Competition Opinions:

Wasn't satisfied.

Stop promoting (essentially) free advertising through your loophole of these 'competitions'.

Final serious note, I wouldn't consider the generation of a random number and winning these events in any way to be 'competitive'.

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inb4everyboosterparticipates

 

i think lottery is fine, but it should be only available to persons who where registered for like 2-3 months? i could easily tell me friends to register and they could win it by just posting there and waiting... kinda unfair to people who really use sythe

 

but those loopholes are the guys paying for the prizes?

 

This is essentially a good statement. I think the players should at least be a couple of months old. Also, if you're wanting to hold a tourney, (a real LoL sponsored one), the winning team would all earn the triumphant Ryze skin and a certain amount of RP. You can apply here: http://prized.na.leagueoflegends.com/competitive/prized/submit

 

don't think we could meet the reqs for it legally imo

 

As a community we could. Sythe might not have as many users active (non-lurkers) as it used to, but it's still got a pretty decent amount nonetheless. If we had around 40 people willing to hop in and chip in around $5 each, we could easily have an 8 team tournament.

 

from just 1 region? that's like 40 persons to play . Even the giveaway had like 40's entrys with people all around the world and it was a giveaway...

 

Yeah, that's the tricky part. But we could easily make it if we were to post on the forums and ask users to sign up for a fee. I know plenty of people that would want to play. This would negate the lottery factor but still include the Sythe factor. Who knows? You could even make a Sythe YouTube and Twitch channel to broadcast the event. That would lead to views and eventually Sythe returning to its former glory.

Of course it goes without saying that you would have to prohibit LoL account trading, as it's not allowed in the League of Legends terms of service.

 

It's not called a sponsorship for nothing

 

Regarding the server situation, entrants to a in-game tourney could be supplied with a newly made account on a neutral server so that everyone has an equal platform to play on.