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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:17:00 -
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Dierdra Vaal wrote:Will the broadcasts also include player commentators & studio like the AT?
Will player adverts be allowed like the AT?
Ugh, Bro beat me to it :/
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:29:00 -
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Steve Ronuken wrote:Warde Guildencrantz wrote:why is it always big alliances that can only get into these and not people who do small gang PvP that don't have huge corps/alliances and 10bil isk lying around to enter the auction Because there has to be /some/ way to cut down the number of groups who'd want to enter, to something manageable.
Steve is right to a large extent but I really want to spend some time talking about this as EVE tournaments and eSports are something that CCP Bro and I talk about at length.
In an ideal world we want to expand eSports to become a really big deal in EVE Online and allow players access to a host of tournaments of different sizes with a range of prizes. This is a long term goal and, if I am being completely honest, we have a lot of decision making and planning to do to make this a reality. We want to see tournaments involving everyone from small groups to huge alliances but this is will be much further down the road.
20 PLEX is not a bid every player can make and, as Steve pointed out, there needs to be a barrier of entry otherwise we would end up with a random drawing of hundreds of teams. We are aware that a tournament of this size will attract some of the best pilots from multiple corporations and alliances and we would expect that these teams will be sponsored by their respective corps and alliances.
This tournament is about celebrating individuals who can form a team, not necessarily from the same corps and alliances, and guide those teams to greatness.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:39:00 -
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Lord Haur wrote:Clarification request on the Player/character thing: Quote:Each team will consist between eight and 24 players, with eight being the minimum required team size and 24 being the maximum team size allowed. The total number of players submitted is at the discretion of the team captain. It is important to note that payment of any prize to a winning team will be paid by own3D.tv directly to all players listed in a team.
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You may have as many of your characters in a single team as your captain allows. For example, if you own 5 EVE Online accounts with three characters on each there are no restrictions on how many of those characters can be in a single team. If you feel you can multibox your way to victory against some very dedicated teams then more power to you. Is that minimum 8, maximum 24 characters, or RL people? Extremities either way could be one person 8-boxing, or 24 people with the option to use any of their characters. I'm presuming it's referring to player characters.
You presume correctly. You need to supply a minimum of 8 player characters in a team for it to be eligible.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 16:05:00 -
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Eiluvial wrote:Trebor Daehdoow wrote:Eiluvial wrote:Sorry but the entrance format is ****.
What stops an entity from registering 32 teams to RMT 10000$ legally?
Like if someone were to buy every spot at 30PLEX each. Thats 528b ISK total at 550m/PLEX for 10k $, at a rate of close to 19$ per billion ISK I'm sure some people will think about it, especially when it's legal.
If someone wants to bankroll the entire tournament they can do it. It's entirely possible that a single entity buys all spots.
Thats kind of bad, isnt it. I would like to encourage all the illegal RMT groups in EVE to attempt to launder their ISK in this manner. What a cunning plan! What could possibly go wrong?  Like lets assume a spot is on average 40 PLEX - my guess is that it will be lower, but if you look at ATX and how much those places went for(in the end almost all close to minimum) (hell the last spot didnt get sold because no one wanted it and devs had to do another auction) and compare to ATX prices (trillions of ISK worth of stuff - way better prices than this tournament) then at a PLEXprice of 550, thats only 704b. Individuals in Goonswarm have that much. PL can buy out the tournament twice if they wanted to. Pretty sure the highest wallet was around 3t if i remember the statistic tweets correctly. (Dont quote me on this) Isn't this just going to be another, more "elite" Alliance Tournament, where Alliances can legally enter more teams? At half the spots of ATX but without restriction to one team/alliance isn't this the exact opposite of ATX rules with Hydra being kicked out? What if the final is going to be another ATIX final with an "A-Team" fighting against a "B-Team"?
I think you are looking at a hyper worst case scenario. While it is possible for a super rich alliance to attempt to buy every slot, it would not be cost effective for them to do so.
We are breaking new ground here with EVE tournaments and we will be analyzing every aspect of how teams are formed and how they participate in the event.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 16:09:00 -
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Aineko Macx wrote:Ship banning will cause lots of tears
We are hoping for lots of variety 
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Posted - 2012.09.28 16:26:00 -
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Azrin Stella Oerndotte wrote:Quote:Once you have a player character on a team, attempting to place another character on a second team will result in disqualification for both of those teams. For example, if you join team A with one of your accounts and then attempt to join Team B with a second account, both teams will be disqualified. Can't this be abused to tears or am I missing something?
Potentially it could, however, the severity of penalties applied to player accounts who participate in this action should not be ignored.
Fake edit: They are severe.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 16:33:00 -
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Hiram Alexander wrote:This being EVE 'n' all... Are there any metagame rules we should be aware of?, for example, should some Team Captain register their team, but trick their bunch of pilots into giving him/her 50 Plex for an auction bid that's never going to be paid, is that going to be a problem, or A-okay...?
We understand this can be a concern. Unless you are 100% sure that your team captain is a stand up guy/girl we would suggest you hold on to your individual PLEX and then pay them to 'CCP Alliance Tournament' individually if you are successful in the auction.
As long as the total number of PLEX is sent by the team then this will not be an issue.
One thing we would stress is that you all must be available to pay the PLEX if and when you win a slot otherwise your slot will be re-auctioned.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 16:45:00 -
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I'm Down wrote:Will the winter patch be in before this kicks off?
If so
Will T1 "logistics cruisers" count toward the 1 limit?
How will money be given out at the end of the tournament... can't be trusting people when cash is on the line.
No, the winter patch will not be released before this tournament.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 21:16:00 -
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After reading through the thread I just have to say that War Kitten absolutely gets it. If you have not read her posts then please do.
We in the tournament team are breaking new ground and EVE tournaments are now monetized. This is a big deal. Who knows how far we can bring this, and believe me, we have big plans.
We understand that EVE, probably more than most MMO's, is the ultimate competitive game. EVE tournaments are not about having the best gear but having the best strategies, the best set ups and, most importantly, the best players. With a solid team set up you guys can potentially start looking at corporate sponsorships in the future and can compete with other eSports.
We are putting our toe in the water with this tournament but everyone in CCP concerned with tournaments understand how big this can become and we want you to come along and be part of it.
Our goal is to grow tournaments to a whole new level and incorporate every class of player possible. This is not going to happen today or tomorrow but I can assure you that we are planning to include as many players as possible.
Let's host this tournament and see how it goes and see how we can make tournaments bigger and better in the future and how we can include lots more players.
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Posted - 2012.09.28 23:00:00 -
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Poetic Stanziel wrote:CCP Bro wrote:Yes there will be commentators but they will be from CCP. I hope the man formerly know as Raivi (CCP Fozzie) will be commentating. He was the best damned player commentator you've had.
Then you are totally in luck 
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