Hey gamers.
We're finalizing our event schedule for this year and I'm hoping to get some feedback from the community on a few things. Most of the event schedule will look very similar to previous events, but there will be some new ones sprinkled in as well, including some CS:GO stuff. We're also going to have a complete 36 hour schedule this year, so you'll have to plan your sleep around your favorite events or schedule some naps :P
What we need help with is generating ideas for donation incentives/bid wars for some additional/optional content. AGDQ was one inspiration for this event and they have had massive success using donation incentives and bid wars for certain events. If anyone is unfamiliar with the process basically people would donate towards a "bonus" speedrun in addition to their normal event schedule. I believe during the most recent SGDQ every single one of the donation incentives were met. I think it's a great way to drive donations aside from just raffle entries and also adds another level of viewer involvement.
We are looking at implementing something similar into Tip of the Hats. During our first events we thought it would be too complicated and probably unnecessary. We're now setup using a donation tracker identical to AGDQ, programmed by the same person, smk. I think if we have the capability it'd be a shame to let it go to waste because I think it adds a really cool element to the event.
What we need now are proposals for incentives that can work with our TF2 events. This is basically a brainstorming session so I'll look at all the ideas. Incentives that can be tacked on to our existing content are needed most, but we might end up having 2 or 3 hours filled with content determined by donations.
As I said before, our existing content is the stuff you're all familiar with. I will list all of our confirmed events:
6v6 and Highlander NA vs EU
1v1 MGE
Ultiduo
BBall
Surf
Jump
Uncrating
Dota Fortress
Several Pub events(lots of flexibility here)
A new addition this year since we have time to work it in during our overnight section will be 1 map of MvM.
Also, with our onsite production we could use some more ideas that will work nicely on camera involving players/hosts/staff.
Again no idea is a bad idea, but examples are we would have a donation incentive to turn one of our pub sessions into: Saxton Hale, RTD, Randomizer, Prophunt, dodgeball, or PASStime(thoughts on PASStime in general?).
Another example is 2v2 MGE since we currently are not planning on including it our set schedule, but it would work well as a Donation incentive I think.
Anyways thanks in advance for any ideas regarding donation/bid war incentives. I'm also open to feedback regarding events to include/cut.
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