Re: DoD LAN (Part 2)
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:35 pm
Nothing about this to me personally (and I would hope to everyone else) is about making money. 1911 is a non-profit organization and will always be so, this event (if/when it occurs) will also not be for profit.seanality wrote:Ya this discussion doesn't sound very open minded and honestly almost greedy.
The entire point of this event is to give both past players and current players the opportunity to compete on LAN in a way that the DoD community has never had the opportunity to do so. We want to go out with a bang.
First of all, I'm not arguing anything. I'm just trying to use my skills, and the resources available to me to host the best event I can think of.seanality wrote:You guys are arguing an individual on first place making ~$150 after all expenses for this LAN. Sure I can understand this in a competitive game where there are multiple lans a year, sure I can see why someone would want to brag about how much cash they have won; in this game there is only one LAN every 2 years.
I have absolutely no idea how large/small the cash-prize purse may be. But I can tell you that it will be $5,000 minimum. Tere will be small prizes and swag for absolutely everyone who attends. The incentive for organizing this LAN, and what I would hope would be for attending it, would be for a last opportunity to play DoD 1.3 at the highest level on a LAN environment, as well as to celebrate the last 12 years of competitive DoD.
This is unlike any other competitive event we have ever tried to do before. Teams would need to be well-organized and pre-paid for this event. But, it is also meant to be spectator friendly, and provide an opportunity for people to enjoy each-other outside of DoD.seanality wrote:I think it would be much more attractive for the average player, even open players, to not have to worry about getting a team together and making sure that whole team goes. Everytime we try to have a LAN this happens; a team is made where 1 person has doubts and then everyone else on the team doesn't bother going.
I totally understand where you are coming from. In a perfect world, we could throw a massive low-cost BYOC for all members of the community to come any enjoy in addition to a tournament. Unfortunately, there is just no way to fund such an event (that could cost as much as $50,000).seanality wrote:All I am suggesting is making this a fun weekend event where we have multiple 12 man tournaments and everyone hangs out together, everyone plays together, everyone meshes together. No one has to play in a 12 man if they don't want to so they can go hangout with their friends at the bar, club, crib, wherever the hell they want.
What we are trying to organize here, is a DoD exclusive "CPL like" event. Albiet on a much smaller scale. A last hurrah to competitive DoD. What you are talking about is more of a "meet-up" or casual lan "party", which I totally support and endorse, I just have no way of organize such an event on a large scale financially.
This is a small community, and pretty much everyone knows everyone. I would hope that even teams organize into groups of six, that we would all be able to enjoy eachother outside of that context. Are you really worried about being excluded by "cliques" at an event like this where it's all about doing what we do every week anyway, except on LAN in person in a big room?seanality wrote:When there is a team structure people show up, hangout with their team, and then barely move around the event because they are too proud to meet someone new. It just seems more interesting to have everyone mesh than it does to have everyone hang with their "cliques". I would rather see two people who hate each other on a team together then watch them glare at each other across the room.