I'm willing to sponsor upto $100 in prizes. Can be a combination of Merc Packs, gift cards, PSN cards etc!

Awesome! I know some pilots have been asking about Eve-centered prizes as well.

I'm willing to sponsor upto $100 in prizes. Can be a combination of Merc Packs, gift cards, PSN cards etc!

Make sure you get the Gamestop Merc packs. Those are still sold with a promise to reimburse at commercial release.
http://www.gamestop.com/ps3/dlc/dust-514-gamestop-mercenary-pack/106107

50-100M? yeaaaaaa we'll pass on this one im sure
last one didnt have much turnout and that was a free entry + alot of corps probably saving up ISK for PC

if you think about it, 50M isn't really that bad. Figure if have what, 50 members in the corp; maybe 20 wana do it; you are looking at a donation of 2.5M per player. That is what, maybe 2-3 days worth of playing ISK, or less if wana only run BPO fits.

I could fund 4 corps at 50mil isk...

But I'm not going to.





What? 2-3 days to make 2.5 mil? Dude I made 4 mil today alone!

Have to agree with mavado, smart corps are saving up ISK for planetary conquest, burning 50-100m plus tanks and dropsuits isn't a very intelligent thing to do a month before release.
If you lowered the ISK significantly, corps would have no problem participating just for the bragging rights/good games/merc packs

Seeing as how May 6th is a good ways off I think this should give us plenty of time to have another player tournament.

Right now I'm looking at a buy in tournament with teams putting up between 50 million to 100 million to enter the tourney with the money then payed out to the winners and those that placed.

Yeah, this is the feedback I'm looking for. If 50-100 million is to high what kinds of numbers are folks thinking?

I think it might be interesting to do the buy in at 25 million and maybe use Grezkev's leaderboard equation or something like it to seed corporations.

Even with only 12 teams the ending prize pot would be pretty awesome. Throw on top of the $100 in prizes Sentient can do and we're starting to get something special.

I love the idea of this.

GNN is willing to put up $50-100 in prizes for top shelf winner provided we get some exclusive coverage.

Thanks to some Donations from our friends at PRO we will participate regardless of buy in. Y'all are poor.

Is this gonna be draft style or another corp centered tourney?

50-100M? yeaaaaaa we'll pass on this one im sure
last one didnt have much turnout and that was a free entry + alot of corps probably saving up ISK for PC

I'm willing to sponsor upto $100 in prizes. Can be a combination of Merc Packs, gift cards, PSN cards etc!

If you want to up the stakes have a minimum corp contract in place and not an entrance fee of 50-100 million isk.

Set a bar of say 5-10 million isk contract per game which has to be screen shotted to validate a math between the corps participating.

Lower the isk entry fee to 10 million and use the total as a winner take all price for the corp or seed it to the top 4 corps. That way corps who win matches get something back even if they didn't reach that high and those who go up the ladder already earns something from the tourney. That's a better incentive than putting 50-100 isk entrance fee with a 50-50 chance to not get any isk back.

Make it into 2 separate groups, lower tier and higher tier corps. Lower tier will face each other in their own bracket, winner of that bracket will play the higher tier bracket winners. 2nd place of both brackets will face each other to determine 3rd and 4th place. Gives the lower tiers more a chance without them getting stomped by a higher tier corp straight off the bat, also gives them chance to make a name for themselves which can be worth quite a bit in this game.

Just get Pro to donate you some isk

No. Go big or go home.

And take our ball with you.


Edit: They could have their own tournament.

Sounds like a Scam, A tourny on may 6th the start of PC? with 50-100 mil for an entrance fee... i feel sorry for any corp to fall for this one. while corps fight for a tourny, gIMPS will be using all that isk for PC.

Sounds like a Scam, A tourny on may 6th the start of PC? with 50-100 mil for an entrance fee... i feel sorry for any corp to fall for this one. while corps fight for a tourny, gIMPS will be using all that isk for PC.

ive been mulling around an idea for another type of tourney but didn't want to steal your thunder. I might message you in game Kain and talk to you about it since you have the most experience it seems in hosting a tourney.

eh lame

Hey guys, just a quick post to say that the ESL is indeed getting behind this tournament along with others in the future!

I will be working alongside Kane for this and currently i am in the process of getting the Dust514 game section up and running on CSL, our site dedicated for console games.

I try to operate an open doors policy as much as i can, the only reason that people like myself and Kane are here is for you guys, so your input is both welcome and valued.

You can get in touch with me via:

E-mail: [email protected]
Skype: charlie.iddon

You could also get in touch with me on eve and dust, but compared to my email and skype i rarely check those for messages.

I am a huge fan eSports and everything it represents. However, you could not have picked a worse time to host a tournament. To many corps are focusing on building their Warchest for the upcoming PC. Corp battles are time consuming, but more importantly expensive.

I am a huge fan eSports and everything it represents. However, you could not have picked a worse time to host a tournament. To many corps are focusing on building their Warchest for the upcoming PC. Corp battles are time consuming, but more importantly expensive.

Noted. But i see this as the perfect time as we have just enough time to do a tourney before the uprising patch comes and removes the corp battles feature :P

Hmm.... I'll be in touch.

I will donate the funds for a Merc pack prize if you get more than 16 corps in on this one. That is the only string attached.

The tourney ends before May 6th not on it.

The last tournament that I hosted was very successful and I handled prizes of much more value than these entry fees including shirts, plexes, and merc packs which constituted hundreds of real $ in prizes and billions of ISK. The point of doing an entry-fee tourney is to make sure only serious teams enter since there isn't time to do an Open Round-Robin like last time.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=598355#post598355

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNV0h9ECWAY

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRtX8PU0MywZ6N-RYisbMdUH56tEuOBE

The entry fee is intentionally scaled to encourage smaller organizations that may not even be involved in PC to participate. I have a lot of trouble imagining the 500+ members in KEQ can't afford the entry fee.

Organizations are also welcome to create a corp specifically for putting a team into the tourney if your alliance corporation doesn't want to be entered directly.

The entry fee is intentionally scaled to encourage smaller organizations that may not even be involved in PC to participate. I have a lot of trouble imagining the 500+ members in KEQ can't afford the entry fee.

Corporations are saving for PC in a month. The expected ISK loss represented by your tournament is very high, and at a time where people are more concerned with their pocket books than they are with e-fame.

Drop the entry fee and you'll have a shot, at least, of getting a healthy number of teams.

why have any payment.... It's in game money whats the point? To make it so players have less gear? What if starcraft was like, want to be in this tournament? sorry for grind in game money before you can ladder.

this sin't real life you **** *** you don't need compensation.

I will however congratulate you on the best cash for isk transfer rate I've even seen. Buying up to 800 million isk to fund your corps clone costs and get an in-game advantage right before release. Oh wait, sorry, is the isk just for your corporation wallet? Or are you going to give the isk back like the official eve online tournament held every year now for cash prizes?

Well have fun with your scam but I'll have no part of it thank you, I'll continue to buffer my own war chest. See you when we plow through your territory.

The entry fee is intentionally scaled to encourage smaller organizations that may not even be involved in PC to participate. I have a lot of trouble imagining the 500+ members in KEQ can't afford the entry fee.

Organizations are also welcome to create a corp specifically for putting a team into the tourney if your alliance corporation doesn't want to be entered directly.

I guess we stomped too hard to be allowed in more tournaments :(

I think your adjustment to the tournament was a wise decision and I hope corps come out to play and make this a success. You know I fully support these community events but there is one thing that irks me about this...what is ESL/CSL doing to sponsor this?

Prizes are coming out of your and the community pocket again which is great, but other than taking a bit of the work load off your plate by setting up the bracket what is ESL offering towards this? They get promo in the Dust community, a foot in the door as far as our burgeoning competitive scene goes and 16 x however many corps enter in new members on their site.

I understand this is a 'long play' for you Kain, and I wish you well in these endeavours but surely ESL/CSL could step up with something if we as a community are to take their interest in us seriously.

I guess we stomped too hard to be allowed in more tournaments :(

So when are we gettin Arena mode with proper spectator cams? my guess is not in Uprising obv but 2 builds after it earliest?
that would be like what? 6-12 months wait? GG?

Some people don't need those to organize a proper tournament, as we can see from this thread. And yet some people still QQ about "esports elements" for dust while MMO element is being developed for uprising. Rushing much? Just play and enjoy :)

Whats to stop someone from making an alt "corp" just for the tourney???????

How many people fo I need to have signed up? I have 8 but I still can't apply our corp

Kain I will stay true to my word and offer a prize unless you feel if would be better to use on a larger event. Choice is yours only. Just let me know or tell one of the Bunnies to inform me. Peace.

4 team tournament? Lol

It seems that folks desire to save money for PC was greater than competitive fighting.

It seems that folks desire to save money for PC was greater than competitive fighting.

Kain, I JL3Eleven from PFBHz will offer a Gamestop Merc. Pack to whomever does the worst in any match throughout the tourney. It will be based on KD/R with the tie breaker being lowest WP. Pics must be provided to qualify.

It will be called the Please Try Harder Award.

I will send the code after tourney is completed to the winner following confirmation from Kain.


Edit: Your scores will be posted to accept award.

Yep still need to see pictures to qualify.

Congratulations to TeamPlayers for winning the cup!


Prize list:

1st Place prize - Teamplayers - $100 of merc packs or PSN codes courtesy of GNN and Sentient Archon

Most kills in a match - Arcturis Vanguard - 1 Merc pack and a Dust 514 T-Shirt coutesy of Kane Spero

Most WP in a match - Silver-Ace - 1 Gurista Saga pack and a Dust 514 T-Shirt coutesy of Kane Spero

Most confirmed Orbital strike kills in a single match - TBC

"Please try harder" award - Due to the nature of how the winner got this prize, he will be contacted privately - 1 Gamestop merc pack courtesy of JL3Eleven


To claim the prizes:

- Arcturus and Silver-ace, get in contact with Kane via eve mail

- TeamPlayers can get in touch with GNN and Sentient Archon

- Both JL3Eleven and the person who won his award will be contacted by me once dust/eve is patched

I don't mean to come across as a complete nub, but how am I to contact Kane via eve? Just a dust merc, so no eve account, unless Kane is the same player as the imperfect alias.

Thanks for the replies. Sent him a message. Well played again Cubs. Great personal experience.