when sponsor sooner or later leave aoc . aoc becomes dark age again :D.. this game will go on even if sponsor leaves it happen be4 it will happen again!! players will leave but the game will continue. People dont want to see miami heat A and miami heat B in the top spots its clear...others will sure fight for the top spots but with less chance thats the sad part . this is same for 50k tourney or 2k ...
The difference is that Miami is not hosting an NBA tournament where they put up all the money for prizes. If you want to talk **** about how the sponsor spends his money, maybe you should stick 50K where your mouth is.
Seriously, I understand that most of the AOC community is fairly young, and as such doesn't understand simple economics, but get it through your skull people: Let the man (or woman) do what he (or she) wants with his money.
People say that let the sponsor do what he wants but I am not sure just how much he controls... He clearly doesn't play the game competitively so he doesn't make all the rules and maps. Was it really sponsor's call to invite all these players ? I don't know the extent of which sponsor's involvement in TyranT's decisions.
May be he's like king theodan from lord of the rings the two towers with kkab/viper as wormtongue telling him what to do and passing it off as the sponser's decisions and rules. I am just mere speculating now. lol
Because it does seems a little odd that a person who doesn't play AoC competitively and remains in shadows makes all this decisions about clans and tournaments which only someone with big knowledge about game and technicality of running tournaments would be able to make. I do like him a lot.
I think every single person in this community appreciates the donations to tournaments that the sponsor has made, I certainly do and I think it's absolutely amazing. However, the fact that the money has been donated for the tournament and the topic at hand (TyRanT adding new top players) are totally separate.
I think a lot of people here are interpreting the displeasure of so many top players joining the same clan as disrespecting the sponsor and I think that's the wrong way to see it.
I rarely agree with Zero on these forums but he's right on this.
Totally agree with ZE because i'm one of guys who are so grateful for the donator but just so sad to see this
It's so hard to have anything but extreme gratitude for the guys who make these tournies happen. Imagine how many people would play if we had entry fees like a poker tourney. Some guys act like this donation is deserved rather than a privilege, trying to tell someone how to use it.
$50,000 is a great sum of money. Think about how much this amount would change your life. And even if you think "oh well he probably doesn't need it since he can afford to do this so easily" - 50 k still buys a lot of fun things for a wealthy person too. Imagine the beer one could by with this....
The way I see the situation is that the sponsor hosts a large $50k tournament, he also owns and runs a team. They are completely separate entities and just because he donates X amount of money to a tournament doesn't mean that when someone criticizes his team that it's related.
Personally, I dislike the decision to add more top10 players to Tyrant; but that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate what the sponsor does.
The whole "the money keeps the game alive" argument has been used since L_Clan first formed. What happens to AOC inbetween tournaments then if that is the case? Is it just the thought of that there might be another money tournament they people play AOC? How stupid are you Jordan and others? That might be your reason for still playing AOC, but the vast majority of people do not show up back in AOC again only for tournaments. I really do not care if Daut never plays another game of AOC again, or you, or Kkab, or Viper. You are not the ones who kept AOC going for 13 years, and you are not the ones who caused AOC: HD to sell millions of copies. I'm perfectly fine with AOC being devoid of money, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Or.. or.....
"One single individual dont keep AoC alive but if he's doing something for give it more live that is just good for us who will like this game forever."
Do you know this sponsor? Do you actually believe his actions are to keep the game alive?
Or.. or.....