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Mattidute
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands232 Posts
January 15 2014 09:58 GMT
#41
On January 15 2014 18:26 Chexx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2014 16:24 NordicMarmot wrote:
What's the difference between 55$ and 90$ tickets? 5 emoticons, golden(instead of silver) sub icon?
Ohh.... You have to pay 90$ for the source quality?

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*edit
Hmm... hmm... 7,5$ / month for the source.... I think I'll take it, i'm a working adult afterall.


and vods or?


Everybody will have acces to VoDs eventually, as Gom is going to upload them to their youtube about 2 weeks after air date unless they for some reason decided not to anymore.
FaZiNaTe
Profile Joined August 2009
Germany290 Posts
January 15 2014 10:00 GMT
#42
Okay thanks a lot, but where exactly? Cant find that describtion :/ on twitch
twitch.com/fazinate
braincandy
Profile Joined February 2013
Philippines179 Posts
January 15 2014 10:47 GMT
#43
On January 15 2014 14:52 Shellshock wrote:
This will be interesting to see how much it contributes. has anyone else done this besides the SC2L? MLG did something similar for Dota 2 right?


TI3 was the first one to do it
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3690 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-15 10:53:18
January 15 2014 10:49 GMT
#44
On January 15 2014 12:22 9-BiT wrote:
Interesting experiment. GLHF


That isn't even an experiment, they just put it directly into the players for the first time. GSL/WCS has been/is heavily Blizzard funded and the global stream subscription have always been used to pay tastosis/wolfdor and run the global stream. I guess they are making enough now to put some of it into the prize pool.
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
January 15 2014 11:11 GMT
#45
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
January 15 2014 11:11 GMT
#46
jesus .. talk to blizzard if you subscribe you get a cool avatar and then you will see kick ass prize pools
1/4 \pi \epsilon_0
Kheve
Profile Joined May 2013
323 Posts
January 15 2014 14:38 GMT
#47
Starladder sold ~300k worth of tickets for season8. thats an extra 75k+ xtra to the prizepool making it ~130k+.
MLG also sold ~280k worth of cosmetics (ticket free) thats an extra 70k+ making it 120k+
TI3 was madness sold ~5 MILLION USD which added ~1.25 million to the base pool of 1.6m making it nearly 2.9m prizepool. (for a tournament that lasted ~10 days)

TI3 paid for itself +production costs +plenty of free publicity +goodwill from fans and valve made millions extra and dota fans feel good about themselves (yes i was one of the suckers but hey i like it)
caznitch
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada645 Posts
January 15 2014 15:35 GMT
#48
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.
why?
peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-15 15:44:22
January 15 2014 15:43 GMT
#49
55$ rip

whatever man, worth

On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.


hopefully on your company budget =D
the throws never bothered me anyway
caznitch
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada645 Posts
January 15 2014 15:46 GMT
#50
On January 16 2014 00:43 peidongyang wrote:
55$ rip

whatever man, worth

Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote:
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.


hopefully on your company budget =D


... details... details...
why?
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
January 15 2014 15:58 GMT
#51
On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.


$90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon!

Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city?
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
hallonpaj
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden15 Posts
January 15 2014 16:45 GMT
#52
The big difference is now it is 55$ given 1/10 to prize pool. At ti3 it costed 10$ and 1/4 went to prize pool + u got something ingame..
Penguinator
Profile Joined December 2010
United States837 Posts
January 15 2014 17:06 GMT
#53
While I agree with everyone that they should have an option for a smaller dollar amount, I'll still probably end up paying the $55 anyway -_-
Towelie.635
donek99
Profile Joined January 2014
14 Posts
January 15 2014 18:03 GMT
#54
On January 15 2014 17:08 Dinotramp wrote:
I've just bought a yearly ticket, where can I find the VOD's to this mornings Code A games?!

EDIT: I'm looking everywhere so I must be missing something. Is it somewhere really obvious that I haven't thought about?


seems twitch is having problems with the vods, look here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=440874&currentpage=8#159
CYfiri
Profile Joined February 2013
Sweden25 Posts
January 15 2014 18:44 GMT
#55
I would had bought a ticket if their was vods this year, I always watch the vods, never live. It would be enough if they had same vod system as before but instead the player on their page was embedded twitch vods, navigating on twitch is horrible and spoils everything (not to even count the fact the stupid progressbar never hides completly it always shows on twitch vods)
spritzz
Profile Joined November 2009
Canada331 Posts
January 15 2014 19:09 GMT
#56
Whatever. Bought yearly ticket last year only to have it free as Blizzard took over. Sure I got VODs but still not worth the full premium ticket price!
zugzug
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
January 15 2014 19:19 GMT
#57
It would be so much easier if it were cheaper then more people could purchase
No church in the wild --- @tzhang0126
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
January 15 2014 19:20 GMT
#58
On January 16 2014 00:58 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote:
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.


$90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon!

Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city?


White-collar professional in a large metropolitan city? You'll never see that kind of prices for lunch in London unless you are literally so high up the company/government, that the company/government pays your lunch for you. It's even beyond parliament minister levels now. I am talking high management/senior official levels here.

Teamliquid.net, where the 1% hang out.
Figgy
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1788 Posts
January 15 2014 19:43 GMT
#59
You can't use paypal??? Whaaaaaaa wanted to spend all my $$ too <_<
Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where, when facing a SlayerS terran, completing a hatchery would cause a medivac and 8 marines to randomly spawn nearby and attack it.
caznitch
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada645 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-15 20:09:12
January 15 2014 20:05 GMT
#60
On January 16 2014 04:20 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 00:58 Bagration wrote:
On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote:
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote:
I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90.


I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days.


$90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon!

Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city?


White-collar professional in a large metropolitan city? You'll never see that kind of prices for lunch in London unless you are literally so high up the company/government, that the company/government pays your lunch for you. It's even beyond parliament minister levels now. I am talking high management/senior official levels here.

Teamliquid.net, where the 1% hang out.


I'm mid-level managment at best and get my lunch bought for me. You might be surprised at how easy it is to write things off (Seinfeld reference anyone?). Anyways, appitizers + entre + 2 beers = lots of money. Lunch was $220 yesterday but that was for 4.

EDIT - my main point is that its not a lot especially for the amount of content. I mean... a friggin' movie will set you back $30 if you bough popcorn and a pop with the ticket.
why?
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