The games start in a week, but only 11 people joined the pool so far. Come on, guys, let's do this! We had almost 50 people for the previous season, and it was a great competition and a nice atmosphere with so many people taking part. Why isn't it the case this time? Is it just about the fee, or am I missing something? If it's the fee, I want to remind you that a year ago we paid 0.0045 BTC easily. And it's 9 months worth of rounds, so it's only $9 per month on gambling at the current BTC price. I really hope a lot more people will join in the remaining time.
17 people have paid so far and another 5 have said they will pay asap.
I don't remember what the entry fee was last year, but I don't recall it being much less than this year's in fiat terms, so I kind of doubt that the expense is the issue. I hope that the short notice isn't why people aren't joining. Hilariousandco has already mentioned that he'll give folks some time to come up with the payment. There's still a week left before the season begins, so hopefully we'll get some more folks to join.
Like last time I will give people a grace period of a month or so to pay if that'll help someone get the money together.
The entry fee was 0.0045, which was a little under £40 at the time I believe. 0.002 is a little over £60 right now with the price of bitcoin hovering above £30k, but it was moving between £50-55 the week I announced the thread. I think more people signed up last year as there was extra prizes of a shirt for everyone that joined so that was worth the price alone. I'm sure we'll get 30+ but a few previous members have said they're not playing this year. The fee really isn't much considering it's an entire season of fun and you can't chase your losses since it's a one-off fee. If you're on a signature campaign then you'll almost certainly make it back just by posting in this thread throughout the season anyway and if you win the weekly round then the $50 bet almost covers the entry fee. Hopefully bitcoin will keep rallying throughout the season and the prize pot will be more valuable as well. Put it this way, at least one person is going to win the 0.1 jackpot and that's worth the gamble of £50-60 in my opinion.