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ffadicted
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3545 Posts
January 15 2014 21:18 GMT
#61
On January 16 2014 00:58 Bagration wrote:
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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?


lol nobody pays $90 for lunch on a regular basis. There just isn't a restaurant market for it
SooYoung-Noona!
korn101
Profile Joined August 2013
United States29 Posts
January 16 2014 20:39 GMT
#62
On January 16 2014 06:18 ffadicted 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?


lol nobody pays $90 for lunch on a regular basis. There just isn't a restaurant market for it


You clearly haven't been to NYC.
SoFrOsTy
Profile Joined December 2011
United States525 Posts
January 16 2014 21:38 GMT
#63
Does the $79.95 I spent on December 25th count towards this pool? Or is it only new subscriptions going forward?
Julyzerg ftw
partydude89
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
1850 Posts
January 16 2014 21:48 GMT
#64
On January 17 2014 06:38 SoFrOsTy wrote:
Does the $79.95 I spent on December 25th count towards this pool? Or is it only new subscriptions going forward?


New subscriptions going forward. because you decided to buy it on December 25th, your actually killing esports.
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scypio
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland2127 Posts
January 16 2014 22:03 GMT
#65
Hey I just saw someone buy a subscription (F5, F5! ).

It's a good idea by GOM, I'll get a ticket too.
I play random | I like Hots | INnoVation | sOs | Tefel TOP1!
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
January 16 2014 22:08 GMT
#66
While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run.
AdministratorBreak the chains
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 22:43:00
January 16 2014 22:42 GMT
#67
On January 17 2014 07:08 Zealously wrote:
While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run.


But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?]
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 22:53:45
January 16 2014 22:53 GMT
#68
On January 17 2014 07:42 MCXD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2014 07:08 Zealously wrote:
While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run.


But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?]


Spontaneous number spitting: If you sell 500 tickets for an average of $70 (some standard yearly, some Premium), $3500 goes to the prize pool. If you sell 3000 tickets for an average of $15 but with a higher percentage (say 20-30%) going to the prize pool (somewhere in the vicinity of $7500-$10000), Gom would not only still make more money than they do with these tickets, but the prize pool would grow as well.

Now, obviously it's not exactly that simple and a lot more number crunching would have to be done, but I feel a lot of people forgo getting tickets today because the prize tag is still quite big. I also have almost zero historical basis for my statement other than 3 DotA tournaments, but attempting cooperation with Blizzard - maybe a decal or a portrait to go along with the ticket purchase, but right now I see the comparatively high price deterring many from buying a ticket and thus in the end ending up with a sub-par prize pool.

Of course, someone at Gom has likely considered this already, but it's how I see it. Viewers are often cheap.
AdministratorBreak the chains
korn101
Profile Joined August 2013
United States29 Posts
January 17 2014 00:33 GMT
#69
On January 17 2014 07:42 MCXD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2014 07:08 Zealously wrote:
While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run.


But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?]


I would like to see something cheap that adds to the prize pool that doesn't have much to do with the viewing experience. Though I can't think of what that would be.
creamyturtle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States487 Posts
January 17 2014 03:27 GMT
#70
donde esta the VODs? on their youtube channel they only show the 1st game of every set....
Terran it up.
SoFrOsTy
Profile Joined December 2011
United States525 Posts
January 17 2014 03:51 GMT
#71
On January 17 2014 07:53 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2014 07:42 MCXD wrote:
On January 17 2014 07:08 Zealously wrote:
While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run.


But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?]


Spontaneous number spitting: If you sell 500 tickets for an average of $70 (some standard yearly, some Premium), $3500 goes to the prize pool. If you sell 3000 tickets for an average of $15 but with a higher percentage (say 20-30%) going to the prize pool (somewhere in the vicinity of $7500-$10000), Gom would not only still make more money than they do with these tickets, but the prize pool would grow as well.

Now, obviously it's not exactly that simple and a lot more number crunching would have to be done, but I feel a lot of people forgo getting tickets today because the prize tag is still quite big. I also have almost zero historical basis for my statement other than 3 DotA tournaments, but attempting cooperation with Blizzard - maybe a decal or a portrait to go along with the ticket purchase, but right now I see the comparatively high price deterring many from buying a ticket and thus in the end ending up with a sub-par prize pool.

Of course, someone at Gom has likely considered this already, but it's how I see it. Viewers are often cheap.


But this is the SC2 community. 3,000 people weren't even willing to spend $4.99 on an 8 month season of Proleague.
Julyzerg ftw
burzumbu
Profile Joined October 2013
Croatia68 Posts
January 18 2014 13:04 GMT
#72
to be honest, i'm not interested in PvP and PvZ only so i don't want to buy it. Instead, i will support people like khaldor, nathanians and few other enthusiast directly through their channels
*i am mine*
thezanursic
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
5497 Posts
January 21 2014 16:01 GMT
#73
2700$, I don't think this went well...
http://i45.tinypic.com/9j2cdc.jpg Let it be so!
burzumbu
Profile Joined October 2013
Croatia68 Posts
January 25 2014 11:49 GMT
#74
On January 22 2014 01:01 thezanursic wrote:
2700$, I don't think this went well...


bad strategy means bad results
*i am mine*
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