that arguement has too many holes in it. does vericoin look like it is suffering for real world adoption? and yes, mintpal has been a place of gross manipulation.. but why does the manipulation occur? because there a couple of devs making coin after coin, some with hidden premines, some that actually multipool and buy coins from them in secret , and some who plan an investment strategy from early on. u cant blame the last group really. it's the miners who are selling to them at ridiculously low prices in the first place. if people would start selling their coins from day 1 at .001btc and stop underselling the market thered be alot les manipulation because it would require alot more investment.
either way, if u want min value to increase you want more volume. if you think u can accomplish that with e-sports betting alone what can i say? i dont know enough about that market to really make a comment. but rest assured im observing to see what the outcome will be. and i can figure things out pretty quickly.
just beware that there are trainers that can hack all these things. i wonder if u knew about that? well i did. from the start. so let's hope the dev does this right and someone doesnt figure out how to win every single bet they make ;p