Path of Exile: Conquerors of the Atlas - Awakener Kill Event

So Zizaran is actually forking over $30k of his own money? Why? And why would GGG not cover the bill?

I hope they do highlights videos on YouTube every day, similar to GFL daily recaps.

I don't understand all the hate, they are trying to create an e-sports like atmosphere for an ARPG - this is a space that literally doesn't exist. For those who say its for "no lifers" or only .5% of the community... well thats what e-sports is!!!! I mean, I commend them for doing this. I'm super excited about the event, even though I'm terrible I always play HC because I enjoy the challenge.

and let's face it.. when e-sports first started coming out, everyone called those people trying to go professional "no lifers" this is the same thing - different package, ARPG vs MOBA.

I love this direction, seems fun! so many RIPSS

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MrWonderful99 wrote:

So Zizaran is actually forking over $30k of his own money? Why? And why would GGG not cover the bill?

Sounds like it was Ziz's idea and GGG agreed to help, not the other way around. I doubt GGG is interested in getting into cash rewards for playing the game unless they decided to take a hard e-sports angle to racing or something.

I wish they would make it so they kept track of playtime on the character and have the ladder being based on that instead of actual time.

That way, people with a job / a life could actually get a shot at this.

Time to start with HC SSF

Meh. Try opening your events to all like before mayhem and turmoil events. Not just hc ssf hosted by streamers.

NO THANKS.

It'll be amazing!

it only ssf hardcore right? ... they didnt really say SFFHARDCORE sojust want to make sure

While reading i was excited i must say. I thought.. finally ! I thought maybe i can find some time and participate, check my skills (i would probably fail, but still would try)..
..but than i got to the end of the announcement, read it twice to be sure and i will just say it - its the worse pr fk up you made ever - literally from my perspective.

It is something harder than uber elder i suppose, so that leaves 95% of community out. Its hc which probably exceeds the capability of 99% of the community. Its ssf on top ... There are probably less than 1000 players that will even attend this for real. I would be really surprised if 250 even succeed and its during x-mas on top. So extreme difficulty, worst time (high social cost) and here it is :

we will randomly select twenty

I honestly don't understand why you couldn't make a special aura effect just for that event (you spew micros day to day, shouldnt be hard) that just glows with for example that pure red from the picture for a moment as a reward to every and each player that managed to do it. Best in a nova explosion when they enter a map or town so they can bath in the glory of being badass PoE players. Top 15 would get different colour and top 50 a different as well.

You get a trophy and cosmetic for some challenges like use a chaos and transmute during 3 month league yet for something 100 times more difficult and demanding far higher dedication you can end with absolutely nothing..

What a joke.. Those are pixels ffs.. 1150$ worth of pixels hurr dur..