| StarcraftChicago United States. February 12 2012 15:46. Posts 51 | Profile # |
Lantastic Gaming's Windy City Series SteelSeries Classic
(2nd of 6 events in series)
Saturday Feb 18, 2012
Starcraft II 1v1 Division
Venue Location:
Game Pazzo
2011 63rd Street
Downers Grove, IL. 60516
Prize Payouts Starcraft II
1st Place - $500
2nd Place - $300
3rd Place - $200
All Starcraft II Prizes are Guaranteed
Tournament & Registration Information
Registration: 9am CST
Warm Ups: 10:30 CST
Bracket Play Starts: 11am CST
**ALL PAYOUTS ARE SAME DAY PAYOUTS**
Entry Fees: $50 per person at the door or $30 online
Register at http://www.lantasticgaming.net/windycity/
Event sponsored by umadgear.com, SteelSeries.com, and Kyvon.comLast edit: 2012-02-20 12:23:37 |
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| Lantastic Gaming United States. February 12 2012 23:14. Posts 2 | Profile # |
Just wanted to add that we're all looking forward to seeing some great starcraft competition in Downers Grove, IL (Chicago Sub) this upcoming weekend.
4 more events in the series after this weekend w/ a national championship on September 22, 2012 in the same location where the top 10 Starcraft II players from each conference will battle it out for a national title and a $25,000 cash prize!
Information about who we are and what we do can be found at: http://www.lantasticgaming.net
Any questions, feel free to post em here and we'll do our best to answer.
Thanks! |
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| LadiesMan United States. February 20 2012 10:25. Posts 5 | Profile # |
| I just wanted everyone to know that no prize money was paid out by Lantastic Gaming. I also wanted the community to know that I have filed a law suit to shut this company down. There is no place for people like this in the starcraft community. The $1,000 prize money means nothing to me. I was not even in the tourney. I was there to support my little 18 year old cousin who was excited about the starcraft community growing in Chicago. I am a 29 year old man that will stand up to vultures that try to take advantage of 18-23 year old kids by offering prize money and not paying out. I am willing to spend any amount of money and time to make sure Lantastic Gaming and the Owner Ryan aka Slider gets whats coming to them. I am interested in growing the community not ruining it. It will take a few months to resolve this matter but I will keep the community posted. |
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| Silvare February 20 2012 19:45. Posts 158 | Profile # |
Thanks man - I heard about what you did yesterday from Hubert, who was stuck there all day waiting for his guaranteed prize money. It definitely sounded like a crappy day.
Lantastic, don't "guarantee" a $1000 prize and have such nonexistent promotion/organization that 3 total players show up for a $1000 tournament. |
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| NMxhendralisk Zimbabwe. February 20 2012 20:52. Posts 671 | Profile # |
| Wow that's terrible. Wonder how this situation will turn out.. weird to see no replies at all to a 1000$ prize pool tourny |
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| Silvare February 20 2012 21:19. Posts 158 | Profile # |
Copy/pasted from the Reddit thread:
http://www.lantasticgaming.net/windycity/
To summarize: This weekend, "Lantastic gaming" held a $1000 SC2 tournament at Game Pazzo in Downers Grove, IL, charging $50 for entry. Long story short, 3 players showed up as a result of poor advertising and a fishy-looking site. Lantastic tried to cancel then and there, and never paid the players who showed up for the "guaranteed" prize. Players waited all day, starting at 9am, for the "investors" to appear with their money. The whole day and everything the players were told seemed very sketchy. The cousin of one of the players who was present and stepped up for the players at the event is taking legal action.
I'm wondering who else has attended Lantastic tournaments, as they hold them all over the country, and what experiences and details you know. I've heard this isn't the first time they've split with player prize money, and there's rumor of an attempted stolen headset this weekend.
Tournament organizers: Please don't pull stuff like this. Don't waste players' time and money. Be honest and have some integrity.
Edit: Wow, less than an hour from when I put this post up, Lantastic removed all mention of the SC2 tournament from the page. Nothing ever happened!
Lantastic, since you're obviously listening and trying to cover your tracks, please release an official statement regarding your actions this weekend. |
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| Lantastic Gaming United States. February 21 2012 02:29. Posts 2 | Profile # |
The official statement from Lantastic Gaming regarding this incident: http://www.lantasticgaming.net/statement.htm
Short:
- The 3 players that paid have been promptly refunded
- The 3 players that paid will receive a cut of the $1000 payout within 30 days of the event close...$334 per player
Lantastic Gaming apologizes for the issues at hand, and hope this will resolve the issues for the players at hand. |
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| LadiesMan United States. February 21 2012 10:49. Posts 5 | Profile # |
Hello all,
I just wanted to keep everyone posted. There are 30+ players from Call of Duty what want to join in this law suit. They all claim this guy owes money from over 4 months ago. We are moving forward with legal actions. I can't say much more because my attorney wants me remain quite.
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| ClysmiC United States. February 21 2012 11:35. Posts 1947 | Profile Blog # |
On February 21 2012 02:29 Lantastic Gaming wrote:The official statement from Lantastic Gaming regarding this incident: http://www.lantasticgaming.net/statement.htmShort: - The 3 players that paid have been promptly refunded - The 3 players that paid will receive a cut of the $1000 payout within 30 days of the event close...$334 per player Lantastic Gaming apologizes for the issues at hand, and hope this will resolve the issues for the players at hand.
No offense, but Lantastic Gaming seems to be a pretty small company... how are you going to just pull 1000 dollars out of your ass if you didn't get any entry money because no players showed up? |
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| KicKDoG Sweden. February 21 2012 11:42. Posts 764 | Profile # |
On February 20 2012 10:25 LadiesMan wrote:
I just wanted everyone to know that no prize money was paid out by Lantastic Gaming. I also wanted the community to know that I have filed a law suit to shut this company down. There is no place for people like this in the starcraft community. The $1,000 prize money means nothing to me. I was not even in the tourney. I was there to support my little 18 year old cousin who was excited about the starcraft community growing in Chicago. I am a 29 year old man that will stand up to vultures that try to take advantage of 18-23 year old kids by offering prize money and not paying out. I am willing to spend any amount of money and time to make sure Lantastic Gaming and the Owner Ryan aka Slider gets whats coming to them. I am interested in growing the community not ruining it. It will take a few months to resolve this matter but I will keep the community posted.
wow? can you tell us more about the situation? I want to know <3 |
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| how United States. February 21 2012 12:27. Posts 526 | Profile Blog # |
I love how they got shit on by only having 3 people show up to their first event, then they say they will still divide of the 1k among the 3 people, and now everyone is saying they are a terrible company.
Why not just go to the event instead of trying to kill it? |
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