Hello fellow Aliens and 'Rines,
The NS2WC 2014 is history. It was just epic being there in the audiance, but it is history now.
With the help of Nvidia and Intel, we reached the 30k http://www.naturalselection2.com/championship/
The target for the event was 30'000$. However this did not include all the unpayed work by the teams, casters and supporters.
After all that positiv feedback from the teams, casters and supporters, I thought I might as well start a thread on how we can have a NS2WC 2015.
The idea is to list several things in here that could help finance the next NS2WC. So any idea is welcome.
make more money
Twitch subscriptons
Twitch.tv offers the ability to subscribe to a channel and pay a monthly fee.
They do this for StarCraft 2 for 5.99 $ (link: https://secure.twitch.tv/products/wcseuropemonthly/ticket/new?ref=below_video_subscribe_button )
in game badges
I myself don't mind spending money on a nice badge in the score bord. Maybe start earlier with the supporting team badge.
If possible you could do something like "have your badge in the game, if you pay us x-amount of $". Just thinking
in game models
We do have the shadow skulk, gorge, lerk (still missing higher life forms), so why not have different model types. Don't make it TF2 like with too much crazy hats, but why not add some flavour.
selling tickets for the event
Sure it was nice to have "just" the travel cost to go to Cologne, but frankly, I wouldn't mind paying 20-40 $ for a seat. I know, not eveyone can pay for that, so why not having a "pay as much as you like" option for that ticket?
selling drinks / food at the event/b]
Again, I don't mind paying for some "babbler meat balls" or "hydra spaghetti" before, during or after the show.
gambling / betting![;-)]( ";-)")
Attendees can support a team. Every time they kill a higher life form, they have to pay some money. Example: dead Lerk 0.50$ / Fade 0.75 $ / Onos 1.00$
Don't really know why someone should go for that yet![;-)]( ";-)")
reducing the cost
hotel cost
By moving the event to a "off season" (if that even exists), hotel cost could be reduced. Since a lot of people travelling from outside of Germany have to book a hotel, we might could book the same hotel together. This has probably happend for the teams, crew and casters, and I don't know how much a 10-20 more people would reduce the overall cost per head.
travel cost/b]
again, depending on when exactly the event is happening, travel cost could be reduced overall. Then again, if we get an Australian team...![;-)]( ";-)")
As said before, just add your toughts, it might help.
The NS2WC 2014 is history. It was just epic being there in the audiance, but it is history now.
With the help of Nvidia and Intel, we reached the 30k http://www.naturalselection2.com/championship/
The target for the event was 30'000$. However this did not include all the unpayed work by the teams, casters and supporters.
After all that positiv feedback from the teams, casters and supporters, I thought I might as well start a thread on how we can have a NS2WC 2015.
The idea is to list several things in here that could help finance the next NS2WC. So any idea is welcome.
make more money
Twitch subscriptons
Twitch.tv offers the ability to subscribe to a channel and pay a monthly fee.
They do this for StarCraft 2 for 5.99 $ (link: https://secure.twitch.tv/products/wcseuropemonthly/ticket/new?ref=below_video_subscribe_button )
Benefits include: Directly Support the Broadcaster Ad-Free* Subscriber Badge: 8 Subscriber Emoticons Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode Access to Source quality video
in game badges
I myself don't mind spending money on a nice badge in the score bord. Maybe start earlier with the supporting team badge.
If possible you could do something like "have your badge in the game, if you pay us x-amount of $". Just thinking
in game models
We do have the shadow skulk, gorge, lerk (still missing higher life forms), so why not have different model types. Don't make it TF2 like with too much crazy hats, but why not add some flavour.
selling tickets for the event
Sure it was nice to have "just" the travel cost to go to Cologne, but frankly, I wouldn't mind paying 20-40 $ for a seat. I know, not eveyone can pay for that, so why not having a "pay as much as you like" option for that ticket?
selling drinks / food at the event/b]
Again, I don't mind paying for some "babbler meat balls" or "hydra spaghetti" before, during or after the show.
gambling / betting
Attendees can support a team. Every time they kill a higher life form, they have to pay some money. Example: dead Lerk 0.50$ / Fade 0.75 $ / Onos 1.00$
Don't really know why someone should go for that yet
reducing the cost
hotel cost
By moving the event to a "off season" (if that even exists), hotel cost could be reduced. Since a lot of people travelling from outside of Germany have to book a hotel, we might could book the same hotel together. This has probably happend for the teams, crew and casters, and I don't know how much a 10-20 more people would reduce the overall cost per head.
travel cost/b]
again, depending on when exactly the event is happening, travel cost could be reduced overall. Then again, if we get an Australian team...
As said before, just add your toughts, it might help.