days with no in person hype because - wait for it- there's no lan support.

I think this is a new take on the sponsoring of events, a cool contest, and I can't wait to see how long it takes.
[In Korea on Vaca] "Why would I go to the park and climb a mountain? There are video games on f*cking TV!" - Kazuke
snowcrash
Profile Joined July 2010
United States6 Posts
August 01 2010 18:38 GMT
#323
On July 30 2010 16:31 PJA wrote:
Does 4 gate proxy pylon PvP count as cheese?

If it was just 4k wins with any race I might consider it. I don't think I could pull off a 25% winrate in diamond with zerg/terran until after 1-2 months.



It's actually only 3k wins
Everybody's children are so special. It makes you wonder where all the ordinary grown-ups come from...
BishopONe
Profile Joined November 2003
Spain242 Posts
August 01 2010 19:36 GMT
#324
I'd will love to see a list of the players that are actually trying to beat this challenge from the sanctuary (rts-sanctuary.com) stats page:


KgKris United States Protoss 278 151 127 54.31% 54 mins ago
Spesh United States Protoss 258 142 116 55.03% 56 mins ago
decemvre Europe Zerg 258 144 114 55.81% 1 hrs 18 mins ago
:D
WormSy
Profile Joined March 2010
France30 Posts
August 01 2010 19:45 GMT
#325
I actually expect some people to do this in like 4 months ... Nowhere near impossible.
I think you people are underestimating how hardcore some grinder are. I've been playing some MMOs for like 2 years myself, and 14h / day average for 4 months is totally doable.
ckw
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1018 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 19:59:30
August 01 2010 19:55 GMT
#326
On August 01 2010 03:52 MasterFischer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2010 03:33 KiWiKaKi wrote:
how about not working and playing a game , getting paid free money to get an icon that some one will eventually get anyway


How about skipping social life at work, social life in general, health deteoriation from playing so much and malnutrition, all at a whopping low low per-hour income ?



If you'r so dead set against this competition gtfo then dude. You have something negative to say about everything, you just trolling or is a stick stuck up your butt?

And everyone making these stupid math equations trying to compare work with video games are simply looking at things very very wrong. You aren't getting hired to play, Fayth is being a cool person and dishing out cash to people who like the game and play a lot anyways. If you don't think it's worth it then don't do it and have fun working for McDonalds while everyone else plays for fun and maybe gets some cash on top of it.

Of course it inter-fears with your social life but common how many people let it do that already with no money incentive.
Being weak is a choice.
WormSy
Profile Joined March 2010
France30 Posts
August 01 2010 20:00 GMT
#327
There is no health deteroriation for playing 10h / day if you dont do it stupidly ... An why wouldnt you eat ? That makes no sense at all
ckw
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1018 Posts
August 01 2010 20:04 GMT
#328
On August 02 2010 05:00 WormSy wrote:
There is no health deteroriation for playing 10h / day if you dont do it stupidly ... An why wouldnt you eat ? That makes no sense at all


Well some people are far too dense to realize that in between games you can eat / do some push-ups / take a break etc.
Being weak is a choice.
cr4ckshot
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States291 Posts
August 01 2010 20:22 GMT
#329
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
August 01 2010 20:26 GMT
#330
On August 02 2010 05:22 cr4ckshot wrote:
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.

go flip burgers then?
Mios
Profile Joined April 2010
United States686 Posts
August 01 2010 20:29 GMT
#331
On August 02 2010 05:22 cr4ckshot wrote:
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.


hypothetically, would you rather play your favorite game at $6/hr or work at some store for $13/hr?
no LAN and intercontinental bnet = T_T
ckw
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1018 Posts
August 01 2010 20:32 GMT
#332
On August 02 2010 05:22 cr4ckshot wrote:
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.


I just find it hysterical that I just posted a response to all of these "Well I can make more money doing *Insert stupid job here* then playing for fun!" And it continues... Anyway, has anyone taken this challenge on seriously yet or are people getting jobs at their local burger joint instead? Just curious as to whom is going for this.
Being weak is a choice.
nujgnoy
Profile Joined December 2009
United States204 Posts
August 01 2010 20:33 GMT
#333
This isn't playing games to live off of those 2000 dollars. It's doing your hobby that you would do anyway. But with an opportunity to make some money out of it.
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
August 01 2010 20:33 GMT
#334
You do realize that there will be accounts playing 24/7.... account sharing FTW?!
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
cr4ckshot
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States291 Posts
August 01 2010 20:35 GMT
#335
On August 02 2010 05:32 ckw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2010 05:22 cr4ckshot wrote:
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.


I just find it hysterical that I just posted a response to all of these "Well I can make more money doing *Insert stupid job here* then playing for fun!" And it continues... Anyway, has anyone taken this challenge on seriously yet or are people getting jobs at their local burger joint instead? Just curious as to whom is going for this.


Sorry, I don't have time to read 20 pages of a thread like some people.
ckw
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1018 Posts
August 01 2010 20:39 GMT
#336
On August 02 2010 05:35 cr4ckshot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2010 05:32 ckw wrote:
On August 02 2010 05:22 cr4ckshot wrote:
I'm pretty sure getting a job at Target or flipping burgers will net you more profit. This is not worth 2000 dollars.


I just find it hysterical that I just posted a response to all of these "Well I can make more money doing *Insert stupid job here* then playing for fun!" And it continues... Anyway, has anyone taken this challenge on seriously yet or are people getting jobs at their local burger joint instead? Just curious as to whom is going for this.


Sorry, I don't have time to read 20 pages of a thread like some people.


NP man, wasn't trying to be mean but on the flip side I didn't post that 20 pages ago, it was actually 2 posts above your's.
Being weak is a choice.
spark19725
Profile Joined July 2010
United States7 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-01 23:39:04
August 01 2010 23:35 GMT
#337
By January 28th?
There was a popular post on the Blizzard forums with some calculations. Apparently if you're playing 15 minute games on average, it would take you 700+ days of 4 hour sessions to get all 8 of these including the team achievements.

Since we're only dealing with 1v1 achievements, I guess this would take a bit less than 187 days of 8 hour sessions, assuming that all of your games are around 15 minutes long and that you maintain your 1:1 ratio. Actually 6 months seems exactly right.

Although, 8 hours every day? Hmm. 8 Hours seems like too much for an RTS.
CROrens
Profile Joined May 2007
Croatia1005 Posts
August 02 2010 00:01 GMT
#338
replay pack? good luck with 4000 replays :D
There is no problem that cannot be solved by the use of high explosives. - Anonymous ......||......Hyuk fan! \o/
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
August 02 2010 00:09 GMT
#339
On August 02 2010 08:35 spark19725 wrote:
By January 28th?
There was a popular post on the Blizzard forums with some calculations. Apparently if you're playing 15 minute games on average, it would take you 700+ days of 4 hour sessions to get all 8 of these including the team achievements.

Since we're only dealing with 1v1 achievements, I guess this would take a bit less than 187 days of 8 hour sessions, assuming that all of your games are around 15 minutes long and that you maintain your 1:1 ratio. Actually 6 months seems exactly right.

Although, 8 hours every day? Hmm. 8 Hours seems like too much for an RTS.


Idra plays 12 hours a day. He can do it.
rip passion
Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-02 00:23:01
August 02 2010 00:17 GMT
#340
If you win every game you play, play for 12 hours a day and average 15 minutes per game, you'll accomplish this achievement in just under 63 days. A person with a grinding personality, a lot of free time, and 50% win ratio should be capable of it inside of 4 months... so check back here sometime in November, or maybe sometime mid-October if Nony/Qxc/WhiteRa decide to go for it. At $0.66 per win the opportunity cost for this is horribad. On the plus side, anyone that seriously attempts this is gonna gain tons of experience. GL

I'd advise quitting any game that looks like you'll lose slowly. At a certain point you may want to quit any game that seems like it'll go over 40 minutes-- even if you think you can win eventually.

On August 02 2010 05:33 nujgnoy wrote:
This isn't playing games to live off of those 2000 dollars. It's doing your hobby that you would do anyway. But with an opportunity to make some money out of it.


Not if you do the math. Approaching this challenge casually will lead to failure, guaranteed. Fayth's put a time limit on this thing. Imo, you won't be able to do it (let alone be first to do it) unless you're approaching SC2 like someone that's gonna turn it into a career.
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