WCG Canada?? - Page 6

On August 24 2011 10:36 The_RoK wrote:
Hey, there is so much inaccurate information being thrown around that I feel like I should say something.

First of all: To be a WCG Strategic Partner (SP is what they call National Organizers), you need to follow a set of rules, such as promoting Samsung, running a year long program and of course, paying WCG a % of your revenues. The % is said to be around 10%.

Second: The old Organizer, Cybersports Entertainment, is no longer in charge of the Canadian Program. The name of the new organizer has not been announced although it is also possible that nobody has been picked yet, nobody knows, not even Samsung Canada.

Third: WCG (Central) has apparently been told by Samsung that they need to generate revenues instead of generating only expenses. In the past, very few (if any) SP has ever paid the 10% fee that WCG wants. My guess is that WCG is now trying to get rid of those SP who never paid the 10% and is trying to enroll big businesses with deep pockets.

Lastly: Contrary to popular belief, you CAN'T pay you way into WCG Finals. Anyone who tells you that is lying! WCG will only allow SP to send players and ONLY under the condition that they have paid the 10% license fee. That said, nobody knows if there is a minimum amount, some people have floated the number of $100,000... With 80 SP throughout the World, $100,000 per country would represent just about 8 million bucks, roughly the cost of running the WCG program and putting together the World Final... So based on that, I am lead to think that the figure of $100K per country looks accurate. The only problem about this is that $100K is 10% of $1 million!!!!

I have spent the last 10 years doing gaming tournaments, I have never ever seen a single $1 million spent on sponsorship, not even for Arcadia Festival which was attracting 20,000 gamers over one weekend!

I have no clue where WCG is going ATM, but in my opinion it doesn't look good!

P.S. For people who think we hate the West... We don't! We just could not afford to bring our staff and equipment out there, too expensive! 90% of our admins live in Montreal, 100% of our gear is in Montreal!

On August 25 2011 22:37 The_RoK wrote:
No I am not k0re's contact, he is talking to someone else in former WCG Canada. I was the guy in charge of putting together the 2006 and 2008 Canadian Final @ La Ronde, I also managed some sponsorship for WCG Canada in 2006,2007,2008 and 2010. I am the former Ganeral Manager and founder of LAN ETS (2002-2006) and was the sponsorship manager for LQJR, LAN ETS and a few others (2002-2006). Some of your may know me as ETS_Trooper, WCG_Trooper, RokTrooper or more simply as Roch...

I am currently busy setting up CyberActiv Productions Inc. A company that will produce gaming events, help other events thrive and ultimately run a cross Canadian championship. We are based in Montreal but are looking for partners throughout the country. An official announcement will be made soon. Everyone will be invited to join the good fight, gamers, organizers and sponsors.

On August 26 2011 12:16 creamer wrote:


I love you, where are you guys located? I'm in Montreal too. Would these tournaments be taking place here?

On August 24 2011 10:36 The_RoK wrote:
Hey, there is so much inaccurate information being thrown around that I feel like I should say something.
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Second: The old Organizer, Cybersports Entertainment, is no longer in charge of the Canadian Program. The name of the new organizer has not been announced although it is also possible that nobody has been picked yet, nobody knows, not even Samsung Canada.

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On September 02 2011 06:17 Cedstick wrote:
Uh, they said they need a lot of people for this to work. What if it doesn't? I'm not just throwing $20 in for an unofficial, make-shift chance for this to work, most especially after seeing how much trouble WCG Canada has gone through the last couple of years. I'd much rather wait for things to shape-up for next year.

On September 02 2011 06:17 Cedstick wrote:
Uh, they said they need a lot of people for this to work. What if it doesn't? I'm not just throwing $20 in for an unofficial, make-shift chance for this to work, most especially after seeing how much trouble WCG Canada has gone through the last couple of years. I'd much rather wait for things to shape-up for next year.

On September 02 2011 06:17 Cedstick wrote:
Uh, they said they need a lot of people for this to work. What if it doesn't? I'm not just throwing $20 in for an unofficial, make-shift chance for this to work, most especially after seeing how much trouble WCG Canada has gone through the last couple of years. I'd much rather wait for things to shape-up for next year.