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Wildefire
General Goods Vendor
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: USA |
| RYL: Play Risk Your Life and (no longer) Win A Million Dolla |
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Well, the rumors had been going around for some months but this weekend, <i>Risk Your Life</i> publisher Planetwide Games officially announced cancellation of their widely-reported One Million Dollar tournament. The <a href="http://beta.ryl.net/forum_viewtopic.php?11.6108" target="_blank">official statement</a> cites widespread cheating as the reason the contest was called off.
<br><blockquote><em>It is with regret that we announce the cancellation of the “RYL: Path of the Emperor” $1,000,000 skill-based tournament.
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<br>Over these past few months, we have spent considerable time and effort trying to develop failsafes that would negate the cheating that originally lead to the tournament’s suspension.
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<br>Unfortunately, the game developer has been unable to correct these technical issues in a way that we feel is foolproof.
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<br>As a result, the company cannot assure the fairness and equity of the tournament.
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<br>We’d like to thank the “RYL: Path of the Emperor” community for their support and understanding through this matter. This is a great community, and we hope you will continue to enjoy the game.
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<br>Best regards.
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<br>The RYL Team</em></blockquote> |
Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:49 pm |
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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
I don't know the background behind this but doesn't it sound like "attract buyers by promoting $1M, then sneak off without paying out"?
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:50 pm |
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Wildefire
General Goods Vendor
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Dhruin
I don't know the background behind this but doesn't it sound like "attract buyers by promoting $1M, then sneak off without paying out"?
Cheating definitely played a part in the decision (there are plenty of horror stories about the tournament's early days around the web), but I'm betting there are other factors as well. For one thing, I don't believe their subscriber numbers are what they'd hoped for, and million-dollar giveaways are generally frowned upon when a company's attempting to undergo a merger. Ideally they'd have $1m earmarked just for the contest at announcement time (hey it could even gain interest for them while the contest was underway!), but I doubt that's how these things ever work.
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:03 pm |
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Anne Druyan
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I am with the "They do not have anywhere near a million US in disposable income" group.
Not saying that I am connected to millions of people but I know of zero people subscribed to this game. |
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:09 am |
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Test
Head Merchant
Joined: 04 Sep 2004
Posts: 67
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Considering how bad the game is, the thing was probably a scam the whole time, and the cheating gave them an easy way out.
Hell they might have even planted the cheaters to throw the contest. |
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:32 pm |
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XVampireX
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 100
Location: Beneath Heaven, But Above Earth. |
.... Or they were one of the cheaters 
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