While I strongly dislike the increasing cuts to Legacy at SCG events... the current two-day structure came of necessity. Maybe it's different for players, but toward the end of the one-day Open period (when it was really "Standard Open swiss rounds on Saturday, maybe quarterfinals too, rest of it Sunday morning") it was just destroying staff. I've done eleven rounds of swiss in a single day. I hope never to do that again.
Though I'm about to move to the west coast, so maybe I'll just never get to judge an Open again.
Well, they listened to at least a part of the feedback.... Store credit in the form of gift cards can be taken instead of selecting from the prize wall.
http://www.starcitygames.com/article...ouncement.html
Last edited by Negator77'; 12-10-2015 at 07:56 AM.
Please note: Store credit can be selected as an option from the Prize Wall. The cool thing is that we're giving the Store Credit in the form of Gift Cards, and we've added the technology to our sales booth to be able to take SCG Gift Cards (physical ones) as payment.
Pulling a random number out of a hat, but let's say you end up with $60 in Store Credit on your gift card. You can spend $30 at the booth that day, take the card home, put the code, and transfer the remaining $30 in credit to your online account! This way, if we don't have exactly what you want at the booth, you'll be able to take that credit and spend it on our website at a time of your choosing.
- Ben
This is great news, and makes these worth actually playing. They screwed up before, and credit (if not cash) should have been an option for any tournament this size, but far better to have listened than not.
Additionally, I certainly don't want SCG running non-viable Legacy events, losing money, and further withdrawing support, so, I think we'll benefit from hedged investment where lower attendance puts them out credit (where their cost is obviously lower on singles) instead of losing cash.
Do we know the conversion rates yet?
It's 100 tix for $25. Means top8 equal to $450 credit
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
I have to give SCG credit as this is still a pretty generous payment, but it should be noted that $5k cash is equivalent to $6250 credit in a more liquid form (since you straight up have the option of taking credit at a 25% premium). That being said, despite the lower payout, this is still an excellent reason to play in the Classics if SCG ever swings by your local area. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for their Opens or Invitationals: I would not even wake up to watch one from my computer, let alone take a trip to the local convention center or travel for one.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)