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Hi everyone! If this question is in the wrong section, please ask the moderators to move it to the appropriate one, thanks.
I perfectly understand that this question has been raised more than once.
I will try to be specific and concise. Why are there no paid Tournaments for HMM? Why is there no online platform where you can participate in tournaments of various levels: team play, playing against the AI, survival mode, Walkthroughs, etc. But not just in tournaments for fun, but where there is a prize pool and an entry fee.
For example, I sometimes play chess on the Lichess website; tournaments run around the clock in dozens of categories. True, it's free. Very rarely, prestigious arenas are held with a prize pool of $500. Why isn't there an ANALOG for Heroes?
Isn't there some kind of community in Russia? Well, there seems to be. There are probably a few thousand, or even tens of thousands. That's more than enough.
I'm looking at all this from my perspective! I play poorly, of course, that's not even up for discussion. But I wouldn't mind playing in Tournaments, but not just for fun, but so that there are monetary prizes. Yes, my chances are close to zero, but I don't care; the fact itself is important. I am willing to pay an entry fee, for example, 1000 rubles, when the prize pool is 200,000 rubles.
For example, invest 5 million rubles in servers, marketing, and creating such a platform. Organize all sorts of Tournaments, fill the site with content. If two people want to compete against each other, they each put 300 rubles into the pot. The organizer/platform takes 10% for itself, as a kind of judging fee, cheating detection, and other perks, and the rest goes to the winner. Honestly, I would play in such matches.
What is the problem with creating such a platform? After all, local gurus have probably thought about this 1000 times. What is the main obstacle to this process? Is it that people don't pay? Have you checked this? Is there no one to take on this seriously? Is there a lack of necessary investment? Are there no prospects in this direction for HMM?
I read about how offline Tournaments are held, for example, and I, sorry, just want to *vomit from the blandness of the game. 500 castles in one battle. You can't play like that, in my opinion. There should be Tournaments with elements of randomness – that's the whole point of these games. But never mind, that's not important. I'm interested in understanding the monetization of this area. Why hasn't it been put on a solid stream of money yet?
And finally. I will never donate 50 rubles to anyone for streaming Heroes, and I will never buy a subscription for Heroes content, but I would pay to participate in Tournaments of various levels, etc.
Enlighten me simply, why is there no monetization of this magnificent turn-based strategy?
Thanks for your attention and respect to the entire Heroes community.