Post by Blauze on Apr 25, 2014 20:36:54 GMT
Hi everyone,
I was thinking about this when Broughy mentioned he was going to make a tournament. Everyone knows you can bet a few hundred GTA Dollars on a driver while taking part in a race, but how about betting more money right here, without actually driving ? Would that be appealing to you guys ?
I don't know how the actual tournament will be, if it's going to be all 1v1 simple elimination or something more like the soccer World Cup, or even something with multiple contestants per race, but here's how I think the bets could go.
(This is an example with completely random data)
Let's say there are 4 drivers in a race : Broughy, Ikayos, Austrianator and rdt33. A few other players placed their bets, and before the race begins :
*$150 000 are placed on Broughy
*$80 000 are placed on Ikayos
*$80 000 are placed on Austrianator
*$115 000 are placed on rdt33.
--> Total pot : $425 000
One player decides to bet $20 000 on Ikayos. this is 25% of the total bets placed on him (25% of $80 000). And he ends up winning the race, which means everyone who bet on Ikayos will receive money placed on his opponents. Since that lucky player placed 25% of total bets on this racer, he will receive 25% of the total pot, $106250. And the other people who bet on him will also be rewarded according to their own percentage. If only two people bet on Ikayos in this example, then the other person who chose to bet $60 000 will receive $318750, 75% of the total pot.
In another example : If three people decide to bet 40%, 10% and 50% of rdt33's total bets, and rdt33 ends up winning the race, those three will get $170000, $42500 and $212500, respectively.
Of course, those who bet on the wrong driver lose their money.
There may be issues with this system but I couldn't find any. Also, I'm not sure money can even be shared ingame, I know it didn't work last time I checked, but it may have been fixed since then. Anyway, if people want to bet, we can always find a way, even if it's only for "points" on this forum.
I was thinking about this when Broughy mentioned he was going to make a tournament. Everyone knows you can bet a few hundred GTA Dollars on a driver while taking part in a race, but how about betting more money right here, without actually driving ? Would that be appealing to you guys ?
I don't know how the actual tournament will be, if it's going to be all 1v1 simple elimination or something more like the soccer World Cup, or even something with multiple contestants per race, but here's how I think the bets could go.
(This is an example with completely random data)
Let's say there are 4 drivers in a race : Broughy, Ikayos, Austrianator and rdt33. A few other players placed their bets, and before the race begins :
*$150 000 are placed on Broughy
*$80 000 are placed on Ikayos
*$80 000 are placed on Austrianator
*$115 000 are placed on rdt33.
--> Total pot : $425 000
One player decides to bet $20 000 on Ikayos. this is 25% of the total bets placed on him (25% of $80 000). And he ends up winning the race, which means everyone who bet on Ikayos will receive money placed on his opponents. Since that lucky player placed 25% of total bets on this racer, he will receive 25% of the total pot, $106250. And the other people who bet on him will also be rewarded according to their own percentage. If only two people bet on Ikayos in this example, then the other person who chose to bet $60 000 will receive $318750, 75% of the total pot.
In another example : If three people decide to bet 40%, 10% and 50% of rdt33's total bets, and rdt33 ends up winning the race, those three will get $170000, $42500 and $212500, respectively.
Of course, those who bet on the wrong driver lose their money.
There may be issues with this system but I couldn't find any. Also, I'm not sure money can even be shared ingame, I know it didn't work last time I checked, but it may have been fixed since then. Anyway, if people want to bet, we can always find a way, even if it's only for "points" on this forum.
I'm pretty sure you can't share money on GTA, but points would be alright too. But how do you get points? Would it be something like getting, as an example 100.000 betting points every turnament. Or you have to do something to get points? Or a third thing? I'm liking your idea 
