i got bored so i wrote this up on the bnet forums a while back :P
Battle.net Custom Games Shop.
Okay Heres the idea, A NEW UI shop where you buy portriats, Background pictures(New UI),Decals, and in the future Soundtracks to override your in game ones.
FAQ
What do I use to purchase These items?
Well I was thinking everytime you play a Custom game, you get 1,000 Credits win or lose doesnt matter, If you play a game that isnt in the top 10 maps you get 2,000 credits. This would Discourage playing page 1 maps every time and encourage trying new maps. You could also get an extra 250 or 500 credits for writing a review that is over 50 characters long
Are there any other ways to earn?
The campaign Awards 500 + 500 * difficulty easy is just 500 normal is 1000, etc
Quick match awards 1000 + a 500 Win bonus
An Online bonus Every hour you accumulate 500 bonus credits
What can be purchased?
Portraits(WoW portraits could be put here)
Decals(WoW symbols pandarian, or Vyrkul)(and diablo)
Background Pictures, Where that picture of Kerrigan as a ghost is in the new UI, that should be changeable by buying a Picture from the store.
UI Colors, I noticed that all new Ui, is not race specific, but a sleek new awesome blue thin outline, that should be changeable to any color we wish to have.
Mini Games, Future thing not right now, Games like Lost Viking Created by Blizzard of course. Just single player for fun games
Melee Loading Screens - Override the old loading screens in quick match with fun pictures created at blizzard, fan art would also be acceptable.
Name Changes( I would suggest one of the more expensive items meaning if a player plays 250 games he can change his name) Does not affect battle tag
WoW time?( Questionable i know, but this would give something to hardcore blizzard fans)
How Can Blizzard Monetize this?
Sell Credits online Example For 10$ you can buy 100,000 Credits( Would be the amount needed for like 2 portraits.)
Sell Cedits Per game Boost example: for 25$ you can boost your Credits you earn per game from 1000 to 2000.
If you decided to sell WoW time like this, you might actually encourage many who left to Re-join and then they would renew their subscriptions with real money if they didnt feel like playing the probably, 100-200 games needed to get the time.
Benefit for casual players?
Less Competition in wins or losses, because you are still going toward a goal
A prize for playing custom games.
Something that will never end that can be grinded forever
Benefit for mappers?
More players to play our maps
Contructive feedback
A better chance for a player to play our maps over the page 1 list.
Battle.net 2.0 May actually feel fixed for us haha.
Possible Problems/Solutions
Problem: Players may leave games for the credits.
Solution: Players only get credits if Victory conditions or defeat conditions are met, OR a player must stay in game for atleast 10 minutes.
Problem: Players May Join games just for the credits
Solution: So? haha, Thats actually fine, they may join a game and try it and love it.
Problem: If the above Problem was solved by making them wait(which is the better of the 2), then players would have to stay in games they dont like for 10 minutes
Solution: They can still get out of game and write the review to recieve 500 points, So they would still get something. But they would have to write a decent review
that will be a bad idea first at all its not fair you want your favorite unit portrait but you cant reach it because you dont buy so stupid things
the second sc is so good game because everyone can reach what they would call of duty have some OP weapons if you buy them but that dont make the game fun oke the marketplace is just a cosmetic thing but its just unreal and no fun
you see sc is one of the last games without a marketplace thats the reason why sc is to populair and if you need thing for mapping you need to pay ? if that happen i stop with the editor)
and third blizzard have money enough they are the biggest game studio (whatever they host 3 games (and some small one) becuase they can realease there own game games like sims 3 are made by maxis and release by EA, EA is just the money maker for maxis same as HALO 1,2,3 (odst) reach wars (halo 4 and 1 remake not because 343 industry is just from Microsoft) Microsoft dont have make it but bungie microsorft say alone 0''here is your money gl hf'' we will release halo in 2-2-2007 os hurry thats the reason why blizzard say release TBA and soon TM
sort review if there come a marketplace i stop with sc and edited (maybe alone for MA3) and download the torrent for playing the campaign
What i didnt understand a bit of that, not trying to insult you. I will respond to what I understood.
The marketplace idea is not a MONEY marketplace, The suggestion you can buy Credits true, but its not like CoD where you get better weapons, these are all vanity, this is actually very close to how LoL market works :P you can buy credits or earn them through games :P
This would also set up a GREAT premise for the paid map marketplace, maybe you could unlock Paid maps for free by using these credits in the future.
no you didnt :P, I'm not a sell out haha, I said that people paying more money for content created by random poeple is crap... and I still believe that...
oww you mean you can earn credits if you win/lose (common lose a game credit's is more fair) where you can buy portraits
in my opinion that also a bad idea because than you get more game addict people because the want to unlock all the reward stuff and blizzard will post no ending new stuff so they create game addict with that.
sc is not longer based on fun or the be better view but exactly as wow and diablo based on presentations so you will get more cheeses more non seriously players more rushers ect and you get new things like spammers hacking via credit systems phising afk bots than a late game will be precious :(
oo and no problem you never insult my i have just dyslectic so my English is just worst :(
i got bored so i wrote this up on the bnet forums a while back :P
Battle.net Custom Games Shop.
Okay Heres the idea, A NEW UI shop where you buy portriats, Background pictures(New UI),Decals, and in the future Soundtracks to override your in game ones.
FAQ
What do I use to purchase These items?
Well I was thinking everytime you play a Custom game, you get 1,000 Credits win or lose doesnt matter, If you play a game that isnt in the top 10 maps you get 2,000 credits. This would Discourage playing page 1 maps every time and encourage trying new maps. You could also get an extra 250 or 500 credits for writing a review that is over 50 characters long
Are there any other ways to earn?
What can be purchased?
How Can Blizzard Monetize this?
Benefit for casual players?
Benefit for mappers?
Possible Problems/Solutions
Problem: Players may leave games for the credits.
Solution: Players only get credits if Victory conditions or defeat conditions are met, OR a player must stay in game for atleast 10 minutes.
Problem: Players May Join games just for the credits
Solution: So? haha, Thats actually fine, they may join a game and try it and love it.
Problem: If the above Problem was solved by making them wait(which is the better of the 2), then players would have to stay in games they dont like for 10 minutes
Solution: They can still get out of game and write the review to recieve 500 points, So they would still get something. But they would have to write a decent review
that will be a bad idea first at all its not fair you want your favorite unit portrait but you cant reach it because you dont buy so stupid things
the second sc is so good game because everyone can reach what they would call of duty have some OP weapons if you buy them but that dont make the game fun oke the marketplace is just a cosmetic thing but its just unreal and no fun
you see sc is one of the last games without a marketplace thats the reason why sc is to populair and if you need thing for mapping you need to pay ? if that happen i stop with the editor)
and third blizzard have money enough they are the biggest game studio (whatever they host 3 games (and some small one) becuase they can realease there own game games like sims 3 are made by maxis and release by EA, EA is just the money maker for maxis same as HALO 1,2,3 (odst) reach wars (halo 4 and 1 remake not because 343 industry is just from Microsoft) Microsoft dont have make it but bungie microsorft say alone 0''here is your money gl hf'' we will release halo in 2-2-2007 os hurry thats the reason why blizzard say release TBA and soon TM
sort review if there come a marketplace i stop with sc and edited (maybe alone for MA3) and download the torrent for playing the campaign
@rikky333: Go
What i didnt understand a bit of that, not trying to insult you. I will respond to what I understood.
The marketplace idea is not a MONEY marketplace, The suggestion you can buy Credits true, but its not like CoD where you get better weapons, these are all vanity, this is actually very close to how LoL market works :P you can buy credits or earn them through games :P
This would also set up a GREAT premise for the paid map marketplace, maybe you could unlock Paid maps for free by using these credits in the future.
You're such a sellout, Tainted. I had respect for you too.
@Triceron: Go
no you didnt :P, I'm not a sell out haha, I said that people paying more money for content created by random poeple is crap... and I still believe that...
This is not MONEY....
oww you mean you can earn credits if you win/lose (common lose a game credit's is more fair) where you can buy portraits
in my opinion that also a bad idea because than you get more game addict people because the want to unlock all the reward stuff and blizzard will post no ending new stuff so they create game addict with that.
sc is not longer based on fun or the be better view but exactly as wow and diablo based on presentations so you will get more cheeses more non seriously players more rushers ect and you get new things like spammers hacking via credit systems phising afk bots than a late game will be precious :(
oo and no problem you never insult my i have just dyslectic so my English is just worst :(
oh wtf is this bullshit.
so you are against mappers getting money but support blizzard getting money from gimicky things that would support spamming, botting, afk:ing....
just NO! from me.
and I dont really see any benefit to anyone other than blizzard even if they were to implement this.