Playing 1v1 for Cash? (Read before comment) - Page 2

On July 09 2013 01:48 StatixEx wrote:
ye its a good idea in theory but it all boils down to . . the guy ur playing aint really at that level. Back in the day of playhem really enjoyed doing the daily bz-gold tournies . . .when i actually was gold but i never got out of the first couple of brackets . . i was top 1 in the gold league ehhehehe . . i should ownz all these bz and silver level playas . . . No. On looking at reps they have 215 apm in most cases and the tell tale was looking at their highest division reached to see they were mostly all dias and masters . .

so. . . i suppose you could play for cash but its just far too heavily flawed, not to mention cheaters and the like. Its a great idea but its something which cannot be truly policed . . other than that i could get another account in 5 mins on another email do the necessary to make it look legit bz and away i go!

On July 09 2013 01:50 Nirel wrote:
You'd have to be at a 62% winrate just to brake even. It seems like a way to just steal people money to me. You'd get better rates at the casino.

On July 09 2013 02:18 Liquid`Zephyr wrote:
if a record of games played for gambling is the only criterion used for this service, this would boil down to people finding all sorts of ways to misrepresent their skill level all day. to make this actually viable, you would need some seriously indepth requirements for personal verification [webcam, constant ip checks, photo id to compare to account associated with the account playing] would be sort of funny to see gm players only getting action vs other gm players on bronze accounts though.

and obligatory -> 12%? holy god no.

On July 09 2013 01:53 Waise wrote:

starcraft is not poker for so many reasons that the comparison is irrelevant, and by makes no sense i meant it makes no sense for the person risking their money. not sure why you're picking this argument when the point is that the OP is literally trying to swindle people out of money by lying and saying they have something to gain (again, unless they're willing to take advantage of people)

On July 09 2013 02:29 Liquid`Zephyr wrote:
having a service that offers gambling in video games is definitely an idea [albeit controversial and logistically incredibly hard]

however, the idea of the service you are providing, as it stands, is asinine because it falls infinitely short of protecting the integrity of the game and the people who play it - and the rake taken from the site per match is laughably high

On July 09 2013 02:30 Batiste wrote:

The rake is just an example christ

On July 09 2013 02:31 MrTortoise wrote:
12% rake?

Rofl thats criminal

So i have a 50% win loss play 8 matches and you have raked a whole match worth of winnings?

you would need about 70% win rate to be a winner which would automatically move you out of the skill bracket you claim to be in.

Broken system is broken.

On July 09 2013 02:34 Plansix wrote:

Its a crappy example and you might want to change it, since it is dominating the discussion.

On July 09 2013 02:34 Batiste wrote:

I'll repeat what I said shall I?

That's only if you play for the same amount of money in every game... you can still be on profit even if you have a 50% win rate, just depends on how much you play for in each game

On July 09 2013 02:34 JKM wrote:
I would never participate in such a system. Something like that is too tempting for players to cheat, most likely by misrepresenting their skill-level and/or using friends accounts who are in on the ordeal (or by using various hacks and similar stuff that seem to be extremely hard to detect).

Furthermore, it's not something Blizzard can encourage with a large proportion of their player base being minors.