Playing for money

I'm hoping to start holding video game tournaments with cash prizes.

If there was a video game center that held 5v5 tournaments for prize money, would u participate... lets say it was $20 to enter and first place team gets $600?

Would u be able to get 5 people together to attend the tournament?

My biggest doubt is that enough people will actually come out to participate. As a "hardcore" gamer myself, there is nothing as appealing as earning money playing video games. I love to compete, but there is no good venue for me to play for cash. I want some feedback from other gamers to see if it is worth running tournaments.

The location for the tournaments would most likely be the boston area, but feel free to reply with feedback no matter where you live

Thank you

I deff would. Though Boston is mad far! xD

That would be very interesting especially if you offered team/solo games such as SSB:B or other games. Though(i am not 100% sure) but I think you may need a license but again I am not sure I remember reading somewhere since you are using their games for profit. Though I can not go since it is a great trek.

"hardcore" gamer

eliteking

keep gaming and gambling seperate !! just play against your friends if you think gaming for cash adds to the excitment !..Advertising on GAMESPOTthat youwant gamers to play for cash is'nt one of the best decisions you've made today !

Digital Overload offers prizes and stuff. Though, theirs might be in the form of drawings.

Anyway, make an entry fee and then you split the winnings. 50% for the house and 50% for the first place. A lot of tourneys are like that.

Personally, there aren't any games that I've played to the degree where I could compete with others. I prefer solo games. Honestly, I don't know how big of a market there would be, though I imagine there would be some interest.muthsera666

I think your best bet would be to try to get a bunch of your friends together, maybe even friends of friends, and all throw in ( lets say 10 a piece) and play for that, then maybe more people would get interested in doing so that way you avoid having a set prize and then not enough people show up to pay for that amount of money, and see where it goes from there.

keep gaming and gambling seperate !! just play against your friends if you think gaming for cash adds to the excitment !..Advertising on GAMESPOTthat youwant gamers to play for cash is'nt one of the best decisions you've made today !

DecadesOfGaming

oohh somebody feels like **** today haha

ya i think that would be pretty sweet i know gamestop did that type of thing across the country with street fighter 4 like a couple weeks ago

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keep gaming and gambling seperate !! just play against your friends if you think gaming for cash adds to the excitment !..Advertising on GAMESPOTthat youwant gamers to play for cash is'nt one of the best decisions you've made today !

TheGameCritic

oohh somebody feels like **** today haha

ya i think that would be pretty sweet i know gamestop did that type of thing across the country with street fighter 4 like a couple weeks ago

intersting conclusion... wrong, but interesting.. lol:P