It provides the buyer with digital fripperies and trinkets, amps up the rewards if they stick with the game and invest time, and chucks some of the profits into the esports prize pot instead of pocketing the whole thing.
At first glance this War Chest seems pretty similar to every other esports funding drive/cash grab/shopping spree out there, especially since the Dota 2 compendium first raked in millions of dollars for Valve. And applause for the use of a blue colour palette on a sad song.ĥa. Also I am sad that fewer music videos seem to be set at night by the side of someone's pool.ģ. Westlife wore some really shiny suits back in the day.Ģ.
The first $200K will be added to the $500K BlizzCon 2017 prize pool, with any surplus contributing to StarCraft II event production."ġ. "25% of all War Chest purchases go directly to StarCraft II esports. Your initial purchase also grants awesome rewards in other Blizzard titles." Additional skins are divided into three phases, and can be unlocked by playing Multiplayer or Co-op matches during or after the corresponding phase, until by the end of the challenge you have a full set. "Each War Chest begins with a single unit skin and an exclusive portrait. "War Chest: BlizzCon 2017 introduces more than 70 new items (spread across three phases), including sprays, emoticons, exclusive portraits, and StarCraft II’s first army-wide skins, all for a steeply discounted price. I'll put their blurb below but in laygamers' terms it's a multi-stage digital loot box to incentivise people a) buying one and then b) playing more Starcraft II as well as c) also supporting the Starcraft II esports stuff at Blizzcon 2017: While I wait for top scientists to develop an answer to our shared problem, Starcraft II is smooshing its esports carrot against fans' mouths/wallets in the form of a War Chest. If you know what makes a girl want to love you the way I doĮsports, you gotta let me know so I can get over you. Smile when you're around and cry when you're apart Tell me what makes an girl want to give you her credit card As Westlife once sang in their famous song about esports and their associated cash drives:
0 kommentar(er)
