1st Underground Online Blitz Tournament (UOBT)!

04/12/2013 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, tower, Iona, Tunar) def KobRa_RR (blue, ramp, Elshar, Gurnisson) balance 132

Everyone is lining up to buy more credits :D.

And seriously, I already wrote to Kostyan in a private message about how to improve the betting system:

• We buy participation for $5, which gives you 100 points for betting.
• You can bet as you like, but no less than 10 points per match.
• You can buy more credits at any time and in any quantity, always 100 points cost $5 (you can, for example, buy 1000 points at once for $50). Although, it should still be limited somehow, depending on the organizer's capabilities.
• You can skip rounds without betting on anyone.
• The one who earns the most points from betting wins (that is, earns, not just buys).
• And most importantly, there need to be odds, for example: in a match PlayerX - vs - PlayerY, the first has a coefficient of 1.3, the second has 1.6, and if you bet 10 points on the first and he wins, then you get 13 points. This is just an example; here, there will be an opportunity for a person who understands betting to show their skills. The bookmaker's profit should also be taken into account.
• Thus, the $50 prize announced by Kostyan will encourage people to contribute their $5 and make bets ( $5 is a very small amount, and I, for example, would calmly buy $10-15 at once).

Pros:

• Betting will become much more interesting.
• There is no need to place bets on every round to avoid being eliminated.
• The strength of the players will be taken into account, and not as it is now - choose the obvious favorite and bet.
• There will be a much greater incentive to buy more credits, because with the current rules, I don't really believe in buying more (for example, in the very first round, I am sure that most people will be eliminated - what is the point for them to buy more now if there are still 8 rounds of complete uncertainty ahead).

Cons (basically only for the organizer):

• More work.
• The need to provide winnings with their own real money.
• Potential match-fixing.

And, of course, you need to play not at 200% speed and in 4 minutes.

P.S. Perhaps later I will introduce a similar system in King of the Hill if I have time.
P.S.2. Of course, you need to understand what you are betting on, and for this, all players must first choose a template, color, and Castle, indicating this on the forum, after which bets are made, and only after that they play.