Re: Would you play online games for real $$$?
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No. I don't think 'real' competitive gaming will ever really hit the mainstream. It's too skill based, like chess. It's also too susceptable to cheating, like chess. Not good for spectators since the result is largely decided beforehand and not good for competitors unless they're at the absolute top, again like chess.
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Perhaps like chess, it could work if players were assigned ratings and competitions were divided into categories by rating, with higher categories awarding larger prizes to discourage intentional rating-dumping. Not that chess is huge or anything but at least the system is workable.
Dunno how to deal with the cheating though.
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