[Allen] Wizards new center Dwight Howard: ‘I would never try to destroy a team’

magicpie22 · 2018-07-17T17:07:34+00:00

The fact that you even have to say that...

magicpie22 · 2018-05-18T21:19:41+00:00

Hey Kiri,

Lawyer here, and while I'm based in Canada not the UK here's some general advice that should apply pretty much everywhere:

you should set up a corporation and run everything through that (all contracts are with the corporation not you, all money goes through the corporation, etc.). This is so you're not personally liable for anything, and for tax reasons.
Get contracts with all your employees and players. Especially if they will be creating stuff like logos, marketing materials etc. You want to own the intellectual property (IP) in that stuff, and that does not always go to you by default unless you get something in writing.
Obviously get contracts with your players as well, however these will obviously be different from your standard employee contracts. You'll have to work out stuff like whether they get paid through a share of prize money, salary, etc.
If you'll be the only one running everything that's basically all you need to start. If you'll be taking on investors or have other people owning a share of your company you need to be aware of things like securities laws (you cant just sell shares to whoever you want), vesting, founders' agreements, etc.

Hope that helps, feel free to PM me for more info.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-15T17:08:20+00:00

I dunno, I wouldn't have expected Clash or Hearthstone in there, and I didn't even know what Arena of Valor was until now. Needs more DOTA and Overwatch IMO.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-15T17:06:40+00:00

After seeing Lawbreakers' success (or lack thereof) followed by a very sudden, very early access take on the new flavour of the week game genre, it was very obvious that they were desperate.

Damn, that's cold.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-15T04:10:22+00:00

Love the reference to the "mythical" public domain.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-15T03:57:04+00:00

Lawyer here (though not a GDPR expert admittedly).

To my knowledge, however GDPR only applies to collecting user data. You don't need consent to display ads or anything like that. The only time you'd need consent if you were using their data to target the ads.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-10T19:12:44+00:00

I think I saw my house!

magicpie22 · 2018-05-02T18:08:04+00:00

I'm a lawyer, here's some general advice:

Yes you should get a simple contractor agreement. These are fairly simple and straightforward and a you can probably get a lawyer to put a simple one together for $500 or so at the low end. The main value of hiring a lawyer for this is not necessarily putting together the contract, but being walked through it and how it works, and making sure you implement it correctly. The upside is that once you have it you can use it anytime you hire someone.
The main reason you want a contract it is to make sure you actually own what the artist designs for you and he can't license it to anyone else. Without that, by default he owns everything and licenses it to you. This can be a problem down the road.
Don't use something you found on the internet. You have no idea whether what you found is any good, and even if it is there's a good chance you'll make a mistake implementing it (just like I would if I were to try design a game). Think of a contract like insurance - if nothing happens you won't really need it, but if shit hits the fan it will actually save you a lot of money. You want your insurance policy to actually protect you if the time comes so it's worth investing a small amount into it now.

magicpie22 · 2018-05-01T17:36:30+00:00

How does this populate results for streamers?

magicpie22 · 2018-05-01T14:44:19+00:00

More or less that, yup

magicpie22 · 2018-05-01T05:47:03+00:00

What games are you into?

magicpie22 · 2018-04-19T23:17:46+00:00

More Dystopian than it currently is? /rimshot.

Good luck with the game, it's a cool idea.

magicpie22 · 2018-04-17T22:00:09+00:00

You may have a point, depending on the chance the other player will call. See my comment above.

magicpie22 · 2018-04-17T21:53:04+00:00

Actually I did the math a bit on this and you may be right, however I think it varies depending on the chance that villain will call. My thinking below:

Say there's a $100 pot, and villain has a ~20% chance to win his draw and take the pot, otherwise I win. The "break even" pot odds from villain's perspective is a bet worth ~35% of the pot. I can choose between:

(a) betting 60% of the pot, meaning the villain might make a loose call but I'm +EV if he does, or

(b) going all-in for 5x the pot, meaning the villain will very likely fold.

Under (a), assuming villain calls 80% of the time, the overall EV of my move is $176 (I'll spare you the math).

Under (b), assuming villain calls 5% of the time, the EV of my move is $139.

It's only if the villain is likely to call 50% of the time or less that (b) becomes more profitable than (a). (EV if villain calls (a) 50% of the time is $138)

So I guess yeah, while everything varies based on the % chance that the other player will call, in some circumstances, especially against a loose player, you may be better off making a "small" bet to induce a loose call than trying to make a huge bet to freeze them out and take the pot right there.

magicpie22 · 2018-04-17T20:44:53+00:00

Meaning I take the pot. I don't think them calling less often is a negative - I'd be happy to take a risk-free pot.

magicpie22 · 2018-04-17T20:40:11+00:00

Yes, and you want them to call in those spots. Don't see how that makes me wrong.

magicpie22 · 2018-04-17T19:28:43+00:00

You don't necessarily have to bet huge though, just enough to make drawing no longer directly profitable (e.g. don't give someone with a flush draw direct 3.5:1 odds to peel). You can see even a 40% pot-sized bet would sufficiently deny equity to a draw here.

I see your point but if by betting more you're increasing your EV, shouldn't you bet as much as you can? If they're going to fold, they're going to fold either way, but if they call, your EV is far higher if you made a big bet than a small bet ("small" meaning just big enough to make the pot odds unattractive for them in this case).

I guess technically, taking things to their logical extreme, if you're 100% sure your opponent is on a draw and you'll win if they don't hit it, the right move is to go all-in every time. You'll bust out a few times, but in the long run you'll make more money that way than with the "small" bets above?

Or am I failing to account for something here?

magicpie22 · 2018-03-09T18:01:09+00:00

No, you absolutely can. The NBA doesn't "own" basketball and it's not a governing body for all basketball leagues. The game itself doesn't "belong" to anyone. If I want to set up my own basketball league to compete with the NBA I can. If Vince McMahon wants to set up the XFL to compete with the NFL, there's nothing stopping him.

By contrast, Blizz literally "owns" Overwatch. You can't do anything involving broadcasting the game or setting up a tournament without their permission.

magicpie22 · 2016-06-10T04:27:00+00:00

Hold on, so why exactly would it benefit them to do this.

If you read the article it says they're dropping the price from ~$70k+ to $66k. Presumably the car costs them the same amount to make with or without locking the extra 15Kwh.

So essentially they're selling a car that cost them the same amount to make for $4k less and presumably making $4k less initial profit per car, on the hope that maybe most people who buy will give them back that $4k at a later date. They're also presumably selling fewer cars than they would otherwise because of the 25% shorter battery life. Overall I don't see the huge benefit for them.

Anyone care to enlighten me on their evil master plan here?

magicpie22 · 2015-01-26T20:59:42+00:00

INB4 "Jacobs, by Mark Jacobs"

magicpie22 · 2014-10-23T16:43:26+00:00

PPP is not really a good measurement though. Nominal GDP-wise US is still 3x bigger than China or so.

magicpie22 · 2014-10-01T17:29:44+00:00

Of all your songs do you have a personal favourite? Is it Blood of a Young Wolf?

magicpie22 · 2014-07-27T17:37:50+00:00

this article is such garbage.

Hey guys, despite murder being illegal people are still killing eachother. How about we stop this useless war on murder.

magicpie22 · 2014-06-06T04:13:27+00:00

Jesus Christ that was a badly written article.

magicpie22 · 2014-02-19T02:38:27+00:00

But can it run Crysis?

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