I'll address all your valid points:
The Premium/Standard server packages are not set in stone. I'll rework them to
make it more fair.
Once a larger player/server base has joined, i'll increase the prize amount and
add more prizes.
As for the idlers cheating. This has been alleviated via a 3 hour expiration.
Every 3 hours you must refresh your server activation or else it expires and you
dont gain anymore points.
Money earned through premium servers and advertisements will be put back into
the contest in the form of better prizes and more prizes. But i have to at least
cover my expenses and make a living. So it might take a little while to get to
that point, but eventually it will happen.
The issue about the too many games. Again, the more players and servers there
are, the more prizes will be available. Also, its not like a normal lottery
where everyone has the same odds. The more points you have, the higher your
odds of winning.
Plenty of gaming communities have been running contests for years and Valve has
never cracked down on them. Why would they start now?
You dont have to worry about your server "talking" to our server. We're using
the same query used by sites like Game-Monitor, GameTracker, HLSW, HLStatsX, etc.
The registration form and support website will be getting an SSL certificate as
soon as possible. But do you realize that your city/state/country information
is fully visible to anyone who looks up your IP.
For legal reasons, those under 13 cannot join the contest. I would allow it if
i could, but its illegal.
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