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Weekly Multi-Round Open exclusions

• Fuzzygazz 1,469 Posts

  Sun, Nov 22 2009 9:11 PM

  "Because the format is similar to the new match play challenges, the rules and restrictions are the same. " Y ou sound like Casey Stengel the great doulble talker, Sad. I ve been playing and paying for a long time. Now I cant? I dont need any pinks balls. Ed is so right. I wish I knew before I swiped  the card. When were ppl gonna get to know. The update the other day was announced on facebook as I was in tournament. I would of bought new balls if I had known they were available. Nice transparency if you still dont know what that means your doing it again. Just like the WHO Hear me See me  lol. Have a great thanksgiving all. Peace  fuzzygazz     tr

• slor 902 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 2:12 AM

  Fuzzygazz:

  Because the format is similar to the new match play challenges, the rules and restrictions are the same. 

  OK - let's take that at face value. Format is similar to match play challenges. 50 players pitting their skills against each other (and their dough). 5000 credits are put up, WGT takes their 10% fee, and we are left with a 4500 prize pool. Wait, it's 2500....

• paulmcm 449 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 2:16 AM

  WGTalex:

   Because the format is similar to the new match play challenges, the rules and restrictions are the same.

  Can you explain why UK players are excluded from multi round tournaments but are allowed to play match play challenges?

• paulmcm 449 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 2:18 AM

  And as for the rakes you are taking 10% on matchplay and even more for multi-round - are you owned by Ebay?

• tibbets 1,043 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 2:35 AM

  It's advertised as a 2 round Stroke Play tournament.  Still waiting to hear how that has anything to do with the Match Play Challenge format.  As of right now there's not even anything posted in the Tournament Rules section to glean any information from.

  I also want to know how anyone is exempt from anything when "WGT Credits do not have monetary value and are not redeemable for money at any time." (Terms and Conditions)  Like I said before, they are like imaginary strips of paper that are literally given away just for playing, and have no value whatsoever.  Gambling laws don't cover Monopoly money.  That's all WGT credits are.

• luigi692 26 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 4:24 AM

  I think the reason why some countries/states have been excluded is that WGT is still looking into the legal side. The difference between a normal weekly tourney and the multiround is that the former is FREE, the latter isn't. Therefore the money you might EARN by participating in a FREE tournament is definetely like Monopoly money (thus no gambling). Viceversa, the entry fee in a premium tournament MAY come from the players credit card and is therefore comparable to casino chips. My feeling is that WGT soon will be removing the ban and also allowing more players to enter the tourney. It is their interst to do so. Right now they are unsure of the terrain they are walking on and are choosing to play it safe.

  And, besides, many countries such as mine were excluded from just about all tourneys until about 3 months ago, and I didn't hear any uproar such as this one from the people who are now complaining about the discrimination.

• Faterson 2,902 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 5:04 AM

  luigi692:

  And, besides, many countries such as mine were excluded from just about all tourneys until about 3 months ago, and I didn't hear any uproar such as this one from the people who are now complaining about the discrimination.

  Right you are. Dealing with discrimination academically, and dealing with it when one is directly affected by it, are two very different cups of tea. We can see something similar today in the debate about minimum match-play wagers. Folks, you may not realize this, but in many countries of the world, 1 US dollar can be a pretty significant amount of money. Imagine if WGT set the minimum wager at 10 dollars per match, or the entry to a tournament at 10 dollars per event. Would you join? Probably not. Yet there are many people around the world for whom 1 US dollar amounts to as much as 10 dollars mean for an American.

• slor 902 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 7:02 AM

  Faterson:

  Yet there are many people around the world for whom 1 US dollar amounts to as much as 10 dollars mean for an American.

  With respect Faterson, people who live in these economies are unlikely to be spending their money on fast broadband, never mind a game.

• naughty1 104 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 7:13 AM

  slor:

  With respect Faterson, people who live in these economies are unlikely to be spending their money on fast broadband, never mind a game.

   

  Sorry, but these countries have internet cafes on almost every corner, and that is where most people conduct there computer business. You will find that almost everyone has a mobile cell, even though they are extremely poor. Almost all internet cafes have fast service internet.  

• Faterson 2,902 Posts

  Mon, Nov 23 2009 7:18 AM

  Not really, Slor. You'd be surprised. The Internet is available everywhere, but the value of the dollar is very different in various parts of the world. We have lots of players from South America on this site, but I understand average salaries in that part of the world, when converted to dollars, are rather low. In my country as well, 1 US dollar isn't something you'd just throw away. The US dollar has lost about 50% of its value over the last 10 years here, but it still isn't a negligible amount. The salaries in this part of Europe are maybe one half, or one third, of those in the US, so a US dollar might actually correspond, in practical value, to what 2 US dollars (or more) mean to an average American.