Natural8.com CONTEST - $5,000 up for grabs for creative tournament ideas! No poker playing required!

Hi Jack

Originally posted by Natural8Rep
We are leaving it entirely up to you to be as creative as possible.

My fantasy might be too wild, so I have to ask a few questions.

1. Should the ideas be for scheduled tournaments (MTTs) only, or do SNG ideas qualify for the contest too?

2. Must the proposed tournament be implementable on N8's software immediately (in early December), or is GGNet also accepting suggestions into the contest that would require slight upgrades to the software that could possibly take over a month to implement? The graphics for those features that I have in mind are similar to those that already exist in GG's poker interface, so adding them to MTTs would take much less time than designing new features from scratch, but knowing how hard it is to write properly working gambling software, it might still take considerable time.

3. Will it be required to sign legal papers like an NDA and/or a transfer of copyright to be eligible for the prize if the idea is too sensitive commercially? (Rest assured that I am going to keep silence about my ideas regardless, and also, as I have mentioned, they rely on certain exclusive features of GG's software and would be harder for competitors to implement on their platforms anyway.) If so, will it be possible to sign the paperwork remotely?

4. Will the recipients of the $5K prize be required to generate rake to be allowed to withdraw it? If so, how much rake?

Many thanks
Tony

Hello Tony

1) . There is no SNG on Natural8.com, so only scheduled MTTs.

2) . All suggestions are welcomed, for point 2.

3) . I dont believe you will be required to sign any papers.

4) . I dont believe this is the case as well

Thanks for the prompt answers

Originally posted by Natural8Rep
1) . There is no SNG on Natural8.com, so only scheduled MTTs.

Technically, Fortune Spin is an SNG. I rather meant improvements to Fortune Spin or possibly the creation of another SNG format (after testing it as a scheduled MTT first). But generally, I agree that there are currently not enough players on the network to support another SNG format, and even in Fortune Spin, there is a shortage of opponents at some stake(s) at some hours, as far as I have observed during more than 1 year of the existence of my N8 account. So, sadly, the current focus on MTTs looks justified, as it is easier to find and retain people who will buy in 1-4 times an hour than those who are ready to buy in continuously.

Gotcha, good spot