On October 27 2016 15:33 FiWiFaKi wrote: Yeah Blizzard just doesn't get his whole crowdfunding thing. Not mentioning what percentage goes towards players and releasing portraits after Blizzcon.
Pretty poor value for $10 imo, considering what a Battle Pass for The International gets you (three custom cosmetics, taunts, weather effects, music packs, cursor pack, ward, emoticon pack, new courier, an HUD... Plus access to quests, community challenges, among many other things). Now compare that to 16 player portraits.
Anyway, I wonder if they'll release sales figures... But I would have thought it'd be quite universally known by now that esports doesn't sell in these situations unless you provide in-game items that people can use. Stuff like custom unit skins or custom doodads, etc instead of a pure esports thing. Just comparing previous numbers of crowdfunding in Dota 2 tournaments with similar little to offer bundles... I'd expect this to be able to raise $50k-$200k, which probably 25%~ goes towards the players, so not big in the grand scheme of things, the money raised would do much better in any tournament that is not Blizzcon S:.
Unfortunately seems like a little too late kind of thing.
Hopefully it'll get better. The first compendium wasn't anywhere near as good as compendiums in recent times.
I think the comparison would be less compendium, more stickers for Blizzard's purposes.
I think a huge part of this potential is just wasted given how much time we have. A compendium you have months and months, this you have days.
Most importantly, you don't get to show off your purchase until AFTER Blizzcon...
So like, let's say people like icons or if they gave out a cool skin as well. If I don't go on reddit or whatever, I would queue up, play games without knowing it existed, then after Blizzcon I see you have this cool shit and I ask, "where do i get that"? And then I'd find out it's too late.
As opposed to like, me seeing cool cosmetics on ladder, wanting it myself, and then going out and impulse buying it right then and there.
On October 27 2016 15:33 FiWiFaKi wrote: Yeah Blizzard just doesn't get his whole crowdfunding thing. Not mentioning what percentage goes towards players and releasing portraits after Blizzcon.
Pretty poor value for $10 imo, considering what a Battle Pass for The International gets you (three custom cosmetics, taunts, weather effects, music packs, cursor pack, ward, emoticon pack, new courier, an HUD... Plus access to quests, community challenges, among many other things). Now compare that to 16 player portraits.
Anyway, I wonder if they'll release sales figures... But I would have thought it'd be quite universally known by now that esports doesn't sell in these situations unless you provide in-game items that people can use. Stuff like custom unit skins or custom doodads, etc instead of a pure esports thing. Just comparing previous numbers of crowdfunding in Dota 2 tournaments with similar little to offer bundles... I'd expect this to be able to raise $50k-$200k, which probably 25%~ goes towards the players, so not big in the grand scheme of things, the money raised would do much better in any tournament that is not Blizzcon S:.
Unfortunately seems like a little too late kind of thing.
Hopefully it'll get better. The first compendium wasn't anywhere near as good as compendiums in recent times.
I think the comparison would be less compendium, more stickers for Blizzard's purposes.
I think a huge part of this potential is just wasted given how much time we have. A compendium you have months and months, this you have days.
Most importantly, you don't get to show off your purchase until AFTER Blizzcon...
So like, let's say people like icons or if they gave out a cool skin as well. If I don't go on reddit or whatever, I would queue up, play games without knowing it existed, then after Blizzcon I see you have this cool shit and I ask, "where do i get that"? And then I'd find out it's too late.
As opposed to like, me seeing cool cosmetics on ladder, wanting it myself, and then going out and impulse buying it right then and there.
My eyebrows are still contracted from first hearing about it. And Blizzard hasn't given any kind of response.
On October 26 2016 17:11 Muxtar wrote: Clever move. To make sales available pre-Blizzcon with all this hype and stuff, and release these portraits only after the show, after we know the winner and 15 players who have lost. After the show I assume all will equip winner's portrait and those 15 unlucky guys' portraits will just be as kinda garbage. But sales are now, when we don't know the winner yet, and we like all those portraits. Clever move.
P.S. Anyway I won't buy these portraits. I won't play better if I equip some pro player's photo on my icon, and I don't see fun in wearing another REAL man's face as my avatar. I have bought announcers and co-op commander at once though.
what??? you're completely missing the point. (smh)
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