Abulurd Boniface
Shadow State
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
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Posted - 2012.11.13 15:55:00 -
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Hitego Luna wrote:
Yes this will make the Open tournament more interesting and better for the teams involved, however Somer Blink has considered the profit possible to be made off of the eve player base by having their name in the login screen news on a regular basis, and it far exceeds any "donation" that they have made to the community.
Any profit you have made off of Blink is because you are lucky. I have made a lot of money off of people like you at poker. Please keep on playing like you do.
Anyone who is old enough to have hair in their pubic region knows that a lottery is there to make money for the people doing the lottery. Somer mention they make 20% off every bet. You still end up with a better shot at winning because it's a 1/8; 1/16; 1/32 bet. As far as odds go, I'd say it's worth a shot.
Somer also cannot make people buy a ticket. It is not a captive audience. There is no coercion.
Somer also does not have to give back to the community, even though giving each team 10 billion, to their purse, is trivial. However you slice it they gave each team a level playing field. Whatever the outcome of the tournament is, it's not going to be decided because some team did not have the money to buy the equipment they wanted to put into the field.
Their 'terms' are also the most gracious I've seen: no conditions, no requirements, no 'giving back surplus money'. They give in the best spirit of giving: you either give gladly or not at all.
In EVE, as in real life (that other great fiction), we expect ulterior motive. I don't see Somer's ulterior motive. People spending more money on Somer? They must have made over 40 trillion ISK already. I'm not privy to their traffic, but I'm assuming people enjoy their effort sponsorship or not.
I see it in the spirit of EVE: emerging behavior that drives the community forward. Making sure the tournament gets a chance to have pilots show what they can do when money really is no object. You know: live a little.
Maybe Somer could be the De Medici of New Eden. Providing welcome support to worthwhile causes.
If at some point a political idea might emerge, something altogether a little more sinister, what else can we do, as a community but smile appreciatively at yet another grand ruse played perfectly? |