EPTMLG Potential Prize Pool Increase - Page 10
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gold_
Canada312 Posts
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Convalescence
Denmark91 Posts
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L3g3nd_
New Zealand10461 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:02 Aurdon wrote: No he has a point. Incontrol was real quick to knock the TL staff for criticizing the NASL. Saying something along the lines that organizers of another tournament shouldn't publicly criticize other tournaments. Firstly, iNcontroL isnt an organiser of a tournament, he cut all ties with NASL. he may guest cast, but he is simply a player now. Secondly, His post is hardly flaming. Sarcasm where sarcasm is due. | ||
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TooN
1046 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:25 Sina92 wrote: I most likely wont contribute. 2 streams and we have to pay? Dreamhack had 5+ streams and it was free. You don't have to pay. You still get free stream. | ||
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Sina92
Sweden1303 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:32 TooN wrote: You don't have to pay. You still get free stream. In order to purchase a HD pass I'll have to though. | ||
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RoyalCheese
Czech Republic745 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:28 m0ck wrote: "UPDATE Sorry I was reading through his twitter and saw a guy tweet Sundance saying that number is way too high. Sundance replied with the following: Sundance wrote: "if that number is to high than I need to cut prize money next year."" Interesting, well i choose to believe that they have a good reason to ask people to buy their shit, because in the past they showed that they actually care about customers. Also, people need to realize that they spend 190k on prize pool each year on sc2 only. I can imagine halo and cod being even more expensive as it's team game. I don't know. Sorry if i sounded harsh. | ||
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zaii
Guam2611 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:28 m0ck wrote: "UPDATE Sorry I was reading through his twitter and saw a guy tweet Sundance saying that number is way too high. Sundance replied with the following: Sundance wrote: "if that number is to high than I need to cut prize money next year."" You do know he was trolling that guy right? oh god... cmon ppl!! | ||
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
On July 29 2011 21:32 L3g3nd_ wrote: Firstly, iNcontroL isnt an organiser of a tournament, he cut all ties with NASL. he may guest cast, but he is simply a player now. Secondly, His post is hardly flaming. Sarcasm where sarcasm is due. Yet he represents an organization that owns and runs tournaments. | ||
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Jamial
Denmark1289 Posts
On July 29 2011 20:53 ELA wrote: -.- You are completely and utterly wrong. The reason MLG is so big, is because of the huge amounts of media/coverage. It's at these events, that sponsors are getting their money back, and then some. Pricepool everything? NO! Get your facts straight! I agree with you that the prizepool isn't everything. I guess I was going to the other extreme to make a point. These events would not be as big, if the prizepool wasn't there. I think we can all agree on that. Prizepool matters. | ||
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BronzeKnee
United States5226 Posts
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RHMVNovus
United States738 Posts
On July 29 2011 22:14 BronzeKnee wrote: I just bought a Gold membership yesterday before seeing this thread. $29.99 for a year is very reasonable, seeing how I plan to watch every event and and would have had to buy a pass for each one for HQ while the Gold gives me HQ access for each event for the next year. Same here. Don't regret it. But I'm really kind of rolling my eyes at 'imma cut the prize pool' bit. I immediately read that in the Heath Ledger Joker voice. "... and if by the end of the day One Hundred Thousand Subscribers isn't reached... I will cut the prize pool. HUEHEUHAUEUAHUHEUAHUEA" | ||
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Sandro
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thewax
Austria365 Posts
But i dont get this whole acting of sundance recently, it's almost like "if you dont pay enough i will cut the prize pools" etc. etc. Especially tweets like those below make him sound a little bit like a douche... "How far does a sense of entitlement get you? 100,000 memberships doesn't equal the money that I have personally invested." just my 2 cents, got a gold pass anyways because i want to support the game and esports | ||
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
On July 29 2011 22:21 Sandro wrote: Whats with everyone complaining that MLG is so greedy all of a sudden? Aren't you guys happy they're bringing out 4 Koreans every MLG? They've done a lot for us already. It's not really complaining about them being greedy. It just seems like getting 100,000 people to pay for this feature is setting the bar a bit too high. I'm sure they get a ton of viewers but that almost sounds like they are wanting every single one to buy it. Then another thing that rubs people the wrong way is his remark about lowering the prize pool if this goal is not met. | ||
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SeriouR
Spain622 Posts
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enecateReAP
United Kingdom378 Posts
Give me $1million and I'll create a tournament with a bigger prize pool than MLGs... | ||
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dtz
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Especially because it is unlikely that a CEO is going to make that kind of statement. "If i get 100,000 subscribers, i will increase the prize money" if he doesn't think that it is likely to be met. That means that if next year the prize pool stays the same, everyone knows they didn't hit 100,000 and to set up an expectation and says we didn't really achieve it is quite bad for the image. So, pretty sure MLG gonna hit 100,000 viewers and next year prize pool gonna increase and that's more the point of the tweet. | ||
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Serene
United States23 Posts
On July 29 2011 22:26 SeriouR wrote: If he wants to icnrease prize pool he has to get better sponsors that pay more money, That's an unsustainable business model, in my opinion. One can't expect a company to base prize pools completely off of sponsors. Especially when I guarantee most of that money is put back into operating costs such as hiring the satellite trucks to increase stream quality. The whole purpose of increasing memberships is to make a sustainable business model that can produce revenue to be reinvested into the company. But I guess people overlook that little part. Economies of scale hasn't kicked in yet. MLG still has to ramp up production equipment and rent area for the conventions. Which probably increases for each event as they get bigger and that trend will continue until a certain point. Personally I've bought my pass, no reason not to support a company that has done so much for eSports in America and internationally once other plans come to fruition. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On July 29 2011 22:26 enecateReAP wrote: Hey guys! Give me $1million and I'll create a tournament with a bigger prize pool than MLGs... Do people think that all of that imaginary million would be profit? Lol. Seems like people like to ignore the fact that it cost a lot of money as well to organize what MLG is doing. | ||
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Hassybaby
United Kingdom10823 Posts
On July 29 2011 22:38 nihlon wrote: Do people think that all of that imaginary million would be profit? Lol. Seems like people like to ignore the fact that it cost a lot of money as well to organize what MLG is doing. Edit: meant to write something... Exactly, getting the venue itself would cost a couple hundred thousand | ||
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)... If I buy it, I will do it spontaneous while the event is running... In advance whiteout even knowing if MLG will fuck it up again? Not a chance... The "give us money for bigger pricepool" just feels dikish to me.
