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I think there is a huge demand for 20 cents tournaments where one can win BBO-points. In these tournaments, there are no money prices to win, so 20 cents should be enough to cover the costs.
I come to this conclusion, because most players are not playing for winning a few dollars. Serious players like to win BBO-points to improve their ranking, like in any other sport. And last but not least, 1 dollar is a lot of money for a lot of people playing in BBO.
Any supporters for this idea ????
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Posted 2006-August-13, 05:01
Except that most other sports/games have a skill-based, rather than a participation-based ranking...
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Posted 2006-August-13, 06:59
These 20 cents tournaments might be worth to try out.
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Posted 2006-August-13, 09:05
Homebase ran 50 cent tournaments for the entire month of June, where not only you could win BBO points, but you could also get the hands you played mailed to you, find them on the web in one easy to read page or use BRidgeBRowser for free to review and replay the hands and what happened at the other tables.
A couple of issues. First, on quite a few of these we lost money. I wil not go into the reasons why, but there are a variety of fees that are required. Second, there was an actual decrease in the number of people playing when we charged 50 cents rather than a dollar. That was hard to understand.
So while iI agree with the principle aht charging lsee is a reasonable approach. The users did not support the lower cost events, and there is a lot less incentive to run them.
A couple of issues. First, on quite a few of these we lost money. I wil not go into the reasons why, but there are a variety of fees that are required. Second, there was an actual decrease in the number of people playing when we charged 50 cents rather than a dollar. That was hard to understand.
So while iI agree with the principle aht charging lsee is a reasonable approach. The users did not support the lower cost events, and there is a lot less incentive to run them.
--Ben--
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