Crossfire will launch the Crossfire Appeal in the coming days in a bid to raise 5,000 Euros to send a European ET team to Quakecon.
There are many logistical challenges involved in this plan, AND there is no guarantee of success, however who knows?
The Idea
On an average day, Crossfire has 10,000 Unique visitors - If every user gave 1 Euro we'd receive 10,000 euros and send two teams to Quakecon. Ok lets be realistic, that ain't gonna happen, but if every other user gave 1 Euro then maybe we'll get enough to fund a team and send it there, in addition we'll advertise this to high heavens around the web and hope to hit on internet browsing generosity.
The fund raiser will then see the users of the site select the team and Crossfire then send them to Dallas either via vote or tournament.
The Problems
Sending money - How do you send money over the internet without losing some? If you sent Crossfire 1 Euro over Paypal, Paypal would quite happily take 23 cents of that away. Thus meaning we would be required to raise 6,000 Euros!
Other options that don't take so much commission are those like MoneyBrokers.com which would be fantastic IF they did not use a verification system that required you looking at a transaction on your account for a figure. The amount of effort required to do that will deter so many people.
There will be a small print for the details of the challenge that outlines every eventuality and liabilities, we understand that and we understand the need to be professional regarding the idea.
However the first part of this plan is to request information and knowledge on how best we can run this Appeal without seeing users donations stripped by Paypals commission or by seeing users enthusiasm stripped by verification actions.
Stipulations
This thread has a 12 hour lifespan until we go ahead with Paypal.
Anyone wishing to be considered for this and any subsequent qualification tournaments should start thinking about teams and players NOW (this is not guaranteed as a method of selection but might be used).
Anyone with any reservations about why should we do this for just one major event should take note of the following, Crossfire has delayed the announcement of another major event briefly, so it will be worth your while.
Players wishing to attend should contact their nearest consulate or embassy immediatly regarding a VISA
The Crossfire Appeal
Crossfire will launch the Crossfire Appeal in the coming days in a bid to raise 5,000 Euros to send a European ET team to Quakecon.
There are many logistical challenges involved in this plan, AND there is no guarantee of success, however who knows?
The Idea
On an average day, Crossfire has 10,000 Unique visitors - If every user gave 1 Euro we'd receive 10,000 euros and send two teams to Quakecon. Ok lets be realistic, that ain't gonna happen, but if every other user gave 1 Euro then maybe we'll get enough to fund a team and send it there, in addition we'll advertise this to high heavens around the web and hope to hit on internet browsing generosity.
The fund raiser will then see the users of the site select the team and Crossfire then send them to Dallas either via vote or tournament.
The Problems
Sending money - How do you send money over the internet without losing some? If you sent Crossfire 1 Euro over Paypal, Paypal would quite happily take 23 cents of that away. Thus meaning we would be required to raise 6,000 Euros!
Other options that don't take so much commission are those like MoneyBrokers.com which would be fantastic IF they did not use a verification system that required you looking at a transaction on your account for a figure. The amount of effort required to do that will deter so many people.
There will be a small print for the details of the challenge that outlines every eventuality and liabilities, we understand that and we understand the need to be professional regarding the idea.
However the first part of this plan is to request information and knowledge on how best we can run this Appeal without seeing users donations stripped by Paypals commission or by seeing users enthusiasm stripped by verification actions.
Stipulations
This thread has a 12 hour lifespan until we go ahead with Paypal.
Anyone wishing to be considered for this and any subsequent qualification tournaments should start thinking about teams and players NOW (this is not guaranteed as a method of selection but might be used).
Anyone with any reservations about why should we do this for just one major event should take note of the following, Crossfire has delayed the announcement of another major event briefly, so it will be worth your while.
Players wishing to attend should contact their nearest consulate or embassy immediatly regarding a VISA