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Aurdon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2007 Posts
July 29 2011 12:02 GMT
#161
On July 29 2011 21:00 L3g3nd_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 20:58 Theo wrote:
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!


What a hypocrite, he cried so much about people flaming NASL and then comes right back does it to another organization.


what? he has a valid point. memberships will give them a shit ton of money, seems obvious they would raise prize pool.



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.
Garfunko
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada121 Posts
July 29 2011 12:05 GMT
#162
I don't think the TL staff said anything that harsh about NASL, trial 1. The truth hurts, but I mean this was NASL's first tourney, so you cant expect TSL 3 or DreamHack experience / performance either.
vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
July 29 2011 12:10 GMT
#163
Am I the only one who got the impression that the prize pools are probably going to increase regardless, but this just means a bigger jump sooner?
(-_-) BW for ever. #1 Iris fan.
ELA
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark4608 Posts
July 29 2011 12:12 GMT
#164
On July 29 2011 21:05 Garfunko wrote:
I don't think the TL staff said anything that harsh about NASL, trial 1. The truth hurts, but I mean this was NASL's first tourney, so you cant expect TSL 3 or DreamHack experience / performance either.


The criticism was based on Liquid'Ret going out overall no#1 from groupplay being seeded against the #1 out of the korean-stacked openbracket in first round (Open bracket champ was ofc. Puma who eliminated Ret and won the event)

This is totally unrelated though, lets stay on topic
The first link of chain forged, the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.
Good1
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation138 Posts
July 29 2011 12:13 GMT
#165
There are too many invalid questions and guesses
You must ask yourself only 1 thing:
Is the product worth the money?
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10908 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 12:20:14
July 29 2011 12:15 GMT
#166
On July 29 2011 20:59 Garfunko wrote:
Some people are in the mindset that they should have the best players fly in across the world every event and watch the stream for free in HD with no ads ..just because...!?

These types of people are hurting esports by not supporting them, and have to move out of mamas basement and live in the real world for a change. Everything cost money, and if you wanna keep seeing more sc2 events of this high quality, you gotta support it man, just common sense really.


No one said anything like that.

The "problem" with the statement for me is I read it like:
"Pay us 30$ or we will keep our kinda low pricepool"

I mean? WTF?

I most probably won't buy it anyway (and never said I would), but that’s because I can't watch the whole thing anyway. I don't care about adds and the quality on the free stream was "ok" (last time I saw it, which is some time ago )... 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.

Btw1: ROFL for your "HURTING ESPORTS" comment... rofl..

Btw2: 30$ seems pretty expensive? I doubt this will entertain me more than the Homestory Cup (which I bought for HD) and costs 6 times more?
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
July 29 2011 12:18 GMT
#167
On July 29 2011 21:15 Velr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 20:59 Garfunko wrote:
Some people are in the mindset that they should have the best players fly in across the world every event and watch the stream for free in HD with no ads ..just because...!?

These types of people are hurting esports by not supporting them, and have to move out of mamas basement and live in the real world for a change. Everything cost money, and if you wanna keep seeing more sc2 events of this high quality, you gotta support it man, just common sense really.


No one said anything like that.

The "problem" with the statement for me is I read it like:
"Pay us 30$ or we will keep our kinda low pricepool"

I mean? WTF?

I most probably won't buy it anyway (and never said I would), but that’s because I most can't watch the whole thing anyway. I don't care about adds and the quality on the free stream was "ok" (last time I saw it, which is some time ago )... If I buy it, I will do it spontaneous because 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.

Btw1: ROFL for your "HURTING ESPORTS" comment... rofl..

Btw2: 30$ seems pretty expensive? I doubt this will entertain me more than the Homestory Cup (which I bought for HD) and costs 6 times more?

You do realise that you don't have to buy the 30$ pass to be a member?
Riskr
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany403 Posts
July 29 2011 12:19 GMT
#168
give me a million and i will raise the prize pool by 50 dollar,so that the Koreans don´t have to share a room to 6th.
God bless America
Ain´t no mind to the battles you´ve won!
JoxxOr
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Sweden1502 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 12:24:02
July 29 2011 12:21 GMT
#169
I just bought a silver membership. Three months for HD streams at 9.99$(Which is so cheap if your a european), why the hell wouldnt you buy it :D

Also if you buy one now, you will have 3 HQ streams (Anaheim, Raleigh and Orlando), so that is like 3.33$ for one event. Quite good price if you ask me....
Gör om, gör rätt
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 12:21:41
July 29 2011 12:21 GMT
#170
Twitter misuse at its finest, but really mlg should make sure first of all that it is easy and convenient to buy the pass. I was just at the homepage and didn't find the "buy me" membership pass in 2-3 minutes of looking. That is no good. Under the mlg-shop area there's a category called hd-pass - but it's empty. Work out your own issues before you go begging/threatening for money..
Krehlmar
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1149 Posts
July 29 2011 12:22 GMT
#171
100 000 members is a dreamgoal, not going to happen imo
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!

Why do you always talk like that? Like your texts wouldn't be scrutinized? Just curious... doesn't always put you in good light.
My Comment Doesnt Matter Because No One Reads It
Coolwhip
Profile Joined March 2011
927 Posts
July 29 2011 12:24 GMT
#172
50 million damn. Why is the prizepool relatively small with such a huge funding compared to other tourneys.
Hassybaby
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom10823 Posts
July 29 2011 12:24 GMT
#173
On July 29 2011 21:15 Velr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 20:59 Garfunko wrote:
Some people are in the mindset that they should have the best players fly in across the world every event and watch the stream for free in HD with no ads ..just because...!?

These types of people are hurting esports by not supporting them, and have to move out of mamas basement and live in the real world for a change. Everything cost money, and if you wanna keep seeing more sc2 events of this high quality, you gotta support it man, just common sense really.


No one said anything like that.

The "problem" with the statement for me is I read it like:
"Pay us 30$ or we will keep our kinda low pricepool"

I mean? WTF?

I most probably won't buy it anyway (and never said I would), but that’s because I can't watch the whole thing anyway. I don't care about adds and the quality on the free stream was "ok" (last time I saw it, which is some time ago )... 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.

Btw1: ROFL for your "HURTING ESPORTS" comment... rofl..

Btw2: 30$ seems pretty expensive? I doubt this will entertain me more than the Homestory Cup (which I bought for HD) and costs 6 times more?


You also realise that it costs 6 times as more because you get 6 times the content? Its not only $30 for one MLG, its for the year
"These guys are mindfucking me into a sex coma" | "Mayonnaise is a must-have lubricant when performing necrophilia"
Sina92
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden1303 Posts
July 29 2011 12:25 GMT
#174
I most likely wont contribute. 2 streams and we have to pay? Dreamhack had 5+ streams and it was free.
My penis is 15 inches long, I'm a Harvard professor and look better than Brad Pitt and Jake Gyllenhaal combined.
Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
July 29 2011 12:25 GMT
#175
On July 29 2011 14:21 MisterFred wrote:
No. No it is not. Yes, MLG needs to increase their prize pools to be considered a genuine major in the line up of SC2 tournaments. No, more memberships are not going to give them the desperately needed cash to do that. Prize pools are probably less than 1% of their budget. Miniscule.

Edit: what InControl said. I'll go further and address Sundance myself: dick move.


Yea what a Dick, provide the best tournaments in North America.

You could do the NASL thing and throw money at people and HOPE that the product measures up.

You could do the MLG thing of laying down a solid foundation and growing steadily.

They've got all the best players coming.

No one is not coming because the prize pool is too low.

Just because a few fringe players want 10th place to be worth a few more bucks, doesn't warrant risk the stability of the best eSports league that NA has going.
Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
July 29 2011 12:25 GMT
#176
On July 29 2011 21:22 Krehlmar wrote:
100 000 members is a dreamgoal, not going to happen imo
Show nested quote +
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!

Why do you always talk like that? Like your texts wouldn't be scrutinized? Just curious... doesn't always put you in good light.


Foot in mouth disease.
Bloodash
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands1384 Posts
July 29 2011 12:26 GMT
#177
can we speculate on this? I mean, are there any numbers out from previous mlg's or stats about pre purchases?
I'll bite this hand that feeds me, and take it for my own!
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 12:27:41
July 29 2011 12:26 GMT
#178
On July 29 2011 21:15 Velr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 20:59 Garfunko wrote:
Some people are in the mindset that they should have the best players fly in across the world every event and watch the stream for free in HD with no ads ..just because...!?

These types of people are hurting esports by not supporting them, and have to move out of mamas basement and live in the real world for a change. Everything cost money, and if you wanna keep seeing more sc2 events of this high quality, you gotta support it man, just common sense really.


No one said anything like that.

The "problem" with the statement for me is I read it like:
"Pay us 30$ or we will keep our kinda low pricepool"

I mean? WTF?

I most probably won't buy it anyway (and never said I would), but that’s because I can't watch the whole thing anyway. I don't care about adds and the quality on the free stream was "ok" (last time I saw it, which is some time ago )... 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.

Btw1: ROFL for your "HURTING ESPORTS" comment... rofl..

Btw2: 30$ seems pretty expensive? I doubt this will entertain me more than the Homestory Cup (which I bought for HD) and costs 6 times more?


Well, you are reading the statement wrong...it says that if we buy 100k passes, they will increase prize pool, it says nothing about what happens if we don't buy the passes.
Kennigit: "Chill was once able to retire really young, but decided to donate his entire salary TO SUPPORT ESPORTS"
TooN
Profile Joined February 2011
1046 Posts
July 29 2011 12:27 GMT
#179
I don't understand this whole thing really from TL members.

MLG will profit.

Players will profit.

People buying the membership will get the perks.

Who loses?
Why are people so outraged by the idea of it.

To Incontrol: Why are you always quick to criticize everything. You always complain about how posters flame you and stuff and you wonder why. Just practice, show up at tourneys, and try to win.
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
July 29 2011 12:28 GMT
#180
On July 29 2011 21:26 RoyalCheese wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 21:15 Velr wrote:
On July 29 2011 20:59 Garfunko wrote:
Some people are in the mindset that they should have the best players fly in across the world every event and watch the stream for free in HD with no ads ..just because...!?

These types of people are hurting esports by not supporting them, and have to move out of mamas basement and live in the real world for a change. Everything cost money, and if you wanna keep seeing more sc2 events of this high quality, you gotta support it man, just common sense really.


No one said anything like that.

The "problem" with the statement for me is I read it like:
"Pay us 30$ or we will keep our kinda low pricepool"

I mean? WTF?

I most probably won't buy it anyway (and never said I would), but that’s because I can't watch the whole thing anyway. I don't care about adds and the quality on the free stream was "ok" (last time I saw it, which is some time ago )... 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.

Btw1: ROFL for your "HURTING ESPORTS" comment... rofl..

Btw2: 30$ seems pretty expensive? I doubt this will entertain me more than the Homestory Cup (which I bought for HD) and costs 6 times more?


Well, you are reading the statement wrong...it says that if we buy 100k passes, they will increase prize pool, it says nothing about what happens if we don't buy the passes.


"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.""
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