Alonzo Odantis
Talusian Trade Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.29 16:08:00 -
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Hello eve community, I'm a pretty new player to eve ( insert alt accusations/assumptions here) and would like to do something I do in most mmos/games and that is coordinate some tournies. Ideally 1v1, but therein lies my question(s) for the forum:
1) Are there already established, consistent tournies?
2) Is there community interest in one (another)?
3) I would like to offer prize money in combination with entrance fees, IE: My corp would put up X million as a general prize pool but that number would grow with a % of entry fees. My total goal would be to break even or slightly lose money. Not trying to make this a cash cow for myself, just a cost-neutral content generator.
4) What are common issues people run into when hosting tournies and what are the common soluitions/workarounds? IE: I'm sure the obvious is that people would interrupt and gank people during an event which might be circumvented by hosting the fights in random sectors with the locations sent only to the combatants a minute or two before the fight, just an example.
5) What is the best way I can scam-proof this as much as possible, the goal is to have people comfortable showing up in their good ships so that the tourney actually demonstrates skills and diversity in builds, not everyone loading up cheap frigates and dogfighting (which in itself might be fun, it's just not the goal here) I don't want winners to get cheated on prize money (which I can control of course) but I also don't want participants ganked or discouraged from attending, and i also would like a way to collect prize money without making people hesitant to fork over their cash having to wonder if the tourney is legit. Time would prove that eventually but if there's any secure methods to speed it up, that'd be nice.
Please don't mistake my lack of intricate knowledge of eve's inner-workings as inability to coordinate an event, I am willing to learn and adjust as this goes, but don't assume just because I'm a new face that i'm an alt (80% of you will assume this regardless, i love eve paranoia) or won't dedicate the time/effort into making this work with a few pointers.
Thanks in advance! |