$100,000 Prize, Could Be Better Spent?

When I first saw this prize that was up for grabs, I thought it ridiculous, surely Arenanet doesn't have to resort to this to keep players interested. Not only this, but truly a very small amount of people are going to participate and receive any kind of award from this.

Do you think this money is better invested in developing more content for the game, or perhaps Chapter 2? I for one would 100% prefer this.

They need some kind of reward for being the BEST PVP PLAYERS IN THE WORLD!

My guess is that 100,000 bucks didn't come out from their own coffers, but are actually sponsered by ATi and other hardware companies, just so the winning team can endorse their hardware products as being the key to their l33t performance (whatever)

But yes, 100,000 can sure hire a few more Gaile Gray's. More in game moderation will be GREAT.

I think A-net believes 100k is chump change .

Money doesn't determine how good content is for the game. It's the team and the workers on how much work they actually put into it; this team is A-net.

I would think, some like super armor and weapon set (1 of a Kind) would be a great prize and it is useable on all chars/class's on your account.

They don't have to give 100k when they could use that money for chap 2.

I think it is well spent and is a much larger reward than other game competitions.

Content for game is in the works months if not years ahead of time. 100k is just a drop in the bucket for game development.

You need to do this sort of incentive to spark really competitive gaming.

"I would think, some like super armor and weapon set (1 of a Kind) would be a great prize and it is useable on all chars/class's on your account. " HAHAHA

100,000 to arena isnt jack.. i thought it was a good idea keeps pvp very interesting and i dont even pvp. but ive been watching it and paying attention to it alot more now..For me its like a sporting even rooting for the home team and whoever wins it will be in gaming mags all over the world,,now that would be sweet!!!!

Some people make their living winning comps like this. Like other people have said, 100k is chicken feed when it comes to game dev.

You could get famous going to the championships. If you make a spectacular action at the competition, your name will be rung everywhere... What a feeling that would be.
100k along with the fame I think is just right

Hang on!
This topic brings up another arguement!
Why do PvP players get to have a chance to get $100k but not PvE players?
*ahem*
I'll save that for the next thread.

I realise that it isn't a great deal of money in today's gaming industry, I just think it could be better spent elsewhere, such as hiring people to keep us better informed of progessing developments. I really dislike the lack of information that we receive, especially on the front page of the website. Or perhaps buying some more bandwidth to stop the lag which is blighting servers recently.

Very much agreed with the above post about the lack of something for PvE players, maybe some kind of random "Golden Ticket" could be introduced, it could drop anywhere at any time from anything, which would grant you a cash reward or something.

Since the game has an ecomeny its is important to with hold some information due to the econemy.

If they told you about changes it could affect the ecomeny before it should.

Bear in mind it's a business venture as well, the company benefits from advertising, further exposure of the game etc. I think it's being televised? So probably additional revenue from advertising and so forth.

well considering you have to travel to take part in the final, once that money has been split between 8 of you, and expenses have been removed, its not gonna be *that* impressive (although still an amount I would kill for)

Why is that? Why do you deserve a reward for being the best? Are you that insecure? It's a video game, and being the best at a video game only means your the biggest nerd of them all.

Something as simple as "Things to come this month" would be great, just to know what they are working on, though I realise it's going to be mostly Chapter 2 now.

Also, they havn't been keeping up with the usual articles, such as Guild of the Week and Fansite Friday, answering the hottest questions buzzing around the community.

plus it's not like it's going to one person it's split.

I think it's a great idea and will help to get guildwars more media attention so that everyone can wee the beauty.

Hahaha. You people crack me up. I can see that some people are a bit jealous just because they have no shot at the 100,000 prize. I sure don't have a chance at it but I don't churn out sour grapes because of it.

Jealous much?

Considering I know people that play games at Gaming Bars and make $200-500 per weekend just for "playing a video game" you can call me a nerd all day.

I'll be taking that to the bank.