EPTThis is an EMBARRASSMENT. I hope this thread blows up all over reddit and TL so that tourney organizers change their ways.
Prize money in Starcraft 2 - Page 2
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dizzy101
Netherlands2066 Posts
This is an EMBARRASSMENT. I hope this thread blows up all over reddit and TL so that tourney organizers change their ways. | ||
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VoirDire
Sweden1923 Posts
On November 01 2011 00:48 Empire.Beastyqt wrote: Problem is that 90% of tournaments do it  TL should start a blacklist for organizers that don't pay up imho. Maybe a whitelist too, for organizers that actually do pay up if only 10% of tournaments do. | ||
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Beastyqt
Serbia516 Posts
On November 01 2011 00:56 VoirDire wrote: TL should start a blacklist for organizers that don't pay up imho. Maybe a whitelist for organizers that do pay up if only 10% of tournaments do. What if 90% of them quit hosting tours, you think the 10% will be enough? | ||
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Archvil3
Denmark989 Posts
The topic seems to have been avoided in SC2 so far so if this is really happenening it is time for the subject to be brought up. | ||
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RevThirteen
Sweden116 Posts
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samuraibael
Australia294 Posts
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eXigent.
Canada2419 Posts
On November 01 2011 00:57 Empire.Beastyqt wrote: What if 90% of them quit hosting tours, you think the 10% will be enough? If 90% of them are not paying you anyway, what does it matter if they quit hosting tours? They didnt award anything for winning it , so it was a waste of time to begin with  On November 01 2011 00:58 RevThirteen wrote: Is there no way to take legal action with a lawyer against these tournaments? Im sure there is a way to seek legal action. The tournament states that attaining X ranking will pay X amount of dollars. ClouD attains said rank, thus is entitled to said amount of dollars. Im not sure how they could argue against that. | ||
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VoirDire
Sweden1923 Posts
On November 01 2011 00:57 Empire.Beastyqt wrote: What if 90% of them quit hosting tours, you think the 10% will be enough? I think the market will open up for more more legit cups/tours if the non-serious ones stop. | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
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skipgamer
Australia701 Posts
If not, then regardless of the prize pools, regardless of the number of professional gamers and teams, regardless of the number of sponsors; e-sports will never become big business. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
But i guess players will still try their luck even if there's only a small change they'll get paid. But it would help bigger names to decide between two tournaments tough | ||
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Wrathsc2
United States2025 Posts
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Nerchio
Poland2633 Posts
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
I could understand a little bit from a small starting tournament but totally not from ESL, Dreamhack etc. Why organise a tournament if you can't pay the prize money asap. There is so much organisation involved, so many people working for them, surely prizes are part of the bookkeeping? TL could step in here. Not something negative like a blacklist, but maybe some kind of ranking in their stream summary. 5 stars for fast payment, 1 star for bad payment. Pro players can also do something about it, boycot the bad paying tournaments. Weird to see that Nasl, while getting all kinds of shit and boycotts, pays fairly fast when having one of the highest amounts of total prizemoney. | ||
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Jerglings
United States104 Posts
On November 01 2011 00:57 Empire.Beastyqt wrote: What if 90% of them quit hosting tours, you think the 10% will be enough? Would you really mind if a tour that didn't pay you stopped? I don't know much of the law concerning this, but it sounds borderline criminal. How can a player, or anyone, trust or respect a company that does stick to their word, especially in matters of money. If they can't abide by easily the most important aspect of a tournament, why should they continue to be supported in any way. They should be made an example of and pave the way for new, responsible organizations. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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Remfire
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
On November 01 2011 01:02 Mafe wrote: Thats a disgrace. Does anybody know if those dota 2 guys got their million? It's Valve so we can be pretty sure they got paid... most tournaments that don't pay are actually willing to pay but can't because they don't get the money from the sponsors or not as much as promised. | ||
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Chriamon
United States886 Posts
On November 01 2011 01:02 Mafe wrote: Thats a disgrace. Does anybody know if those dota 2 guys got their million? I'm sure valve took care of that extremely quickly. Valve is a huge company that (somewhat) relies on their reputation to sell their games. | ||
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