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Server.War2.ru / Re: Random Map Pack
« Last post by Shotgun on Today at 05:19:32 PM »I think it would be your finest achievement
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Server.War2.ru / Re: Who are the top players of the last ~10 years?
« Last post by Shotgun on Today at 05:18:47 PM »Harry mad he blows.
Im easily the best
Im easily the best
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Server.War2.ru / Re: new ladder season + Blizzard-War2Remaster-Rebalance mode-only ?
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 04:57:48 PM »im hoping blizzard has eventual plans to add some multiplayer features to the remastered version of the game
otherwise i wonder how hard it'd be to rebuild this version with the changes?
otherwise i wonder how hard it'd be to rebuild this version with the changes?
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Server.War2.ru / Re: $1000 1v1 GOW Tournament | Saturday | March 29 | 3PM EST
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 04:50:48 PM »hey knitter nice to see you, yes it's me!
so here's the thing and why i'm wondering about this tournament. It's coming up this saturday, I've got a youtube channel about warcraft 2 and I want to promote the tournament
If I make a video, post it on all of the blizzard subreddits and get let's say 20k people to see the headline, let's say a few hundred of those people actually take the time to watch the video,
and then I say "hey guys, there's a free tournament this saturday where 9 grizzled veterans are going to beat the shit out of everyone on the same map and resourcecs they've been playing for the last 30 years, why not join?"
vs "hey guys, download this free game for a good chance of winning 50 bucks randomly just for signing up and having a good time on all of these cool maps and resources where you might have a fighting chance"
why not limit the random prizes to the amount of participants. So let's say you guys are expecting like what, 30~ people to join? Let's say we manage to market the tournament to people outside of the community and pull in another 60 players so now we've got 90 players - how many random prizes? maybe we have 2 random prizes for the first 30 players, and one more random prize for each additional 10 participants?
Either way, if I knew that I could make a video simply saying "sign up to win a piece of the $1000 prize pool with random participation rewards of $50 I can work with that. I'll promote it either way but if we want to bring new players into the game we need to market it to them, the guys already playing dont need marketing.
so here's the thing and why i'm wondering about this tournament. It's coming up this saturday, I've got a youtube channel about warcraft 2 and I want to promote the tournament
If I make a video, post it on all of the blizzard subreddits and get let's say 20k people to see the headline, let's say a few hundred of those people actually take the time to watch the video,
and then I say "hey guys, there's a free tournament this saturday where 9 grizzled veterans are going to beat the shit out of everyone on the same map and resourcecs they've been playing for the last 30 years, why not join?"
vs "hey guys, download this free game for a good chance of winning 50 bucks randomly just for signing up and having a good time on all of these cool maps and resources where you might have a fighting chance"
why not limit the random prizes to the amount of participants. So let's say you guys are expecting like what, 30~ people to join? Let's say we manage to market the tournament to people outside of the community and pull in another 60 players so now we've got 90 players - how many random prizes? maybe we have 2 random prizes for the first 30 players, and one more random prize for each additional 10 participants?
Either way, if I knew that I could make a video simply saying "sign up to win a piece of the $1000 prize pool with random participation rewards of $50 I can work with that. I'll promote it either way but if we want to bring new players into the game we need to market it to them, the guys already playing dont need marketing.
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Server.War2.ru / Re: Couple of questions about hosting a tournament and the client
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 04:38:18 PM »awesdome thanks for the link!
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Server.War2.ru / Re: $1000 1v1 GOW Tournament | Saturday | March 29 | 3PM EST
« Last post by Knitter on Today at 12:08:58 PM »Hey Turtleman, back on us.east there was a turleman, is that you?
If so, nice to read from you.
I like your idea of having a small prize for players who participate.
You know you won't win the tournament, but you have the chance to win a little something if you are lucky. ( 50$)
10 players is a bit much, our tournaments are still relatively small.
But 2-3 players who could benefit from a lucky draw could persuade some to join in.
For now I would stick with Gow. Other map variations have not worked in the past. But you don't have to implement everything at once and could start like this.
In the end it's up to Tora, he's the organiser and financier.
Thanks for your ideas anyway.
If so, nice to read from you.
I like your idea of having a small prize for players who participate.
You know you won't win the tournament, but you have the chance to win a little something if you are lucky. ( 50$)
10 players is a bit much, our tournaments are still relatively small.
But 2-3 players who could benefit from a lucky draw could persuade some to join in.
For now I would stick with Gow. Other map variations have not worked in the past. But you don't have to implement everything at once and could start like this.
In the end it's up to Tora, he's the organiser and financier.
Thanks for your ideas anyway.
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Server.War2.ru / Re: Couple of questions about hosting a tournament and the client
« Last post by Dudakurten on Today at 11:39:09 AM »8
Server.War2.ru / Re: $1000 1v1 GOW Tournament | Saturday | March 29 | 3PM EST
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 11:07:42 AM »I think a lot of people would spend an hour downloading/playing a game for a 3% chance of winning 50 bucks assuming we get ~300 people interested and half the pool split into $50 random prizes
We could even do categories like dumbest name, most embarassing loss, worst player of the tournament, etc - I'm not saying have a noob tournament, im saying let noobs join the tournament.
We don't restrict people from playing.
All players are allowed to play and are encouraged to play.
As Harry mentioned we have done lower tier tournaments in the past but our community is too small at this point in time.
nice job hosting the tournament
I don't think yiou guys are understanding what I'm trying to say
Again, I never suggested having a separate tournament for noobs, im only suggesting you redistribute the prize pool so that there is an incentive for people to play in it by giving out random prizes
So instead of #1 - 600, #2 - 300, #3 - 100
It'd be something like #1 - 300, #2 - 200, #3 - 100, and then 10 other people randomly win $50
That way, more people will show up and play because they know they have a chance at winning something
And if you change the map pool to have a variety of interesting maps, again, more people will show up to play.
If your goal is to build the community, then IMO this approach makes a lot more sense. Worst case scenario, no new players show up and the money is more evenly dispersed among the existing community. But I doubt the prospect of winning 600 bucks vs 300 bucks for the top spot is going to stop anyone from competing
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Server.War2.ru / Re: Couple of questions about hosting a tournament and the client
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 10:56:08 AM »https://challonge.com/dashboard
Not sure if you can see. It’s public but look on challenge for dudakurten. There are dozens of tours with rule in each one there.
thanks duda, nice job supporting the community!
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Server.War2.ru / Re: Couple of questions about hosting a tournament and the client
« Last post by turtleman on Today at 10:53:03 AM »you sure its most recent version?
you dl last version here from loader
https://downloads.warcraft2.online/war2/War2Loader.exe
Yeah when I run that, I get "Windows protected your PC
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk."