MLG Potential Prize Pool Increase - Page 29

On July 30 2011 16:37 Halcyondaze wrote:


I realize that. But that doesn't disprove the fact that they are VASTLY less popular than SC2 and bring MUCH more income to MLG than the other two games.

On July 30 2011 16:25 nukeazerg wrote:
Sundance here is how you save 50,000 dollars. Get rid of onsite open bracket. Just hold that online. Now you don't have to ship a load of computers and have onsite staff to monitor these people, and you can expand the viewing area to sell more tickets. You could even stream the open brackets to make some cash.

On July 30 2011 05:30 iNcontroL wrote:

Not sure why hyping nasl means i cannot be critical of other leagues. When i encouraged people to support nasl I said so we can do more of them... Not to raise the prizepool. Read syndances post... He essentially meant to say "so we can do more mlgs" not anything about the prizepool.

On July 30 2011 16:41 thatsundowner wrote:


this maybe wasn't necessarily the case when the prize money was set, and it's probably all been budgeted out by this point

On July 30 2011 05:35 StarStruck wrote:


I think you missed the other twitter message where Sundance threatened to decrease the prize pool if they don't reach their target.

In either case, many of us are interested in knowing the approx. subscriber base and would appreciate some transparency.

Twitter and Facebook status/walls are terrible ways of making a point and sharing such things. Wording is everything.

On July 30 2011 02:41 SundanceMLG wrote:



Months ago you gave me shit about the prize pool and now I'm putting a simple and obtainable goal out there for the entire community and you give me shit again - and that's fine. I still respect you and appreciate what you've done and will continue to do for the scene. My question is this - if the number was 50,000 would you take an issue with my approach? How about 15,000? What if I didn't say a thing and just watched my spreadsheets populate with numbers and kept the community in the dark? Shouldn't the people who love this have some insight into what is needed for success?

You're either in or you're out. $30 a year from 100,000 people makes this company a real business and not just a passion project from a guy with a hippy name who refuses to quit. $30 a year from 10,000 people means that we're all wrong and there isn't enough fan support to sustain a business of scale.

Less than a dime a day from less than 10% of the people who visit our site over the course of an event weekend allows me to flip a switch and change next year to a structure that supports 24 live events & 28 meaningful ladders. 52 competitions with nearly 2 million dollars of prize money and stipends.

Again - I don't care if you think I'm an asshole or a money grubbing prick. I just want to find out if what we do is actually meaningful to enough of you to step up.

On July 30 2011 05:30 iNcontroL wrote:

Not sure why hyping nasl means i cannot be critical of other leagues. When i encouraged people to support nasl I said so we can do more of them... Not to raise the prizepool. Read syndances post... He essentially meant to say "so we can do more mlgs" not anything about the prizepool.

On July 29 2011 14:20 iNcontroL wrote:
Uhhh if you give me a million dollars I will raise the prizepool??? Wow! That is amazing!

On July 30 2011 05:15 sanddbox_tl wrote:


Incontrol is pretty much the most perfect definition of a hypocrite you'll ever find. He makes racist remarks about Indians, makes jokes about rape, and commits numbers of other horrendous PR mistakes and then turns around the next minute and criticizes people for doing the same. Usually when someone brings it up he'll apologize and say that he's different and then be a total asshole the next day anyway.
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On July 30 2011 17:14 Jibba wrote:

It's certainly better than begging people to buy passes for an unaired, unrefined product for the sake of ESPORTS. MLG at least has a stated goal/incentive, and some history behind their work. Surely even you can't miss the irony of your statement.

You don't like losing arguments on the internet, we get it. But you really can't expect to carry this one through with any semblance of a viable argument. Ask IdrA or Tyler or any other logical forum addict you can think of. They'll tell you you're being hypocritical on this.

Anyways, I ended up getting the Gold Membership. I'm mostly watching EVO all weekend so I want the VODs, plus I decided to buy something from MLG after how well Columbus went.

On July 30 2011 17:28 iNcontroL wrote:
Wat lol