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BaseTradeTV: MONEY $PEAK$

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BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 21:55:01
December 20 2013 05:35 GMT
#1
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“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”
- Aphra Behn


The quote is meant to seem edgy and cool, for opening a post with a quote. For the past year and a half, we've helped funnel money to the hands of players through awesome Starcraft 2 events. I didn't even know there was a BaseTradeTV wiki page until recently, but after looking at it I realized just how much sweet sweet cash-money we've put up for prizes (A little over $3,000 as of the time of this post).

We've always raised money for a new show match ahead of time, or had a donor/sponsor ask to be involved, but it's always been handled in private. I'd like to think that with our credibility at this point, we can start making this something more public with people trusting we won't be mishandling their contributions, thus the funds will stay reserved until we can pay out at the MONEY PEAK.

There's a full explanation of everything at the bottom of this post, keeping this part near the top for easy access. To donate to the corresponding match just click the image link to be taken directly to paypal. Please be aware paypal charges a small fee if you are using a credit card to donate (Disclaimer: None of the funds gathered here will go towards anything except what they are donated to, and please do not donate if you don't have disposable income in the first place, there are no refunds. That means your $5 donation will sit in it's section until the requirement is met)


A BO9 between two teams
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$50 / $400 +
(When you donate, leave a note with the name of a team you'd like to see fight. No promises, but we can try!)

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$10 - no request
$40 - ROOT request



An Invited 8/16/32 man bracket
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$100 / $100 +
(When you donate, leave a note with the name of a player you'd to have invited. No promises, but we can always ask!)


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$0 / $100+
If you can help us fund at least 1 bo5/bo7, we will find some bo3 warm up matches!
(When you donate, leave a note if you have a player you'd like to request. No promises, but we can always ask!)

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$0 / $ ?
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At the moment of this post going live, if you'd like to try setting up a KOTH Match it's not out of the question, but we're not looking to immediately host one. Just leave a note if you'd like us to ask someone to partake. No promises but we can always try!


**Events will be hosted and cast by members of BaseTradeTV and will try to cater the events to the time zones of the players/teams involved.

Through our experience messaging players, hosting show matches, running and casting events, we've gotten a pretty good "feel" for what is worth what value when it comes to pitting your favourite SC2 players against one another, and have decided to start up a Team Liquid version of a kickstarter for future events. Below I've listed some rough bare minimums for what quality players are typically willing to play for.

THE SHOW MATCHES: Here's an average breakdown of what most players tend to agree is fair for event hosting (most typically having a 75%-25% prize split)

BO3: $50 PRIZE
BO5: $50 - $100
BO7+: $100 - $150+

THE TOURNAMENTS: Here's an average breakdown of what most players tend to agree is fair for event hosting (Often, if not always a prize for second place):

OPEN BRACKETS(Any league): Any prize value including/over 50$
OPEN BRACKETS(Masters+): Any prize value including/over $100

THE KING OF THE HILL: This one is a bit fickle, as the value per round will usually denote whether it's "worth" a player's time or not.

4 Rounds x BO3: $10 - $50 per round
4 Rounds x BO5: $50 per round (Final round being worth more than regular rounds)

Now, I'm not saying the above is explicit or particular to any one player, as some of your favourites require a lot more, or a lot less, depending on their perception of the event.




For any additional questions or information you can best contact us through:
E-mail us at: MapControlCO@Gmail.com
Tweet us: https://twitter.com/basetradetv
Private message to: http://www.twitch.tv/basetradetv

(If none of the above are answered within 24 hours contact Rifkin at https://twitter.com/Rif_kingz
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BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 18:15:53
December 20 2013 05:36 GMT
#2
edit: I've decided to include our twitch stats, publicly. #TRANSPARENCY #WHEREISMYMONEYGOING #HashtagsOnTL

Showmatches:


Series #1: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=439640#1

Stats: + Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 14840
Video Plays: 28460
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2798
Max Viewers: 4421
Time Watched: 12497


Series #2: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=441322#1

Stats: + Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 72960
Video Plays: 98460
Average Concurrent Viewers: 4946
Max Concurrent Viewers: 8625


Series #3: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=443220

Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 36480
Video Plays: 51420
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2452
Max Concurrent Viewers: 4104
Time Watched: 14753


Series #4: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/445616-money-peak-series-4-ryung-bunny-snute-and-bly

Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 10440
Video Plays: 18860
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2203
Max Concurrent Viewers: 3146
Time Watched: 10583


Series #5: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/447196-money-peak-series-5-impact-vs-dayshi

Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 28240
Video Plays: 36060
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2021
Max Concurrent Viewers: 4106
Time Watched: 7410


Series #6: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/447023-starship-troopers-ultimate-edition-8-man-invite
Stats: + Show Spoiler +
@Hourly Resolution (Sidenote: These stats are rough approximates, and not 100% accurate due to them being picked apart from WCS EU Qualifier cast and have been taken from 5:00AM - 6:00AM PDT)
Unique Visitors: 20820
Video Plays: unavailable due to the mixed broadcasting.
Average Concurrent Viewers: 4696
Max Concurrent Viewers: 5743
Time Watched: unavailable due to the mixed broadcasting.


Series #7: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/449114-money-peak-showmatch-random-vs-random
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Video Plays: 6280
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2222
Max Concurrent Viewers: 3478
Time Watched: 5964


Series #8: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/449350-starbow-showmatch-series
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 25980
Video Plays: 32140
Average Concurrent Viewers: 1710
Max Concurrent Viewers: 3415
Time Watched: 8951


Series #9: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/449999-money-peak-na-showmatch-edition
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Averaged over Hourly resolutions due to mixed broadcasting stats
Unique Visitors: 1300
Video Plays: 2160
Average Concurrent Viewers: 1076
Max Concurrent Viewers: 1313
Time Watched: Data unavailable due to mixed broadcasting


Series #10 - Impact vs Journey (Stats are skewed due to time of being hosted, not posting full stats. )
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +

Max Viewers: 2361
Average Concurrent: 1566


Series #11: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/451601-xsplit-presents-june-4th-duels
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 53600
Video Plays: 69680
Average Concurrent Viewers: 4046
Max Concurrent Viewers: 6591
Time Watched: 18274


[BREAK IN STATS DUE TO LAZY INCOMPETANCE SO WE'LL CALL EVERYTHING ABOUT "SEASON 1"]

"Season 2"

Series #1: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/466981-money-peak-returns-featuring-kane-vs-kas
Stats:+ Show Spoiler +
@Daily Resolution
Unique Visitors: 35620
Video Plays: 43340
Average Concurrent Viewers: 2255
Max Concurrent Viewers: 5649
Time Watched: 7969
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BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-13 19:11:25
December 20 2013 05:36 GMT
#3
PLAYERS/TEAMS:

I'd like to make this post a public way of showing off which players who'd be willing to compete in various show matches, or teams willing to play in Clan Wars (assuming everyone's schedules sync up!) in order to make requests easier


Players:

Protoss:

(P)puCK (P)CPU (P)Arthur Aruncart (P)desRow (P)CranK (P)Alicia

Terran:

(T)qxc (T)HTOMario (T)Apocalypse (T)RuFF (T)Heart (T)SeleCT

Zerg:

(Z)Snute ZergZingZing (Z)Bly (Z)HappyZerG (Z)Hendralisk (Z)TLO (Z)Phog (Z)ViBE (Z)Impact (Z)Golden

TEAMS:

(Wiki)IvDgaming

(Wiki)ROOT Gaming

(Wiki)LYGF


*If you need your name added/removed from this list, please PM me here on TeamLiquid, or leave a reply in this thread
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IvDJetricxz
Profile Joined December 2013
United States2 Posts
December 20 2013 06:07 GMT
#4
This is amazing!!! Love BasetradeTV <3
NiteshadeSC2
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada98 Posts
December 20 2013 06:11 GMT
#5
As always, nerd ballers. Great Idea Peeps
www.niteshade.tv
looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
December 20 2013 06:24 GMT
#6
Sick nasty! What a great idea guys. I hope that we see some good matches out of this. Since Blizzard has created few avenues of revenue for players, anything that allows money to change hands from spectator to player in exchange for sick games through a trusted middle-man is awesome.
"The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure. Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?" - Jon Foreman ('Your Love Is Strong' - Spring EP)
Runer2k4
Profile Joined December 2011
United States10 Posts
December 20 2013 06:46 GMT
#7
Great idea Basetrade! Hope IvD gets into some of them
EmSc Tv
Profile Joined May 2011
Poland209 Posts
December 20 2013 12:41 GMT
#8
ok , 10 $ for the Clan Wars
partouf
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Netherlands405 Posts
December 20 2013 16:14 GMT
#9
The $ for the cool-ass-tournament should be raised, donated a bit to get the ball rolling ^_^
[update twitchuser set banned=1 where lastmessage like '%nohomo%';] - twitter.com/@partouf
slowbacontron
Profile Joined October 2012
United States7722 Posts
December 20 2013 18:33 GMT
#10
Sounds sick! KOTH should have a cooler name, though I hope some great players get invited!
jjakji fan
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-20 23:47:41
December 20 2013 23:47 GMT
#11
On December 20 2013 14:35 BasetradeTV wrote:
THE SHOW MATCHES: Here's an average breakdown of what most players tend to agree is fair for event hosting (most typically having a 75%-25% prize split)

BO3: $50 PRIZE
BO5: $50 - $100
BO7+: $100 - $150+


In what world is that a 75%-25% split? bo5 33%-64% and bo7 is even 40%-60% the more games a series, the closer it seems to get to 50-50....
BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
December 20 2013 23:52 GMT
#12
On December 21 2013 08:47 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 20 2013 14:35 BasetradeTV wrote:
THE SHOW MATCHES: Here's an average breakdown of what most players tend to agree is fair for event hosting (most typically having a 75%-25% prize split)

BO3: $50 PRIZE
BO5: $50 - $100
BO7+: $100 - $150+


In what world is that a 75%-25% split? bo5 33%-64% and bo7 is even 40%-60% the more games a series, the closer it seems to get to 50-50....


I think you misunderstand. The prize for the Bo7 needs to be somewhere between 100-150 $ (typically) with a split of it being 75/25 %
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Megiddosc
Profile Joined April 2011
United States966 Posts
December 21 2013 01:54 GMT
#13
Is there no sort of 'chipin' graphic available that could show how much has been donated thus far?
BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
December 21 2013 01:57 GMT
#14
On December 21 2013 10:54 Megiddosc wrote:
Is there no sort of 'chipin' graphic available that could show how much has been donated thus far?


The Pitchin Widget doesn't really work here, at least from what I was playing with when I wrote the post. If you have any suggestions I'm all ears! :-)
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sWs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States409 Posts
December 21 2013 05:35 GMT
#15
BasetradeTV is sick, cool idea!
@swsc2
ROOTSasquatch
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States234 Posts
December 21 2013 09:24 GMT
#16
I hope people push for the clan war, it'd be pretty cool if we could get two teams who don't play each other often :D
partsasquatch on reddit
eTcetRa
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia822 Posts
December 21 2013 12:39 GMT
#17
Cool banner! BTTV for life!
Retired Mapmaker™
Dthehunter
Profile Joined August 2013
Belgium42 Posts
December 21 2013 15:31 GMT
#18
This all seems amazing, and mmm this makes me want to do something for BTTV . BTTV is the best TV in the universe. Hosted and casted by amazing people. Keep going on BTTV we all love you <3
www.twitter.com/Dthehunter2510
BasetradeTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Canada1307 Posts
December 22 2013 07:49 GMT
#19
Small update:

We have funded 2 tournament brackets, and 1 show match. Each event will have it's own thread dedicated to players involved, but looks like January will be a fun month!
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iMrising
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1099 Posts
December 22 2013 08:21 GMT
#20
oh wow thanks for orchestrating this! this sounds like a great idea!
Good luck ill be watching
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